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Michel van Raaij
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Anyone knows a good payable/free model build program the create some models using .stl input? I know 3shape 3th party model builder but it has high costs and yearly fee.
let me ask you something.I see a lot of dentists are doing this on FB, using mesh mixer or others to manipulate teeth and do their own waxups.. only the beginning.. of the end..
I'm seeing that too but I don't think it's over just yet.I see a lot of dentists are doing this on FB, using mesh mixer or others to manipulate teeth and do their own waxups.. only the beginning.. of the end..
I'm thinking of joining E Harmony dental division.In a perfect world - more dentists should meet the lab techs on this site. Bad dental marrages are the problem.
As a dentist, I do know that we as a group - just don't know how to find great lab techs. We just don't know how.
The better dentist will respect you fully and pay your fee (it's not the fee, ever). I'm all ears on discovering how this is done.
It's all about cultivating the relationship. It's not something that happens over night or in a few months.In a perfect world - more dentists should meet the lab techs on this site. Bad dental marrages are the problem.
As a dentist, I do know that we as a group - just don't know how to find great lab techs. We just don't know how.
The better dentist will respect you fully and pay your fee (it's not the fee, ever). I'm all ears on discovering how this is done.
then let me ask you...In a perfect world - more dentists should meet the lab techs on this site. Bad dental marrages are the problem.
As a dentist, I do know that we as a group - just don't know how to find great lab techs. We just don't know how.
The better dentist will respect you fully and pay your fee (it's not the fee, ever). I'm all ears on discovering how this is done.
or more importantly, what makes a great laboratory/technician in your eyes?In a perfect world - more dentists should meet the lab techs on this site. Bad dental marrages are the problem.
As a dentist, I do know that we as a group - just don't know how to find great lab techs. We just don't know how.
The better dentist will respect you fully and pay your fee (it's not the fee, ever). I'm all ears on discovering how this is done.
or more importantly, what makes a great laboratory/technician in your eyes?
not everyone will have the same vision, but throw us a bone here. the great techs are seemingly underappreciated and far under paid. unless of course they are the super stars that do big speaking events, hired on as spokespeople, or pay big dollars to advertise like crazy.
i moved my lab into a dental building so I could be chairside to better understand the dentists perspective.I do love reading and learning here on DLN. I will try and give an honest answer.
I don't know how we can connect like-minded lab techs and dentists. I would think that a show like the Chicago Midwinter could be a place that could happen. A planned event to get like minded teams together.
What makes a great lab tech, at least in my view, is a team-mate to serve the patient. My patients (mostly cosmetic) don't get a chance to meet the lab tech - so communicating the patient's desired outcome is the key. I used to video my patients talking about their cases.
Over the past year I have read, here on DLN, the many complaints about dentists. Some resentment, anger and lots of mistrust. I would guess that most is well founded.
Lots of dentists can be terrible - and I certainly don't blame anyone here for those opinions.
We dentists get stuck between our patients and our lab techs - not a happy place. I guess the main complaint I have is that some lab techs don't want collaboration - they just want to be trusted to do what they know. I haven't found success in that system. Patients, dentists and lab techs all need a voice in these cases.
I had the same lab tech from 1990-2014 (retired). Just a great friendship and team. Lots of beautiful cases.
The more I read here on DLN, the more I know it's about getting like-minded people (teams) together.
I wish I had some answers, but I don't. Trial and error hasn't been working either.
thank you for taking the time to post a well thought out reply. means a lot to us out here trying to make a go of it! we will keep plugging away and striving for the type of clients that you sound like.I do love reading and learning here on DLN. I will try and give an honest answer.
I don't know how we can connect like-minded lab techs and dentists. I would think that a show like the Chicago Midwinter could be a place that could happen. A planned event to get like minded teams together.
What makes a great lab tech, at least in my view, is a team-mate to serve the patient. My patients (mostly cosmetic) don't get a chance to meet the lab tech - so communicating the patient's desired outcome is the key. I used to video my patients talking about their cases.
Over the past year I have read, here on DLN, the many complaints about dentists. Some resentment, anger and lots of mistrust. I would guess that most is well founded.
Lots of dentists can be terrible - and I certainly don't blame anyone here for those opinions.
We dentists get stuck between our patients and our lab techs - not a happy place. I guess the main complaint I have is that some lab techs don't want collaboration - they just want to be trusted to do what they know. I haven't found success in that system. Patients, dentists and lab techs all need a voice in these cases.
I had the same lab tech from 1990-2014 (retired). Just a great friendship and team. Lots of beautiful cases.
The more I read here on DLN, the more I know it's about getting like-minded people (teams) together.
I wish I had some answers, but I don't. Trial and error hasn't been working either.
ouchI tried for 6 months to build a 'relationship' with a busy dentist.. I thought I was bending over backward to serve him, while I was actually bending over the other way while he filed bankruptcy on $11k of work I had done.. I just got a payout of $373.. but not nearly as bad as the lab that he owed $65k to ...
I do love reading and learning here on DLN. I will try and give an honest answer.
I don't know how we can connect like-minded lab techs and dentists. I would think that a show like the Chicago Midwinter could be a place that could happen. A planned event to get like minded teams together.
What makes a great lab tech, at least in my view, is a team-mate to serve the patient. My patients (mostly cosmetic) don't get a chance to meet the lab tech - so communicating the patient's desired outcome is the key. I used to video my patients talking about their cases.
Over the past year I have read, here on DLN, the many complaints about dentists. Some resentment, anger and lots of mistrust. I would guess that most is well founded.
Lots of dentists can be terrible - and I certainly don't blame anyone here for those opinions.
We dentists get stuck between our patients and our lab techs - not a happy place. I guess the main complaint I have is that some lab techs don't want collaboration - they just want to be trusted to do what they know. I haven't found success in that system. Patients, dentists and lab techs all need a voice in these cases.
I had the same lab tech from 1990-2014 (retired). Just a great friendship and team. Lots of beautiful cases.
The more I read here on DLN, the more I know it's about getting like-minded people (teams) together.
I wish I had some answers, but I don't. Trial and error hasn't been working either.
Hi , we are using mesh-mixer and send file to Motorcitylabworks for printing . Mesh-mixer works only with stl formats do.Thanks for your reactions, well sending the files if is a suggestion but we would like to get some more experience with this. And maybe buy a 3D-printer to create our own models. I heard about programs like mesh mixer and meshlab, this will do the work? We are designing in 3shape so its just about creating models.