Quality of impression irrespective of material used

[digvijay]

Dear all
I had been curious from a very long time since I started working as a dental lab manager irrespective how good or old practitioner is they all claim and fight giving you the best impression whether material is in tray or on floor.
I had been in arguments with many practitioners and with time I lost so many of them because I am running a lab not a clinic.
I had even been a victim of loosing work and accounts as many a labs work out on same impressions and make these dentists happy for same impression.
I feel so much bad about not knowing the magic of giving outstanding work on poor impressions.
Is there really a trick to work on poor impressions and retain your client ????
Please need a help here I run a dental laboratory in India and the technical support by dentists here is very minimal.

 

[rkm rdt]

You can start here: http://dentallabnetwork.com/forums/threads/is-it-just-me-or.19892/

We've all been there.

 

[Car 54]

Dear all
I had been curious from a very long time since I started working as a dental lab manager irrespective how good or old practitioner is they all claim and fight giving you the best impression whether material is in tray or on floor.
I had been in arguments with many practitioners and with time I lost so many of them because I am running a lab not a clinic.
I had even been a victim of loosing work and accounts as many a labs work out on same impressions and make these dentists happy for same impression.
I feel so much bad about not knowing the magic of giving outstanding work on poor impressions.
Is there really a trick to work on poor impressions and retain your client ????
Please need a help here I run a dental laboratory in India and the technical support by dentists here is very minimal.

Working on a poor impression, that I have no confidence in (if I didn't resolve it with a phone call to the Dr) is the kiss of death to any enthusiastic creative magic, or outstanding work that I may have otherwise done.

 

[rkm rdt]

Here you go, this is quite good actually:

 

[Car 54]

How in the world (ok, WWW) did you find this one?? You're right, it is very well done, and I agree with their winner, Dr "K". Glidewell does it all

 

[Presswood]

How in the world (ok, WWW) did you find this one?? You're right, it is very well done, and I agree with their winner, Dr "K". Glidewell does it all

The best way to consistently recieve good impressions is to raise your fees.
The dentists that takes poor impressions are unable to see the difference between a $30 crown or a $300 crown because neither will fit in the mouth.
The dentists that are willing to pay more for their lab work see the difference in the fit & know the lab cannot make a crown fit any better than the quality of the impression.

 

[digvijay]

its really very surprising when a dentist blames a lab for the misfittings and poor anatomy , at times i go and do the preparations and take the impressions even for shades also , poor patients i pity about who are being charged hefty by unskilled professionals.