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    Implant parts markup

    Most of the implant cases come in with the abutments already it is a normal for us and when the abutment does not come in with the case we order the parts for the doctor and have it billed directly to them and shipped to us, it is really hard for me to up charge the doctor when they know how...
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    Warning signs of a new client

    So stressed out we started getting business from a Doctor In Aug 2011 she was referred to us by one of our reps we trust. This doctor is a good producer around $2500 a month average but still owes us half of her Nov bill n all of Dec and Jan her outstanding balance is close to $8,000 she pays a...
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    Business manager

    We plan on attending LMT Lab day west would love to hook up with you guys!!! I have learned so much from you all and would like to treat you guys to a round of drinks! :grouphug: Nicely~my husband was the lab manager / owner and just like you was running the lab with his head cut off lol I...
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    Zirconia Implant question

    Zirconia has to be fired after it has been grinded on to strengthen it.
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    Pricing scheme for long span bridge

    do you charge a bridge connector fee per unit? we do $30 per connector!
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    CAD-SCAM, help me understand

    Paul we get horrible preps from a few doctors I will take some pics and post them for you guys to see! 95% of what comes in the door gets scanned now the only thing we don't scan are our implant crowns those are still being hand waxed. I know how you feel about the investment and collecting dust...
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    CAD-SCAM, help me understand

    Riley you should have your Sirona rep leave the blue cam with your for 2 weeks as a demo! that's what our rep did with us! there was no way we were going to invest on another scanner with Sirona from the experience we had with the red no freakin way it was out of the question! then he came by...
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    CAD-SCAM, help me understand

    Riley do you have the blue or red cam?
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    CAD-SCAM, help me understand

    yes we had the red and barely used it because it was a pain to use n kinda hard to scan the blue is soooooo easy to use I learned how to scan after watching our rep scan 1 case now I scan everything for my hubby save the files then he goes n designs n mills everything out afterwards what really...
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    CAD-SCAM, help me understand

    Our new upgraded scanner along with our old mill has literally saved our business. We hardly ever used our old scanner n mill up until the new scanner came out but since we got it we have been using it on 95% of the cases that come in the door! Our metal guy left about 6 mos ago and opened up...
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    New Triple Tray system ??

    I just ordered a free trial kit from B&D for the Artimax system will have it tomorrow! maybe I can do the model work for my husband now lol. I love this forum before I discovered this forum we had 7 employees for a lab that was only doing about $30,000 a month now we have my husband, 1 FT...
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    Can you use a Jeneric Pentron Auto Press Plus furance for Emax?

    we recently tried it with the settings that were suggested in this thread here http://dentallabnetwork.com/forums/f31/pentron-autopress-plus-furnace-emax-5912/ worked perfect the very first time!
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    8th DLOAC Sympos

    was there ! tried looking for you John couldn't find you! wish I would of logged in yesterday would have had a drink with you guys!
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    Business advice

    Don't mean to be the negative bee here but owning a lab is one of the hardest things ever. I have owned a few different businesses in the past and nothing compares to owning your own lab, long long hours, very tedious and intense labor, very hard to compete with the larger labs. Labs in our area...
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    EMAX FRACTURES HELP!!!!!!!

    we had 2 veneers crack today when they were almost done and one of our friends had 4 veneers crack last week as he was finishing up with his. His are pressed and ours were milled.
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    3shape on the way!!!!

    just went on your site , great site! Thank you for tutorial videos you have up maybe we can send you some work!
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    Straumann Scanner- feel ripped off what to do

    Thanks for all the comments and suggestion guys! update : spoke to a manager at US Bancorp's Equipment Lease Division this morning she had actually called me to get more information and she said she has never seen this happen before where a company has gone in and swapped out equipment without...
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    Straumann Scanner- feel ripped off what to do

    of course babe :kiss: hehe
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    3shape on the way!!!!

    Congrats so jealous! I wish my husband would have bought the 3 shape :ohwell:
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    Straumann Scanner- feel ripped off what to do

    I was going through my lease agreement last night and there is so much fine print mumbo jumbo on there kinda hard to understand . I'm hoping that we might be able to get out of it as the lease agreement is specifically for the Etkon and when they swapped it they swapped it for the CS2 it is...
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