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<blockquote data-quote="kcdt" data-source="post: 98386" data-attributes="member: 349"><p>Mrlabtech, it has always been my understanding that the corporate mills offering that kind of price (i.e., far below the ave. $300 mark) are operating on a business model wherein the goal is to sell clinical procedures (for instance, extractions) at a price that makes it worth offering the low end denture as a virtual giveaway. For those already with prosthetics, the goal is to sell the "upgrade" models.</p><p> </p><p>What you are seeing in those is something made at lowest possible cost because the real profit is driven by other procedures. It's not technically a lost leader, but often the really crappy ones may as well be.</p><p></p><p>FWIW, there are clinical practices that focus on removable prothetics as the main driver and slow down and really go through a quality process. Ryan McCall in ft collins comes to mind. So it doesn't have to be the worst to be very lucrative, it's just that corporate franchises and/or ignorant/ unmotivated clinics/ labs still seem to make a buck, so...</p><p>The numbers you see are a reflection of the fact that the numbers relating to denture need are still rising demographically, while competent technical/ clinical know how and experience have been declining.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kcdt, post: 98386, member: 349"] Mrlabtech, it has always been my understanding that the corporate mills offering that kind of price (i.e., far below the ave. $300 mark) are operating on a business model wherein the goal is to sell clinical procedures (for instance, extractions) at a price that makes it worth offering the low end denture as a virtual giveaway. For those already with prosthetics, the goal is to sell the "upgrade" models. What you are seeing in those is something made at lowest possible cost because the real profit is driven by other procedures. It's not technically a lost leader, but often the really crappy ones may as well be. FWIW, there are clinical practices that focus on removable prothetics as the main driver and slow down and really go through a quality process. Ryan McCall in ft collins comes to mind. So it doesn't have to be the worst to be very lucrative, it's just that corporate franchises and/or ignorant/ unmotivated clinics/ labs still seem to make a buck, so... The numbers you see are a reflection of the fact that the numbers relating to denture need are still rising demographically, while competent technical/ clinical know how and experience have been declining. [/QUOTE]
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