not sure how "cheap" you want to go, but this is something we do for other labs that do not have the capacity to mill. they either A. send us a designed crown that we mill/sinter/stain/glaze and return OR B. send us ditched models that we scan/design/mill/sinter/stain/glaze and return.
def can do both as we help labs (and practices) do both on a weekly basis
These people that you do the stain and glaze for, are they doing modelless the whole process or are they checking it when they receive them back from you guys? I’d like the ability to go modelless and outsource. What’s your lab charge for that?
I’d like something right in the middle
Of course you'll need to check the crown back to you, how reckless if you don't. but if you have plenty of dentists/practices that you don't care losing some, that's another matter.
Why wouldn't you always want quality? Would you want something in the middle in your mouth?
both. i have a client that is completely model-less and doesnt have a printer. as far as i know, they just deliver the crowns as they get them. really, they are a middle-man and its been working out for a couple years.
At a certain point, an increase in quality in this field just means a change in preference of whoever is doing the work. As long as you can provide something structurally sound that fits the persons mouth correctly, I don’t think an amazing aesthetic result is the end goal in every patients mind. Some patients just want a good solid crown that doesn’t break and don’t give a crap about looks. I’m still trying to figure everything out though, I’m looking at starting my own business and just sort of brain storming multiple ideas right now.
Now that is something totally different. Structurally sound is not cheap. Cheap is you get what you pay for, something that isn't going to last.
Well that’s not what I want, I want a result that stops in quality once it hits the point of diminishing returns.
Why not send it to Jim Glidewell, return to doc, collect check. They fit all of your requirements, and Jim will happily take your money.
ive done enough g-well remakes to know that quality isnt forefront in the GW handbook. i mean, ive seen worse....but ive seen significantly better. id like to think my work is far above and beyond the GW standards
I think the way I heard it explained is that glide well has an acceptable percentage of remakes that they consider okay, and it’s something like 30 percent or something ridiculous. Idk I can’t remember, the point is glide well is nowhere near the quality I’d like to go for, plus they pay there techs horribly. Plus I’ve dealt with glidewell in the past and nobody has any idea what there talking about, you could call up five times, ask the same question each time, and get five different answers depending on who you talk to.
Agree, been through that one before with them.
