efficiency of dental laboratory's in USA & Canada

[amer84]

I'm thinking about moving to Canada or USA
And I have some questions about dental laboratory trade market there.
My friend told me, that his career is down and down thanks to china laboratories invasion to US
and too many technician leaving there jobs and looking to another career
Any body can give me a view about that ?!

 

[PearlZ]

really depends where you go. usually small labs like to work with local practices and develop good working relationships, however when the dentists start disliking your work or your prices they might have very little recourse but to go to a chinese lab because of the lack of other local lab competition. after all, its easier to do that than send to some other city or state, due to the laws in place in the usa. for example; i will never ever see some work from some of the states in the south, because it is against the law to do business with them. and that's kind of sad. those dentists and labs might be able to benefit from my services but i can't reach them.

in Canada it is a little different story; i can do business wherever i want as long as it profits me to do so. that means getting my name out and doing a lot of leg work to little local spots throughout the rural areas that do big cases or need complex case work or are excited for newer avenues of technology. selling/leasing trios' to them is a great way both to introduce this to them, and save on shipping at the same time.

 

[Affinity]

go with whoever will give you a visa... not so easy here in the US. you will have to find a job first that can show that theres no one else that can do the same job as you.

I went through the same thing in Europe trying to get a job with ivoclar.. hometeam always wins..

However, I would go to canada before the US, for sure.

 

[JKraver]

really depends where you go. usually small labs like to work with local practices and develop good working relationships, however when the dentists start disliking your work or your prices they might have very little recourse but to go to a chinese lab because of the lack of other local lab competition. after all, its easier to do that than send to some other city or state, due to the laws in place in the usa. for example; i will never ever see some work from some of the states in the south, because it is against the law to do business with them. and that's kind of sad. those dentists and labs might be able to benefit from my services but i can't reach them.

in Canada it is a little different story; i can do business wherever i want as long as it profits me to do so. that means getting my name out and doing a lot of leg work to little local spots throughout the rural areas that do big cases or need complex case work or are excited for newer avenues of technology. selling/leasing trios' to them is a great way both to introduce this to them, and save on shipping at the same time.

I am almost as south as it goes, We use a Canadian lab for certain C+B?

 

[PearlZ]

i forget the name of the particular state off the top of my head

 

[JKraver]

Well if its just one or two states I wouldn't concern yourself with it.

 

[zero_zero]

............
However, I would go to canada before the US, for sure.

Mind ya, there is perpetual winter up here, we live in igloos, drive dog sleds, eat seal blubber and keep polar bears and moose as pets, eh!

 

[2thm8kr]

Mind ya, there is perpetual winter up here, we live in igloos, drive dog sleds, eat seal blubber and keep polar bears and moose as pets, eh!

Something definitely wrong with you guys!

 

[JKraver]

Something definitely wrong with you guys!

*toss chicken thighs to gators* crazy Canadians.

 

[rkm rdt]

My polar bear just died of heat stroke.

 

[Affinity]

zero, Im about an hour from BC and all the tourists come down here with BIG money for their dentistry and walmart needs.. I can spot a canuck a mile away! Generally they look like this:

or this:

 

[grantoz]

i want to be one of those guys it looks like fun and very bright.

 

[PearlZ]

don't, you have to wear socks and flipflops and drink diet drinks and bench dozens of pounds.

 

[zero_zero]

zero, Im about an hour from BC and all the tourists come down here with BIG money for their dentistry and walmart needs.. I can spot a canuck a mile away! Generally they look like this:

or this:

Must be some fellow Albertans...in BC you're not allowed to tandem pull the toys...

 

[Affinity]

yeah lots of alberta oil money down here..

 

[2thm8kr]

don't, you have to wear socks and flipflops and drink diet drinks and bench dozens of pounds.

Don't you mean bench dozens of ounces?

 

[PearlZ]

no, dozens of grams of rocks of cocaine

 

[2thm8kr]

Don't you guys have enough snow up there already??

 

[zero_zero]

Don't you guys have enough snow up there already??

We wish...major drought everywhere...

 

[Andrew Priddy]

Something definitely wrong with you guys!

yea... there is some question as to what "type" of... um... "pets" the moose are