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Interested in advice of opening my own removables lab.
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<blockquote data-quote="charles007" data-source="post: 330650" data-attributes="member: 9"><p>Recon, with your limited experience and you also have chairside experience which makes a difference, you have a lot more to learn. I see you just joined DLN this month which seems strange with someone with 11 years in the lab. I'm a member on about 10 dental forums, receive lots of trade magazines, spent thousands + on courses and books, still reaching out to learn more from others weekly, and try to help other techs and dentist when I can. I have 47 years of experience if including 2 years in lab school, 20 yrs of that was inhouse lab setting, and I'm still learning. Please don't bury your head to technology which is the way I'm interpreting your words. Maybe I'm misunderstanding your thoughts ? I'm assuming your using injecting technology for your dentures, not that it matters in this conversation. Just last night I was posting on a dental forum to dentist that Cad/Cam doesn't do all the work, it takes a lot of experience, a lot of training, and skill to make restorations using cad/cam, its just another tool in our growing toolbox. </p><p>I know denture techs that charge $1200. full set, and say there not ready to jump on digital dentures yet, but know its coming and are keeping up with the latest technology. Not being a denture tech I've heard techs and dentist talk positive and negative about digital dentures. 1. They fit better, less adjustments to no adjustments. 2. Called temp dentures. 3. Said the extra work to make a digital dentures look nice makes it not profitable. 4. To expensive to buy equipment, milling times to time consuming if milled or printed. 5. Separation of materials. 6. Today I had a doctor tell me digital dentures cost him more and didn't look as good. As someone who closely watched all ceramic materials evolve I see digital dentures becoming the norm and happening fast once all the flaws are solved in materials and techniques.</p><p>If I were younger I would jump all over digital dentures and specialize in them as the technology grows alone with hybrids/implants... that's where the money is and few labs can do them well.</p><p></p><p>My $.02 from a non-denture tech who loves technology... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> actually I made a few dentures and cast partial dentures in lab school.. <img src="/forums/images/smilies/test/ciao.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt="Ciao" title="Ciao Ciao" data-shortname="Ciao" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="charles007, post: 330650, member: 9"] Recon, with your limited experience and you also have chairside experience which makes a difference, you have a lot more to learn. I see you just joined DLN this month which seems strange with someone with 11 years in the lab. I'm a member on about 10 dental forums, receive lots of trade magazines, spent thousands + on courses and books, still reaching out to learn more from others weekly, and try to help other techs and dentist when I can. I have 47 years of experience if including 2 years in lab school, 20 yrs of that was inhouse lab setting, and I'm still learning. Please don't bury your head to technology which is the way I'm interpreting your words. Maybe I'm misunderstanding your thoughts ? I'm assuming your using injecting technology for your dentures, not that it matters in this conversation. Just last night I was posting on a dental forum to dentist that Cad/Cam doesn't do all the work, it takes a lot of experience, a lot of training, and skill to make restorations using cad/cam, its just another tool in our growing toolbox. I know denture techs that charge $1200. full set, and say there not ready to jump on digital dentures yet, but know its coming and are keeping up with the latest technology. Not being a denture tech I've heard techs and dentist talk positive and negative about digital dentures. 1. They fit better, less adjustments to no adjustments. 2. Called temp dentures. 3. Said the extra work to make a digital dentures look nice makes it not profitable. 4. To expensive to buy equipment, milling times to time consuming if milled or printed. 5. Separation of materials. 6. Today I had a doctor tell me digital dentures cost him more and didn't look as good. As someone who closely watched all ceramic materials evolve I see digital dentures becoming the norm and happening fast once all the flaws are solved in materials and techniques. If I were younger I would jump all over digital dentures and specialize in them as the technology grows alone with hybrids/implants... that's where the money is and few labs can do them well. My $.02 from a non-denture tech who loves technology... :) actually I made a few dentures and cast partial dentures in lab school.. Ciao [/QUOTE]
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