Flipperlady
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2, 3, 4, 5, (anyone want to continue with that song?)
Sorry, could not resist that one.
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Talk to other local labs and make a deal with them to do repairs.
As a outsource lab I just don't have the time to do that stuff and would pass that on without any up-charge as a service to our accounts.
Repairs are a dish better served locally.
How about just scaling down? I'm not sure what size lab you have, but what about running with your repair/reline idea and picking a couple of your best accounts and just continue to do all there work. Everyone else just repairs and relines. Just a thought....
I would think a repair/reline lab could do real well. As big a pain as it is for 'regular' labs because it breaks up the flow, it could be a boon for someone set up to do only that. Something you might want to add to your "repertoire' is duplicate dentures, especially if you do that scheduled 'visits' to offices thing you mentioned elsewhere.
kytoothdude and the toothfairy,
Long ago before I opened my lab, I had considered this, however the overhead would be high and stress would be out the roof as front desk comes out to check on you every 5 minutes and then another repair shows up 2 minutes before lunch which gets passed on to me to hurry and repair with pt. sitting in car staring at you or worse yet coming in van and giving you tips I think I'd rather do a morning and afternoon pickup and delivery. I appreciate the ideas!
One time I thought about buying an ambulance and doing this, but for all the reasons you stated above I decided not to.....