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<blockquote data-quote="Acrylicwookie" data-source="post: 353025" data-attributes="member: 18925"><p>Arizona. There is at least one other but I don't remember...think it is Maine. Most patients where I'm from use a denturist because they get a more custom denture by cutting out the middle man who doesn't do the lab work and or know how to make simple quick adjustments without grinding out the intaglio surface and replacing with chairside liner (not all of them of course, but the far majority of younger dentists.) Denturists almost always make a better denture than a dentist - simply be the fact that most denturists do more dentures in 1 or 2 days than a dentist does in a month. Kinda like a sheet rock guy - I used to do handyman stuff and did sheetrock every now and then. But to do it right and learn all the ins and outs of it, you have to do it everyday. I can sheetrock - but my work pales in comparison to a guy who does it everyday. Same comparison goes to dentists and denturists. In Oregon, denturists are considered specialists by the insurance companies. It cracks me up when I get referrals from dentists saying they cannot make a denture because of lack of ridge or they can't fix a denture fit issue and to send it to the specialist as their justification to approve the referral. I'm not sure if you are a lab tech or a dentist but a denturist likely won't work for you because they make A LOT more money making dentures for a patient than doing lab work. The only reason I would even consider working for a lab is if I ever get to move to Florida, where denturism is illegal. Several years ago I tried doing lab work for local dentists but stopped because I refuse to put my name on the product from the crap impressions/bites they were sending me. Never again - unless in Florida <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite6" alt=":cool:" title="Cool :cool:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cool:" />.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Acrylicwookie, post: 353025, member: 18925"] Arizona. There is at least one other but I don't remember...think it is Maine. Most patients where I'm from use a denturist because they get a more custom denture by cutting out the middle man who doesn't do the lab work and or know how to make simple quick adjustments without grinding out the intaglio surface and replacing with chairside liner (not all of them of course, but the far majority of younger dentists.) Denturists almost always make a better denture than a dentist - simply be the fact that most denturists do more dentures in 1 or 2 days than a dentist does in a month. Kinda like a sheet rock guy - I used to do handyman stuff and did sheetrock every now and then. But to do it right and learn all the ins and outs of it, you have to do it everyday. I can sheetrock - but my work pales in comparison to a guy who does it everyday. Same comparison goes to dentists and denturists. In Oregon, denturists are considered specialists by the insurance companies. It cracks me up when I get referrals from dentists saying they cannot make a denture because of lack of ridge or they can't fix a denture fit issue and to send it to the specialist as their justification to approve the referral. I'm not sure if you are a lab tech or a dentist but a denturist likely won't work for you because they make A LOT more money making dentures for a patient than doing lab work. The only reason I would even consider working for a lab is if I ever get to move to Florida, where denturism is illegal. Several years ago I tried doing lab work for local dentists but stopped because I refuse to put my name on the product from the crap impressions/bites they were sending me. Never again - unless in Florida :cool:. [/QUOTE]
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