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Lab talk, the good, the bad, and the ugly
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What's the C.O.S. ??
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<blockquote data-quote="JohnWilson" data-source="post: 9366" data-attributes="member: 213"><p>I went to a sales presentation on the COS this last week. There were about 27 potential clients at this meeting, I was the only lab. The unit is being sold right now for just shy of 27K there is also a $150 a month service agreement through Shein.</p><p></p><p>Dr pays anywhere from $20 to $14 a scan based on the volume they do. Worst case a non design center lab will pay $25 for the model-work. If you are a design center you can lower that price by buying the model-work designing software for 7.5k. To be a certified COS lab you have to have 100 sets of models done after buying the model software. I think there are only 2 in the country now, that will change soon.</p><p></p><p>I brought one client to the meeting that I am certain will buy it, I am on the fence about getting involved with 3m's scanner or buying the software now. I am just really wondering how many OPEN source Oral scanners will hit the market soon. When the worlds largest imp material manufacturer views this as the future I tend to want to believe them. SLA technology seems pretty SciFI to me and made me excited about the future. Getting rid of the model dept. seems wonderful but the 3m is presenting that we the lab owners absorb the cost of the SLA models I think is ridiculous. I understand what they are trying to do I just have a different opinion based on what is actually costs to produce a unit in my lab.</p><p></p><p>There is a good thread on Dental-Town on this piece of equipment with more info than I have provided here.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JohnWilson, post: 9366, member: 213"] I went to a sales presentation on the COS this last week. There were about 27 potential clients at this meeting, I was the only lab. The unit is being sold right now for just shy of 27K there is also a $150 a month service agreement through Shein. Dr pays anywhere from $20 to $14 a scan based on the volume they do. Worst case a non design center lab will pay $25 for the model-work. If you are a design center you can lower that price by buying the model-work designing software for 7.5k. To be a certified COS lab you have to have 100 sets of models done after buying the model software. I think there are only 2 in the country now, that will change soon. I brought one client to the meeting that I am certain will buy it, I am on the fence about getting involved with 3m's scanner or buying the software now. I am just really wondering how many OPEN source Oral scanners will hit the market soon. When the worlds largest imp material manufacturer views this as the future I tend to want to believe them. SLA technology seems pretty SciFI to me and made me excited about the future. Getting rid of the model dept. seems wonderful but the 3m is presenting that we the lab owners absorb the cost of the SLA models I think is ridiculous. I understand what they are trying to do I just have a different opinion based on what is actually costs to produce a unit in my lab. There is a good thread on Dental-Town on this piece of equipment with more info than I have provided here. [/QUOTE]
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