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Medical Forum / General / Dentistry / June 2006Dentures
I'm getting ready to buy some dentures. My Dentist charges $1500.00 for a full set.. (My insurance doesn't cover 'em ) I asked him about different costs vs quality...for instance I understand there are the cheap ones, middling ones and expensive ones....he said he doesn't do that, that they're all the same, saying "What's the difference? A denture's a denture" My question is; ............"is a denture, a denture?" > I'm getting ready to buy some dentures. My Dentist charges $1500.00 for > a full set.. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > My question is; ............"is a denture, a denture?" There are premium teeth, premium materials--and premium labs. Furthermore, some denture mills really crank those things out. Some of them may be perfectly functional, but if you have any special cosmetic problems or requirements, it's not likely you'll have as much time spent trying to make you happy. Honestly, the difference between "premium teeth" and less expensive teeth is not something the average patient is going to notice in most cases. I use one or two denture labs. If they didn't do good work I wouldn't use them. Sometimes I think a dentist quotes fees for "premium" dentures to jack up fees for patients who drive around in a Mercedes Benz and need the prestige. If you think I'm probably on the same wavelength as your dentist, you're probably right. That doesn't mean all dentures are the same--it means he probably puts the same amount of care into every denture he makes, and charges what he considers a fair fee. Steve  SignatureMark & Steven Bornfeld DDS http://www.dentaltwins.com Brooklyn, NY 718-258-5001 > I'm getting ready to buy some dentures. My Dentist charges $1500.00 for > a full set.. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > My question is; ............"is a denture, a denture?" Do you already have dentures or are you getting some teeth pulled? If this is the first set of dentures, my non-expert opinion is to get the cheapest and wait till your gums settle down (3 months to a year?) before getting a better set. For comparison, you might look at the affordabledentures.com chain. They do A LOT of dentures every day (in my town, no appointments! show up early). They offer 3 kinds...... good, better, best. Full set of economy $325, full set of custom: $575, full set of premium: $845. Exactly what the difference is, I don't know. Better quality materials and a more exacting fitting procedure is what I was told. Of course if I had a personal dentist that I trusted..... I would go with him if he could come anywhere close to the chain's price. LS I took a look at the site of that chain. The whole concept is actually a very clever idea. By focusing on one thing and one thing only (dentures) they are able to maximise their efficiency and cut costs. > I took a look at the site of that chain. The whole concept is actually > a very clever idea. By focusing on one thing and one thing only > (dentures) they are able to maximise their efficiency and cut costs. I had a patient that went to one of those chain denture places. She had to meet with a treatment coordinator (salesman) first and they did a real hard sell trying to sell her upgrades that raised the price significantly from the price that drew her in initially. She held out, and got the cheap denture in the ad. It was a poor quality denture that I would be embarrassed to give as a temporary. There was a smaller chain like this in my area and they may have maximized efficiency and cut costs, but quality was not maximized! T > I had a patient that went to one of those chain denture places. She had to > meet with a treatment coordinator (salesman) first and they did a real hard [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > smaller chain like this in my area and they may have maximized efficiency > and cut costs, but quality was not maximized! Hi Tony, what I mean is theoretically if you run a general practice and charge let's say $1,000 for a set of dentures, you could charge say $800 if you had an office in the same area doing only extractions/dentures, because of the lower overheads. > Hi Tony, what I mean is theoretically if you run a general practice and > charge let's say $1,000 for a set of dentures, you could charge say > $800 if you had an office in the same area doing only > extractions/dentures, because of the lower overheads. That certainly makes sense, and if the quality of the work is good, then everyone, including the patient is a winner. Unfortunately, based on what I have seen the quality slides down with the price. That is no bargain. T >>I had a patient that went to one of those chain denture places. She had to >>meet with a treatment coordinator (salesman) first and they did a real hard [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > $800 if you had an office in the same area doing only > extractions/dentures, because of the lower overheads. This may be. But most of my prosthetic work is lower margin than the rest of my treatment. If you generate the volume to keep an in-house lab busy full time, then maybe. Or maybe the extractions are expensive. ;-) Steve The difference between dentures: quality of materials (theet, acrylics etc) quality of laboratory - method of treatment- there is couple methods to make dentures. The high quality denture treatment needs a time and It is personalized job. This is the most important thing , the materials isnt as important like method of treatment another thing regarding type of denture and additional factors like hybrid denture or similar. regards Krzysztof Polanowski DDS > I'm getting ready to buy some dentures. My Dentist charges $1500.00 for > a full set.. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > My question is; ............"is a denture, a denture?" |
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