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Medical Forum / General / Dentistry / July 2007Prudential Dental Lab anyone
In most recent throw away journal/advert supp. there is a dental lab called Prudential yadda yadda that charges the restorative dentist $39US for PFM crown "no small print" and supposedly not offshore trans-shipped case. Now, I've dealt with Glidewell and Town and Country dental labs and found quality less than acceptable compared to higher fee for service local dental labs. How can anyone use such a lab at $39/crown and expect as good quality a product (materials and labor), as a local lab that would charge $175 for the same service? What about dentist's fee for the crown which is about $1k or more in my area? BTW, I'm a very bad businessman, but a good dentist. Discuss. >In most recent throw away journal/advert supp. there is a dental lab >called Prudential yadda yadda that charges the restorative dentist $39US [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >Discuss. A local tech that you can meet with in person on those special cases is worth a few extra dollars. Can't imagine what a $39 looks like... Oh wait.. Have seen some south of the border "c&b" It's worth less than $0 > What about dentist's fee for the crown which is about $1k or more in my area? > BTW, I'm a very bad businessman, but a good dentist. As a patient, if you were to offer me a choice between a $900 crown made in a "mystery lab" with "mystery materials" or a $1000 crown made from name brand, certified material in a high quality lab, I would have no problem with that decision. On further reflection, (and no offense intended) I would think less of my dentist for even imagining that I might want junk in my mouth. Vaughn > Discuss. On Jul 18, 1:55 pm, "Vaughn Simon" <vaughnsimonHATESS...@att.FAKE.net> wrote: > > What about dentist's fee for the crown which is about $1k or more in my area? > > BTW, I'm a very bad businessman, but a good dentist. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Vaughn I agree. But you'd be surprised at the number of patients who say they "just want what the insurance covers" with no regard to the difference in quality. As a matter of fact, many such "whatever is free, or cheap" patients don't even seem to care what dentist they get -- as long as he "takes my insurance." - dentaldoc > I agree. But you'd be surprised at the number of patients who say they > "just want what the insurance covers" with no regard to the difference > in quality. > As a matter of fact, many such "whatever is free, or > cheap" patients don't even seem to care what dentist they get -- as > long as he "takes my insurance." Uneducated consumers; but you can hardly blame them when they have no basis for judging the quality of the dental work they receive. From outside the dentist office, or from looking at a list of providers, a consumer can't possibly judge quality. Once treatment has been received, the average consumer still has little basis to judge quality. Vaughn |
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