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A new lab workflow sticks when it starts small. Here is how a dental practice can change how it sends and tracks lab cases without losing chair time.
A lab statement shows fees. The real cost of a dental lab includes remakes, adjustments and moved appointments. Here is how to work it out per lab.
Night guards and other appliances are the lab cases a practice forgets most easily. Here is why they slip, and a routine that gets each one delivered.
When a patient arrives and the lab case has not, the next ten minutes matter. Here is what to check, what to say, and how to use the visit and rebook.
Choosing a dental lab comes down to the work, the communication and the dates. Ask these 12 questions before a first case, and know what a good answer is.
Use as many dental labs as you have kinds of work that need different strengths, and no more than your team can track. Here is how to decide.
The front desk books the seat, checks the case is in the building and tells the patient when it is not. Here is a routine for each of those jobs.
A late lab case costs a practice chair time only when it is a surprise. Here is how to see late cases coming, and what to do with the days you gain.
A free dental lab case tracking sheet with the ten columns a practice needs, a daily routine to keep it honest, and the signs you have outgrown it.
Every practice tracks lab cases somehow. Here is what a tracking system has to do, where a spreadsheet works, and when software earns its place.