A Dentist On Staff: An Ace in Your Pocket
Posted Apr 28, 2011 in Marketing
Having an on-staff dentist gives these two laboratories a unique competitive advantage. You can offer clients a higher level of service, better address technical issues and offer a wealth of continuing education opportunities. Internally, your technicians get a rare chairside perspective and insight into the dentist's mind.
When da Vinci Dental Studios, West Hills, California, received a particularly difficult implant case, it had an ace in its pocket: the expertise of recently hired staff dentist, Dr. Steven Weinberg.
A patient presented with a class III bite, missing teeth #4-12 with four misaligned, lingualized implants, and he wanted to restore his bite to a class I without any bridgework and a natural, esthetic result. The client asked daVinci to create a framework that would correct the challenges of the bite, overcome the implant misplacement and fabricate nine all-ceramic crowns on a metal framework with pink tissue. "This kind of design...
