The Impact of Digital Technology on External Remakes
Posted Mar 21, 2018 in LMT Surveys
Advances in digital technology have earned labs increased efficiency, given them access to a broader selection of materials and allowed them to cut labor costs. But opinions are mixed on what effect they have on the ever-exasperating topic of external remakes.
What downright frustrates laboratory owners and managers about remakes is that they feel the bulk of them are beyond their control. In fact, respondents to LMT’s 2018 Remake Survey say 82% of external remakes are due to the dentist’s error and that, across all departments, a poor or distorted impression is most often the culprit.
Fortunately, more than one third of laboratories that accept digital impressions are seeing a positive difference with intraoral scans, saying they reduce the possibility of distortion or enable the dentists to better evaluate their preps or mark their own margins. “Although there’s still room for human error, the accuracy...
