Ivoclar has a noble alloy with 25% palladium, near the cost of base alloy called Callisto -CP Plus. With this the doctor can bill to insurance companies as noble with a higher return than base. I'm also doing a lot more e.max crowns.

get rid of metal and make offices switch to pressables or cad.

We've done our best to order smaller lots and send in scrap more frequently to minimize our exposure and risk to price fluctuations. With the price setting on the second London fix, we order alloy only on days the market is "up" and delay orders when the market is "down" and allow the lower price to...[More]

I find laboratories split on this issue. The one’s who offered a fixed price product in the past, find themselves forced to change that model to accommodate the ever changing alloy prices and stay profitable, while others who offered their products at labor plus alloy cost in the past, are turning...[More]