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LMT's Exclusive Fee Survey Reports
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LMT’s biennial Fee Survey report is the dental laboratory industry’s quintessential pricing guide for all types of restorative services!
Roman Kuzmichev- Catherine Waldorf
Cecilia Castillo- Helga Melgar
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A $5 Denture?
Throwback Thirty · LMT Communications, Inc. · Jun 12, 2014 at 10:12am
Here's a sample price list from Rothstein Dental Laboratory, Washington, D.C., circa 1906, reprinted from our November/December 1999 issue: Try-ins: $1.50 Stone models: $0.50 Full dentures, including...
LMT 2023 Fee Survey Report: Despite Market Challenges, Optimism Prevails
LMT Communications, Inc. · LMT's Exclusive Fee Survey Reports · Oct 2023
The majority of respondents to LMT's 2023 Fee Survey are upbeat about their economic health, sales and profit levels.
Small Business Conf idence High Despite Chronic Personnel Shortage
Kelly Fessel Carr · Publisher's Page · Oct 2023
Since 2017, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and MetLife have collaborated in an effort to elevate the voice of America’s small business owners and highlight the important role they play in the nation’s economy. Every quarter, they survey small business owners about their expectations and outlook...
Inflation Milestone Puts Spotlight on Cost-Cutting
LMT Communications, Inc. · 40 Memorable Moments · Oct 2023
As the global economy began recovering from losses caused by the pandemic, inflation surged and by June 2022 it was at its highest level in 40 years, affecting everything from the price of groceries to the housing market. As a result of these economic pressures and uncertainty, lab operators took proactive...
Reader Resources at the Ready
Kelly Fessel Carr · Publisher's Page · Aug 2023
With the increase in consolidation and mergers among manufacturers and suppliers as well as companies changing their product lines—see the Newsbriefs for the latest news—this issue, LMT’s...
Thank You!
Kelly Fessel Carr · Publisher's Page · Sep 2021
“We can’t do it without you” is the tagline we use in the cover letter of our surveys and it’s absolutely true. All of LMT’s survey reports wouldn’t be possible without you taking the time to offer your valuable responses and input. To all those who participated in...
Business Bounces Back
Kelly Fessel Carr · Publisher's Page · Aug 2021
Feeling slammed? Working serious overtime? Eager for better work/life balance? If so, you’re in good company: almost 60% of the respondents to our
LMT's 2021 Fee Survey Report: Emerging from the Pandemic: Optimism, Workloads and (Some) Fees are Up
Maribeth Marsico · LMT's Exclusive Fee Survey Reports · Aug 2021
The results of LMT's 2021 Fee Survey are in: Despite a tumultuous 2020, 70% of laboratory operators are optimistic about the future and two-thirds report increased sales and profitability during the first half of this year.
The More You Give, the More You Get
Kelly Fessel Carr · Publisher's Page · Aug 2019
We like to call ourselves, “the Data Queens,” because we love conducting and analyzing surveys. Our analysis enables us to help you know where the market is headed, how it’s doing and what products and techniques are ruling the roost. Surveys help us get inside your head and enable...
4 Ways Labs are Protecting Profitability
Maribeth Marsico · LMT's Exclusive Fee Survey Reports · Oct 2018
Many of the laboratory owner-respondents to our 2018 Fee Survey who report healthier businesses point to an emphasis on controlling costs and making sound financial decisions. Here are a few of their strategies: A vigilant ROI process. When Michael Farago, CEO, Concord Dental Laboratory, Westford,...
Fees Flat, but Outlook Brightening for Majority of Labs
Maribeth Marsico · LMT's Exclusive Fee Survey Reports · Oct 2018
Despite the fact that overall laboratory fees show no growth over the last two years, the majority of owners and managers say business has improved since 2016 and they are increasingly hopeful about the next several years, according to LMT’s 2018 Fee Survey. Sixty-one percent of respondents say...
How to Age-Proof Your Client Base
Maribeth Marsico · LMT's Exclusive Fee Survey Reports · Oct 2018
One of the recurring comments from laboratory owner-respondents to LMT’s Fee Survey is that they’re feeling the bottom-line effects of the retirement of one or more long-time clients. That’s the thing about long-time clients: they get old. Sure, you have developed wonderful relationships...
How to Analyze Pricing and Profit: PFZ vs. FCZ
Bill Mrazek · How To Issue · Feb 2017
It’s fair to say that layered porcelain has been replaced to a large degree by milled full contour zirconia (FCZ). Many of the small- and medium-sized laboratory owners I talk to are disenchanted with the fee structure of FCZ restorations; they feel forced into the FCZ price wars, are struggling...
2016 Fee Survey Report: Price-Cutting Remains Rampant, C&B Hardest Hit
Maribeth Marsico · LMT's Exclusive Fee Survey Reports · Oct 2016
The vast majority of respondents to LMT’s 2016 Fee Survey are delaying price increases due to price competition and other factors.
Why Help When You Don't Have To?
Judy Fishman · Publisher's Page · Aug 2015
Most people probably respond to the question posed in the headline above with something like, “because it makes me feel good to do something nice for someone else.” So what do I want your help with? Plain and simple: I want YOUR participation in LMT surveys. Next month begins LMT’s...
Water, Water, Everywhere . . . And Yet
Judy Fishman · Publisher's Page · Oct 2014
Competing on price is not, of course, an unfamiliar reality—production/high volume laboratories have been the perceived competitors of small laboratories for decades. But now, with digital technology available to all size laboratories, the competitive arena enables some laboratories to make a comfortable...
LMT's Exclusive 2014 Fee Survey Report: In the 'Race to the Bottom,' Profitability is the Loser
Maribeth Marsico · LMT's Exclusive Fee Survey Reports · Oct 2014
LMT’s 2014 Fee Survey respondents offer a mixed picture of their sales and profitability. On one hand, laboratory sales seem to be slowly improving. Profits, though, seem to be lagging behind.
The FCZ Dilemma
Maribeth Marsico · LMT Surveys · Oct 2014
A 2014 Fee Survey participant from the Midwest—who prefers to remain anonymous—offers a thoughtful take on how the rampant price competition on full contour zirconia restorations is negatively affecting the bottom line of many laboratories. Here’s what he had to say: In the early...
Put In Your Two Cents, Get Back a Goldmine
Judy Fishman · Publisher's Page · Sep 2014
The great transition taking hold of the way our community works is far from settling down as strategies continue to be employed and tested by tomorrow’s business leaders. Some of the changes have the capacity to pull the rug out from under us even as we retool to adapt to today’s innovations. Though...
Physicians and Dentists: The Oral Connection
Judy Fishman · Publisher's Page · Apr 2014
Over the last 30 years or so, the use of alternative/complementary medical therapies has become more widespread in the U.S. Now allopathic (traditional) practices are taking a more holistic approach to healthcare and the trend is continuing to generate more avenues of opportunity. In addition, as we...
Tax: a 'Four-Letter Word' . . . With a Deficit
Judy Fishman · Publisher's Page · Oct 2012
It would be downright silly to suggest anyone actually likes taxes so itâs no surprise that a coalition of 400 medical device manufacturers voiced its opposition to the 2.3% excise tax on medical devices slated to go into effect January 1, 2013.
Industry Fees Reflect Sluggish Economic Recovery
Maribeth Marsico · LMT's Exclusive Fee Survey Reports · Oct 2012
The majority of respondents to LMT's 2012 Fee Survey are delaying fee increases in the face of price-cutting competition and declining caseloads.
Who Says You Can't Do It All?
Judy Fishman · Publisher's Page · June/July 2012
How about a round of applause for one- to three-person laboratory owners? With almost another decade to go before many of these operators feel "the calling" to retire, they are still very much engaged in the here and now and are clearly living the well-disciplined, well-balanced life. Bravo. The results...
2006 Fee Survey: Positive Attitudes About Present and Future Business Abound
Kelly Fessel Carr · LMT's Exclusive Fee Survey Reports · Sep 2006
Seventy-nine percent of respondents to LMT's biennial fee survey say their business is either...
Five Surefire Ways to Boost Your Bottom Line
LMT Communications, Inc. · Management · Oct 2008
Over one-third of respondents to LMTâs 2008 Fee Survey say their profitability has increased in the last two years. Here are the top five strategies theyâre using to boost their bottom lines:
2006 Wage Survey: Wages Are Up, But We're Still An Industry Divided
Kim Molinaro · LMT's Exclusive Wage Survey Reports · Oct 2006
Wages are up 8% since our 2004 survey and there are increases across all experience levels, positions and specialties.
Sneak Peek at LMT's 2008 Fee Survey Confirms Denture Market is Thriving
Kelly Fessel Carr · LMT's Exclusive Fee Survey Reports · Sep 2008
The specialty once considered to be the least glamorous is thriving. According to initial results of LMTâs 2008 Fee Survey, 58% of our denture lab respondents report an increase in profitability in the past two years, largely due to increased sales,
2008 Fee Survey
Kim Molinaro · LMT's Exclusive Fee Survey Reports · Oct 2008
Fees are up 8% nationwide over the last two years, according to a comparison of LMTâs 2008 and 2006 Fee Surveys. Prices have increased across the board for all specialties and 70% of respondents say profitability has improved.
Feng Shui Maximizes Energy in Boutique Washington Laboratory
LMT Communications, Inc. · Labs & Profiles · Feb 2008
From the moment you step into LeBeau Precision Aesthetics, the energy is palpable. While it's largely due to the passion and interest of Owner Dene LeBeau and his talented 11-person staff, the lab has another secret weapon: feng shui.
2008 Wage Survey
Maribeth Marsico · LMT's Exclusive Wage Survey Reports · November/December 2008
Dental technicians' wages have increased only 3% overall during the last two years, according to a comparison of LMT's 2008 and 2006 Wage Surveys. Here's what the data tells us:
Trends 2005
LMT Communications, Inc. · LMT Surveys · Oct 2005
In Part 1 of our report, LMT looks at what's on the minds of dental laboratory owners and managers across the country and delves into the current and emerging trends in our industry.
LMT Exclusive: 2010 Fee Report Fees Remain Flat As Laboratories Ride Out Tough Economy
Maribeth Marsico · LMT's Exclusive Fee Survey Reports · Oct 2010
Laboratory restoration fees show no significant increase over the last two years, according to LMTâs 2010 Fee Survey.
The Decade Ahead: 74% of Fee Survey Respondents Optimistic About the Future
Kim Molinaro · LMT's Exclusive Fee Survey Reports · Oct 2008
Despite the challenges of offshore competition, a limited labor pool and price cutting, the majority of respondents to LMTâs 2008 Fee Survey are optimistic about the future of our industry.
2010 Fee Survey
LMT Communications, Inc. · LMT's Exclusive Fee Survey Reports · Jan 2011
Fees Remain Flat as Laboratories Ride Out Tough Economy A whopping 80% of respondents to LMT's 2010 Fee Survey say they've delayed usual fee increases due to the lagging economy, and that's evident in our data: restoration prices have not undergone any significant increase over the last two years. In...
2008 Fee Survey
LMT Communications, Inc. · LMT Surveys · Jan 2009
Big Winners: Pacific region, complete dentures Fees are up 8% nationwide over the last two years, according to a comparison of LMT's 2008 and 2006 Fee Surveys. Prices have increased across the board for all specialties and 70% of respondents say profitability has improved or remained stable over the...
2000 Wage and Fee Survey
LMT Communications, Inc. · LMT Surveys
Going rates get going in Our 2000 Wage and Price Survey results are in: fees have increased, salaries for experienced technicians are up and wages for beginning technicians are stagnant. In April, LMT reported on the upbeat and optimistic outlook that laboratory owners have about the state of their businesses....
