How To Issue
From basics to benchmarks, marketing to milling, printing to productivity, safety to satisfaction, LMT's February 2017 issue is jam-packed with tips, tricks and techniques to thrive in today’s market. Here is some of our coverage:
How to get physical
Frequent stretching can help reduce muscle fatigue and stiffness that comes with the repetitive and intricate work at the bench. Here are six simple stretches you can do periodically throughout the day that target the areas of your body most likely t
Sherrie Shover
Feb 6, 2017 at 2:28pm
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How to acquire 17 new clients in four months
Learn how Martha Martin, CEO and Co-Owner, Triad Dental Studio, beefed up the lab's marketing efforts to gain 17 new clients in four months.
Kim Molinaro
Feb 6, 2017 at 1:53pm
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How to get the ultimate bond between the denture base and hybrid bar
Hybrid dentures are growing in popularity but getting a strong bond between the denture base acrylic and the milled titanium bar can be challenging. Read how Dennis Urban, CDT, does it.
Dennis Urban
Feb 6, 2017 at 1:47pm
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How to optimize your email open rate
It’s estimated that over 205 billion emails are sent every day. With all that competition flooding people’s inboxes, you need to make sure your marketing emails command the attention they deserve. How? With awesome subject lines.
Sherrie Shover
Feb 6, 2017 at 11:58am
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How to give employees access to Fortune 500-level benefits
Don Inman, Owner of Inman Orthodontics, started working with a PEO which allows him to offer his employees Fortune 500-level benefits.
Maribeth Marsico
Feb 6, 2017 at 11:55am
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How to have fun in the lab
Kathy Rusler, Co-Owner of Indiana Dental Prosthetics, shares how she keeps things fun in her laboratory.
Sherrie Shover
Feb 6, 2017 at 11:46am
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How to use a spaghetti diagram
Bob Yenkner offers tips for streamlining your workflow by drawing a spaghetti diagram.
Laurel Carbonneau
Feb 6, 2017 at 11:36am
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How to troubleshoot digital RPD production
Ken Kincaid, CDT, TE, offers his tips on how to solve common digital RPD production problems.
Kim Molinaro
Feb 6, 2017 at 11:29am
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How to protect yourself chairside
Chairside assistance is a good differentiator and valuable customer service tool, but it also raises liability concerns. Learn how to protect yourself in this new trend.
Laurel Carbonneau
Feb 6, 2017 at 11:26am
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How to calibrate your porcelain furnace
Kent Kohl, CDT, shows how to calibrate your porcelain furnace.
Kent Kohli
Feb 6, 2017 at 11:17am
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How to play nice with chairside CAD/CAM
Learn how laboratory owners are taking a proactive approach and finding ways to partner with dentists in order to foster relationships.
Maribeth Marsico
Feb 6, 2017 at 11:11am
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How to avoid the most-common OSHA violations
Gary Morgan, CDT, Vice President of Safelink Consulting explains the top five OSHA violations and how you can stay in compliance.
Kim Molinaro
Feb 6, 2017 at 11:07am
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How to break into the high-end market
Al Hodges explains how he broke into the high-end market and how you can, too.
Maribeth Marsico
Feb 6, 2017 at 11:01am
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How to explain fracture toughness
When it comes to ceramic restorations, fracture toughness is a much better indicator of the long-term clinical success than flexural strength.
Kelly Fessel Carr
Feb 6, 2017 at 10:58am
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How to run like a well-oiled machine
See how three different laboratories have streamlined their workflows after they implemented DAMAS.
Laurel Carbonneau
Feb 6, 2017 at 10:53am
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How to tap into the power of 3D printing
Christian Saurman's lab boasts five in-house 3D printers for printing models. Learn how he incorporated high-volume digital procedures into his workflow.
Kim Molinaro
Feb 6, 2017 at 10:42am
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How to listen to your lungs
Dr. Phillip Russo addresses the pollutants in the laboratory that can affect your lungs and what you can do to protect yourself.
Phil Russo
Feb 6, 2017 at 10:39am
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How to Analyze Pricing and Profit: PFZ vs. FCZ
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...
William R. Mrazek
Jan 26, 2017 at 11:07am
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How to strut your stuff with photography
Joshua Polansky offers his tips for creating beautiful case photos to show off your skills on your website and social media.
Joshua Polansky
Jan 24, 2017 at 5:02pm
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How to deliver a comfortable denture
Quality control for removable prosthetics is about more than how esthetic and clean the final product looks. Just as important is the tissue side of the prosthesis and how it affects the patient’s mouth once it’s in constant contact and making micro movements when in function. Nothing is...
Thomas Zaleske
Jan 24, 2017 at 5:00pm
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How to get 150,000 views on YouTube
When Steve Szara, Owner of Szara Dental Laboratory in Northville, MI, started making orthodontic videos for YouTube, his goals were twofold: sharing his techniques and getting others to share in return. “As a one-man ortho lab, I was finding it difficult to find information on orthodontics and...
Kim Molinaro
Jan 24, 2017 at 4:57pm
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