State of the Industry 2015
LMT’s comprehensive, multi-issue State of the Industry 2015 coverage offers an in-depth look at the key trends impacting laboratory operators today.
Survey Snapshot: Digital Technology
The results of LMT’s State of Digital Technology 2015 survey are in! Eighty percent of respondents rate their all-ceramic workload as “good” or “booming.”
Kelly Fessel Carr
Associate Publisher/editor · Newtown, CT
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Celeste Kong
Renata Budny
Steve Parker
Evident, Inc.
The Digital Era is Here to Stay
Industry icon Jim Glidewell shares his perspective on the future of our industry, including restorative trends, the biggest challenges you’ll face and strategies to ensure your laboratory’s success.
Jim Glidewell
Dental Lab Operator · Irvine, CA
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Survey Snapshot: The Implant Market
LMT’s State of the Industry 2015 survey respondents share information on their implant workload.
Kelly Fessel Carr
Associate Publisher/editor · Newtown, CT
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Removable Prostheses are 'Recession-Proof' Say Half of Survey Respondents
Fifty percent of the removable laboratory owner/manager respondents to LMT’s State of the Industry 2015 survey rate their current workload as “booming” or “good,” with another 38% saying it’s “stable.” And half go so far as to say removable prostheses are...
Kelly Fessel Carr
Associate Publisher/editor · Newtown, CT
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Some Things Never Change: Inadequate Impressions Still Labs' Biggest Client Headache
Laboratory respondents to our State of the Industry 2015 survey ranked clients’ impression-taking skills as their number-one client-related challenge, saying one quarter of the impressions that come into their laboratory are inadequate, a result of dentists not following manufacturers’ guidelines,...
Maribeth Marsico
Senior Editor · Cheshire, CT
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5 Trends on the Dentist's Mind
A surge of digital technologies, the corporatization of dentistry and omnipresent insurance woes are just a few of the challenges impacting your dentist-clients. As part of our State of the Industry 2015 survey coverage, LMT polled 80 dentists from around the country to get their perspectives on these...
Maribeth Marsico
Senior Editor · Cheshire, CT
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Survive-and-Thrive Strategies
Fifty-five percent of our State of the Industry 2015 survey respondents have recently changed their business model to increase profitability, gain new clients and be more competitive. Five of our respondents share their stories.
Kim Molinaro
Managing Editor · West Hartford, CT
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State of the Industry 2015, Part I: 'Challenging but Good' According to Majority
The first part of LMT’s comprehensive, multi-issue State of the Industry 2015 coverage offers an in-depth look at the key trends impacting laboratory operators today.
Kelly Fessel Carr
Associate Publisher/editor · Newtown, CT
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Renata Budny
Jeff Bolton
Evident, Inc.