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Prosthodontics is not just clinical precision — it's also calculation. Material cost, labor time, clinic margin, and patient expectations must meet at one point. Learn the principles that help run a profitable prosthetic practice.
An underestimated prosthetic case generates losses. An overestimated one — drives patients away. Understanding the structure of laboratory and clinical costs allows for fair and profitable pricing.
A free lab rework costs the practice 645–1125 PLN per case. We break down the hidden costs: clinician's time, schedule, assistant.
20 minutes of crown adjustment chairside means 213 PLN in losses — chairtime and assistant's time. With 2 crowns per week, that's over 20,000 PLN annually.
If the first try-in is a test, not confirmation, each pair of appointments costs ~130 PLN. With 20 pairs annually, that's 3000–4000 PLN.
Work didn't arrive — appointment cancelled. One instance means ~500 PLN in lost revenue plus schedule chaos and patient stress.
A laboratory for 180 PLN vs 220 PLN per crown. TCO shows: the cheaper laboratory costs 98 PLN more per case after reworks.
If your assistant calls the lab 3-4 times a day for 10 minutes each, that can amount to 15 hours a month – it's worth calculating the true cost.
An additional prosthodontic appointment costs ~970 PLN (doctor's time + lost slot + indirect costs). With 10 such appointments a month—116,000 PLN annually.
"A nice crown, please" is not an instruction — it’s a problem. Lack of precision generates corrections and chaos that costs labs and practices thousands.
Lack of guidelines, phone as the sole channel, and skipping the mock-up. These 3 mistakes cost your practice 8,000–14,000 PLN per month.
An operatory minute is 8–15 PLN in revenue. If you lose 5 hours a month to adjustments and chaos—that's 30,000–50,000 PLN annually.
2 days faster isn't just logistics—it means additional appointments and revenue. An economic model shows 4–8 additional appointments per month.
Lack of a wax-up or mock-up risks chairside decision changes, additional appointments, and delays. This translates to hundreds of PLN per case requiring correction.
Changing laboratories is not a cost—it's an investment. Decision calculator: savings on corrections vs. higher price. ROI in 3–6 months.
Margin has dropped by 14 percentage points since 2019, while prices remain the same. Four channels for improving profitability: rework reduction, predictable timelines, quality, digital workflow.
The average practice loses 47,000–65,000 PLN annually due to remakes, delays, communication issues, and lack of planning. We break down 5 categories of losses.
deltalabs. helps practices identify and eliminate hidden prosthetic costs. The Ideal Fit Protocol (IFP) reduces remakes to below 3%, and digital communication eliminates chaos and delays.
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