Fast turnaround gets all the attention. But for a high-volume clinic, fast isn’t the point. Predictable is. A lab that’s quick some weeks and late others is harder to work
Most clinics count the cost of a remake the same way: one case, made twice. The lab fee gets absorbed, the materials get written off, and on paper it looks
Overseas lab work is cheaper. That part’s true. What doesn’t show up on the quote is what you pay for it in turnaround — and for a clinic running real
Most clinics choose a lab the same way they chose their first one: on price, on a rep’s pitch, or because it’s “always been that way.” Then they run 20,
Same-day de-band appointments are costing you more chair time than you think. The old way: patient comes in, brackets come off, work goes to the lab, you wait, patient comes
Most clinics don’t switch labs because of one bad case. They switch because a string of small frictions finally adds up to a pattern — and someone finally says it
