MDT: Alternative Direction to Profitability

Going back in time in the lab industry, experience and trade secrets were always sheltered by technicians due to their insecurity and lack of education.
Education to the average lab owner or technician had always been kept at a minimum as long as they produced something resembling a gadget with a price on it – that was all that was necessary.
We have seen the transition take place in the past fifty years and education has become the primary factor.
Times have changed in the past twenty years and now the gadgets are being produced off shore and labor costs there are definitely affecting the livelihood of labs.
So in the past it was the lack of sharing knowledge. But now it is cheaper productivity with lower cost of labor.
It’s been our experience that labs refer 50% of work to other labs because they are unable to predict the end result of complex cases.
We recently did a survey of labs employing Master Dental Technologists and it was no surprise to find that labs indicated a solid 50% increase in income mainly due to the fact that all types of cases from prosthetic specialists and other difficult cases are no longer being turned away.

Employing MDT’s with their knowledge is essential to your lab’s function because they develop refined abilities in all technical and physiological aspects; they have increased understanding of occlusal principals and can design cases beyond full-mouth reconstruction through forensics.
With MDT knowledge, your lab is able to open effective communication on the dentist’s level and to save chair-time for the patient as well as the dentist; not to mention your increased income.
Labs usually guide and work with the dentist to enhance the outcome of each case they receive and enhanced communication naturally brings in more work to the lab.
The dentist’s partnership with your lab is vital because of securing the end result on the “big money cases” and to prevent the loss of time and money.
Our Home Study Program is designed to train your technicians in your lab as a continuing educational program. Upon completing our course, each lab technician becomes Certified as a Master Dental Technologist.
Visit our website, WWW.ASMDT.COM, for complete information on our Master Dental Technologist Programs.
We also welcome your telephone call (+1(718) 746-8355) to discuss discounts for multiple technician use of our Home Study Program.