Surveys show a dentist's chairtime costs a minimum of $8 a minute. Information sharing between Great Impressions and your office can maximize the quality of patient care while minimizing your costs.
Great Impressions has identified the following areas that can have a great impact on our relationship:
Case Planning: Creating realistic patient expectations and turning them into reality
Impressions: Do's, Dont's, and Techniques
Improving Shade Communications
Quality Control: What we need and turning it into what you want
We are available in the following ways to communicate with you:
Presentation to your Study Club
Appointment to visit lab for uninterrupted tour
Lunch and learn at your office
* WE PERSONALLY INVITE YOU TO SCHEDULE A TIME TO VISIT US IN OUR LAB TO DISCUSS YOUR WORK.
Optical scanning capabilities with XRite Shade Vision System
Effective way of dealing with extreme esthetic concerns of certain patients
Effective method of providing the very best esthetics in certain situation
HOW DO I SCHEDULE A CUSTOM SHADE?
Schedule appointment at time of preparation;
OR
Provide patient with Great Impressions phone number
OR
Provide Great Impressions with patient's number and we will schedule appointment
Walk-ins CANNOT be accepted
Short notice requests are dependent on time availability.
REALISTIC OR/STAFF EXPECTATIONS
The effects of matamerism (the inability of unlike materials to look alike in different lighting) is unpredictable and varies from case to case.
Buccal/Ligual tooth widths and the inability to sufficiently reduce tooth structure can effect final outcome.
Materials choice can effect final outcome.
Single anterior teeth are the toughest to predict the final successful outcome.
HOW DO I PREPARE MY PATIENTS FOR CUSTOM SHADING?
Inform them that one short visit allows us to match the tooth color to an acceptable degree 85% of the time.
Inform them that in certain situations, they will need to come to the Lab a second time or more.
Inform them that we will work with them until they are satisfied.
RESTRICTIONS
Custom shades are by appointment only!
Walkins CANNOT be accepted.
Short notice request is dependent on time availability
Cost is $45 to $65 per patient.
IN LAB COMMUNICATIONS
“HOW CAN I BETTER COMMUNICATE TO MY DENTAL LAB, SO I CAN GET A BETTER END RESULT?
“AM I GIVING MY DENTAL LAB WHAT THEY NEED TO DO THERE BEST?”
Dentistry is a subjective science. Perfectionism, that is part of our nature, is manifest in many ways. Success in the dental lab business is dependant on meeting the varied needs of every individual dentist. Unfortunately, since we are not in the back of your office, communication and knowledge of each other's situations is not always easy.
To bridge this gap GREAT IMPRESSIONS offers you the opportunity to spend some time uninterrupted in a custom lab environment.
Please call and make an appointment! Spend some quality time with those whose actions that effect your reputation and quality of patient care.
The following are examples that cane be addressed:
