Estimating costs for shade matching and shade corrections of fixed partial dentures for dental technicians in Germany: a pilot investigation
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Nicoleta Corcodel1, Andreas Zenthöfer, Jürgen Setz
1Department of Prosthodontics, Dental School, University of Heidelberg, Germany. nicoleta.corcodel@med.uni-heidelberg.de
Aims:
To evaluate the additional operating expenses caused by shade matching by dental technicians in the dental practice and by color changes of fixed partial dentures.
Methods:
A questionnaire was handed out to visitors of the 2010 ADT dental technician congress in Germany. Thirty-one completed questionnaires were evaluated.
Results:
Mean costs caused by shade matching and shade correction per month were 1269$ (SD = 1278$; n = 25) and per unit of FPD 9.32$ (SD = 8.89$).
Conclusions:
An improvement of shade matching, shade communication and reproduction should be made in order to minimize the considerable economic damage for dental laboratories.
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