Quality in dentistry has been going down. The custom work of crowns, quality of fillings, and etc, have been going by the wayside for cheaper options that the consumer doesn’t grok the downstream expenses of. Generally the chain dentists don’t even present options. I found this out recently after getting some miracle filling that just seems so easy and cheap as “technology has improved” but I would have happily paid for gold or amalgam and a more professional job. Hadn’t had one in about 28 years, so I took their sales pitch as fact. I also understand that Crowns are similar, and vary in expected lifetime, quality, etc. I made a contact in the industry who actually runs a shop making them, but she informs me the industry is running the other way, towards cheap and will need replacements down the road.
But on the business side, the “Blue Oceans” Strategy (see the book) of removing options, cutting cost, removing details, and making off with a ton of cash like Yellowtail Winery is an easy sell. It’s just that with eyes, teeth, my body, etc, I would prefer a different model. It’s hard to be educated enough for all to be caveat emptor and up to recently I at least trusted a dentist when I walk in. Now I don’t even know how to buy quality or who to trust.
Quality in dentistry has been going down. The custom work of crowns, quality of fillings, and etc, have been going by the wayside for cheaper options that the consumer doesn’t grok the downstream expenses of. Generally the chain dentists don’t even present options. I found this out recently after getting some miracle filling that just seems so easy and cheap as “technology has improved” but I would have happily paid for gold or amalgam and a more professional job. Hadn’t had one in about 28 years, so I took their sales pitch as fact. I also understand that Crowns are similar, and vary in expected lifetime, quality, etc. I made a contact in the industry who actually runs a shop making them, but she informs me the industry is running the other way, towards cheap and will need replacements down the road.
But on the business side, the “Blue Oceans” Strategy (see the book) of removing options, cutting cost, removing details, and making off with a ton of cash like Yellowtail Winery is an easy sell. It’s just that with eyes, teeth, my body, etc, I would prefer a different model. It’s hard to be educated enough for all to be caveat emptor and up to recently I at least trusted a dentist when I walk in. Now I don’t even know how to buy quality or who to trust.