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- 2006 Wage Survey
Wages are up 8% since our 2004 survey and there are increases across all experience levels, positions and specialties. Our comprehensive coverage includes national average wages, wages by region, as well as a comprehensive look at the major trends revealed by our survey.  More…
- 2006 Fee Survey
Seventy-nine percent of respondents to LMT's biennial fee survey say their business is either "good" or "booming" and are equally optimistic about the next five years. Our comprehensive coverage includes national average fees, laboratory sales and owners' salaries, as well as an analysis of the dominant trends uncovered by our survey. More…
- 2004 Fee Survey: Fees up 8% nationwide since 2002
Compare your fees to those of your competitors using LMT's comprehensive coverage of its 2004 Fee Survey. More…
- 2004 Wage Survey: Laboratory owners focus on employee retention.
LMT's 2004 Wage Survey Report includes
average wages by experience level, region and
size
of laboratory for 13 positions. It also includes a comparison of wages from our 2002 Wage Survey data. More…
- 2002 Fee Survey: Fees up,
but not enough.
Compare your fees to those of your competitors
using LMT's comprehensive coverage
of its 2002 Fee Survey. More…
- 2002 Wage Survey: you get what your
pay for
LMT's 2002 Wage Survey Report includes
average wages by experience level, region and
size
of laboratory for 13 positions. We also compare
our 2002 to our 2000 Wage Survey data to
see what’s
changed—and what hasn’t.
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- The Crown Experiment 2007
An LMT exclusive: Identical impressions were anonymously sent to nine laboratories across the country, along with a prescription for a posterior PFM crown. LMT then had a panel of judges evaluate the work, and we were all surprised by the results. More…
- FutureLAB
LMT kicks off a new series looking at trends that will shape the lab of the future. The topic this time: the top three digital technologies that will have the greatest impact in the next five years. More…
- FutureLAB: Part 2
In the second segment of our FutureLAB series, LMT takes a look at the fate of the small lab and trends that will shape the laboratory of the future, as seen by respondents to our survey of U.S. laboratory owners/managers who employ more than 50 technicians. More…
- How much does the public know about
dental laboratory technology?
Not much, according to LMT’s
poll of dental consumers across the country.
It’s no
wonder that dental technicians often feel like
silent
artisans. LMT's poll offers fascinating
insight into the perceptions of dental consumers. More…
- LMT's Crown Challenge: 228 technicians and teams put their expertise to the test
LMT’s Crown Challenge is the industry’s first-ever competition featuring a comparison of the same restoration. After 228 crowns, 25 evaluators and five rounds of extensive judging, the Sweet 16—our finalists—are revealed. LMT takes you through the Crown Challenge and presents the finest crowns as determined by our technician- and dentist-evaluators.
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- LMT's Crown Challenge: the results are in!
The 16 finalists in LMT’s Crown Challenge hail from 11 states,
C&B and full service labs, and independent and in-house operations. Because there is no “one and only” way to design a restoration,
it’s impossible to select just one “winner.” However, four of The Sweet 16 were consistently chosen as our judges’ favorites and here, we reveal these four and profile all of the finalists. More…
- State of the Industry 2000
Find out how respondents to LMT’s
2000 State of the Industry survey feel about
the economic
health of their laboratories and their workloads,
how owners’ salaries have changed in
the past decade and what is in store for
the future
of our industry. Our coverage also discusses
industry trends, product innovations, problems
with dentist-clients and business and technical
challenges that laboratory owners face in
their laboratories. More…
- Trends 2005
In Part 1 of our report, LMT looks at what's on the minds of dental laboratory owners and managers across the country and delves into the current and emerging trends in our industry. More…
- Why Dentists Switch Laboratories
Understanding your dentist-clients' needs is
paramount to creating an effective marketing
plan. In April 2003, LMT kicked off a three-part
marketing series with the results of our
joint survey with Dental Economics in which
dentist-respondents
explain why they switch laboratories, how
often they switch and what features they
look for
when choosing a new lab. More…
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