Renstrom Dental Studio Receives Best of St. Paul Award

Best of Saint Paul Award Program
Recently this summer Renstrom Dental Studio was selected for the 2012 Best of Saint Paul Award in the Dental Laboratories category by the Saint Paul Award Program.

Each year, the Saint Paul Award Program identifies companies that we believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category.

These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and our community. These exceptional companies help make the Saint Paul area a great place to live, work and play.

Various sources of information were gathered and analyzed to choose the winners in each category. The 2012 Saint Paul Award Program focuses on quality, not quantity. Winners, including Renstrom, are determined based on the information gathered both internally by the Saint Paul Award Program and data provided by third parties.

About Saint Paul Award Program The Saint Paul Award Program is an annual awards program honoring the achievements and accomplishments of local businesses throughout the Saint Paul area. Recognition is given to those companies that have shown the ability to use their best practices and implemented programs to generate competitive advantages and long-term value.

The Saint Paul Award Program was established to recognize the best of local businesses in our community. Our organization works exclusively with local business owners, trade groups, professional associations and other business advertising and marketing groups. Our mission is to recognize the small business community’s contributions to the U.S. economy.

SOURCE: Saint Paul Award Program

CONTACT: Saint Paul Award Program

Email: publicrelations@awardprogram.org
 
http://www.awardprogram.org

Renstrom is a dental lab based in Minnesota with a local and a national dentist-clientele. The laboratory is also a member of the Northern Dental Alliance.

Exceptional, cost-relevant crown and bridge, case design and development, and esthetic, implants, cosmetic, and restorative dentistry.

Renstrom Dental Studio, Inc.

800-747-1321 • 651-407-0491

• 4225 White Bear Parkway • Suite 1240
• Vadnais Heights • MN 55110-3349

 Original Publication: Renstrom Dental Studio Award Press Release 

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Minnesota Dental Lab Presents Case Study: Implant Bar Overdenture

Dental implants seem to be the one sector in dentistry that is on the rise.

The reason may be partly due to the baby boomer generation, consumer awareness, or advanced technologies and products. Implant manufacturers are investing many dollars into marketing, education, and materials.

Because of the different implant treatment options now being accepted by patients, laboratories are doing more complex implant cases, requiring the use of new materials and technologies.

The newest system at Renstrom is the NobelProcera Scanner. With 3D software, a technician has the capability of designing a variety of things, one being titanium implant bar overdentures and hybrid bars with the desired attachments. Depending on the patient’s treatment plan and budget constraints, a fixed or removable bar can be fabricated to fit their needs.

In the case shown below, five implants were placed and a Montreal Bar was made to retain the overdenture. The bars can be made for a variety of implant systems and multi unit abutments. The highly polished, biocompatible bars are light but high in strength, which reduces the likelihood of extension breakage. A big advantage to a titanium bar is that it is an affordable option in comparison to cast metal solutions.

Patients can also enjoy a stable, yet removable denture for easy hygiene maintenance. The technicians at Renstrom would be happy to assist you with the treatment planning of your next simple or complex implant case!



1) Models were poured from the implant level impression that was sent to the lab. It is important that the lab technician has all of the information withthe case including type and size of implants.

2) In this case, the patient had a pre existing denture, which was sent to the lab and duplicated. If the patient does not have a denture, a set-up will be fabricated and evaluated at try in.

3) A verification jig was made using GC resin and non-engaging implant replicas to verify the placement of the implants in the model. The doctor will then do a try in to confirm that when seated completely, the jig does not lift and has a passive fit. If one of the implant replicas does not completely seat, the doctor can sec- tion the jig and relute it until a passive fit is obtained.



4) The model and denture replica werescanned using the NobelProcera scanner. Different design tools were used to virtually create the implant bar. A Montreal bar was designed for this case. The file is then sent from the software to the NobelProcera Production facility for milling.

5) The bar is milled out of surgical grade 6A1-4V titanium, which is four times lighter than gold. It is returned to the lab highly polished with all screws/attachments and ready to be delivered for try in.

6) The Denture teeth are reset on the titanium framework, and both bar and set up are tried in once again.



7) Once the denture is approved, the overdenture is processed and finished.

For more about Laboratory Restorative Dentistry, Dental Implants. and Overdenture Services and Techniques,

CONTACT

Renstrom Dental Studio, Inc
Renstrom.com
Vadnais Heights, MN
651-407-0491


Renstrom Dental Studio (MN LAB) is a NDA Member.

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Dick Chwalek, NicheDental.com

•  Story Also Posted at NorthernDentalAlliance.com
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Laboratory & Dentist Collaboration creates Beautiful, Healthy Smile Makeovers

What do consumers want from dentistry? They want lasting results. Will they always want to pay for it? That depends on how it is presented and what the dentist is actually able to deliver.

The right dental laboratory is an important element in achieving the level of smile makeover results most consumers "really" want. While everyone wants to pay as little as possible, dental patients expect their dentistry to last. Going the other direction (lower quality to hit a price point) in too many cases just exacerbates the low value view they have about dentistry.

Of course, it is not easy to overcome the low value issue when they want to pay less because they don't believe that there is value in doing more. Obviously, if you suggest more than the dental insurance industry covers, you are "selling" them a bill of goods.

The insurance companies are only looking out for their policy holders--would never steer them in the wrong direction. A dentist who is trying to heal patients has to be the bad person when they do more than an insurance company. Four years of dental school, a residency, thousands of hours of continuing education and many years of experience are merely a ploy to oversell their patients on some crazy idea of comprehensive health.

The dental insurance provider that covers $1,000 per year in dental work -- which pays for one or two restorations - has to be thinking only about the patient's long-term health. Their altruism is rock solid and is based on the best interests of their patients. That is the only way to think about it, right?

Then again, if you think about how most of us (dental consumers) access dentistry, which is usually haphazardly or only at the point of complete dental deterioration (see your state's edentulous stats here) then you might see how the $1,000/year is actually very problematic.
Imagine going five years without seeing the dentist. You can't get your $5,000 back from the insurance company (if you even have insurance). Plus your dental health probably has declined significantly. That $1,000/year might have covered things if we as dental consumers used it each year. But now you probably need to double it to correct what you have done to your smile.

So you are now up to $10,000 or let's say just $7,500. Maybe it has been 10 years since you have visited the dentist. Then it might be 2.5 to 3 times what it cost if you would have been a model preventive care patient so $25,000 to $30,000. Now who is snookering whom in this situation: the assertive dentist who actually has the expertise or the patient in denial with their insurance company with their paltry $1,000 handout?

While the insurance provider has not done anything wrong contractually, not accepting the dentist's comprehensive smile makeover plan often gives the patient the impression that the dentist is over diagnosing. Basically, the insurance company is saying, "continue doing one-tooth-at-a-time dentistry like they did back in the 20th century". Use 21st century technology for the restoration - but the same treatment strategy from back when high tech meant having the latest version of the Craftsman pliers--dentist edition.

Yes, $10,000 is a lot of money, and paying your dentist $30,000 might even seem obscene to some. Then again it was all the rage to pay a huge sum for a Harley chopper, but for some reason having a healthy set of choppers is worth so much less. 

Paying a car and bike salesman enough to live in a mansion is just fine. But a dentist that have a ton of debt before they even start their career, and does work most of us could not do (that actually makes people feel better in many ways) is looked at in a negative light for wanting to make you healthier and to make some money as they do it.

There might be a few Bernie Madoff dentists out there - but before you label every dentist in that vein - look in the mirror and see how well you can smile without one in your life.

When searching out a dentist that has your health in mind make sure they work with a dental laboratory that backs them up with a quality result.

Dental Marketing/Consumer Perception Commentary by

Dick Chwalek

Dentist Marketing Coach and Dental Communication Consultant

Call 866-453-1026

Photos provided by Renstrom Dental Studio

View more of this Minnesota lab's cosmetic dentistry and smile makeover results.