When Patients ask "Why is this SO Expensive?" 

Dr. MB sure! Glad you enjoyed it! 🎉

Dr. MB I agree with you. That is how I attain the most effective treatment planning.

Excellent presentation , am going to practice this approach

Thank you! Glad you found it valuable! Let me know how it goes! Cheers!

Awesome! Glad it made sense- definitely integrate these tactics into your tx plans! Good luck! Thanks for watching! - Dr. Ganatra

sampada khair thank you! Appreciate the good words!

Linda Kosy thank you for the good words! Much appreciated- and we will keep the videos/training coming! 👍🎉

In the very near future you will observe many dentists recommending replacement of existing amalgam restorations that do not need replacement and are replaced with tooth colored composite restorations. More than 90 out of 100 times these replacements are not needed and more than 90 out of 100 times the process is not done with proper rubber dam isolation that enables a dentist to provide bonded composite restoration competently. There is no excuse not to use a rubber dam or an isoolite. Cotton rolls and suction may be adequate for packing an amalgam but a properly placed composite requires extended isolatiion from saliva.

let me give you some advice as a paitient.. ALWAYS recheck your work. My dentist did not after pulling all my uppers and I am stuck dealing with Horrible pain that percocet and norco together BARELY touch thanks to bone Infection from a retained root.. this is no bone shard( those I would have expected) but a LARGE root sticking into my cheek.

positive you have no vocabulary

Hey Ricky! Thanks for the kind words! Enjoy making these for you guys!

Edward Dergosits not a true assumption on the lab fee... definitely not in my experience. Appreciate the input here! Cheers!

@@dentalpracticemastery Rinesh I practiced for more than 30 years using PFM crowns that were supported with high noble metal. Two years ago the lab fee foe these crowns exceeded 300 dollars on average. My lab began to offer Katana Zirconia crowns that are simply beautiful and fit precisely for less than 200 dollars. I can use another lab that offers Zirconia crowns for 145 dollars. I like that the Zirconia crowns will likely not fracture. The lab that provides the Katana crowns gives me crowns that are exceptionally aesthetically pleasing.

@@dentalpracticemastery In California a quality PFM crown has a lab fee approaching 300 dollars. A milled zirconioa crown has a lab fee between 150 and 200 dollars.

Krupa! Thank you very much! Love making these videos for you all- let me know what else you want to learn more about for the next videos! Thanks!

+Rinesh Ganatra you made good points but dentists would get a lot more business if costs git cut by even 50% and with dental insurance you owe huge copays or deductibles a cleaning alone is around 50-150 depending where you go. A more pricey procedure like a root canal is 1000 dollars and up that is crazy obviously dental care plays a role but a lot of kids dont listen growing up and become adults and have to pay the consequences for that the last dentist i saw ended up messing up my tooth and cracked it now i got receding gums and he got fired and passed away so i cannot really pursue any case so i was quoted by a dentist for upwards of 20 grand for a root canal 4 wisdom teeth removals and a small gum graft to fix the receding i have that is insane dentists dont pay that much for the crowns etc. it is understandable you guys got bills also but the costs for some people are a months pay if not more for 1 procedure that can fail and not work instead of fillings dentists need to look more into healing cavities without drilling that is what leads to the more big problems and im living proof of it.

Truth be told. Bullshit is what it is.

Then they should have their license revoked and tossed in prison for malpractice. They’re here to help those in pain, not get rich! They’re fucking con artists!

Thank you!

Too bad you had a dentist that did not clearly tell you the truth. Your upper teeth likely needed to be extracted before any other treatment was advised .

Edward Dergosits not true at all- I suggest you check your sources/ articles again. Amalgams are definitely not the treatment of choice at all.

@@dentalpracticemastery FWIW I have not placed more than a handful of amalgam restorations since 1993. I have observed success for these restorations for the past 25 years with more than 95% of class 2 restorations servicing without recurrent caries. I always use a rubber dam to achieve isolation and control of the operative site. As you well know the average service expectancy of a class 2 composite is less than 6 years. This is not inherent for the material but a reflection of how poorly these restorations are generally placed. After 39 years in practice I see amalgam restorations that are more than that old alfa rated. The difference is that anyone can successfully place an amalgam restoration that will service for decades. Few can place a composite restoration that will service more than 5 years.

@@dentalpracticemastery How many composite restorations do you see that have serviced for more than 20 years?

@@dentalpracticemastery Dr Ganatra after observing the longevity of amalgam restorations compared to composite restorations it is blatantly apparent that amalgam restorations clearly have a significantly longer service life.

kane bondi - Kane- Perspective BEFORE value. And how you deliver that matters- energy, presence, and physiology - reevaluate those in your presentation. That will definitely help! Cheers man! 👋🏽

Educated listeners are difficult to persuade.

Edward Dergosits - ok- sure - that’s a good way to go- relate used cars to dental care. It Costs half a million dollars to be a dentist in the US- most clinicians I know care about their patients and part of providing great care is to also run an ethically patient based business as well. Haven’t met many patients that want to see a dentist that’s struggling in their practice. Good service, great value =solid business.

@@dentalpracticemastery Sorry to bust your balls Rinesh. If you knew anything about me and my reputation you would know my first priority is to treat every patient for the past 39 years as if they were myself. We all have our own style . Your enthusiasm is impressive. Can any dentist be confident that an implant restoration will service more than 5 years especially when placed in GBR bone?

@@dentalpracticemastery keep on educating us sir,u are going great Ignore the haters

@@palashsamajpati he’s the ignorant one

@@dentalpracticemastery your debts are not your clients problem!

WABIS PIPIRIPIS yes this man is a fool. I’m twenty nine years old and if Medicaid doesn’t want to pay for my root cAnals I lose my teeth. This man clearly isn’t even in reality because he’s rich.

@@LongformJaunt If you had a job instead of mooching off state assistance then you would be able to fix your teeth smh. Instead of asking for freebies

L. R. dont be hard on her alot of people even with good jobs cant afford dental work

Again it’s down to perspective: if you don’t have the cash and your losing all your teeth if we don’t mitigate the damage right now (let’s say that’s your situation and I see this a fair amount in my practice). Let’s say your broke and I already bent backwards on the cost. Are you willing to seek outside resources ie family, 401K, home equity, rearrange budget, to save your teeth and enjoy chewing food. Otherwise you deal with the consequences time will bring. It’s ultimately your choice, we just let you know what’s possible if you decide it’s of value.

Chris Livingston your going to the wrong dentist Chris, most of us give more than we get. Have some respect and don’t comment from ignorance.

Exactly!

John C No maybe u the wrong doctor ? ur not doing a surgery of heart or brain .

@@hubristicmystic christ sakes shut the fuck up, what do we have to respect?

We ain't business man.. When wr treat patients and work for them then we offcourse deserve to get it paid. Are you guys working for free in your jobs???

Not really... just another example. That's all. Cheers!

@@dentalpracticemastery just on a lighter note doc ! Good content 👍.

Jenifer Brown- I’ll take that as a great compliment. Robin and his books are great! Cheers! 🎉

That's honestly neglect. If you're still at school, please speak to a teacher that you trust. They are mandated reporters and they will have to get Child Services involved on your behalf.

Zappa Wench child services is bad don’t tell someone to go into that scam system it’s terrible

This is not the video for you then. It's for dentists learning how to make money

Not true. We help thousands with their oral health and truly change lives. Patients come in with pain, we help them, they come in with concerns they’ve had for years and we help them. In the USA dentists ARE licensed and have “DOCTOR of dental surgery” (DDS) degrees. They are doctors too. Much respect and appreciation to all clinicians out there that are doing their best to help their patients! Cheers!

​@@dentalpracticemastery Even your citation of the iPad/Steve Jobs example confirms what I'm saying. You see dentistry as a job of an entrepreneur, not from the point of view of a doctor whose main goal is to take care of people's health. I did the research and I have an idea about the price of the materials you use. So, I can confirm to you that your prices are very high. If not how can explain the huge difference between your rates and the rates of dentists in other countries, Turkey for example. (there are countries where the price is much much lower, such as Tunisia). Even if we take into account the price of rent, taxes, etc, this doesn't explain your crazy high prices. In the end, I tell you, I don't care that you raise your prices to a million dollars per tooth. What really bothers me is that the dentists are claiming something that is not true. You are just entrepreneurs like Steve Jobs, with the difference that you monopolize the market and this is the main reason for me that your prices are very high. These are my my convictions based on research, not accusations. Cheers!

noble profession my as. most doctors go for the money. have u called a doctors office? the first thing they ask is do u have insurance.

dentists came from barbers. physicians came from shamanism. i dont think where it comes from matters for a profession to be held to different standards. "treats patients" u say. is a urologist not a doctor bs she treats the urinary tract, is a brain surgeon not a doctor bc she treats the brain, etc. dentists treat teeth, doesnt make them less of a doctor. what is treating a patient?

Ignorance at it's best, you surely need education. I recomend start with browsing cost to attend Dental school, process and years of training and lastly how insurance companies control payments.