Dental consumers sometimes think that a dentist who charges more can provide the best dental implant care. This attitude stems from the common belief that if something is expensive, it is automatically better. I don’t think this logic applies to choosing from whom and where you will get dental implant care.
You, the potential dental consumer, need to know exactly what you are paying for, especially when selecting expensive versus affordable dental implant care. You should also familiarize yourself with the facts that truly identify the successful results of dental care with implants.
Research on the outcome of using specific brands of dental implants is currently largely conducted in university settings. Most of this research is funded by the companies whose dental implants are being tested, creating a situation with an obvious potential conflict of interest. Most of these studies are of very short duration and exist primarily to promote new implant products that the benevolent companies are eager to bring to the dental market as quickly as possible. These types of “selfish” studies are of little value except for marketing.
When examining the costs of placing and restoring dental implants, it becomes clear that the final cost of dental implant care by the dentist is determined very subjectively. By subjective, I mean that a dentist’s out-of-pocket expense to purchase, place, and restore a dental implant is largely limited to:
1. What the dentist decides to pay for the materials.
2. Elective costs for forms of direct and indirect advertising decided by the dentist.
3. The dollar amount (click Attachment 2) that the dentist wishes to charge for your time to complete a dental implant-related service. This fee is essentially based on what the dentist wants to make in profit. It is a feeling, not necessarily based on competitive factors.
Also, although I’m a big proponent of marketing, I believe consumers need to be aware of hidden costs and other cunning sales strategies beyond “hype” when responding to any advertisement, bait and switch strategies are common in all industries, including dental. implant field You should research who is treating you, their experience, and their results.
I believe that the prudent consumer seeking dental implant care needs to educate themselves to make good decisions when choosing who will care for them, now and in the future. The informed purchase is the responsibility of consumers towards themselves.