"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Gene Kearns wrote:
On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 14:55:06 GMT, "NOYB" wrote:



Can't argue with you there. However, a dental practice operates at
approximately a $250/hr. overhead. Add in the lab bill, and the margin
isn't as high as you'd expect. Of course, a crown is certainly more
profitable than a filling. Many times, a filling can take so much time
that
we actually *lose* money on 'em. The little bottle of bonding adhesive
for
the fillings, if sold by the gallon, would cost more than $80,000 per
gallon. The old days of jamming a nickel's worth of mercury/silver
amalgam
into the tooth have long passed.


NOYB says in another thread........

"Hmmmmm. I had a 1962 13' boat in 2000 under Clinton. Under Bush,
I've had a 22' Boston Whaler in 2001. Later that year, bought a 23'
Grady White when the Whaler was stolen. In 2002 I sold the Grady and
got a 17' Whaler. And then in 2003 I bought a 25' Whaler to go along
with the 17'. Under your logic, that's 4 boats in 3 years under
Bush...and 1 boat in 8 years under Clinton."

and in this thread...

"Many times, a filling can take so much time that we actually *lose*
money on 'em. "

It is truly a shame that in America a physician has to operate at a
loss to stay in business. Maybe he'll post an address so that we can
send donations to our resident health care provider so that he won't
have to go hungry.

4 boats in 3 years. Two at one time. Nice.

1991 Grady. 1988 22' Whaler. 1994 17' Whaler. 1988 25' Whaler. Combined,
they probably don't cost as much as one *new* 25' Parker with a four-stroke.





The reason why health insurance policies typically place a low cap on
annual dental charges is directly related to the outrageous prices many
dentists charge for their work

Sure it is. It has nothing to do with the outrageous profits the insurance
company is trying to gouge from the patients and the dentists, right?


and the work of their "assistants," and
the mark-up on work they send out to their labs.

A crown from the lab runs about $150-200. Then add in the $250/hr in
expenses. Two hours for one crown=$500...plus $150-200 for the lab
bill=$750... That equates to about about $125/hr profit if a core buildup
is needed. Without the buildup, it's between $25-75/hour average.