Elegant Dental Laboratory Blog
Articles on digital dentistry, clinical tips, case planning, and dental lab workflow.
Dental Insurance Then and Now: From a 1954 Union Plan to the $1,500 Maximum
Part 2 of our Then and Now series: how dental insurance began, why Medicare left dental out, how the $1,000...
The Dental Practice Squeeze: What the Numbers Say About 2026
Reimbursement up 19% against 27% inflation, real income down since 2010, hygienists hard to hire and patients skipping care: the...
Dental Prices Then and Now: Why Dentistry Costs 15 Times More Than in 1970
What dental care cost, who paid for it and how insurance kept up (or did not) from the 1950s to...
US Dental Labs by the Numbers, 2014 to 2025: 27% Fewer Labs
Our analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data: how many dental labs the US and New York have, how fast...
Is Tooth Regeneration Possible? What Research Really Says
Tooth regeneration is one of the most talked-about ideas in modern dentistry, but the reality is more complex than the...
