Surveys

Sixty-eight percent of laboratories market their services to dentist-clients. Wondering how your efforts compare to those of your peers? Here’s the data from LMT’s latest Marketing Survey*.

29% of them set an annual marketing budget. Of that group, the majority spend 1-2% of their annual...

LMT's exclusive 2023 3D Printing Survey delves into the state of the market and how the technology is impacting lab operations.

The results of LMT's Planning for 2023 Survey are in: here's a look at growth strategies lab owners are using, obstacles they expect to face and their level of optimism.

Eighty percent of respondents to LMT’s 2022 Removable Prosthetic Survey rate their current complete denture and partial denture businesses as “good” or “booming." Click here for all the details.

Despite inflation hitting a 40-year high this summer, more than two-thirds of laboratories are in sound fiscal condition, according to LMT’s 2022 How’s Business Survey.

LMT's exclusive 2022 Wage Survey Report reveals the state of wages and benefits packages in our community and examines four key findings.

Nearly two-thirds of participants in our 2019 Implant Survey say their implant business is “good” or “booming” and more than half say the profitability of their implant casework has increased.

Subcontracting work between laboratories has always been part of the fabric of our community, but the market for these services is growing and more vibrant than ever. Consider these five significant developments uncovered by LMT’s 2019 Subcontracting Survey.

1. A record number of laboratories are...

While zirconia still leads the list of the most popular milling materials, there has been a significant shift in usage of other materials just in the past year. For example, a comparison of our 2018 Milling Survey and

Sixty-three percent of laboratory-owner respondents to LMT’s 2018 Implant Survey say their implant business is “good” or “booming,” a percentage that has held rock solid in LMT surveys dating back to 2013. “Implants are becoming more and more prevalent because of the...

Similar to our findings over the last decade, LMT’s 2018 Wage Survey shows that technician wages are still not seeing any significant growth. Overall hourly earnings are flat compared to our 2016 Wage Survey and 52% of our survey participants took steps to tighten labor costs in the last two years,...

While digital technology offers labs increased efficiency, broad material choices and lower labor costs, respondents to LMT's 2018 Remake Survey are mixed on the effect it's having on external remakes.

A model-less workflow eliminates more steps of the fabrication process, and reduces labor and materials costs and production times. Here are five key considerations if you’re planning to go model free and ways to get you dentist-clients on board

The implant market has been strong for the past decade—and shows no signs of slowing down.

LMT’s survey offers some optimistic news, but many respondents are still uneasy about the state of the market which, in turn, is affecting their personnel decisions.

Similar to LMT’s Implant Surveys dating back to 2008, the majority of respondents to LMT’s 2016 Implant Survey rate their implant workload as “good” or “booming.”

LMT’s Editor Kelly Carr and I teamed up this month to put together an LMT-based Q&A. After all, this is The Answers Issue: LMT’s guide to everything you need to know about the dental laboratory industry and those who are in it. I’ve been dominating this

Your website is a reflection of your laboratory; many times it’s the first impression a potential client will have of your lab. Jordon Comstock offers tips to keep in mind when designing your website.

Most people probably respond to the question posed in the headline above with something like, “because it makes me feel good to do something nice for someone else.” So what do I want your help with? Plain and simple: I want YOUR participation in LMT surveys.

Next month begins LMT’s...

The results of LMT’s State of Digital Technology 2015 survey are in! Eighty percent of respondents rate their all-ceramic workload as “good” or “booming.”

LMT’s State of the Industry 2015 survey respondents share information on their implant workload.