Recapturing implants we already send away
This one isn't about a setter — it's a CBCT and an implant ramp. The demand already exists; the practice just exports it.
The recapture
- 39 implant-eligible referrals last year to one oral surgeon — who has now retired/sold
- 267+ referred out since 2023
- 30–40 VA community-care cases already submitted
- The perio referral office closed too — that volume is unclaimed
The capital
- On-site CBCT — $38k (open-box unit already sourced)
- Surgical + restorative staffing and training
- Conservative ramp to ~10 implants/mo at $4,500 each
- Locator-fixed full-arch as upside from month 7
The return
- Program payback ~month 13 (carries the CBCT)
- The CBCT hardware pays back in <3 months of implant gross margin
- 45% gross margin on implants
- Every case kept in-house is margin that used to leave the building