title: Minimizing costs for casting gold alloy in student preclinical courses and commercial laboratory clinical use.
abstract: With inflation producing a consistantly rising price for casting gold alloy, student use in preclinical courses and clinic use in commercial laboratory castings represent a significant cost to the student and the school. The New Jersey Dental School has developed and instituted a plan to decrease student cost and manage commercial laboratory fees by the purchase of a year's supply of gold. Students use the gold alloy and pay only for lost amounts, while the school replaces the gold used by the commercial laboratory.
mesh_terms: D003734:Dental Casting Investment; D004468:Economics, Dental; D004497:Education, Dental; D006047:Gold Alloys; D006801:Humans; D007754:Laboratories, Dental; D013335:Students, Dental
chemical_list: D003734:Dental Casting Investment; D006047:Gold Alloys