17/11/2023
A customer asked me how much it cost to do tooth extraction.
𝗠𝗲: 1500php (minimim depende sa hirap)
𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: Masyado namang mahal, bunot lang.
𝗠𝗲: How much do you think it would cost you?
𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: 500php maximum... Madali lang naman yon diba?! Saka mura lang mga gamit tapos antibiotic lang.😁
𝗠𝗲: Ok, since magkakilala naman tayo pwede namang ikaw ang gumawa. 😉
𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: Pero hindi ko alam kung paano...😂
𝗠𝗲: For 500php tuturuan kita, nakasave ka pa ng 1,000php. You'll get the knowledge na kailangan mo. 😉
𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: Sige, pwede na din.😁
𝗠𝗲: But to get started: May mga kailangan tayong gamit:
dental chair (100k to 200k)
personal protective equipments (1000 to 2k)
medicaments(1k plus)
autoclave(25k to 35k)
set of dental forceps(25k plus)
gauze, q tips (250)
mouthwash(350)
etc.
𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: Hala.😣 But I don't have all these equipment. Bibili pa ba ko niyan, isang ipin lang naman gagawin ko. 😐
𝗠𝗲: Well then for another 1000php more I'll rent my stuff to you para makagawa ka. 🙂
𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: Sige Sige 🙂
𝗠𝗲: Okay! thursday I'm waiting for you to start doing this work ha.
𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: But I can't on Thursday I only have time today.😢
𝗠𝗲: I'm sorry, but I'm only available on Thursday to teach you and lend you my stuff. Other days are busy with other patients na kasi. 😔
𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: Okay! That means I'm going to have to sacrifice my Thursday and give up my other tasks.😣
𝗠𝗲: I forgot. To do your job yourself, you also have to pay for the non-productive factors.🙂
𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: Totoo ba? Ano naman yun?😲
𝗠𝗲: Vat, power, water, etc.
𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: Jusko! Ang dami ko namang babayaran at masasayang na oras bago ako makagawa!😲 Sige. Yung mga gamit ok naman na?
𝗠𝗲: Sure, nasa akin naman na yung ibang gamit, but for the peri apical radiograph you need to have one and I will refer you to diagnostic center (500 to 700php)
𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: X Ray Lang tapos ganun na agad price ? 😂
𝗠𝗲: Actually may ppe fee pa na 500 sa diagnostic center. ✌️
𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: 500 sa turo, 500 sa rent ng stuff, 500 na lang kulang para ikaw gumawa.😂 Konti nalang din naman ang idadagdag ikaw na pala gumawa.🙏
When you pay for a job, especially dental works, you pay not only for the material used, but also:
- Knowledge
- Experience
- Study
- Tools
- Services
- Time to go
- punctuality
- Accountability
- Accuracy
- Guaranteed
- Sacrifices
- Safety and security
No one can denigrate other people's work by judging prices.
Only by knowing all the elements necessary for the production of a certain work can you estimate the actual cost.
𝑺𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 your dentist.
