Hi David:
I can’t give you a simple yea or nay. But I’ll keep it short. You have been thinking about this since April, you have done extensive due diligence on all the big names, you’ve demo’d. If I were the Erbium I’d say to you,
“David if you don’t ask me to marry you soon, I’m going to give up and go away.” Just jokeing you. You can expense the entire purchase for this year on your taxes. if that will help. Otherwise, make a conscious effort to shelf the decision until next year. If it’s right for you and the way you practice, it will all be there for you next year. I say, take a break from it for awhile. Best Regards, Nick

and it would make a hell of a good Channuka present to yourself. Nick

There ya go David, you’ve crystalized a priority list. go for it. It’s a great journey, isn’t it. Nick

David:
I think you are attributeing Dave Kimmel’s statement made on Nov 4 at 8:14 am to me. If I knew how to show quotes like you guys do I would have done that, however, I think your question was actually directed to him,becausse I never made the statement that I didn’t want to go back to life before having an erbium and a periolase. Although, I agree with Kimmel whole heartedly. It depends on your personal practice profile. How do you want to practice and how do you want your practice recognizedby your clientele and associates. It’s what you want to be known for. Those are issues that only you can can answer because they are specific for you. Now, I could give you a bunch of slick talk regarding how the erbium has effected me and my practice, but most of the important issues have been addressed in previous threads on this topic, by guys who are far more effective at presenting arguments than I am. I think my advise was fairly clear based on being involved in your thread on this topic. The thought process was to help you develope a way of thinkingthat was right for you, not me or anyone else. There are no universal answers just arguments for the pro and the con. Buy the things that make you happy and keep moving. I hope that helps. Nick

It is funny how we evaluate things…i cant in my right mind justify paying for a cerec but I wouldnt give my lasers up for anything. The waY I see it is Cerec saves you lab bill money but the last thing I want to do is stain and galze restoration or keep patients in the chair for extra time …Now I know some people tell patients to come back in a few hours but that partially defeats the purpose for me…So for me spending 100 large on a cerec makes no sense…Now with lasers, no morepacking cord, easier to do soft tissue without local, , multiple quads of operative without local( most of the time) making my life easier and providing a higher level of service, I like my good friend dave, would never give up my lasers.