Bob Torrissi

Dental Practice
Second Opinion: Should you change your scrap recycling program?
In this Second Opinion, Bob Torrissi of Garfield Refining focuses on two subjects you probably don't think about often: the prices of precious metals used in dentistry and your practice's scrap recycling program. Torrissi notes that practices may be missing out on additional income by not taking advantage of changes in the prices of these metals.
March 18, 2019
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