Laminates Without Tooth Shaving, Minish

In the past, popular laminate procedures focused solely on aesthetics, requiring significant shaving of healthy teeth.

This had a critical impact on dental health, and due to a lack of adhesive technology at the time, cases of prosthetic detachment and fracture were frequent.

Post-procedure tooth sensitivity and, in severe cases, the need for root canal treatment were common, leading to a negative perception of laminates.

CEO Kang Jung-ho believed that if the shortcomings of existing laminates could be overcome, aesthetic goals could be achieved while preserving dental health.

Minish technology focuses on minimizing tooth shaving to preserve dental health and overcoming problems of prosthetic detachment and fracture.

Ultimately, it aims to achieve both beauty and the maintenance of healthy teeth.

Kang Jung-ho, a graduate of a local university, opened his practice without completing a specialist program, lacking competitive advantages as a doctor.

He sought ways to differentiate himself and focused on creating what patients wanted from their perspective.

From the early days of his practice, he offered evening appointments until 9 PM daily, increasing patient accessibility.

He also strived to provide meticulous care, researching gentle anesthesia techniques to minimize patient pain.

Kang Jung-ho explained that while dental clinics are tax-exempt businesses, restaurants are taxable businesses subject to 10% VAT. He faced reduced operating profit and the risk of turning a deficit because he did not consider the 10% VAT when setting prices.

Dental clinics are tax-exempt businesses without 10% VAT, but restaurants are taxable businesses with 10% VAT.

When initial pricing did not account for 10% VAT, he faced a situation where that amount was deducted from operating profit.

He realized that if the operating profit margin is low in a large-scale business, there is a high risk of immediately turning to a deficit if sales decline.

The introduction of expensive equipment required enormous investment in hospital management, and with equipment costs exceeding 100 million won at the time, securing a large patient base was essential.

Kang Jung-ho recognized the importance of online promotion to overcome the limitations of a neighborhood clinic and transformed it into a nationally recognized hospital through this.

He used a strategy of maximizing patient influx by emphasizing specific treatment information, such as same-day appointments, through online promotion.

Designing an optimal workflow that considers milling time of 10 to 15 minutes per tooth is key to system operation.

Efficient time allocation across all processes, including treatment rooms, laboratories, and patient waiting areas, enabled simultaneous treatment of multiple patients.

Efforts focused on stabilizing the mass treatment system by gradually increasing the number of treatment personnel and equipment.

Ceramic materials require a thickness of about 1.5mm to ensure strength, which means teeth need to be shaved by about 1.5mm.

If teeth were shaved less, the prosthetics would become bulky, leading to aesthetically unsatisfactory results.

Zirconia, a stronger material, has high fracture strength but caused wear on opposing teeth and fractured the cervical part of natural teeth.

Previously, extensive tooth shaving often led to sensitivity, but after adopting minimal shaving and thin prosthetics, patient complaints disappeared.

The traditional casting method had a risk of fracture due to expansion, contraction, and bubble formation. In contrast, the milling method directly carves hard materials without intermediate changes, significantly improving prosthetic precision.

The casting method had a limitation of high fracture risk due to bubble formation in the prosthesis during expansion and contraction.

Conversely, the milling method directly carves already hardened material, ensuring high precision with no optimal change steps.

CEO Kang Jung-ho emphasized that the success or failure of dental prosthetics depends on the precision of equipment and scanning.

This is to prevent imbalanced abrasion with opposing teeth, maintaining long-term oral health.

Over 10 years of long-term observation, it was confirmed that Minish prosthetics naturally wear down like natural teeth.

Minish prosthetics, which require precise fabrication, are produced only at the headquarters and shipped to each clinic.

The company is enhancing the dental prosthetic fabrication process by acquiring material companies and developing specialized equipment.

Minish molar treatment aims for the same lifespan as natural teeth.

This is 'reverse aging,' a remodeling concept that improves aesthetics while preserving existing teeth, rather than shaving and rebuilding them.

The company's ultimate goal is to help patients retain their own teeth in the 110-year and 150-year eras.

Minish Technology currently employs about 100 people, most of whom are R&D personnel, so R&D costs account for a significant portion of sales.

Despite reducing treatment days, which greatly decreased his personal income as a doctor, CEO Kang reinvests all profits for growth.

Investment in technology development and company growth is not a simple process and requires immense costs.

This maximizes hospital operating efficiency by saving on rent and labor costs.

CEO Kang Jung-ho introduced a system where two teams of medical staff work in shifts of 3.5 days each in one space.

Through this, the hospital operates 365 days a year, establishing a management model that reduces operating costs such as rent and labor, and maximizes profitability.

The ultimate goal is to reduce production costs by focusing on research and development (R&D) and to supply cost-effective 'Minish' technology to people worldwide.

Since enormous capital is required, securing this capital is also an important challenge.

Representatives of Japanese medical corporations visited the innovative company and directly confirmed the reality of Minish technology.

Japanese dentists were convinced after seeing that precision ceramic technology, which they theoretically believed possible but practically impossible to implement, had been realized.

Technical experts, including the chairman of Rino Industrial, also recognized the difficulty of the precision ceramic technology implemented by Minish and acknowledged its technological prowess.