Dental, Orthodontic & Prosthetics Manufacturing worked example

Material Cost per Appliance at 92% material scope included: a worked example

Push material scope included up to 92% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use it when material cost per appliance in dental, orthodontic and prosthetics manufacturing is being put through a dental, orthodontic and prosthetics manufacturing weighted-cost review.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Appliances costed: 100 appliances (unchanged)
  • Material cost per appliance: 45 $ / appliance (unchanged)
  • Material scope included: 92 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 80)
  • Fixed material setup and consumables: 250 $ (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Included variable material cost = appliances costed × material cost per appliance × material scope included) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 4,390 $ for total appliance material cost, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 43.9 $ / piece for material cost per appliance.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 4,140 $ for included variable material cost.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 250 $ for fixed material setup and consumables.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where material scope included sits at 80% and the headline result is 3,850 $, this scenario comes in 14.03% above the baseline at 4,390 $.
  • It computes the total material cost for a batch of appliances and the resulting material cost per appliance. The value of this scenario is the size of the gap it exposes: that gap, priced out over a year, is the budget you can justify spending to close it.

Results at a glance

  • Total appliance material cost: 4,390 $ (headline result)
  • Material cost per appliance: 43.9 $ / piece
  • Included variable material cost: 4,140 $
  • Fixed material setup and consumables: 250 $

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Material Cost per Appliance calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.