Dental, Orthodontic & Prosthetics Manufacturing worked example

Quality Inspection Load at 12% hold, recheck, and documentation allowance: a worked example

What does the result look like when hold, recheck, and documentation allowance reaches 12%? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. Use it when quality inspection load in dental, orthodontic and prosthetics manufacturing is changing rate or allowance and you want to see the impact.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Inspection points or appliances: 120 checks (unchanged)
  • Inspection completion pace: 12 checks / hr (unchanged)
  • Hold, recheck, and documentation allowance: 12 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 10)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Base inspection hours = inspection points or appliances รท inspection completion pace) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 11.2 hr for required quality inspection hours, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 10 hr for base inspection hours.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 12 % for hold, recheck, and documentation allowance.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 12 pieces / min for inspection completion pace.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where hold, recheck, and documentation allowance sits at 10% and the headline result is 11 hr, this scenario comes in 1.82% above the baseline at 11.2 hr.
  • A figure at this level is achievable when hold, recheck, and documentation allowance is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. It assumes a single representative inspection pace; complex implant prosthetics inspect far slower than simple copings, so split the calculation by appliance class if your mix varies widely.

Results at a glance

  • Required quality inspection hours: 11.2 hr (headline result)
  • Base inspection hours: 10 hr
  • Hold, recheck, and documentation allowance: 12 %
  • Inspection completion pace: 12 pieces / min

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Quality Inspection Load calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.