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§ Investigations · Volume I

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N° 042
Field Investigation The price they don't publish. Twelve clinics across three cities. One quote. The number on the wall is not the number on the invoice.
12 min · 2026 · 05 · 04
Paris · Lyon · Marseille
Verified
N° 041
Provenance The lab nobody talks about. Your veneers travel further than you do. A chain-of-custody investigation from chair to kiln.
18 min · 2026 · 04 · 21
Lyon, FR → Shenzhen, CN
Material Verified
N° 040
Material Study Lithium disilicate, explained. Why one ceramic out-performs four. A 9-minute primer in plain language.
9 min · 2026 · 04 · 09
Studio · Paris
Certified
N° 039
Red Flag The quote that doesn't add up. A reader sends us a treatment plan. We reverse-engineer it line by line. The math is interesting.
14 min · 2026 · 03 · 27
Remote · subscriber-submitted
Reviewed
N° 038
Editorial On second opinions. A field note on the quiet act of asking twice. Why it costs less than you think and earns more than you expect.
7 min · 2026 · 03 · 12
Studio · Paris
Editorial
N° 037
Method The Architect's rule of three. Three quotes. Three opinions. Three weeks of patience. The framework Anis uses on every plan he reviews.
11 min · 2026 · 02 · 28
Studio · Paris
Method
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