A Look Inside Ten Home-Based Laboratories: Capture Dental Arts: Combining the Challenges of Motherhood and Entrepreneurship

By LMT Communications, Inc.

Posted Jun 13, 2012 in Labs & Profiles

Jessica Birrell, CDT, FACE


Capture Dental Arts


Saratoga Springs, UT


Age: 33


Years in industry: 13


Lab opened: 2009


"Being a ceramist and giving the patient a reason to smile are what drive me. It's what I love about this profession," says Jessica Birrell, CDT, FACE, who opened Capture Dental Arts in her Saratoga Springs, UT, home three years ago. After working in a larger laboratory, Birrell aspired to be her own boss and wanted the freedom to be more creative, explore new ideas and focus on the partnership approach to dentistry.


An added bonus: being home for her three children, ranging from four to 11 years old. She's created a kid-friendly environment in the laboratory, complete with a play area, and employees who are happy to show "mini-technicians" a technique or two. Her four-year-old son, Logan, has already learned the names of...

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  • Matt Paton
    Matt Paton · Owner · Great Falls, MT

    Ahh, the all nighter....been there done that! Some how the deadlines always get met. My kids grew up in a dental lab too. Nice job Jessica. I am recently back from Afghanistan. Had a lab 18 years ago. Decided to reopen another after all this time. I look around and think if my accounts ever saw where...[More]

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