Labs & Profiles

Operating a dental practice had always been in the back of Lab Owner Nick Oganov’s mind. After all, he had been a practicing dentist in the former Soviet Union before arriving in the U.S. as a refugee along with his wife and son, George, and finding work as a dental technician. He opened his own...

The patient had one implant placed in the restorative space for teeth #25 and #26. Even though his other teeth were not completely uniform in color, the esthetic expectation was fairly high and he didn’t want a noticeable difference in shade. The doctor requested a one-piece, screw-retained...

One of my top accounts had an edentulous patient with a unique request: complete implant-retained dentures with no palate and every tooth made out of a silver-colored alloy to “match his personality.” I have been a technician since 1970 and this was a first for me; challenge accepted.

The...

The patient had an eight-unit PFM bridge on teeth #21-28 and complained about bulky incisal edges and chipped ceramics. Due to a medical issue, implants weren’t an option so we went with a removable solution: a milled titanium substructure with bi-lateral ball attachments and monolithic zirconia...

This year, our laboratory was privileged to work on an exceptionally unique and challenging case. It stands out as our favorite due to its complexity and the profound impact it had on the life of the patient: a 45-year-old male who suffered severe dental trauma in an accident.

He had lost several teeth...

~ Sean Chun, Owner, JC Dental Arts Studio, Carlsbad, CA

This was a challenging but interesting single central implant case. The patient injured tooth #9 while playing sports as a child; eventually it fell out and he was missing a tooth for several years. My dentist-client, Dr. David Geen, and I...

Not every laboratory gets to fabricate restorations for some of the biggest names in the NFL, but American Dental Designs (ADD) has been quarterbacking cases since 2021 when its client, Dudhat Dental Group, was named the official dental office of the Philadelphia Eagles.

“Since Dudhat needed a...

Pro-skater-turned-dental-technician Frankie Hill divides his time between working in the lab and designing skateboards for his company Hill Skateboards.

Lab Owners Beth Wiand and Tom Wiand, CDT, reimagined a former bank building, renovating it into their lab’s sleek, modern new home. Here's a look inside the new space:

After 11 years of working in a variety of different laboratories and feeling like he wanted more control over his work environment, Taylor Stutz took the plunge in 2021, quitting his job at a local boutique lab and opening Digital Stitch Solutions LLC. He opted to focus on design services, largely for...

Key Performance Indicators can help you formulate a strategy, measure progress and ignite employee motivation.

By Conrad Rensburg, CDT, Owner/President; Absolute Dental Services,

headquartered in Durham, NC, and operating out of four locations across the Southeast

By Ira Dickerman, CDT, TE, Owner; Dickerman Dental Prosthetics in Sharon, MA; 36 employees

Three years ago we switched to half-day Fridays—we work from 8:30am to noon but still get paid for an eight-hour day—and everyone loves it. We let our clients know about the change a month before we started and I can’t think of a single time any client has had an issue with it.

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When we look at the future, it seems 3D printing will be the defacto production method for a huge portion of restorations, especially chairside. Our value to our clients will be in the design phase, given our ability to rectify functional problems based on our years of experience. Since we serve a lot...