Golden Ceramic Dental Laboratory: Supporting the Next Generation of Dentists

In May, Ben Topaz, Owner of 55-person Golden Ceramic Dental Lab (GCDL) in Prospect Heights, IL, opened a second location…but not just any location: it’s an all-digital laboratory at Temple University’s Kornberg School of Dentistry in Philadelphia.

Topaz won the contract for the project back in 2020 after responding to the school’s proposal request for a laboratory that could help it transition to a digital workflow—including selecting equipment and processes—and handle all the work for its on-site dental clinic, which had been previously sent offsite.

“GCDL at Temple is a tool for learning at the Kornberg School of Dentistry,” says Topaz. “Our staff discusses materials, technologies and workflows with both students and faculty and we all work collaboratively to achieve highly esthetic, ideal restorations to meet their patients’ needs.”

For instance, Lab Manager Ellen Sisti, BFA, MFA,...