Asami Tanaka (center) with the ZrO2 team. — tagged Michael Menner

Sirona’s Bob Hadley (left) discusses the inLab MC XL with David Baird, DDS, Northwest Esthetics, Bellevue, WA.

The winners of Aurident’s LAB DAY West drawing include: Dale Gibson, CDT, Owner, Gibson Dental Lab, St. George, UT, who won a Samsung Galaxy Tab 4; and Aldo Ceballos, Technician, GL Dental Lab in Placentia, CA and Peter Wang, Manager, Brident Lab in Arcadia, CA, who both received 1-oz silver eagle coins. Here, LMT’s Judy Fishman (far left) picks the winning name as Aurident staff members look on.

Lisa Crawford (left), Marketing Manager, Reliable Dental Lab, Las Vegas, speaks with Magic Touch’s Jessica Sierra about the latest updates to Version 10 of the company’s Dental Lab Customer & Production Management Enterprise Software (DLCPM), including performance improvements, new Campaign Manager, DAMAS Equipment Repair Log, new Technician Manager, and nearly 100 other features and improvements. The new version officially launched June 1.

After his Friday presentation, All Ceramics All Options: Man, Machine and Materials, in Ivoclar Vivadent’s ballroom, Nelson Rego, CDT, (second from right) Owner, Smile Designs by Rego, Santa Fe Springs, CA, gathered around the Zenotec Select mill with the company’s Key Account Managers (from l. to r.): Chris Cantile, Eileen Babcock and Kris Whitman.

At the Renfert table, Mike Dominguez, CDT/TE, DTG, offers a hands-on demonstration of layering zirconia using the company’s lay:art brushes.

Rick Takata, Owner of Takata Dental Lab, Costa Mesa, CA, was excited to meet LMT President Judy Fishman.

Every few years, LAB DAY West and the Kentucky Derby fall on the same day so the staff members at Whip Mix Corp.—based in Louisville, KY, home of the Kentucky Derby—bring the Derby to the show via live television at their booth. Posing in their finest Derby attire are (from l. to r.) Craig Pickett, Rita Davis and Margaret Overmeer who handed out roses, bourbon balls and prizes to winners of its Derby drawing.

LabStar’s David Durfing (left) demonstrates the company’s cloud-based lab management software to attendee Chris Nersesyan of 3D CAD/CAM Studio in Las Vegas.

Tony Daher, DDS, (left) La Verne, CA, talks with Josh Townsend, Vice President of DOF USA, about the company’s Freedom HD scanner, Swing scanner and Sharp mill.

IDS CAD’s Raymond Seo (seated) speaks with Ben Ahn, Sunshine Dentalworks, Orange, CA, during a hands-on demonstration using Chang’s Coloring Liquid along with Chang’s Coloring Liquid Brush Set.

Andrew Low (left) and Edward Li (right) from Porcelain Studio, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, catch up with Argen’s John Marin.

David Lindsay (left), Owner of Lindsay & Associates, Tucson, AZ, and Sean Cosme, CDT, Lab Manager at CDA, Cupertino, CA, smile for the LMT camera.

CAP’s Nick Alonge (center) speaks with (from l. to r.) Dennis Rounds, CDT, Tania Ramirez and Eric Rounds, Implantech Dental Lab, Palm Desert, CA.

Young-Dong Chung, President of Megacis Dental Lab, Anaheim, CA, stops quickly to say hello before heading to another table-top demonstration in the Exhibit Hall.

Axsys Dental’s Al Morad (left) speaks with Steve and Tanya Barron, Noel Laboratories, Inc., Atascadero, CA, about the company’s new Versamill 5XS.

WTI’s Kamil Zborowski (second from right) and Pablo Zini (far right) show off the company’s Smart Touch 3D to (from l. to r.) Nobukazu Inami and Takuma Tanizaki, RDT/CDT, from ACL Hawaii, Inc., Honolulu, HI, and Tatsuo Ide, Tim Dental Project, Santa Monica, CA.

The Exhibit Hall was packed from open to close at LMT LAB DAY West, which drew 1,706 laboratory owners, managers and technicians, hailing from 27 states and 10 other countries.