Spirits were high and the exhibit hall was buzzing at LMT’s 27th annual LAB DAY West in sunny Garden Grove, CA. This year’s show drew a crowd of 1,649 attendees—from 29 states and 10 countries!—who shopped a product-and-service-packed exhibit hall with 146 companies.

LAB DAY West also offered two full days of continuing education on topics ranging from shading zirconia, digital dentures, screw-retained implants, OSHA updates and more. “The whole experience at LAB DAY West blew my expectations out of the water and I gained more knowledge and experience than I ever thought possible,” said Drew Anthony Holcomb, CAD/CAM Production Manager, Sentry Dental Laboratory, Mesa, AZ.

Manufacturers were equally enthusiastic, offering attendees one-on-one updates of their latest products and services, hands-on demonstrations, raffles and giveaways. 

“LAB DAY West was,...