Twin City Dental Lab: the Team That Builds Together, Stays Together

By Laurel Carbonneau

Posted Mar 24, 2014 in Labs & Profiles

The acrylic department at Twin City

Lewiston, ME


Owner: Michael Adkins


16 employees


The team members at Twin City Dental Lab in Lewiston, ME, are so tight, they worked together to build their own laboratory.


Prior to 2003, the lab was housed in the basement of a professional building and while the space offered some unique features—for instance, an old bank vault served as the lunch room—employees dealt with poor lighting and cramped conditions. So in 2003, Owner Michael Adkins purchased land and broke ground for a new laboratory.


Devoting nights and weekends to the project, the 16 employees—along with spouses and good friends—helped raise walls, swing hammers, sweep debris, run internet cables and telephone wires, paint and even brought warm food to keep workers going. “We started working the land in the summer of 2003, had the radiant heat and foundation poured before frost and walls up before Thanksgiving;...

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  • Laurel Carbonneau

    Associate Editor at LMT Communications, Inc. · Bethlehem, CT

    With an eye for detail and exceptional proofreading skills, Laurel, a 11-year veteran of LMT, edits numerous sections of the magazine, writes feature articles and is our editorial webmaster.

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