February 2025

Let’s drill into the numbers to discover the trends and challenges prevalent in the dentist community, using statistics from the ADA’s Health Policy Institute.

Express Dental Laboratory's new 12,000-square-foot-facility in Norman, OK, offers the team ample space for growth; see inside the new lab.

Forty-nine percent of LMT's State of the Industry Survey respondents plan on retiring in the next five years. If you're one of them, here are some key considerations.

Julie Woolf, Argen COO, details how she and her team implemented Lean to sreamline processes, eliminate waste, reduce labor costs and improve products.

Mark Bultmann, MDT, offers a step-by-step look at fabricating a hybrid abutment crown using NexxZr T Multi from Sagemax.

Ortho lab operators share how technology has impacted their business, the current state of workloads and their future outlook for this niche.

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...

From dealing with DSOs and recruiting technicians to increasing sales and managing growth, laboratory owners and managers have a lot on their minds in 2025. Here are strategies for managing some of the challenges:

For the last four decades, LMT has conducted its State of the Industry Survey every five years, offering an in-depth look at what’s trending and what’s changed in the marketplace. And—with the COVID-19 pandemic—these last five years have been a tumultuous ride, creating unprecedented...

They say what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas; well, I’m going to spill a few beans about the NADL’s Vision 21 event which took place in Vegas last month. As always, it was an excellent meeting. About 300 people attended and 50 of them were first timers; if Vision 21 isn’t on your radar,...