November/December 2015

Eric Nunnally discusses the high-tech dental practice he joined, as well as cutting-edge technology he will and won’t include in his office.

GC America is the first dental company in the U.S. and only the fourth company in the country to receive the Deming Prize, the oldest and most widely recognized Total Quality Management award in the world.

SCORE mentor George Obst discusses seven keys to cultivating employee commitment.

Luke Kahng, CDT, explains his technique for matching a custom shade for a female patient in her mid-30s who needed a new crown for tooth #8 and was specifically concerned with the esthetics and color of her smile.

Michael Suris fabricates a three-unit monolithic zirconium bridge using Sirona’s new inLab SW15 design software and one set of impressions.

“We knew we could no longer build a value proposition around technology that can be procured by anyone,” says Lab Owner Mike Hill. Read about his strategies for engaging clients on a new level.

“Laugh and the world laughs with you; snore and you sleep alone!”         ~ Anthony Burgess, author of Clockwork Orange

Not everyone who has obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) snores and not everyone who snores has OSA, but if you snore—or reside with a snorer like...

An estimated 25 million adults in the U.S. suffer from obstructive sleep apnea. Oral appliances have proven to be a viable option for treatment and a huge opportunity for dentists and labs, but there are numerous complexities in the market.

Six-and-a-half-year-old Helena Sofinski wanted something fun to do in the lab last summer, so her parents, Joseph Sofinski and Alisa Meheljic-Sofinski—Owners of AFX Dental Lab in Dewitt, NY—asked her to replicate an oversized clay molar with Play-Doh. Alisa told her to look at the lines in...

In 2009, one of Charles Lloyd’s dentist-clients asked him if he could make a patient demonstration model to explain obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) treatment. Nine months later, the Airhead™ was born. The 3D model of the patient’s head and airway rotates to clearly illustrate the...

The sleep apnea market presents some unique challenges for labs. LMT explains what you need to know to navigate this niche.