From independent surveys and research to industry-specific management, marketing and business strategies, LMT gives dental laboratory owners and managers the information that's hard to find anywhere else. Incorporating the real-world experiences of people who work in the same market and face the same challenges, LMT's articles are carefully focused on the practical, business side of operating a dental laboratory.
Recent Articles
17 Tips For Taking a Good Impression
Management
Manufacturers offer impression-taking tips to share with your dentist-clients. Read More
Diadem: Focus On High Precision
Labs & Profiles
In 2009, Mike Girard, RDT, opened Diadem Digital Solutions and, for the past year, has been solidifying Diadem's market position as a high-precision milling center. Read More
Be a Digital Design Center
Labs & Profiles
Mike Girard, owner of Diadem Digital Solutions, is aware that many lab owners feel overwhelmed as to how to proceed in this new digital age. Read More
Joe Jennings, CDT
Vericore® Custom Milled Bars Deliver Best of Both Worlds
Technical
Learn how Whip Mix's Vericore custom milled bars deliver the best of both worlds. Read More
Eric Nunnally
A Technician Goes to Dental School: One Semester Down, Seven to Go
Labs & Profiles
In Part II of his ongoing column, technician-turned-dental student, Eric Nunnally, CDT, chronicles his experience at the University of Louisville School of Dentistry. Read More
Bernard Baseri
A Technician Goes to Dental School: Communication is Key in Dentist-Technician Relationship
Labs & Profiles
Bernard Baseri was a technician for four years before enrolling in the class of 2013 at the University of Southern California School of Dentistry. Read More
Long-Time Charitable Lab Owners Make a Difference in Bolivia
News
David and Loretta Castagnolo continue their humanitarian work around the globe. Read More
Matt Roberts, CDT, with Daren Becker, DMD
How to Mask Dark Underlying Dentition and Manage Space
Technical
Dr. Daren Becker, DDS, and Matt Roberts, CDT, develops a plan to restore the maxillary centrals and lateral incisors which would address the spacing, size and proportion of the patients teeth. Read More
Culp Malpractice Case Dismissed
News
In November, one week before Lee Culp, CDT, was to go to trial for malpractice, the case against him was dismissed. Read More
3Shape A/S: the Google of Our Industry
Digital Dentistry
LMT visits 3Shape A/S, located in downtown Copenhagen, Denmark, to learn about the company’s new DentalSystem™ 2009 software, D700 impression scanner and up-and-coming products. Read More
7 Key Features of the 3Shape Dental System 2009
Digital Dentistry
Here’s a look at some of the highlights of 3Shape’s new D700 scanner and CAD software that features patented adaptive scanning technology to scan both impressions and models: Read More
Luke Kahng
How to Use GC America’s One Body Concept Porcelain
Technical
Luke Kahng, CDT, shares step-by-step instructions on how to use the one-color porcelain build-up system. Read More
Renovation Paves Way For Digital Revolution
Labs & Profiles
The eight-month renovation not only created more space and comfort, it also prepared the lab for the digital revolution. Read More