Just over 1,700 Lab Day West shoppers flooded the exhibit hall.
While the Aurident Inc. team looks on, Aurident’s Leonard Hoffman and LMT Publisher Judy Fishman (far left) pick the winners in the company’s drawing for two 1/10-oz gold coins. The winners are: Kevin Kim, Cluster 1, Orange, California, and Samuel Lee, Orion Dental Lab, Huntington Beach, California.
David Wessel, DW Dental Lab, Phoenix, Arizona (left) and Colin Gibb, Red Mountain Dental Arts, Mesa, Arizona, hit the LAB DAY WEST exhibit hall together. While Wessel was shopping for zirconia disks, Gibb was keeping an eye out for new products. “If something’s new on the market, this is the place to see it,” he said.
Edmond Obando, owner of Wisdom Dental Lab in San Diego, displays the Apple iPad he won in Dentalle’s raffle at LAB DAY WEST. Also pictured (from l. to r.) are his wife, Claudia; Gina Franco, Dentalle’s director of domestic operations; and Laurie Freddino, LMT’s associate publisher/sales and events.
Molly Bond (middle) and Neil Tandon of Emdin International Corp. discuss the company’s casting investments with Kandi Alexander, Alexander Dental Designs, Grand Terrace, California.
Mike Sullivan (left) and Lindsey Fricke Coleman welcome Dennis Gray, CDT, owner of Dentures by Den, Riverside, California, to the Fricke Dental International table. Lindsey and her brother, Lawrence Fricke, are the third generation to work at the company founded by their grandfather in 1939. “There’s a certain pride that comes from working in a family business that I couldn’t find anywhere else,” said Lindsey, a biochemist.
John Hunzicker (left) and Nick Buek (middle) of GC America visit with Randy and Caroline Underwood, Underwood Dental Lab, Joplin, Missouri.
Stan Okon, owner of Okon Dental Lab and Milling Center, Inc., Laguna Hills, California, gets a closer look at the Griptab™ from Triodent’s Brandie Fuhrman. Griptab is a placement tool for inlays, onlays, crowns and veneers that laboratories can attach to restorations before sending them to their dentist-clients.
Mike Kamrani (right), Precision Dental Lab, West Hills, California, learns about the Sandstorm Expert micro-abrasive sand blaster from Vaniman’s Gregg Miller.
CDM Dental’s Julianne Folin fields questions on the FlexPress™ Digital Injection System from Mike Tomkiel, SMT Dental Lab, San Clemente, California.
“I’m here to research esthetic techniques and innovations in implants—like 3M ESPE’s new implant software,” said Dean Vincent, BPV Dentalsmith, Roseburg, Oregon. The new Lava Design Software gives Lava Scan ST owners the ability to scan abutment links without using a scan locator.
George Paul (left), Cyberdent Tech, Laguna Hills, California, learns about the Zirkonzahn manual milling machine from exhibitor Bill Leo.
“We’ve been reading a lot about 3Shape scanners so we came here to learn more about them in person,” said John Alexander (center), co-owner, Alexander Dental Designs, Grand Terrace, California, with his wife and lab co-owner, Kandi Alexander, and their son, Austin Harmon, a technician at the lab.
Karen Winter (center), president of the DLOAC, takes a moment to visit with LMT staffers Sherrie Eng (left) and Kim Molinaro.
Exhibitor Lynne Lockwald discusses Argen/Jelenko products and services with Victor Cho, Victor Cho Dental Ceramics, N. Hills, California.
Gary Bagheri (left), president and CEO of Magic Touch Software, discusses DLCPM (Dental Laboratory Customer and Production Management) software with father-and-son team Jesse Flor (middle), Great Smiles Dental Services, and Louis Flor, Inca Dental Laboratory, both of San Bernardino, California.
Mark Tatkow (far right) offers LAB DAY WEST attendees a demonstration of the SensAble Dental Lab System for partial frameworks and crowns and bridges.
The Zahn team takes a break from the action. From l. to r.: Rose Ball, Tom Houle, Laurie Hall, Art Salter and Donna Booze.
Kevin Kim, Keating Dental Arts, CAD/CAM Div., visits with Laurie Freddino, LMT’s associate publisher/sales and events.