LMT Articles

Primotec Unveils Premio Plus Wet/Dry Mill

LAB DAY Attendees got the first look at Primotec's new milling machine: Premio Plus. The 5-axis, fully open wet and dry mill is capable of dry milling zirconia, Co-Cr, PMMA, wax, composites and polyurethane (models) and wet milling titanium and ceramics, including IPS e.max. The machine's design and...

Preat Introduces New PRISM Services, Removable and Implant Products

Preat Corp.'s PRISM Milling Center now offers implant frameworks with a new pearl texture surface, which provides mechanical retention and maximum space for resin for increased esthetics. The frameworks are created using selective laser melting and the finish lines and implant interfaces are then milled. PRISM...

PFM Restorations Transform Patient's Smile

Restoring the smile of a dentist’s relative can be particularly challenging. Here, Luke Kahng shares how he transformed the smile of a client’s mother-in-law with two PFM bridges and one PFM crown.

Pulse of Lab Community Upbeat at NADL Vision 21 Meeting

With standing ovations for the last two presentations—by Mark Murphy, DDS, FAGD and Gordon Christensen, DDS, MSD, PhD—it was clear that the mood among attendees of the 2013 V21 Meeting at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas was upbeat and keenly focused on everything digital.

Product Focus: Laboratory Furniture

>Furniture manufacturers and distributors offer a wealth of design and renovation strategies. Here, seven companies share how they helped their laboratory customers realize their vision, whether it was an intimate 600-sq-ft training laboratory or a bustling 83,000-sq-ft operation. ###Nobilium (CMP)...

From the Series: The Way I See It

Passion Fuels the Future Too

> Since everyone's been expressing concern about what will happen to our field when thousands of Boomers retire, we've been taking a hard look at the new generation of dental technology leaders to get a handle on what will become of our community. As you can tell from this month's cover feature--40...

From the Series: 40 Under Forty

PAUL SIMPSON: From Down-and-Out to Up-and-Coming

Paul Simpson turned his life around after he discovered dental technology at age 20. Still trying to shake off the consequences of growing up in a bad neighborhood and dropping out of school a few years earlier, he applied for a job at a local laboratory. "I had no car, no high school diploma and was...

Proper Shading On Straumann's CAD/CAM Zirconia Material

Both zirconia and metal lack fluorescent qualities, which we should attempt to re-create when restoring the oral cavity with fixed prosthetic restorations. When applying porcelain to a zirconia or metal coping or framework, it is helpful to use a porcelain material that has fluorescent properties to...

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Information and Insights from LMT Publisher Judy Fishman

Perk of Working From Home: Enhanced Quality of Life

Three-quarters of home-based lab owners responding to LMT's survey are "very satisfied" with their decision to work from home. In addition to the financial benefits, they appreciate the flexibility, relaxed atmosphere and their ability to balance work/home demands more easily.

Positioned For Growth By Going Full Service

Eleven years after purchasing Choate Ceramic Laboratory, Co-Owners Jimmy Durham, David Fitch, CDT, and Alton Trotter, CDT, moved out of their ceramic comfort zone and into the realm of removables.

Price Erosion: Vident/Nobel Biocare Panel Focuses On Strategies to Compete

The 200 attendees* at How to Control the Future Before the Future Controls You, co-sponsored by Vident and Nobel Biocare, received a digital, handheld device so they could provide instant feedback to questions posed by Moderator Mark Murphy, DDS, FAGD. Their answers were immediately displayed on a large...

Partnership Announcement: Sagemax Now Offering Nabertherm Sintering Furnace

Partnership Announcement Sagemax announces a new partnership with Nabertherm to offer its high-temperature HTCT 01/16 zirconia sintering furnace. Equipped with SiC heating elements to avoid contamination or chemical interactivity often experienced between zirconia units and molybdenum disilicide heating...

PRESENT YOUR BEST DENTURE WORK by July 31, 2012 and Earn a Chance to Win $500 From Heraeus

Get the most "likes" of your photos of your upper or lower removable posted on this page and you could win $500. Contest ends July 31, 2012.

Professional Employer Organization: An Offsite Human Resource Department For Your Laboratory

By outsourcing the human resources functions of their businesses to professional employer organizations (PEO), lab owners gain a valuable partner with personnel management expertise...

Prior to the Pitch: How to Secure a Bank Loan

Considering a commercial bank loan to take your business to the next level? LMT offers advice for the financing novice and also explores alternative financing options.

Precious Metal Market Milestones: What's Behind the Rising Prices?

John Maguire of Maguire and Strickland Refining discusses what's behind rising gold, silver, platinum and palladium prices.

Perception is Everything: Piece-of-cake Marketing Strategies

Strategies for marketing your laboratory's services and standing out from the competition.

Passions Unite: Laboratory Owner Blends Love of Teaching, Public Service

Elizabeth Curran, owner of Ahwatukee Dental Laboratory, moves her laboratory into the Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health, operating as a commercial lab as well as teaching dental students.

Portraits of the Family Business: Marotta Dental Lab and Ragle Dental Lab

Family businesses are thriving in the United States, and the laboratory industry is no exception. LMT offers intimate portraits of family-owned laboratories. Profiled are Marotta Dental Studio, Farmingdale, NY, and Ragle Dental Lab, Champaign, IL.

Portraits of the Family Business: Committed Family Staff Makes Dream of High-end Lab a Reality

Four family members comprise the staff of Pro Dental Art in Titusville, FL.

Portraits of the Family Business: Succession is Sweet at Artisan Dental Laboratory

In the rush to retirement, many business owners underestimate the need to properly groom their successors and, instead, simply hand over the keys to the operation.

Precision Craft Spreads Its Wings in New Multi-million Dollar Facility

LMT managing editor Kim Molinaro travels to Precision Craft Dental Laboratory in Smithfield, Rhode Island, for a firsthand look at its new $3.4 million laboratory and education center.

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