LMT’s February issue features 36 strategies for boost your business. But we’d like to hear from YOU! Have an ingenious marketing strategy? Innovative cost-cutting idea? New way to streamline production? Share your best business boosting strategies with over 3,000 of your peers on THE BRIDGE!

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See what this technician-turned-dental student has to say!

Now in his third year at the University of Louisville School of Dentistry, technician-turned-dental student Eric Nunnally details why dentists are so apprehensive about new products and procedures--and what you can do to help them get on board.

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Mindful of the many changes facing our industry—and the fact that strength is in numbers—The Aurum Group, headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, formed a strategic partnership with four laboratories from around the globe.

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Russell DeVreugd shows how to blend pressed restorations with PFMs.

Russell DeVreugd, Owner of DeVreugd Dental Laboratory and DeVreugd Dental Seminars, shares how he restored a patient’s smile with a blend of IPS e.max crowns, an IPS e.max bridge and IPS d.SIGN PFMs.

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Mark your calendars!

Keep watching LMTmag.com for updates and announcements about the 2012 LAB DAY shows!

Important: Pre-registration for LAB DAY Chicago is now closed. You may register onsite at LAB DAY Chicago.

BRIDGE members can still pre-register for LAB DAY East and West right from The BRIDGE.

Users are sharing tips, offering troubleshooting advice and asking questions on The BRIDGE, like this one:

I am compiling a list of sites that students and the profession may access for information re theory, "how to" videos, troubleshooting etc. Does anyone know of sites that teach rather than sell?

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LAB DAY Shows 2012

Friday & Saturday, Feb 24/25

Exhibits: Friday and Saturday
Clinics: Friday and Saturday


LMT LAB DAY Chicago is the largest international gathering of the dental laboratory community in North America. What began in 1985 with just 31 exhibitors and about 400 attendees has quickly grown to over 200 exhibitors, over 3000 attendees and two days of clinics.
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Saturday, March 31

Exhibits: Saturday
Clinics: Saturday


Since its debut in 2000, LAB DAY EAST has become the must-attend event on the East Coast. Held annually in the heart of New York City, LAB DAY EAST has captured the attention of eager audiences who appreciate the central location, educational clinics and busy exhibit hall.
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Saturday, May 5

Exhibits: Saturday
Clinics: Friday and Saturday


Second only to LAB DAY Chicago, LAB DAY West is the largest laboratory trade show on the west coast. Crowded with busy shoppers and buzzing with industry news and education, LAB DAY West embodies the good vibrations for which Southern California is famous.
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