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May 15-16 · Garden Grove, CA
Join us for LMT LAB DAY West 2026, May 15-16, at the Hyatt Regency Orange County!
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Maribeth Marsico · Management · May 2026
Here's how lab operators are reinforcing strong relationships with their most important dentist-customers.
Kim Molinaro · Results-Driven Marketing: Lab Owners Share Strategies that Work · May 2026
Sixty-eight percent of laboratories market their services to dentist-clients. Wondering how your efforts compare to those of your peers? Here’s the data from LMT’s latest Marketing Survey*. 29% of them set an annual marketing budget. Of that group, the majority spend 1-2% of their annual...
Lonni Thompson · Results-Driven Marketing: Lab Owners Share Strategies that Work · May 2026
Our lab has a connection with Ohio State University—I used to work at the dental school, several of our clients teach classes there and we also fabricate some of their work—and, for the last five years, I’ve brought in graduate students to our laboratory for educational seminars. Twice...
Randy Leininger · Results-Driven Marketing: Lab Owners Share Strategies that Work · May 2026
These days, dental office personnel are very fluid, with office managers, hygienists and assistants frequently moving to new offices. Since about a quarter of our referrals come from this group recommending our services when they join a new practice, we focus a lot of attention on them by offering fun...
Adrielle Ahokas · Results-Driven Marketing: Lab Owners Share Strategies that Work · May 2026
In 2022, we began working with a local video production company, Rhymes with Timpani, to develop a social media campaign focusing on Instagram Reels, short videos that are pushed to your followers as well as users who aren’t following your account. Besides occasionally posting photos, we didn’t...
Kelly Fessel Carr · Publisher's Page · May 2026
Connecticut—home to LMT—is known as both the Basketball Capital of the World, thanks to UConn’s sustained dominance in NCAA tournaments, and the Pizza Capital of the U.S., thanks to legendary New Haven-style pizza. There are even signs on Connecticut highways touting both accolades! That...
Jim Thacker · Results-Driven Marketing: Lab Owners Share Strategies that Work · May 2026
For the last 15 years, we’ve worked with the Crown Council, a dental network, to co-sponsor a Young Dentist Program, an educational course aimed at nurturing dentists who have been out of school for less than five years. Held during three weekends over eight months, attendees receive training in...
Laurel Carbonneau · Labs & Profiles · Apr 2026
From a tooth wrapped in a bow to a denture with a diastema, these dental technicians, assistants and hygienists have demonstrated their love of teeth in a truly permanent way. Check out their dental-inspired tattoos and the stories behind them:
Kelly Fessel Carr · Publisher's Page · Apr 2026
Lately, I’ve been hearing the word “friction” used a lot in business settings. It seems to be the buzzword du jour. At its core, friction refers to anything that slows down, complicates or disrupts a process. If there was an underlying theme at LMT® LAB DAY®...
LMT Communications, Inc. · Post-Show Coverage · Mar 2026
Here are the honorees of this year's Vision 21 meeting held in Las Vegas in January
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