National Association Urges Transparency in Dental Industry

Most dental patients are not aware that nearly 38 percent of dental restoration units are made overseas by foreign dental laboratories, according to the U.S. International Trade Commission. Additionally, domestic labs remain unregulated in more than 40 states by their respective state boards of dentistry. The National Association of Dental Laboratories has created the “What’s…

What is a Certified Dental Laboratory?

A Certified Dental Laboratory (CDL) is a manufacturing facility for the production of dental restorations on the order of a dentist. Dentures, crowns, bridges, orthodontic appliances or other dental restorations such as implant crowns are created in dental laboratories. A dentist sends a specification (or prescription) of the item to be manufactured, along with an…