Does brushing teeth make your children smile? If not, we can help! Parents constantly challenge themselves to guide their children down the right path. Between making sure they finish their homework, are “on their best behaviors” and eat their vegetables, the road to parenting perfection sometimes may be a rocky one. With everything you have…
What’s in your mouth? CDTs know what should and shouldn’t be… When it comes to a dental prosthesis like a crown, bridge or implant, what you put in your mouth is important. The focus is generally on the installer of the prosthesis – the dentist. However, the builder – the dental technician – is the…
What is a Certified Dental Lab? A Certified Dental Laboratory (CDL) must meet specific standards relating to quality assurance, safety, and business and manufacturing practices. A CDL monitors and attempts to improve the quality and efficiency of its services and facilities. The National Association of Dental Laboratories (NADL), the American Dental Association (ADA) and the…
A blood test is available to measure the amount of lead in your blood and to estimate the amount of your recent exposure to lead. Blood tests are commonly used to screen children for lead poisoning. Lead in teeth or bones can be measured by X-ray techniques, but these methods are not widely available. Exposure…
Here are four important questions to ask your dentist regarding your dental restorations: Do you use a Certified Dental Technician for your laboratory work? Is the laboratory you work with certified? Where is your dental laboratory located? What materials are in the restorations you are prescribing for my treatment plan?
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…