New Coral Zirconia Literature Hot Off the Press!

October 8, 2010

Getting Coral Optical Zirconia crowns means more than just great esthetics. Getting Coral means getting crowns with deep-down, hand-layered vitality, the dentists choice to use any dental laboratory and FDA GMP compliant manufacture of the understructure. Plus, Coral’s unique authenticity decals use unique nine-digit numbers that are verified online to ensure authenticity. Read all about and share these important features and benefits no dental laboratory or dentist should be without, in this new Coral Literature. Available now!

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Dale Dental Scores Highest in Customer Satisfaction and Comments

October 7, 2010

Dale Dental manufactures understructures, copings and bridge frameworks for dental labs in the US. Dale conducts quarterly customer service surveys in addition to its per-case technical QC cards. Dale consistently scores between a 9.0 and 10 in all of the questions and categories. Now that the blog is up, we thought this would be a great place to share some of the details of the results and some of the comments we receive.

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“Compatible” Custom Abutments Can Be Misleading

September 28, 2010

Those using the term compatible to describe a custom abutment should be careful not to misrepresent what they are providing. Many “compatible” custom abutments use basic geometries that do not match that of the original. Thus the term “compatible” should not also infer similarity in features and performance claims related to the original design provided by the implant manufacturer.

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Dale Dental’s Kilmer survives motorcycle accident, says “wasn’t scared at all, I’ve done tougher Captek cases.”

September 15, 2010

Going down a major interstate, Sean Kilmer steered his sports motorcycle to an off ramp as part of his scenic-ride home from another great day of work at Dale Dental. Once on the off ramp, Kilmer quickly noticed traffic had come to an abrupt stop. In a split second, Kilmer swerved to avoid a collision, [...]

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Straumann Custom Abutments and Restorations Available at Dale Dental

July 8, 2010

Straumann custom abutments and restorations are now available at Dale Dental. Now every dentist, through any dental lab using Dale Dental, can get genuine Straumann custom abutments with genuine Straumann screws to perfectly match and interface with their Straumann implant fixture. Dale Dental’s long history with the dental lab industry, Straumann and Etkon means it’s the perfect source for the highest quality restorations, delivered fast and on budget.

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Nobel Biocare NobelProcera to be Featured on “How It’s Made”

March 31, 2010

Nobel Biocare’s NobelProcera factory will be featured on the tv show How It’s Made. Nobel Biocare’s NobelProcera line has so many options and features that it is hard to know exactly what they will choose to make the big focus and “take away” message of the show. As someone in the industry I am always happy to see increased exposure brought to what we do and I applaud Nobel Biocare’s efforts in continuing its efforts to bring our industry to light.

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Lava zirconia, eMax CAD and Press, Full Contour Zirconia and Implant Bars get Lower Prices and Faster Delivery at Dale Dental

March 29, 2010

It’s true. New pricing for 3M Lava copings at Dale Dental is only $69, eMax Press and CAD just $59, or new Contourz brand full contour zirconia crowns just $69 from your models and pricing on CAD/CAM implant bars and bridges as low as $235 per fixture.

it’s all part of our new Flaunt It campaign. Find out more here.

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Big News: Dale Dental Starts Laboratory Membership Group

March 3, 2010

Get a professional team behind your dental lab for the cost of hiring one ineffective marketing person. How would you like to have a complete corporation helping you run your business including a senior business strategist, chief financial officer, marketing staff, human resources department, operations support and compliance officer? Our Dale Dental Laboratory Membership Group makes it easy to get started and protect the investment of your business for yourself and your family.

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From Licking Brushes to Meaning Business: My Presentation at the 2010 CAL Lab Meeting

March 2, 2010

I have never felt there to be a more important time to gather information about the dental lab industry from which to build a vision of the future and find your place in it. With that in mind, I built a presentation to show dental labs owners how to build a vision of the industry and find direction for their lab. Having a vision and knowing where your business fits helps navigate through the barrage of options when considering high technology CAD/CAM purchases for the dental lab. Additionl topics included understanding lifecycle and profit considerations of CAD/CAM. Titled: From Licking Brushes to Meaning Business, I presented this to both the CAL Lab group and Dental Lab Summit meetings in Chicago.

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Digital Impressions, CAD/CAM and Dental Materials Rule the Day at the LMT Dental Meeting

March 2, 2010

CAD/CAM dentistry ruled the day at the latest LMT dental meeting in Chicago. Vendors stacked up against one another with machines buzzing everywhere where demonstrating the latest in CAD software for copings crowns and abutments as well as the digital impression systems and dental mills and printers used to get the data and make the restorations. Materials such as zirconia, from all the brands you know, eMax and other monolitihics all put thier game face on and their most ethetic foot forward as build up brushes and dipping pots watched from the sidelines, or should I say side asile.

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