Lafayette Dental Lab

Serving the dental profession for over 25 years

Full Mouth Rejuvenation

All Ceramic Products; Applications

• Feldspathic on refractory: Single units only bonded
• Empress Esthetic: Single unites only bonded
• Zircon lava by 3M: Up to 4 units cemented
• Sirona Milled Zirconia
• Eris / Emax: Up to 3 units bonded or cemented
• Hip Zirconia by DCS: Large span bridges and splints. Up to 14 units cemented
• Zircon Procera by Nobel: Single units only cemented

Full Mouth Reconstruction

Over 25 years experience and training in occlusion and philosophies of reconstruction.

• Pankey
• Dawson
• Kois
• Neuromuscular
• Society for Occlusal Studies

We support the following articulator systems for reconstructions and offer calibration services for them.

• Stratus
• Denar
• SAM
• Panadent

We are proud to have many dozen reconstructions over 15 years old. Proof that sounds occlusal principles combined with outstanding laboratory work. Dentistry that lasts.

Implants

Familiar with all major implant systems including:

• Nobel – including Nobel Guide
• Astra
• Straumann
• 3I
• Lifescore
• Bio Horizons
• Zimmer

Dentist Laboratory Communications

We encourage the following methods of destist/lab communications for the best results.

• Email: to send photos and clarify Rx
• Photography: indispensable for anterior & reconstruction cases
• Continuing Education: we are the Phoenix-area sponsor for Dental-Ed web broadcasts. Our speakers have included Ed McLaren, Bill Dorfmann and Jimmy Eubanks.

Laboratory History

Since 1980 Lafayette Dental Laboratory has been serving the needs of the dental profession in the Phoenix Arizona area. Rick Durkee started the laboratory with the help of Dr. James R. McDonald and Mr. Steve Severy to serve as members of the Society for Occlusal Studies doing complicated reconstruction cases. Rick purchased the lab from his partners and over the next 15 years the lab expanded to its current 6 employees and a new facility on Tatum Blvd in Phoenix.

The lab has always focused on occlusion and aesthetics and using the latest equipment to help us achieve those goals. The lab has 5 all ceramic systems to choose from like Procera, Empress, Finesse, Authentic and refractory. Only the finest materials are used in the construction of our PFM's like porcelains from Austria, Germany and Japan, both high and low fusing types.

Many thousands of dollars are spent each year on continuing education. Rick has written articles, lectured at many state meetings and at the AACD (American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry) national meeting in Hawaii in 2002. He is presenting at the Cal lab meeting Feb 2007 during the Chicago Mid winter dental week.

Contact

10920 N. Tatum Blvd, Suite #101
Phoenix, Az 85028

Phone: 602-996-9482
Fax: 602-996-6053

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