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The Practical Guide to Getting Predictable Results from Your Dental Lab

Everything you need to communicate better, send better cases, and get the restoration quality your clinical work deserves — without remakes, try-in surprises, or accepting 'just part of the job' as an answer.

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Getting the Most Out of Your Dental Lab

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Inside This Guide

What You'll Learn

Practical frameworks and checklists you can apply to your next case — not theory, not fluff.

The 4 Collaboration Moments Framework

Discover why thinking of lab work as just 'design + manufacture' is the root cause of most problems — and how mapping your cases across four distinct moments changes who you partner with and how you communicate.

Your Lab Relationship Self-Assessment

An 8-statement diagnostic that shows exactly where your current lab relationships are strong and where the gaps are costing you quality, time, and predictability. Score yourself in under 2 minutes.

The TOP 5% Playbook

Six specific behaviours that put you on every technician's priority list — so you stop getting 'I'll do my job' and start getting the extra care that transforms good restorations into exceptional ones.

The New Non-Negotiables

With digital tools now standard, certain mistakes are no longer excusable. The 5 things you should stop tolerating from your lab — and the 3 your lab has every right to stop tolerating from you.

The Details Checklist

A pre-send checklist covering case preparation and communication essentials — the details that separate dentists who get predictable results from those who don't. Run it before every case.

The Visual Communication Protocol

Replace unreliable phone calls with a 6-step asynchronous visual workflow — so you can review, annotate, and approve restorations from anywhere, before anything is milled or printed.

"Approve a design → copy-paste → that's exactly what you get. No more try-in surprises."

— Christian Coachman, Founder of Digital Smile Design

Who It's For

This Guide Was Written for You If...

General Dentist

You get acceptable results from your lab most of the time, but you're quietly frustrated by remakes, try-in surprises, and the sense you're not getting your technician's best work.

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Cosmetic & Restorative Dentist

You invest heavily in high-end cases but suspect poor lab communication is the weakest link between your clinical work and the final outcome.

Practice Owner

You're aware that lab costs, remakes, and additional appointments are quietly eroding profitability — but you haven't known what to change in how you work with your lab.

Digitally Transitioning Dentist

You've adopted an intraoral scanner but aren't yet leveraging full digital workflows, and still default to phone calls and vague lab prescriptions.

About the Author

Created by One of Dentistry's Most Recognised Educators

Christian Coachman

Founder, Digital Smile Design

As the creator of the Digital Smile Design methodology, Christian Coachman combines clinical artistry with digital innovation. He founded DSD Lab to bridge the gap between planning and execution, building a dental laboratory fully integrated with the DSD Planning Center to support more predictable clinical results.

100+ Countries

40,000+ Dentists Trained

15+ Years of Innovation

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The Practical Guide to Getting Predictable Results from Your Dental Lab

What You'll Learn

This Guide Was Written for You If...

Created by One of Dentistry's Most Recognised Educators

Common Questions

Stop Accepting Lab Frustration as 'Part of the Job'