If you’re frustrated by unpredictable quality from your dental lab, read this

How well do you sleep the night before delivering a big restorative case? Have you ever had a perfect-looking wax up that just didn’t look right in the patient’s mouth? Does it feel like your lab can either make or break your day?

Being unable to rely on consistent, high-quality results from their dental lab is one of the most common frustrations that dentists experience in their daily work. The impact of this inconsistency is far reaching – it can affect patient satisfaction, clinic team stress levels and operational efficiency.

In this article, we explain how the DSD Provider course trains dentists in pragmatic systems that solve this common challenge.

What goes into ensuring high-quality results from your lab?

Unnatural shapes, poor-fitting prostheses and final restorations that differ from the original smile design project are just some of the common problems that arise from a lack of clear communication and robust systems between dental clinics and dental labs.

The Mentor team at the DSD Planning Center, experienced interdisciplinary dentists, explain that as many labs don’t use visual communication tools - or share limitations or suggestions for improvement on cases with dentists - there are often misunderstandings which could otherwise be avoided.

So how do you make sure you can rely on the results from your lab? It comes down to two main things:

• Clear communication
• Implementing robust systems and applying them consistently

When this is done right, it can lead to reliably better quality outcomes, greater efficiency in communication and workflows – and less stress in achieving the results you want for your patients.

This is something that DSD has been working on for over 15 years: practical and consistent systems that you can implement in your daily work to ensure clear communication of the vital information needed for case success.

How can the DSD Provider course help improve your clinic-lab workflows and results?

As a course participant, you’ll be able to explore the two key areas where DSD can help you work with your lab – and see for yourself how dentistry at this level doesn’t need to be stressful:

1. Workflows and systems
   The course will help you develop and implement the clinic-lab workflow and system that’s been proven by 130+ DSD Clinics and 500+ DSD Masters worldwide. The aim is to help you achieve consistent outcomes - with less stress and more profitability - by reducing time wasting and miscommunication.
   
   
2. Clinical solutions
   You will learn about guided dentistry and the robust systems that can help you:
   
   - deliver results to a higher standard
   - make corrections before patient treatment starts (not in the patient’s mouth)
   - support you and your lab to make your plans a reality

How can I start implementing these clinic-lab systems after the DSD Provider course?

The DSD Provider course curriculum will give you the knowledge to simplify and strengthen your digital workflows and communication with your lab. It will show you how this can become your daily reality before you then go home to implement the systems in your own clinic – either with or without our help.

If you choose to work with us after your course is over, you will be given full access to our interdisciplinary DSD Planning Center smile design and treatment planning services. This is the easiest way to start using these workflows right now.

To do this, we offer you full onboarding training in how to work with the DSD Planning Center as well as a complimentary DSD Design product (worth $750) that you can use for a patient case of your choice. Thereafter you can retain your access to the DSD Planning Center with a monthly or annual product subscription.

We believe this will give you the opportunity to experience our robust workflows and results for yourself and benefit from the expertise of our interdisciplinary team in the area of facially driven smile design and treatment planning.

Ready to join us?

If you would like to learn these systems and workflows, the DSD Provider course can show you them. We recommend speaking to an advisor or finding out more in the DSD Provider course handbook.