If you ask almost any world-class cosmetic dentist, "What is the one thing that if added to your practice would take your level of work to an even higher level," they will likely answer, "Having an in-house dental lab and Master Ceramist working along side me, would allow us to have greater aesthetics and control that surpass ANY external lab relationship." That's because they know, behind every successful cosmetic dentist is a great ceramist - someone who is both a lab technician and an artist.

Cosmetic and Implant Dental Associates is one of the few dental offices in the world with a ceramics lab and kiln on the premises. The vast majority of dentists send their orders for fabrication of crowns, veneers, and other porcelain restorations to outside vendors and are dependent on these outside contractors for the final results. Instead, the Cosmetic and Implant Dental Associates Master Ceramist creates beautiful, custom-made veneers, crowns and other restorations by hand and on site. This also enables the patient to express their preferences directly to the ceramist.

A Master Ceramist is a very skilled artesian that hand sculpts, hand paints and hand fires dental ceramic materials. A Master Ceramist must have many years of training in the arts and sciences of dentistry, ceramics, porcelain and related materials.

The visual outcome of any dental makeover is the end result of not only the dentist, but also that of the ceramist. What a lot of people don't realize, is that to get a beautiful replica of a natural tooth, each one has to be custom designed and hand made. Each tooth is like a little sculpture - a little work of art. The teeth can be sculpted to result in a more masculine shape, or feminine, sexy, or sporty smile.

When teeth grow, they develop in multiple layers, much like a pearl. That's maybe why sometimes people call beautiful teeth "pearly whites." And when you look closely at a pearl, you can see a little rainbow of blues, pinks, yellows, and grays. Natural teeth are like that too, instead of just being a solid white. Our master ceramist sculpts each individual tooth like it grew, hand-painting the colors and the porcelains in layers - thus mimicking nature. Then, after layering more porcelain, each tooth is hand fired in a kiln or oven as many as five or more times to achieve the natural, glossy look of real teeth. If you tour our lab, you may see them in the process of doing this. Most people that we show the lab say, "Okay, I had no idea of what was involved."

Another nice thing about having the lab right here is that the master ceramist can go downstairs and see you and the shape of your face, complexion, and discuss directly with you and the doctors the results that you want to achieve. To obtain the optimal results, Cosmetic and Implant Dental Associates has assembled a unique team of artists in their in-house laboratory. These ceramists work interactively with the doctor and patients to deliver that ultimate smile.