A dental lab is usually produces any of the following items:
Teeth restorations made out of various alloys or other types of materials such as porcelain, gold, and alloys and stones.
Brackets that are used to mount removable restorations such as crowns, veneers, and bridges to the teeth.
Casting or molding of restorations such as crowns and veneers.
Fabrication of other instruments used by the dentist, such as needles, files, drills, and polishers.
Dental crowns, the tooth-like part of a composite restoration, are usually made from resin and fillers mixed together and bonded to the tooth.
Orthodontic appliances, such as brackets, bands, elastics, and screws.
The materials used in the creation of the items produced by dental laboratories include porcelain, enamel, resins, ceramics, and metals. What materials are needed to produce a dental restoration? The most important materials needed in the production of a dental restoration are as follows: Porcelain, the most durable and the hardest of all the materials used in dental restorations, is used to make the body of the dental restoration. Porcelain is used to make crowns, porcelain bridges, teeth and many other dental restorations. In addition to porcelain, dental labors are expected to have various alloys, and porcelain powders instruments. These are required to make crowns, veneers, and other restorations out of porcelain.