Dental Lab for Cosmetic Dentists

Hand-layered veneers, anterior crowns and digital smile design — built by the technician on your account, previewed with a wax-up, matched to the tooth beside it, and never posted without your say-so.

Send your first anterior case +1 747-268-0808

You outsource anterior work because the result is judged in a mirror, in daylight, by the one patient who paid a premium for it. This is the lab built for that case — esthetic work on a separate track, one technician who carries it, and a wax-up before anything irreversible happens.

Jahn De Khudikine, Founder · Universal Dental Lab
Jahn De Khudikine Founder · Universal Dental Lab

Why send it here

One lab, accountable for how your anterior case is made

Anterior work doesn't get a second chance to look right — the patient checks it in a mirror, not a lab report, and by then the prep is already done.

That's why esthetic cases run on their own track here: a wax-up before anything irreversible, and a technician who won't ship a shade until you've both signed off on it.

Start a case
Wax-up first
Previewed before you prep You and the patient sign off on shape and proportion
Try-in option
Shade verified in the mouth On the matches that decide the case
Your technician
One technician holds your case Reach them directly — no call-center queue
Free scanner
3Shape TRIOS 6 for partners Go fully digital at no cost
Cross-polarized shade matching reference for an anterior case.
Shade is matched to the adjacent tooth with proper photo protocol — not a tab in the light.

Real cases

Matched to the tooth beside it

The hardest match in the mouth is one new unit against a natural neighbor. Cross-polarized photos, the stump shade recorded, and — where it matters — a bisque try-in before glaze, so the match is verified against the adjacent tooth, not a tab held in the light.

  • Cross-pol + stump shade: The prep color under a thin veneer changes everything — we record it before we build.

  • Verified under magnification: Margins, contacts and surface checked at the bench before the case ships.

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Technician designing a diagnostic digital wax-up for an anterior case.
Shape and proportion are approved on a wax-up or digital smile design before anything is irreversible.

Previewed, not guessed

A wax-up before anything is irreversible

Every esthetic case can start as a diagnostic wax-up or a digital smile design. You and the patient approve the shape and proportion, you prep to the matrix, and the provisional becomes a preview of the final rather than a surprise.

  • Diagnostic wax-up / DSD: Shape, proportion and midline resolved before the prep, not after.

  • Prep to a matrix: The approved design carries into the mouth as the provisional.

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Minimal-prep IPS e.max veneers for an anterior esthetic case.

Why cosmetic practices move

Built for the case that has to be invisible

These are the failures a premium anterior case cannot afford, and the ones our esthetic workflow is built to prevent.

  1. The unit comes back flat and monochromatic — nothing like the photo you sent.

    Anterior esthetic cases are hand-layered to your reference photos — incisal translucency, mamelon character, surface texture, cervical warmth — not averaged out to a stock shade on the monolithic line.

  2. You cannot reach the person actually stacking the ceramic.

    Your case stays with one technician on your account, reachable directly. Line angles, incisal effects and characterization get discussed before the porcelain goes on — not corrected after the patient is in the mirror.

  3. No wax-up or mock-up, so you prep a smile case nobody has previewed.

    We build a diagnostic wax-up or digital smile design first. The patient approves the shape and proportion, you prep to the matrix, and the provisional is a preview of the final. Digital Smile Design

  4. A single central next to a natural tooth never quite matches.

    The hardest match goes through custom shade matching — cross-polarized photos, the stump shade recorded, and an optional bisque try-in before glaze. We match to the adjacent tooth, not a tab in the light. Custom shade matching

  5. You find your own case on a lab’s social feed, patient and all.

    Your cases are yours. We never post a case, a photo, or a before-and-after without your written consent — the patient’s privacy is not our marketing budget.

The workflow

How an esthetic case is built with you

Collaborative by default — you approve the design before the prep, and verify the match before the glaze.

  1. Scan and photos in

    You

    Send an intraoral scan (iTero, 3Shape, Medit) or a conventional impression, with cross-polarized photos and the stump shade for anterior work.

  2. Wax-up or digital smile design

    Lab

    We work up the shape, proportion and midline. You and the patient approve the design before anything is prepped.

  3. Prep to the matrix

    You

    The approved design becomes your reduction guide and provisional — the case is previewed in the mouth, not guessed at.

  4. Bisque try-in where it counts

    Together

    On the matches that decide the case, the shade is verified in the mouth before the case is glazed.

  5. Characterize, glaze, deliver

    Lab

    Final characterization and glaze, finished to seat — returned on the date quoted at intake.

Start a case

Send one anterior case

Send a single central or a small veneer case and judge the ceramic in your patient’s mouth before you move a full smile design across.

  • One anterior case to start — no volume commitment
  • A wax-up before the prep; your cases never posted without consent
  • Free 3Shape TRIOS 6 scanner for active partners

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No call center — you hear back from the lab, not a bot.

Esthetic cases, de-risked

Every esthetic case can start with a wax-up you and the patient sign off on, and the matches that decide the case get a bisque-stage try-in before glaze. New to us? If a unit misses because of a lab error, we remake it at our cost. See what the remake policy covers.

Cosmetic practice FAQ

What Cosmetic Dentists Ask Before They Switch

Yes. Anterior and esthetic cases stay with one technician on your account, and you get a direct line to them. Discuss line angles, incisal effects and characterization before the porcelain is stacked, and send reference photos straight to the person using them.

That is the default for smile-design work, not an add-on. We build a diagnostic wax-up or a digital smile design from your photos and scan, you and the patient approve the shape and proportion, and it becomes your reduction guide and provisional matrix so you prep to a known result.

Digital Smile Design

Send cross-polarized photos with a shade tab in frame and record the stump shade — the underlying prep color changes everything on a thin veneer or a translucent crown. For the hardest matches we offer a bisque-stage try-in so you can verify the shade in the mouth before the case is glazed.

Custom shade matching

Never without your written consent. Your cases and your patients’ photos are not our marketing material. If you want to collaborate on content that is a separate, opt-in conversation — the default is that your work stays yours.

Both, chosen by the case. We press and cut back or hand-layer where esthetics lead, and reserve full-contour monolithic material for where strength has to win. The recommendation comes with the reasoning, so you are deciding, not being sold a house material.

Aesthetic veneers and crowns support

Cross-polarized photos with a shade tab in frame, stump shade on discolored preps, and any smile-design or wax-up reference. iTero, 3Shape, and Medit exports all work — esthetic cases stall when photos and scan disagree, not when the portal differs.

Digital Protocols

Case mix

What cosmetic practices send us

The anterior and esthetic work a cosmetic schedule is built around. Choose a category for materials, workflow, and how to submit.

  • Feldspathic porcelain veneers built up in layers on the bench

    Porcelain and e.max Veneers

    Feldspathic and pressed lithium-disilicate veneers, layered for depth — from a single central to a full ten-unit smile design.

  • IPS e.max anterior crowns showing translucency and characterization

    Anterior Crowns

    IPS e.max and layered zirconia for anterior units that have to disappear next to natural teeth — cut back and hand-built where esthetics lead.

  • Digital smile design proof displayed on a lab screen

    Digital Smile Design

    A design worked up from your photos and scan, proportioned to the face — approved by you and the patient before a bur touches a tooth.

  • Technician designing a digital wax-up on screen

    Diagnostic Wax-Ups

    Analog and digital wax-ups that become the reduction guide, the provisional matrix, and the intraoral mock-up.

  • Cross-polarized shade photograph of anterior teeth with a shade tab

    Custom Shade Matching

    Cross-polarized photography, stump-shade records, and an optional in-lab try-in for the cases that decide whether a result reads as natural.

  • Anterior segment being designed in CAD software

    Anterior Case Design

    Midline, incisal edge position and smile arc worked out on the articulator and in CAD before fabrication.

Open an account

Open a lab account

Tell us how you like your anterior work built and we will set the account up, assign your technician, and walk your first esthetic case through with you.

  • One anterior case to start

    Send a single unit or a small veneer case before you move a full smile design across.

  • A technician, not a queue

    You get the name and the direct line of the person building your work.

  • A wax-up before the prep

    Esthetic cases start with a design you and the patient approve first.

Rather talk it through first?

+1 747-268-0808

132 W. Verdugo Ave, Burbank, CA 91502

We'll come back to you with account details and the first case instructions. Your details go to the lab only — see our privacy policy.

Partner Offer

A Free Intraoral Scanner for Partner Practices

Partner with Universal Dental Lab and we place a 3Shape TRIOS 6 Wireless in your operatory — free for the length of our partnership. Scan the prep, send it in seconds, and skip impressions entirely.

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