Dental Laboratory for Kingwood Dentists
Kingwood is about as far from Katy as the Houston area gets. Cases travel by carrier, the laboratory work is unchanged, and we are straight with you about what the distance costs in days.
Getting cases between Kingwood and the bench
There is no pretending Kingwood is around the corner. What we can do is plan properly: send the case with the seat date on the prescription and we schedule backwards from it, transit included. For a full-mouth reconstruction where shipping provisionals back and forth would be painful, call the lab first and we will work out the sequence before anything is prepared.
The turnaround you can promise a Kingwood patient
Roughly a day each way. For most restorative work that is a non-issue once it is planned for. For a case that needs the patient in front of the ceramist, be honest with yourself about whether they will make the drive.
Distance should not mean a call centre
This matters more when the case is travelling than when it is not. If something is wrong with a Kingwood case you cannot walk it back over, so being able to reach the ceramist directly is worth more, not less. Ask for Mr. Ortiz, a CDT with 38 years at the bench.
What we make for Kingwood practices
The same bench does all of it, whichever side of Houston the case comes from.
Questions we get asked
Do you pick up in Kingwood?
No. Kingwood is the far northeast corner of the metro and our route runs west and south. Cases travel by carrier. On a large reconstruction where shipping provisionals back and forth would be painful, call the laboratory before anything is prepared and we will plan the sequence around it.
Which practices near Kingwood do you already work with?
We do not publish client lists. Call the laboratory and ask what we can do for an office in Atascocita, Porter and New Caney — you will get a straight answer rather than a sales pitch.
Can a Kingwood patient come to the lab for a custom shade?
Yes, and there is no charge — but be realistic about the drive. Kingwood to Katy is most of the way across the metro. On an anterior case where the shade is the whole job it can still be worth asking the patient. For a posterior crown, send photographs with the tab held against the tooth instead.