Christmas Dates 2025

We know it’s early to be talking about Christmas but we wanted to give as much notice as possible. This way practices are able to book patients in and tell them with certainty whether treatments will conclude before the holidays. Postal Customers Delivery Customers
How to take Digi-Denture Impressions

Pre-Scan Checklist General Scanning Tips Scanning Pathways How to Scan A Reference Denture If required, reline the existing denture before proceeding to scan it using the following technique. Note that it is essential to capture the edges of the denture during this process to avoid stitching errors. How to Scan The Maxilla How to Scan […]
How to Increase Patient Satisfaction With Digital Diagnostic Tools

A recent Dental Complaints Service report said complaints regarding Private dentistry have more than doubled, specifically highlighting perceived failure of treatment. This trend can be attributed to poor communication and unrealistic expectations of the final aesthetic outcome. Digital Diagnostics can head off these issues before they arise, protecting the dentist and ensuring the patient is getting exactly […]
The Digital Approach to Diagnostic Wax-Ups

Diagnostic models are an excellent tool for both demonstrating treatment outcomes to patients and achieving them via chairside composite techniques. This approach has undergone a digital glow-up with key benefits like faster turnarounds and the option to verify design .STLs before completion. Traditionally our technicians would have built these up by hand in wax as […]
A Message from Our Directors

2025 marks 20 years since the baton was passed to us to manage CosTech Dental Lab. We’d like to extend our heartfelt thank you and appreciation to all the customers, colleagues, family and friends who have supported us over these years. When we started out on this journey, we set ourselves a simple goal of […]
Zirconia Strength & Translucency Comparison

Zirconia has displaced PFM for most units fitted each year.he success of zirconia comes from the way manufacturers have adjusted its composition to enhance specific qualities. As a result, there are now many different types of zirconia available, giving you plenty of options to choose from. Zirconia types are often listed as 3, 4 or […]
Does your practice share an intraoral scanner?

We’re pleased that so many of our clients have switched (or are in transition) to digital. The preferential pricing and turnaround can be a big boost to the practice while the ease and accuracy of working with scans is helpful for our technicians. Some of our clients have scanners registered under their principal with shared […]
2024 Client Feedback Review

What did you like about CosTech in 2024? Crowns. What do you want to see from CosTech in 2025? More crowns. Brynteg Dental, Carmarthen We ran a client feedback survey in December asking dentists to share their honest reviews of CosTech’s service in 2024 and what we could do to improve it in 2025. We […]
Christmas Dates 2024

We know it’s early to be talking about Christmas but we wanted to give as much notice as possible. This way practices are able to book patients in and tell them with certainty whether treatments will conclude before the holidays. Postal Customer Delivery Customer Download POSTAL Dates PDF Download DELIVERY Dates PDF
How to Choose the Right Night Guard

Tooth grinding aka Bruxism is very common with many people doing it unconsciously during sleep and waking to sore jaws or headaches in the morning. It’s so widespread that there’s even a tooth-gnashing Pokémon named after the condition called Bruxish! Often associated with stress, there was a notable increase in cases following the Covid-19 pandemic […]