Arcus Laboratory

ARCUS LABORATORY is one of the premier dental laboratories in the US. It was founded in 1990 by Steven McGowan and is located on the north shore of Lake Washington, in Seattle. We are committed to evidence-based excellence with the materials and techniques we use to create your restorations. We attend and hold courses throughout the United States and internationally as well, keeping us on the cutting edge of material choice and technology. Our opinion is often sought by dental professionals and manufacturers to evaluate materials and techniques relating to dental technology.

Monthly Archives: March 2016

Articles

Shortage of Dental Technicians

In 2012, I wrote an editorial in the dental journal Compendium; Dental Technology: 2012 and Beyond. One of the topics I discussed in this editorial was the shortage of dental technicians There are new statistics about this subject in the August issue of IDT: Research Indicates Further Decrease in Laboratory Numbers by 2017. [pdf]

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Characteristics of Teeth: A Review of Size, Shape, Composition, and Appearance of Maxillary Anterior Teeth

Compendium of Continuing Education in Dentistry was kind enough to publish my article in their March 2016 Issue. This article explains the very basics about anterior maxillary teeth. Most of this article also appears in Personality of Teeth: A Visual Encyclopedia.

Characteristics of Teeth: A Review of Size, Shape, Composition, and Appearance of Maxillary Anterior Teeth [pdf]