SAPCs create fixed and removable dental restorations for their own dentists using the SensAble Dental Lab System, a touch-enabled CAD/CAM system, and are certified to provide design and fabrication services to other dental labs.
SensAble Authorized Production Centers ensure consistent, high-quality results by using only SensAble-approved design and fabrication methods and adhering to strict quality standards to remain ‘SensAble-certified.’
The SensAble Authorized Production Centers gain marketing exposure from SensAble, and provide a valuable service to other dental labs whose business models support outsourcing digital design and/or production rather than investing in a complete system.
Baluke Dental Studios president Duane Baluke said designing and casting partial denture frameworks is a demanding task, and it is difficult for many labs to afford to buy and maintain manufacturing equipment for partials if they are only a fraction of the lab’s caseload.
"We’ve produced cast partials for dentists throughout Canada for years, so becoming a SensAble Authorized Production Center was a natural for us," Baluke said.
"We’ve used the SensAble system to design and produce both crown & bridge restorations and partials here for nearly 9 months. It’s highly accurate and provides a consistency that just isn’t possible with traditional lost wax techniques, and with a fit that my dentists say is spot-on. Now as an SAPC, we’re delighted to help other labs gain this digital advantage by working with us."
