An integrated dental laboratory, open to dental professionals.
The De Facto laboratory supports dentists and specialists who wish to collaborate with a team focused on communication, precision and traceability.
Our goal is to support the professional's clinical work, never to replace their relationship with their patient.
We fully respect our referring colleagues. No patient sent to the laboratory for a technical service will be solicited to become a patient of De Facto Dental Studio.
Technology in service of predictability
Our laboratory uses recognized equipment, rigorous protocols and materials approved by Health Canada when required. Technology is not an end in itself: it supports craftsmanship, communication and consistency of outcomes.
Respecting the professional-patient relationship
When a patient is sent to De Facto for shade selection, photographic documentation or a laboratory-related service, they remain the patient of the referring professional.
To avoid any ambiguity, De Facto can provide a declaration confirming that the patient is not registered at De Facto Dental Studio for a defined period, when the situation warrants it.
This measure aims to protect the relationship of trust between the referring professional, their patient and our laboratory.
Four pillars
Constant communication
Direct communication with the professional and with the people who fabricate the appliances.
Rigorous protocols and traceability
Each case is backed by a technical sheet, material traceability and documentation of the relevant steps.
Technology in service of craftsmanship
Digital equipment, printing, milling and controlled protocols in service of clinical precision.
Technical and clinical supervision
A technician and a supervising dentist take part in verifying the important steps of production.
Services offered
A complete range of restorations, prostheses, splints, retainers and planning aids, offered to studio patients and referring professionals.
Orthodontics
- →Retention trays
- →Hawley retainers
- →Twin Block appliances
- →HAAS appliances
- →Hyrax expanders
- →Space maintainers
- →Lingual wires
Removable prosthodontics
- →Complete dentures, printed or milled
Fixed prosthodontics
- →Single-unit restorations (crown, inlay, veneer, bonded partial restoration)
- →Multi-unit restorations (conventional bridge, bonded bridge)
- →Implant restorations (crown or bridge on implants)
- →Prosthetic planning (wax-up, mock-up, printed model)
Occlusal splints
- →Rigid occlusal splint, Formlabs LT Clear
- →Flexible occlusal splint, Formlabs LT Comfort
Trays and guards
- →Bleaching trays
- →Retention trays
- →Mouthguards for combat and extreme sports
Diagnostic wax-up
- →Digital wax-up for aesthetic, functional or prosthetic planning
Layering and characterization
- →Characterization
- →Ceramic layering
- →Aesthetic finishing of temporary or permanent cases
Clinical documentation
- →Shade selection
- →Intraoral and extraoral photography for complex and aesthetic cases
Equipment in use
Intraoral scanner
Digital capture of the arches and clinic-laboratory communication
Digital design software
Planning and design of restorations and appliances
CAD/CAM milling
Fabrication of selected restorations, models or appliances as indicated
Pressing furnace
Pressing of selected ceramic restorations according to protocol
Crystallization / firing furnace
Crystallization, characterization, glazing or finishing according to material
Formlabs Dental 3D printing
Models, guides, retainers, occlusal splints, prototypes as indicated
Wash and post-curing
Post-processing of printed parts following the manufacturer's protocols
Finishing and polishing
Adjustment, finishing, characterization and final quality check
Photographic documentation
Case communication, shade selection, follow-up and quality control
Production record and traceability
Each case can be accompanied by a traceability report specifying the materials used, the equipment, the technical limits and the relevant production steps.
Every laboratory case is tied to an internal production sheet that documents the relevant steps:
Three dedicated paths for dentists and specialists
Each professional request has its own form and its own workflow.