Stranraer Dental Laboratory

Welcome to Stranraer Dental Laboratory

We are the most southerly dental lab in Scotland, tucked away in the west coast in the ferry town of Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway.

The laboratory has been running since Gordon (the owner) left The Royal Army Dental Corp in 1999 and decided to settle back in his home town of Stranraer. Through producing high standards of work and giving a consistently good quality service, mainly by word of mouth, the laboratory has grown and now produces work for all the dentists in the county and many more throughout the region. We also have a close affinity with many dental practices in the Dumfriesshire area.

We specialise in construction of:

1. ACRYLIC DENTURES
2. COBALT CHROME DENTURES
3. ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES
4. SPORTS GUARDS
5. SOFT AND HARD SPLINTS
6. BLEACHING TRAYS
7. ANTI SNORE APPLIANCES
8. DENTURE REPAIRS AND ADJUSTMENT

Left: Paddy trimming models

We are now the largest dental laboratory in the region, big enough to take large volumes of work but small enough to care for the individual patient. Team work between the surgery and laboratory is the key for successful with patient satisfaction and minimal chairside time wasted on adjustments the result. A technician is always available to talk by phone or meet the dentist in the surgery by prior arrangement to talk about our services or to problem solve tricky cases. We have adapted to our rural location and are prepared to travel the extra distance and make the extra effort to keep in touch with the needs of individual dentists and patients.

Left: Hilary packing dentures

We have a courier service throughout the region allowing us to cast impressions within hours of leaving the patients mouth. Out with the region work can be sent by Royal Mail Business Reply Service. As long as impressions are packed correctly this next day service is very successful also. We can have repairs or new emergency partial dentures completed and back to the practice within twenty four hours.

Left: Nicola polishing a finished denture

All our technicians are registered with the General Dental Council. This, though should not impress as all dental professionals have to be registered to do business. What we can boast is the experience and the talent of our technicians. For example Lab owner, Gordon and senior technician, Tom alone have both got twenty years experience each and have served in the Royal Dental Corps where they have worked in one man labs and as part of a team in larger labs throughout England and bases in Germany where they carried out all aspects of dental technology.

Left: Tom, very long in the tooth

To make sure all technicians are fully up to date with technology and dental developments we are members of the Dental Laboratory Association. The laboratory is fully Dental Appliance Manufacturing Auditing System (DAMAS) compliant with annual independent inspection to make sure we do so.