The Precision Ceramics Dental Laboratory Story
1982 - Our First AnniversaryPrecision Ceramics was established in 1981 by Keith Cunning, RDT and Mark Jackson, RDT. After graduating from the Dental Technology Institute in Orange, CA, and working in Southern California labs, the pair began working as in-house technicians with Keith's father who is a dentist. Working intimately chairside with some of Los Angeles's most discriminating patients, word about their work spread, and the two began to take on outside accounts.
Nearly three decades later, Precision Ceramics Dental Laboratory continues its long history of innovation and stands as a market leader.
Precision Ceramics Dental Laboratory Timeline:
- 1981 - Open for business in rented medical building
- 1984 - Built current building, 9591 Central Avenue
9591 Central Avenue, May 1984
- 1985 - Became a licensed DICOR laboratory
- 1986 - Became the first laboratory to advertise lab-to-lab Crown & Bridge outsourcing services
- 1987 - Featured in the customer service text book, "Contrary to what you believe" by Fred Jandt, Ph.D
- 1988 - Working with specialists at Penn State and UC Davis - became the world's first Veterinary Dental Laboratory
- 1989 - Opened The Hollywood Smile in Odense, Denmark 1990 - Became a licensed Branemark Laboratory
- 1991 - Certified In-Ceram & Valplast Laboratory
- 1992 - Licensed Empress Laboratory
- 1993 - Licensed Celay Laboratory
- 1994 - Certified Procera Laboratory
- 1995 - Certified ArtGlass & Targis Vectris Laboratory (sorry)
- 1996 - Certified Captek Laboratory
- 1997 - Certified Finesse Laboratory
- 1998 - Certified BelleGlass laboratory
- 1999 - Certified Vita Helioform 24K ElectroDeposition laboratory
- 2000 - Licensed Cercon Smart Laboratory
- 2001 - Licensed Wol-Ceram Laboratory
- 2002 - Certified Etkon Laboratory
PCDL Staff - Halloween 2004
- 2003 - Testing Laboratory for Pre-Market Digital Impression Studies
- 2004 - Became an Authorized LavaTM Milling Center
- 2005 - Became a certified imagen 3D Printing Laboratory
- 2006 - Certified Cadent iTero Laboratory
- 2007 - Certified Cercon ART Laboratory
- 2008 - Licensed LavaTM COS Laboratory
- 2009 - Opened an on-site CT Scanning and Implant center, became a licensed Prismatik/BruxZir laboratory