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NovaDent Labs NovaDent Labs is a digital dental laboratory serving clinicians across Australia. Crowns, implants, prosthetics and appliances, 5–9 business day turnaround.

TGA registered, ISO 13485 certified. Submit a case via our Clinic Portal.

Pricing shouldn't be the last thing you find out about a dental lab.NovaDent Labs makes crowns, bridges, implant restora...
16/10/2026

Pricing shouldn't be the last thing you find out about a dental lab.

NovaDent Labs makes crowns, bridges, implant restorations, dentures and appliances for dentists across Australia. Fill in a short form and you can see our price list before you send a case.

Link in bio to request our price list or submit a case.

How to submit a case so it comes back right the first time.Six things make the difference. They take only a few minutes ...
15/10/2026

How to submit a case so it comes back right the first time.

Six things make the difference. They take only a few minutes and help prevent most avoidable issues.

1. A complete prescription.
Include tooth numbers, material, shade, and the date you need the restoration seated. That is the date we schedule to.

2. A readable margin.
Scanned or impressed, the format is secondary. If the margin is unclear, retract, dry, and check it again before submitting.

3. The opposing arch and a bite record.
Accurate opposing information gives the technician a sound basis for the design.

4. Photographs for anterior cases.
Ideally, include a shade tab in frame, taken in natural light and without retraction. It takes under a minute and gives the technician valuable visual information.

5. Details that may affect the case.
A parafunctional habit, previous remakes, or a shade that needs to match a crown made elsewhere. Context informs clinical decisions, and it does not always show up in the file.

6. A phone number that reaches you.
If a technician has a question at 3 pm, a quick answer keeps the case on schedule. Waiting for a returned voicemail can add a day.

That's the list. Digital dentistry gives us faster visibility when something is missing, and more time to resolve it before it becomes a problem.

14/10/2026

Impressions versus scanning: a practical view, without the sales pitch.

Where scanning has a clear advantage:

No distortion from material setting or tray removal: One of the largest sources of silent error in a conventional impression is removed from the process.

You see the result immediately: A missed distal area becomes a 30-second retake, rather than a remake discovered a week later.

No disinfection, packing, or freight for the impression itself: The file reaches the lab in minutes.

Patients with a gag reflex often tolerate it far better: That matters during a long appointment.

Where conventional impressions still hold up:

Deep subgingival margins with bleeding: Physical impression material can enter a sulcus that a camera can't read.

Full-arch edentulous cases, depending on the scanner and protocol: The technology is improving quickly, though moving mucosa and fewer stable landmarks still add complexity.

When the scanner is unavailable: A reliable fallback protocol is part of a well-run digital workflow. It keeps the case moving.

The practical summary: scanning is the better option for most of what most practices do, most of the time. Conventional impressions still have a place in specific clinical situations. A lab should be clear about both.

Nationwide turnaround only matters if it works the same outside capital cities.For regional and remote practices, that s...
12/10/2026

Nationwide turnaround only matters if it works the same outside capital cities.

For regional and remote practices, that should mean the same working-day production schedule from case receipt to dispatch, regardless of postcode. Courier time is a separate leg, and it's stated honestly — interstate freight simply takes longer than a local Sydney run.

Distance is a logistics problem, not a quality problem.

11/10/2026

Judgement, not machinery, is what actually happens in the first hour of a case.

A file arrives. Before anything gets milled, a technician trims and isolates the scan, marks the margin by hand, and decides how a restoration should actually sit, then checks it against the opposing arch before it ever reaches production.

That's the part a spec sheet can't show you. The scanner and the mill matter, but the decisions made in that first hour are what separate a case that fits from one that doesn't.

Know your technician, not just your lab.

A night to celebrate the team behind NovaDent Labs.We recently headed to Mr Wong in the city to mark a historic stretch ...
09/10/2026

A night to celebrate the team behind NovaDent Labs.

We recently headed to Mr Wong in the city to mark a historic stretch for the lab, including our highest revenue ever.

That result belongs to everyone who puts care into every case, and to the dentists who trust us with their work. Thank you to both.

Here's to what comes next.

Link in bio to submit a case or request our price list.

The upfront cost still keeps many practices from moving digital.That is a sensible decision. A scanner is a capital purc...
09/10/2026

The upfront cost still keeps many practices from moving digital.

That is a sensible decision. A scanner is a capital purchase that competes with a chair, a CBCT, or a second surgery. Its return also depends on a workflow change the whole practice needs to make.

NovaDent's scanner offer removes the upfront equipment cost, allowing your practice to assess the workflow on its own terms.

Here is how the programme works:

NovaDent supplies a clinical-grade intraoral scanner and compatible laptop at $0 upfront, including setup, onboarding, and ongoing technical support. Your practice commits to AUD $18,000 ex GST in NovaDent laboratory work across each 12-month term. The equipment remains NovaDent property throughout the arrangement.

The offer is designed for practices ready to move their restorative, implant, or cosmetic cases into a digital workflow. It's built for practices not yet running a scanner, not a second unit for a practice already digital.

Not sure whether your practice qualifies? Get in touch with us.

A denture or partial that won't stay put is rarely a design problem. It's usually decided six steps earlier, at the impr...
07/10/2026

A denture or partial that won't stay put is rarely a design problem. It's usually decided six steps earlier, at the impression.

A border-moulded impression captures the tissue where it moves to under function — not just where it happens to be sitting when the impression is taken. That difference doesn't show up on the model. It shows up at insertion.

Retention strategy also needs deciding before design starts, not worked out afterwards. Undercuts, clasp position and path of insertion all interact — settle the path first, and the rest follows.

At NovaDent Labs, we build every removable case around the impression's real information, not around what the model appears to show.

Link in bio to submit a case or request our price list.

06/10/2026

Full breakdown below 👇

Choosing a material for an anterior case is where labs and clinicians most often want different things.

Lithium disilicate offers the best optical behaviour — it picks up colour from the underlying tooth. Its constraint: it needs a reasonably favourable substrate.

Layered zirconia is reliable strength with a ceramic layer doing the aesthetic work — a sound choice for a bruxer or longer span. The ceramic layer stays the vulnerable point.

Monolithic zirconia is strong and forgiving, but rarely our first choice for a single central beside natural dentition in daylight scrutiny.

For a single anterior unit, photographs and shade information often matter as much as the material itself.

Buying an intraoral scanner is the straightforward part. Becoming scanner-ready is what practices underestimate.Here's w...
05/10/2026

Buying an intraoral scanner is the straightforward part. Becoming scanner-ready is what practices underestimate.

Here's what actually needs to be in place before the scanner earns its cost.

Bandwidth and file handling. Scan files are large. If your practice management setup already struggles with imaging, it will struggle more with full-arch scans. Worth testing before you commit rather than after.

A nominated person who owns it. Practices where "everyone" is trained on the scanner tend to have nobody who is genuinely fluent. One clinician or one senior nurse who really knows it will carry the rest of the team through.

Time in the book for the learning curve. The first scans take longer than an impression. That's normal and it passes quickly — but it needs to be planned for, not discovered on a full Tuesday.

A lab that accepts your file format without conversion friction. Ask before you buy which formats your lab takes natively, and whether anything else attracts a charge.

And a protocol for when a scan fails. Retake, or fall back to an impression? Decide that in advance, so it isn't being decided under pressure with a patient in the chair.

Practices that sort these out first are usually scanning confidently inside a fortnight. Practices that don't tend to have a scanner sitting in a cupboard by autumn.

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G6/101 Rookwood Road
Regents Park, NSW
2199

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 8pm
Tuesday 9am - 6pm
Wednesday 9am - 6pm
Thursday 9am - 6pm
Friday 9am - 6pm
Saturday 9am - 6pm

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