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Our Lab
Plenty of denture work is posted to a production laboratory in another suburb. Ours walks about ten steps.
Why we kept the bench
A denture is a handmade object that has to fit a surface no two people share. Between what a clinician sees in your mouth and what a technician reads off a prescription form there is a gap, and a description standing in for a person is a real limitation of the usual arrangement.
At Supreme Denture Studio that gap doesn't exist, because the bench is behind the surgery and the same person works at both. When something needs to be a fraction thinner at the back edge, nobody has to write that down and hope.
What's in it
A conventional denture lab: plaster, articulators, waxing instruments, a polishing lathe, the pressure pot. Alongside it sits the digital side, with scanning, design software and a 3D printer. We use both, and which we reach for depends on the case rather than on which is newer.
Anything printed is still finished by hand. The polish that decides whether a denture feels smooth against your tongue is not something a machine does for you.
Repairs and relines happen at the same bench, including on dentures made elsewhere. Nothing is posted away for those either.
This is the bench your denture is made on
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01PrintedThe design comes off the printer as a solid base, still on its build platform. -
02CuredTime under light and heat in the polymerising unit is what sets the material properly. -
03Finished by handThe lathe work decides whether it feels smooth against your tongue. No machine does this part for you. -
04Ready to fitThen it goes back to the chair, and we adjust it on you rather than on a model.
Filmed in our own laboratory.
The whole thing, start to finish
Scanned, designed on screen, 3D printed, finished by hand at the lathe, then fitted and adjusted. It is the same sequence your own denture goes through, filmed at 1254 Plenty Rd.
If you would rather not watch a video, the four clips above show the same four stages, and ringing us on 03 9599 2790 gets you a person who will talk through any of it.
Filmed at the practice. No stock footage. The film includes one patient's before and after, shown with their consent. Individual results vary; outcomes experienced by one person do not necessarily reflect the outcomes others may experience.
What happens between ringing us and wearing them
The free consultation
We look, you talk, and you leave with your options and what each costs. No obligation and no follow-up chasing.
Impressions or a scan
We record the shape of your mouth with a tray or a scanner, depending on what suits your case and what you can tolerate.
The try-in
Teeth set in wax, in your mouth, before anything is final. This is where you change the shape, size, shade and how much they show.
Fit and adjust
You collect them, we check the bite and the edges, and you come back so we can settle the sore spots that show up in normal use.
The number of appointments and the time between them depends on your case: whether teeth are coming out, whether gums are healing, which type of denture you've chosen. We'll set out the likely path for you at the first visit rather than quoting a timeline here that might not be yours.
Visit Us in Bundoora
You'll find us on Plenty Rd with parking at the door. Come in and have a look before you commit to anything.
Not sure what you need? Ring us and describe it.
You'll get a person, not a form. The first consultation is free, and you don't have to decide anything on the day.
03 9599 2790Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm · 1254 Plenty Rd, Bundoora VIC 3083 · If we can't pick up, leave a message and we'll call you back.