Certifications & Affiliations

Treasure Dental Lab has chosen to be a Certified Dental Lab since 1995. The Certified Dental Laboratory (CDL) Program provides assurance that a laboratory has met specific standards relating to quality assurance, safety, and business and manufacturing practices. By earning and maintaining the CDL designation, our dental laboratory is always monitoring and attempting to improve the quality and efficiency of our services and facilities. The NBC certifies all CDL’s.

Achieving and maintaining certification offers our lab a nationally-recognized credential attesting to compliance with competency standards that are widely accepted by dentistry and dental technology. This can be invaluable in establishing credibility with outside third parties, including courts of law, insurance companies and government.

We employ Certified Dental Technicians (CDTs) who possess significant mastery of the knowledge and applied skills needed in dental technology and work in the proper conditions. We promote transparency in every aspect of the restoration process, and we strive to deliver high-quality products that you can trust.

We are proud to employ 9 CDT’s here at Treasure Dental Lab. 3 The Certified Dental Technician (CDT) designation is a great achievement and demonstrates a significant mastery of the knowledge and applied skills needed in dental technology. The National Board for Certification in Dental Laboratory Technology (NBC) certifies all CDTs. All dental technicians who possess the required education and/or experience, have a working knowledge of the English language and have not been found guilty of practicing dentistry illegally are eligible to become Certified Dental Technicians.

A Certified Dental Technician, or CDT, must undergo a series of evaluations and pass three tests within a four year period. Once a CDT passes all tests, he or she must complete 12 hours of continuing education every year to keep skills up-to-date and to retain certification status.

John Treasure has been general member of American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry (AACD) since 1998. 4 The AACD is the world’s largest organization for cosmetic dental professionals and continues to grow including more than 6,000 dental professionals, laboratory technicians, educators, and researchers from 70 countries worldwide. This global perspective allows AACD members to gather information from the international field of cosmetic dentistry.

AACD members are recognized as professionals dedicated to constant improvement of their skills and knowledge, and to making the life-changing benefits of cosmetic dentistry available to more people every year.

The American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry® (AACD) is dedicated to advancing excellence in the art and science of comprehensive cosmetic dentistry and encouraging the highest standards of ethical conduct and responsible patient care. The AACD fulfills its mission by: offering superior educational opportunities; promoting and supporting a respected Accreditation credential; serving as a user-friendly and inviting forum for the creative exchange of knowledge and ideas; and providing accurate and useful information to the public and the profession.

In addition to John’s general membership with AACD we are Donor’s to their Give Back a Smile Program5 The American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry Charitable Foundation’s (AACDCF) Give Back a Smile (GBAS) program heals some of the most devastating effects of domestic and sexual violence, by restoring the smiles of adult women and men who have suffered dental injuries to the front 8 teeth only, from a former intimate partner or spouse, family member or due to sexual assault.

We believe in the importance of giving back to the dental community when possible and have chosen to participate with the DDS nationwide.

Donated Dental Services (DDS) program provides free, comprehensive dental treatment to our country’s most vulnerable people with disabilities or who are elderly or medically fragile. These are people who cannot afford necessary treatment and cannot get public aid. The program operates through a volunteer network of more than 15,000 dentists and 3,600 dental labs across the United States. Since its inception in 1985, our DDS program has surpassed $250 million in donated dental therapies, transforming the lives of more than 120,000 people.

We have been participating in OHO Since before 2000. Oral Health America is a national, non-profit organization founded in 1955 and headquartered in Chicago. OHA is an umbrella organization comprised of three key programs: Smiles across America, Wisdom Tooth Project, and campaign for Oral Health equity. Their mission is to change lives by connecting communities with resources to increase access to care, education, and advocacy to all American’s, especially those most vulnerable.

Founding members since 1988, DLOBA is a group of dental lab owners who network with each other to help navigate the ever changing nature of our industry. We have a formal meeting once a year to discuss the changes in business, equipment, human resources, processes and all other aspects of our dental technology industry. This group has become like family to us and we value the open format of sharing information and using the strength of many minds to advance our business in a positive direction.