Crowns
A crown covers the whole visible tooth after a large filling, a crack or root canal treatment. Back-tooth crowns are often monolithic zirconia for strength; front crowns are often E.max or layered ceramic for colour depth. See dental crowns.
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What Does a Dental Lab Make? Inside Creative Art Dental Lab, Dubai
A dental lab makes the custom pieces your dentist fits: crowns, veneers, bridges, implant teeth, models and surgical guides. Here is what Creative Art Dental Lab makes, and what it does not claim.
- Crowns, bridges and veneers
- Implant crowns and full-arch work
- 3D-printed models and surgical guides
Patients start with a dentist at the clinic. Dentists contact the lab on +971 56 979 2929.
Made to prescriptionEvery piece starts with a dentist's scan.
Quick answer
What does a dental lab make?
A dental lab makes the custom pieces a dentist fits in the mouth: crowns, bridges and veneers, the crowns and full-arch prostheses that sit on implants, and the 3D-printed models and surgical guides used to check and plan treatment. Creative Art Dental Lab, in the same building as Creative Arts in Dubai, makes these from the dentist's scan and prescription. It does not examine or treat patients.
27 yearsIn-house dental laboratory in the same building
Written planItemised treatment plan before you commit
Open daily10:00–20:00, seven days a week
Jumeirah 3614 Jumeira St, Umm Suqeim 1, Dubai
At a glance
Creative Art Dental Lab in brief
- What it makes
- Crowns, bridges, veneers, implant crowns, implant-supported full-arch prostheses, 3D-printed models and surgical guides
- Ceramics
- Feldspathic porcelain, lithium disilicate (E.max), layered and monolithic zirconia, pink gingival ceramic
- How
- Digital design (CAD), milling (CAM), 3D printing, then hand layering, staining and glazing
- Who it works for
- Creative Arts patients and, by its own published count, 800+ doctors and clinics in Dubai
- Typical lab time
- 3–5 working days, depending on complexity
- Where
- A separate business in the same building as the clinic, 614 Jumeira St, Jumeirah 3; open Monday–Saturday
- Who treats you
- Your dentist. The lab does not examine, diagnose or treat patients
Typical timings, not promises.
On natural teeth
Crowns, bridges and veneers: what each one is for
Most lab work covers or replaces part of a tooth that is still yours. The dentist decides which piece the tooth needs; the lab makes it to that prescription.
Bridges
A bridge replaces a missing tooth with a false tooth (a pontic) held by crowns on the teeth either side. The pontic's underside is shaped to sit on the gum and stay cleanable with floss or brushes.
Veneers
A veneer is a thin ceramic shell bonded to the front of a tooth to change its colour, shape or length. The lab makes them in feldspathic porcelain or E.max; which one depends on enamel, bite and how much the shade must change.
Digital designs
Before anything is milled, the restoration is designed on screen: shape, contacts with neighbouring teeth and the bite. For cosmetic cases your dentist shows you a design and mock-up before any irreversible preparation.
On implants
Implant crowns and full-arch prostheses: the teeth on top of the implant
An implant replaces a root. Everything you see and bite with on top of it is lab work.
- Implant crowns for a single missing tooth, designed from a scan that records the exact position of the implant.
- Bridges on implants where several teeth in a row are missing.
- Implant-supported full-arch prostheses for a whole jaw: a framework that fixes to the implants with screws, and the visible teeth on top, with screw access channels so the dentist can remove it for maintenance.
- Pink gingival ceramic built in where gum and bone have shrunk, so the new teeth do not look too long.
The lab never places implants. They are planned and placed by the dentist, then restored with the lab's work. More on how implant restorations are made.
Behind the scenes
Models and surgical guides: lab work you never see in your mouth
Some of what the lab makes is never fitted. It exists so the visible work fits first time.
- 3D-printed models of your teeth, made from the intraoral scan, let the lab check margins, contacts and how a crown sits next to its neighbours before it reaches the clinic.
- Surgical guides are printed from a digital implant plan built on a 3D CBCT scan and a mouth scan. The guide helps the dentist place the implant where the final tooth was planned. They are used where the case calls for it, not on every implant.
Read more about 3D printing for models and guides and the wider CAD/CAM workflow.
Quick reference
Which piece of lab work solves which problem?
A plain map from the problem your dentist finds to what the lab makes for it. The final choice is clinical and made at examination.
| Lab work | Typically used for | Common materials |
|---|---|---|
| Crown | A tooth weakened by a large filling, crack or root canal treatment | Monolithic zirconia, E.max, layered zirconia |
| Bridge | One or more missing teeth with healthy teeth either side | Zirconia (monolithic or layered) |
| Veneer | Colour, shape or small position problems on front teeth | Feldspathic porcelain, E.max |
| Implant crown | A single missing tooth replaced with an implant | Zirconia or layered ceramic |
| Full-arch implant prosthesis | All teeth in a jaw replaced on implants | Framework with ceramic teeth and pink gingival ceramic |
| 3D-printed model | Checking fit, contacts and bite before try-in | 3D-printed from the scan |
| Surgical guide | Transferring a digital implant plan to surgery | 3D-printed from the approved plan |
Which ceramic suits which tooth is covered in detail on dental ceramics.
Honest limits
What does Creative Art Dental Lab not claim to make?
A useful catalogue lists the gaps too. The items on the right are not claimed for this laboratory. If your treatment needs one, your dentist will explain how it is provided.
Made in the laboratory
- Crowns and bridges on natural teeth
- Veneers in feldspathic porcelain and E.max
- Implant crowns and implant-supported full-arch prostheses
- Pink gingival ceramic
- 3D-printed models and surgical guides
- Small adjustments at try-in, often on the same day
Not claimed on this site
- Removable dentures, full or partial
- Custom implant abutments
- Temporary (provisional) crowns or veneers
- Acrylic, PMMA or PEEK 'hybrid' prostheses
- Crowns or veneers made while you wait
- Clear aligners or orthodontic retainers
From dentist to dental lab
How a piece of work moves between the dentist and the lab
Because the clinic and the laboratory are in the same building, questions about a case are asked in person rather than by courier. For Creative Arts patients, the ceramist can see the teeth under the same light as the dentist when shade matters.
- 1Prescription — the dentist's scan, the material, shade notes and photographs
- 2Design — shape, contacts and bite designed on screen and reviewed where needed
- 3Making — milled or 3D-printed, then layered, stained and glazed by hand
- 4Checks — fit, contacts, bite and shade checked on the model
- 5Try-in — checked in your mouth by the dentist; small adjustments are often made the same day
Who leads the group the lab belongs to?
Creative Art Dental Lab is part of Creative Art Group, led by CEO Basem Tobaji, a Celebrity Smile Designer with about 30 years in the dental field. He is not a dentist and does not examine or treat patients. The work on this page is made by the laboratory team, and the clinical decisions are made by your dentist.
Dentists: sending work to the lab
The lab accepts scan files from 3Shape, Medit and most major systems. Contact it on +971 56 979 2929 or [email protected], Monday–Saturday 10:00–20:00; collection and delivery within Dubai can be coordinated. See how to send a case.
Who treats you
Dentists who prescribe and fit the lab's work
They examine you, choose the restoration with you, take the scan and fit the finished work.
Patient questions
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between a dental lab and a dental clinic?
A dental clinic examines, diagnoses and treats patients. A dental lab makes the custom pieces the clinic fits, such as crowns, veneers, bridges and implant restorations, from the dentist's scan and prescription. At Creative Arts the two are separate businesses in the same building, so they work closely, but only the dentists treat you.
Does a dental lab make dentures?
Many dental labs do, but removable dentures are not among the work claimed for Creative Art Dental Lab, and the clinic does not list them as a service. For missing teeth the lab makes fixed options: bridges, implant crowns and implant-supported full-arch prostheses. Your dentist can explain whether a removable option would suit your case.
Can a dental lab make a crown while I wait?
Not here. Making a crown or veneer typically takes the lab 3–5 working days, depending on complexity, because the work is designed, milled, then layered or stained, fired and checked. What can often happen on the day is a small adjustment at try-in, such as a contact, the bite or a shade tweak.
Does the dental lab make custom implant abutments?
Custom abutments are not claimed for Creative Art Dental Lab. The lab designs and makes the crown, bridge or full-arch prosthesis that sits on the implant, working from the implant system and platform details the dentist provides, so the restoration suits compatible components.
What does a dental lab 3D-print?
Creative Art Dental Lab 3D-prints models of the teeth from intraoral scans, used to check fit and contacts, and surgical guides that help the dentist place implants where they were planned. The final ceramic crowns and veneers are not printed; they are milled and finished by hand.
Which materials does the dental lab work in?
Feldspathic porcelain, lithium disilicate (E.max), layered and monolithic zirconia, and pink gingival ceramic for implant and full-arch work. Your dentist chooses the material with you, based on where the tooth sits, how you bite and how natural or bright the result needs to look.
Does the lab make work for other clinics' patients?
Yes. Besides Creative Arts patients, the lab works for outside dentists and clinics; by its own published count it serves 800+ doctors and clinics in Dubai. Patients of other clinics should speak to their own dentist, who sends the case and fits the finished work.
Can I visit the dental lab myself as a patient?
Patients book with the clinic, not the lab. For Creative Arts patients, if shade is critical, the ceramist can see your teeth in person under the same light as your dentist; your dentist arranges this as part of treatment. It matters most for a single front crown or veneer.
Keep exploring
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- Address614 Jumeira St, Jumeirah 3, Umm Suqeim 1, Dubai
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