Southern Cross Dental Lab (SCD) leads the way in providing high quality dental products and services to dental industry professionals.
Established in 2003, SCD has grown to become one of the largest dental laboratories in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It has locations in Leeds, Dundalk and Dungannon.
SCD’s history of serving the British and Irish dental profession means it has the experience to understand what dentists need to manage their practice today, and for the future. It continues to innovate and evolve in order to meet its commitment to providing reliable, quality and fairly priced products to keep your patients smiling.
SCD follows developments within the dental industry closely and maintains close contacts with universities and dental clinics worldwide. This facilitates provision of conventional state-of-the-art dental technology alongside digital workflows. The company hopes this will contribute to more predictable clinical results and less chair-side time for the dentist.
What makes SCD special?
- Over 20 years of experience
- Over 500,000 cases completed to date
- Over 1,200 dentists working with SCD.
What support is available?
The SCD team is always on-hand for technical advice. They believe outstanding, one-on-one support should be provided to all customers – no matter how small or large their practice.
With an experienced team of clinicians and technicians, SCD can review cases and work collaboratively on all stages of the planning, manufacturing, delivery and fitting of our products. A team approach, encompassing a range of expert insights, is the best way to maintain the quality of its service. This makes sure you get the best products available.
Meet SCD’s dedicated support teams in the Dungannon, Dundalk and Leeds office. They are committed to providing exceptional service and ensuring customer satisfaction. With a wealth of experience and a passion for helping others, the team is here to deliver swift, effective solutions.
SCD’s services extend even further
- A free of charge courier collection and delivery service to ensure the reliable transportation of cases. These are received and shipped from three locations across the UK and Ireland
- Complimentary access to the Modern Dental Academy. This is an e-learning portal containing a variety of webinars and content to improve and develop your knowledge
- Continuous education through live online courses and webinars
- An advanced software system that is optimised for the receipt and management of digital impressions sent from all brands of intraoral scanner.
SCD’s founder
David graduated BDS(Edin) from the faculty of medicine at the University of Edinburgh with distinction in conservative and prosthetic dentistry in 1985.
In 1993 he was awarded his diploma in general dental practice DGDP(UK) by the Royal College of Surgeons in London. In 2003, after four years of study through King’s College Dental Institute, he gained his master’s in clinical dentistry in fixed and removable prosthodontics (MClinDent).
His practice in Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland was established in 1988. As clinical director of David Reaney Associates, David continues to guide the development of the practice. His clinical work is now mainly limited to prosthodontic and implant dentistry.
Previously David was a part time lecturer at the School of Dentistry in Belfast and continues to provide lectures and seminars to postgraduate dentists on prosthodontics and implant dentistry.
He acts as an expert witness in dentolegal cases taking instructions from lawyers in Ireland and the UK. He also acts as clinical advisor and expert to the General Dental Council (London).
‘A bright future’
David established SCD back in 2003 with the aim to provide high quality custom made dental laboratory products to dentists in Ireland.
The business grew rapidly as a result of high local demand for crown and bridge work. It offered excellence in the technical aspect of the work, was consistent in quality using high grade materials and delivered on time.
When first established, the technical work was provided in what is now termed ‘conventional workflows’. The company has embraced the challenges of converting to digital workflows with exceptional outcomes where SCD can delivered very high-quality, cost-effective products with improved turnaround times.
David has led the company as CEO for over 20 years and sees a bright future. SCD continues to scale up digital workflows, develop through research and development, and collaborate with industry leaders in the dental technology arena.
For more information, visit scdlab.co.uk.
This article is sponsored by Southern Cross Dental Lab.
