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Castle Ceramics have been established for almost 25 years and we are conscious of providing you and your patient with a technical service that is reliable, caring and helpful as possible.

We offer a continuing programme of seminars both in-house and at venues around the country. Our speciality is all ceramic aesthetic dentistry and Implantology. Our aim is to provide our clients with the latest developments and techniques and aesthetic restorations to achieve “Best Practice” which encourages close liaison between dentist ands technician to the benefit of the patient.

Patients are welcome at our laboratory for shade matching and consultation, with close up digital photography and special shade recording devices, making the final restoration as aesthetic and natural looking as possible. Our technicians continue to receive extensive education and training in diagnostic treatment planning, morphology, occlusal function and smile design protocols.

Your patients expect you to provide the finest aesthetic restorations available. Now with Castle Ceramics Dental laboratory you can offer them the most beautiful smile.  

Professional Affiliations

 

  • B.A.C.D.

British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry: Full member technician.

  • L.B.I.D.S.T.

Licentiate member of the British Institute of Dental and Surgical Technologists.

  • D.L.A.

Dental Laboratories Association.

  • A.D.I.

Association of Dental Implantology UK.

Ian Taylor

 

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Director Ceramist.

Ian Taylor is a highly skilled dental technician who has been working in the profession for over 34 years. Ian has pioneered porcelain veneers since 1988 and has worked with some of the best dentists in Cosmetic dentistry; Ian is the ceramist director of Castle Ceramics Dental Laboratory in Tamworth.

Recently Ian has been elected co- Chairman of the Midland British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry; Ian is the only Full member Dental Technician of the BACD in the Midlands. Ian has passed the written assessment on his way to full accreditation with the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry (AACD) Functional Aesthetics and integrating occlusal knowledge has been a journey Ian and his dedicated team have pursued over the years, more recently completing Level 1 the Advancement of Dentistry in the Wirral with Dr John Cranham and Dr. Ian Buckle of the UK Dawson Academy and Roy Higson’s 6 day Advanced Restorative Dentistry IRS level course in Poole.

Ian is one of the few UK dental technician members of the British Society of Occlusal Studies (BSOS)Castle Ceramics specialise in all-ceramic restorative materials/systems including Feldspathic minimal invasive porcelain veneers, Emax pressed restorations, Lava Zirconia and Gradia composite materials. Castle Ceramics continues to co-operate with Dental Manufacturers and Prof. T. Burke at Birmingham Dental School on material and clinical research projects, completing the lab work for 50 Lava zirconia bridge research project featured in the Dental Update magazine in 2008. In May 2009 Ian lectured at the ADI conference in Birmingham on the advantages the new Lava Digital Impressioning system (LCOS) will bring to the world of dental technology. Castle Ceramics was the first lab in the UK to receive live scanned data using the LCOS system in February 2009.

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Jeff Caddick

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Director.

Jeff Caddick has worked in dental technology for over 30 years  and has had an interest in implantology for 20 of those years. Jeff has worked with all the leading implant companys including Nobel Biocare, Astratech dental and Straumann to name but a few and heads a team of Straumann Platinum Technicians that are trained in all areas of impantology.  Jeff has recently completed an implant course at the University of Manchester - Institute of Science and Technology. Jeff is also highly skilled in all types of metal work and constantly looking into new technologies to give the patient the best in strength and asthetics.

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