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Inman Orthodontic Laboratories Inc We are a full service orthodontic laboratory serving the needs of the dental profession since 1977. Full Service Orthodontic Lab

We are known for our high quality and innovative appliances such as the award winning Inman Aligner and Inman Power Component Appliances

Keles Keyless ExpandersNO MORE KEYS!and I snuck in a pic of some of the team enjoying a Year End Meal
26/12/2025

Keles Keyless Expanders

NO MORE KEYS!

and I snuck in a pic of some of the team enjoying a Year End Meal

SPLINTS-R-USI like to tell this story because I feel it was a true victory for the lab and myself. Years ago our splint ...
18/12/2025

SPLINTS-R-US

I like to tell this story because I feel it was a true victory for the lab and myself. Years ago our splint department was very busy but our remakes were unacceptable. After looking at the problem for months and months I decided we should move to Printed Digitally Designed Splints. I was met with considerable pushback, the splint team was not quiet regarding their feelings to my decision. We had tried years before and failed miserably with Digitally Designed Milled Splints so I understood their concern. Also in all our memories was the short period of time we printed splints on an Envisiontec E1. We were given the wrong manufacturing protocol and sold the wrong curing unit. The splints literally fell apart in the patient's mouth.

Anyway..back to the story. So not wanting to do the same thing over and over, expecting a different outcome we went all in on Printed Digital Splints, we branded ours Inman Digital Splint or IDS. This time we were printing with KeyStone KeySplint Soft material and outsourced the printing to a lab with a Carbon Printer. This produced a beautiful splint that fit perfectly.

The accounts that had been a victim of the E1 disaster refused to try our new splints, we hooked them up with a quality lab owner with mad skills who would give them what they wanted. However the result was the loss of about 80% of our splint business. Was the splint team right, had I lost my mind in going all digital? In retrospect I probably should have continued to make hand poured acrylic splints and slowly introduced the accounts to the IDS. However remakes make me crazy and our acrylic splints were losing the lab real money.

Fast forward: These pics are yesterdays outgoing splints. The IDS is our fastest growing product with a super low amount of remakes. They are profitable for the lab and our customers and their patient's are receiving a better product. We were able to bring the printing In-House using a new Heygears 3D Printer reducing our turnaround times. The quality of the IDSs printed on the Heygears printer using the KeySoft material exceeds even that of the Carbon / KeySoft splints.

Many of the accounts that refused the IDS have come back and love the digital splints now. An interesting fact is that 52% of splints produced by orthodontic labs are 3D Printed. This is according to the LMT 2025 State of the Industry Survey Report.

I am sorry this was such a long post, I don't know if we will be posting anything in the next two weeks. I want to wish all of you Happy Holidays, please enjoy your family and friends, please be happy and safe.

We still receive stone models and impressions. We digitize them using our 3 Shape Scanner and process the appliances. Je...
12/12/2025

We still receive stone models and impressions. We digitize them using our 3 Shape Scanner and process the appliances. Jesse always wants us to be "the easy lab to work with" and I agree. We are not too small to invest in the newest technology, we are not too big to give you our personal attention. You can almost always reach one of us at any time. Family owned and operated, going on 50 years of service to the dental community!

This one is for you Orthodontic Technicians. Jesse gave a podcast regarding the design software he uses for our Printed ...
06/12/2025

This one is for you Orthodontic Technicians. Jesse gave a podcast regarding the design software he uses for our Printed Metal appliances. You can view it by clicking the link:

In this episode, Cade is joined by Jesse Inman of Inman Orthodontic Laboratory along with 3DNA Dental co-founders Paul Wilkins and Mike Gordon to explore how...

05/12/2025

All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth!!

Cases with pontics are flooding in and our Lab Manager is doing a spectacular job setting teeth. The entire team is doing a great job finishing up and polishing the appliances. So I guess I am now over doing the cosmetic stuff? I can just hear you...."Not another case with teeth" LOL

A few cases from this week that are a little unique. I want to thank  our amazing team for their great work and wish the...
27/11/2025

A few cases from this week that are a little unique. I want to thank our amazing team for their great work and wish them and all of you a wonderful Thanksgiving.

This is an appliance that was developed at our lab to close diastemas. It gathers the centrals and laterals toward the m...
20/11/2025

This is an appliance that was developed at our lab to close diastemas. It gathers the centrals and laterals toward the midline. Permanent retention is accomplished by direct cosmetic bonding to close the residual space distal to the laterals after the space is closed. We use a traction screw but you can use a modified acrylic expansion screw if you modify it (too much work IMO) They also make a screw I show in the last picture to close diastemas but I could not find a pic of it in an appliance.

We fabricate a ton of Clears with pontics, I think mostly for implant cases. Our Super Hero Superman Sidnei puts a lot o...
15/11/2025

We fabricate a ton of Clears with pontics, I think mostly for implant cases. Our Super Hero Superman Sidnei puts a lot of love into ours. We as most orthodontic laboratories offers these appliances at extremely reasonable fees. Maybe all of us orthodontic labs needs to charge more for these? Anyway I am proud of our cosmetic work as I am all of our work!

Just home from the SAO in TX. Our booth was all about the Keles Keyless Expander. We had the pleasure of having Eren Kel...
09/11/2025

Just home from the SAO in TX. Our booth was all about the Keles Keyless Expander. We had the pleasure of having Eren Keles the co inventor of the KKE in our booth. Jesse is the redhead, I am the old dude and Eren is the handsome one. It was a productive meeting and a great time. I am so lucky to be able to work with Jesse, he is an absolutely amazing person, and he is handsome as well!

SSO Cocktail Party is tomorrow night. Come by the booth to register for the watch raffle and ask for one of our Day of t...
05/11/2025

SSO Cocktail Party is tomorrow night. Come by the booth to register for the watch raffle and ask for one of our Day of the Dead demo appliances on a 3/4 scale 3D printed model. We only have 50 to give out, when they are gone they are gone! I look forward to meet you.

Jesse and I are headed to SanAntonio for the SSO next week. The theme of the meeting is the Day of the Dead, a holiday t...
30/10/2025

Jesse and I are headed to SanAntonio for the SSO next week. The theme of the meeting is the Day of the Dead, a holiday that honors family members that have passed. We will doing a free raffle drawing for this Day of the Dead designer watch, please come by our booth and drop your business card in the bowl. The drawing will be at 4:00 Friday. We will be featuring the revolutionary Keles Keyless Expander and an industry disrupting Value Hawley fabricated using robotic wire bending.

Superman Sidnei's wife cooked a lunch for our team, it looks delicious! We eat is shifts, sorry not to have everyone in ...
25/10/2025

Superman Sidnei's wife cooked a lunch for our team, it looks delicious! We eat is shifts, sorry not to have everyone in the photos.

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Monday 08:30 - 16:30
Tuesday 08:30 - 16:30
Wednesday 08:30 - 16:30
Thursday 08:30 - 16:30
Friday 08:30 - 16:30

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Full Service Orthodontic Lab serving the dental professions since 1977. We are the creators of the award winning Inman Aligner and Inman Power Components. We have been fully digital since 2013 and are experts regarding the digital work flow. We are a Certified Dental Laboratory with several CDTs on staff. We continually strive to be better using new technologies and training.