Inman Orthodontic Laboratories Inc

14/02/2026

Happy Valentine's Day from the amazing ladies at Inman Orthodontic Laboratory. They are the backbone of our company, we love and respect them completely.

12/02/2026

I am not sure how many labs are adding Aesthetics to Function, but we do. Pictured is the first and the last in a series of Clear Aligners with pontics. Both arches were treated to accomplish this. Hopefully we will post the patient's results soon. I love these "outside the box" cases!

06/02/2026

This could not be more true!

👉 Wanting more means nothing if your effort stays average.

You can’t talk about bigger goals while living on autopilot and calling it consistency.

The bare minimum keeps you comfortable, not fulfilled.

It keeps your dreams alive just enough to haunt you, not enough to happen.

Results don’t come from intention, they come from standards.

From choosing effort when excuses would be easier.

From doing what’s required even when it’s inconvenient and boring.

At some point, you have to stop pretending both paths lead to the same place.

Either commit to growth or accept where you are.

But stop lying to yourself about wanting more while acting like less is enough.👊💥

06/02/2026

Sidnei is not LONG IN THE TOOTH but he has tons of experience setting pontics in appliances. I really think because of him we offer exceptional Temporary Partial Dentures. Thank you Sidnei for your great talent!

04/02/2026

We have immediate positions open for trained technicians. We are looking for techs that can Set teeth, Laser Weld, Wire Bend and more. You application will be kept strictly confidential. You will be dealing directly with me or my son Jesse, no one else. We are sorry we cannot sponsor you because H1B Visas are no longer available for Dental Technicians. Email me today don@inmanortho.com

01/02/2026

We are EXPANDING our knowledge regarding printed appliances. The Lower FLEA to me is very cool. I like the way Jesse designed it by adding the extensions to the Cs. As always Bertram did an outstanding job on the metal printing!

24/01/2026

I am in the HABIT of featuring printed metal in my posts.

IMHO Tongue or Thumb appliances are the perfect example of why printed metal appliances are superior. First is the fact that you can design them digitally using both arches to find the perfect placement of the crib. Secondly the appliance is printed as one solid piece with no weak areas, no solder joints to discolor or break down. If you are an orthodontist or Pediatric dentist and you are resistant to printed appliances, let's talk. Email or PM me, I will fabricate you two appliances for the same patient, one with bands and one printed, I will only charge you for one. This way if you don't LOVE the printed appliance you can seat the old school banded appliance. Yes, I will lose money but I have so much confidence you will switch to printed appliances it will be worth it.

18/01/2026

Sorry for the silence but we have been crazy busy. Dr. Neil from Denck Ortho asked us to host a meeting to share our experience with the Denck wire bending machine and software. The amazing Cade Tippet flew in and him and Jesse gave everyone one on one "hands On" training. We had a great BBQ at my house the first night then the brilliant Dr. Neil showed us MARPE planning software the 2nd day. Thank you to all that attended and thank you all for sharing. Truly my favorite moments of the 2 days was when people dropped their guard, bared their souls and spoke honestly about their successes and challenges. God, I love this profession and will miss it tremendously!

08/01/2026

I am a TAD bit happy to feature this expander today. MARPE Expanders are starting to become more requested at our laboratory. We are learning new software to help us place the receivers in the most ideal positions.

06/01/2026

Happy New Year!
We will start the New Year with more printed metal because I know you wanted more LOL.

Jesse designed this lower FLEA a little different. He added a wing or bonding pad to the Es and Jeff welded lingual extensions from the 6s to the Cs. The orthodontist loved this so much she asked that all her FLEAs be designed as this from now on.

We will be increasing our posts in 2026, we hope you enjoy them and follow us. If there is anything you are interested in us showing, just ask.

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

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.