Our Story

Since 1992, Wiand Dental Lab has evolved into an industry leader in removable and implant supported prosthetics including All-on-X. With 3 decades of experience in this specialty, the expertise we have developed is second to none.  And it all began in the little town of New Castle, PA.

Tom Wiand, CDT, Owner and Founder, was born and raised under the watchful eye of his father who was a general dentist practicing out of a little office attached to their family home. “Doc” as the family called him, always bragged about walking to work! Doc was known around town as “the denture guy” because he did everyone’s dentures including all his own lab work.  It was here that Tom discovered his passion as be began to dabble in the lab work with his dad.

Tom mistakenly believed that all dentists did their own lab work based on his experience with his own father. Once he found he could make it a career, his dad insisted he be formally educated in the trade. Tom attended dental technology school at the McCarrie School of Health Sciences, part of Cabrini College in Philadelphia, PA. Opposite his classmates who opted for C&B, Tom made removables his focus as he found dealing with the full arch to be much more interesting and challenging. It was one of the best choices he ever made.

Upon graduation, Tom had an internship at Dealy Dental Lab and shortly followed his sister Rosey to the Arizona desert, what he considered paradise. He then landed his first official full-time job at a lab called Tooth Works where he met many of the technicians we still know and work with today. After a year or so, he got a tip from a friend that a removable technician (John Warren) was retiring and closing his doors. With lab work in hand, Tom went out and sold himself to a handful of accounts from those leads to start what eventually became Wiand Dental Lab. Those first doctors invested in Tom holding him accountable to get the basics right each and every case. Something we still practice today.

Tom’s goal was to create a lab that would produce high quality, long-lasting, natural looking dentures that fit and functioned properly. He was one of the first labs to be certified in the Ivoclar BPS system, lab processes we still use today for our conventional denture cases. His goal then and still now is to create the best denture and implant supported restorations possible for the patients we serve in tandem with our valued dentist clients. All our products are made with FDA approved materials in the U.S.

Tom continues to lead our team with integrity and is involved in every aspect of the lab. While our foundation lies in removables, we have slowly and deliberated added to our product line to maintain our quality standards over the years. Removables expanded into to implant supported prosthetics, then to All-on-X which we helped to pioneer and most recently to fixed work. Currently, we are focused on moving our lab from conventional techniques, processes and fabrication to digital design, workflows and manufacturing. We embrace new technology but only adopt new offerings once we know they are sound through internal and external R&D, experimentation, and trials. Each one must meet our quality standards.

Located in Scottsdale, our family owned and operated full-service lab serves clients throughout the U.S. due to the capabilities of digital technology. We are a TEREC laboratory, one of only 16 across the U.S. This elite group of labs meets quarterly to share technical experience and industry research allowing us to provide cutting-edge products ahead of the general market. It has been one of the highlights of our career in dental technology and a competitive advantage we bring to our valued clients.

As a family business, we consider our whole team as part of our family.  We are proud to say that our son Pierce who recently graduated from ASU with a BS in Finance, joined our team as our Finance and Operations Analyst.  With the evolution into digital and new challenges we face, he couldn’t have come at a better time. We are excited about the future of dental technology and hope you will join us along for the ride. It has been a privilege to serve this industry, and we look forward to many more years of making beautiful smiles together!