DLAT hired a professional Photographer to come and take pictures of the conference on Saturday. Here is his gallery, You will have to enter your email to view them, not to worry he will not spam you, it is just in case you would like to purchase a print or favorite of one of the...
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Past DLAT President, Emery Burdine Passes away at 84
Emery Wayne Burdine, age 84, of Grand Prairie, Texas passed away on Thursday June 25, 2020. Emery was born May 8, 1936 in Amarillo, Texas, the son of Alfred Burdine and Mary Braswell Burdine. Emery married Linda “Jeanne” Burdine and they celebrated 35 years of marriage together before his passing. Emery proudly served his country...
NADL Free Webinar – Navigating through a Pandemic – March 25, 2020
NADL Free Webinar - Navigating Through a Pandemic w/ FAQ- March 25, 2020, 2pm-3pm
Francis Reed, Past DLAT President, Passes away December 15th
Francis R Reed DLAT President in 1970 has passed away December 15th, 2019. A great leader to the Dental Laboratory Industry and Friend to all. A Memorial Service for Francis R. Francis R. Reed will be held on January 11th, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. at Christ United Methodist Church, 2807 Valwood Ln., Farmers Branch, TX 75234. please let...
River City Study Group to host their Annual Summer Meeting on June 1st
Come join River City Study Group as they host their annual Summer Meeting! It is 1 day of 8 hours of CE! June 1st at the Omni Colonnade in San Antonio.
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See the pictures from the 2019 DLAT Southwest Conference
See the pictures form the 2019 DLAT Conference, Upload your own!
Celebrate DLAT’s 75th Anniversary with Live country music from “56 Chevy Band”
Friday, April 5th, 2019 Meritage Room, Hilton DFW Lakes Hotel 7:30pm – Midnight Michael Edwards’ 56 Chevy Band Classic Car, Classic Country Put on your boots and get ready to follow a true Texas band with rich tradition rooted in our Lone Star state. We will play the only two kinds of music that a...
Meet our newest Sponsor! Synca Direct
Synca carries a range of quality products for dentists, denturists, and dental labs that intelligently address challenges faced by dental professionals. Click below to access and download our most recent “SMART SOLUTIONS” flyer to discover some of the solutions that can make life easier for you. Visit them in Booth #36
Happy New Year from DLAT! Meet your 2019 DLAT Board of Directors
The election results are in, and your fellow members have confirmed the following people to serve on the 2019 DLAT Board of Directors! Matthew Douglas, CDT - President Richard Wills, CDT - Vice President Jason Stubbs, CDT - Sec./Treas. Robert Jones, CDT - Director Felix Silva, CDT - Director Keith Wilson - Technician/Associate Liaison John Meeks - Technician/Associate...
Hurricane Harvey Message Boards
As the rebuilding process of Dental labs in the Hurricane affected areas continues and will continue we would like to provide a place where requests and offers for help from fellow Dental Labs can be linked together in one place. Many of these request have been made on the DLAT Facebook group and Page. But...
Cadmus Dental to send trailer of goods to Disaster area
Scott Parsinen of Cadmus Dental will be taking a 6×10 trailer of supplies and goods to the Red Cross in the Houston area. He will be leaving Tuesday, September 5th, after labor day. This date will also depend on the water recession and road conditions. As Scott states: We have a 6′ x 10′ trailer...
Hurricane Harvey Disaster Relief for Dental Labs
As many of you know, Hurricane Harvey struck the South Texas coast this weekend and the results have been disastrous. Many of our friends and colleagues have dental labs in this area that have been affected. DLAT will be supporting NADL’s Disaster relief fund for dental labs. This fund was established after Hurricane Karinina and has been...
DLAT Letter to Senator Charles Schwertner regarding DLCC
The following is the letter that DLAT sent to the Dr. Charles Schwertner, Chair of the Health & Human Services and a member of the Sunset Commission on March 23, 2017.Special thanks to Elyese Anderson, CDT and Milton Pokladnik, CDT who helped compose this letter along with input from the DLCC and DLAT.Feel free to...
Members Only: 2017 IRS Report
Below you will find a button to be able to download the IRS report submitted by Yukari Moss, MBA. This was the report read by President Cade Tippett, BS, CDT at the Annual DLAT business meeting at the 2017 DLAT Southwest Conference.[memberonly]
Congratulations 2017 CDT Milestone Pin Recipients
Congratulations to the Texas CDT Milestones!DLAT would like to recognize all the Texas CDT who will be achieving their respective 25, 30, 35, 40, 45 and 50-year milestones this year.You do the Texas Dental Lab Industry proud!Awards Luncheon, Saturday, April 8th, 12:30-1:30 pmDLAT will be hosting their Annual Awards Luncheon in honor of these Texas CDT...
Legislative update TSBDE Sunset Commission Review
The Sunset Commission report that was released in 2016 had many dramatic changes as reported by Elyese Anderson, CDT (Past President and DLCC member) at the 2016 DLAT Membership meeting at the Annual Conference and Expo (I have embedded her presentation below). Of those changes that included a dramatic reduction in the TBDE board size was the expiring...
Ring in the New Year! Announcing your New 2017 Board of Directors!
Congratulations to the new Board of Directors.We hope each year to come closer and closer to fulfilling DLAT's Vision and Mission Statment.Vision:The goal of the Dental Laboratory Association of Texas is to uphold and improve the standards of dental technology: providing state-of-the-art technological and managerial education, providing a format for professional and ethical growth, and creating...
Elections for the 2017 board of Directors Ending Soon!
DLAT Members,We hope you and yours had a Merry Christmas and we look forward to a wonderful 2017 Year!If you haven't voted already, be sure and get your ballot submitted before midnight December 30th. That is when the election results are due.Click the button below to go to the election page:
DLAT Nominations
It is election time again! Nominating Committee is looking for possible nominations from the DLAT membership pool. We are currently looking for: Secretary/ Treasurer If you are interested or know a DLAT member that would be perfect for the position just fill out the information below and the nominating committee will review it and contact you...
Announcing the new Conference Administrator
DLAT is pleased to announce Larry Mercadel Sr. CDT as DLAT’s new Conference Administrator. His job is to be a point of contact for all things regarding the annual conference DLAT hosts each year. His duties will included working with the exhibitors and sponsors of the conference, working with contracts and executing the wishes of...
Pictures from the 2016 DLAT Southwest Conference
Pictures from the Conference! We would love to see your pictures and post them here, email them to members@dlat.org
DLAT Governmental and By-Law Committee Report 2016
At the 2016 DLAT Southwest Conference Members Business meeting, Elyese Anderson, CDT of the Government and by-laws committee, gave an update of DLCC and TSBDE. Here is her presentation she gave for the members who were not able to attend The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.
Registered Attendees Demographics
As attendees were registering for the 2016 DLAT Southwest Conference we asked a couple of simple survey questions to get a snapshot of our dental lab industry.I though everyone would find this interesting:
2016 Texas CDT Milestones!
Congratulations to the Texas CDT Milestones!DLAT would like to recognize all the Texas CDT who will be achieving their respective 25, 30, 35, 40, 45 year milestones this year.You do the Texas Dental Lab Industry proud!These CDT have shown dedication to the industry and the NBC standards for 25+ years.Awards Luncheon DLAT will be hosting their...
“Save our School”
Hello Dental Lab Community, Please read the following email we received from Texas State Technical College, the last civilian Dental Lab program in the state of Texas. Please respond to Mr. Roberts request as you feel led. Both NADL and DLAT will be drafting letters to TSTC Subject: “Save Our School” Due to limited resources,...