Abstract
Manufacturing of custom-made dental devices such as removable dentures, fixed prosthodontics and orthodontics are subject to the requirements of the Medical Devices Directive (MDD). Many dental laboratories often enhance these requirements by implementing quality assurance procedures that then provide enhanced consistency. This paper provides a dental technologist's view of some of the systems currently being used in dental laboratories to provide a quality assured product and associated issues.
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