Dental Laboratory Technology Training & Education
A simplified dental lab training service offered to all mid-career dental professionals seeking CE, CDT, or skill training.
CDT Comprehensive prep Course for Q2-2025
Take advantage of this course if you want to prepare for the CDT Written Comprehensive Exam.
Convenient remote classes offered after working hours starting MAY 13 ,2025.
Registration deadline is April 25, 2025 for group rate.
About DLT Training & Education
FLEXIBLE TRAINING SOLUTIONS
DLT is a training service for all dental professionals regardless of the experience in their professional dental journey.
Services are structured to accommodate digital technicians, dental clinical staff, or commercial laboratories who seek dental laboratory training for mid-career technicians, and are limited on time and resources.
DLT curriculum conforms with PTC Dental and The National Association of Dental Laboratories, teaching the fundamentals
of Dental Laboratory Technology.
All courses are accredited with The National Board of Certification in Dental Technology.
Knowledgeable technicians
DLT Training & Education trains mid-career technicians who want a full understanding of dental anatomy and physiology in digital and analog technologies.
Education in dental tech fundamentals offers all technicians the ability to fully understand their work before, during, and after task performance.
A Dental Professional Journey
No matter where you find yourself in your career, DLT Training can help take any dental professional to the next level with:
- PTC Dental Fundamental Courses
- CDT Comprehensive Exam Preparation
- CDT Specialty Exam Support
- Skilled Labor Training
- Analog to Digital Fundamental Applications
- Quality System Documentation Consultation
- ISO Reference & Supporting Documents
About the Courses
PTC Dental
DLT Training supports PTC Dental fundamentals skill training courses:
- Simplified Posterior Anatomy: Surfaces, Features & Similarities among all posterior teeth.
- Simplified Anterior Anatomy: Surfaces and Basic Features of all anterior teeth.
- Science of a Natural Smile: Ten components to a natural smile.
- Oral Anatomy and Physiology: Muscles, Jaws and Soft Tissue landmarks.
A lab that already invested in these PTC resources and needs to review or offer PTC Fundamentals to newer employees, is the lab that most benefits from our services.
We embrace the PTC goal of simplifying dental fundamentals and encourage labs to use their PTC resources . Each course delivers a minimum of eight hours of remote training through Microsoft Teams. The two hour sessions are scheduled to your convenience. Some labs prefer four days in a row while others schedule once a week. DLT is available to train Monday through Friday from 9:00am to 7:00pm CST, and Saturdays 9:00am to 11:00am CST... whatever is most convenient for you.
We can train a single technician or up to four students at the same time. This is ideal for new technicians and experienced technicians to learn the same material, speak the same language, and use the same learning resources for a mutual understanding among co-workers and consistency in production.
CDT Exam Prep
This course does exactly as it says. It prepares technicians for the CDT Comprehensive and Specialty Exams.
Our curriculum is based off The NADL study plan and their recommended study material.
- Anatomy & Physiology
- Dental Lab Professional Standards & Regulations
- Ceramics
- Crown & Bridge
- Dental Implants
- Complete Dentures
- Partial Dentures
- Orthodontics
- Digital Workflow
DLT Training did the overwhelming task of data acquisition and research for mid career technicians seeking certification. The CDT Candidate can now use this fully prepared curriculum to help them prepare for a career milestone. The course is complete with e-books, review questions, support tutorials, and a final practice written exam to asses their knowledge before applying for the National Exam.
We organize study groups to meet like a book club. This eight-part curriculum connects remotely through Microsoft Teams once a month for two hours. This allows technicians from all over to prepare for the comprehensive exam, regardless of their specialty.
At registration, the CDT Candidate can begin preparing immediately. An email is sent with PART ONE study materials, glossary of prosthodontic terms, review questionnaire, and a schedule with syllabus indicating the subjects and dates to connect to the class.
During each session the class discusses the review questionnaire and makes reference to their study material.
After class, students receive an email with the next book in the study plan and the format repeats itself.
By the end of the eight-part course, DLT Training issues a voluntary practice CDT Written Exam for each candidate to evaluate their proficiency and discover areas that require more study before committing to the National Exam.
SKILL TRAINING
Sit shoulder to shoulder with one of our certified trainers to build analog and digital skills and take your work to the next level.
- Fixed and/or Removable Model Work
- Full Contour Anterior
- Full Contour Posterior
- Full Arch Implant Work Process
- Green State Finishing
- Ceramic Layering
- Stain & Glaze
- Pink Tissue Enhancement with Composite or Micro-Ceramics
- Complete Denture Tooth Arrangement
- Complete Denture Finishing
- RPD Digital Design
- CAD Landmark Recognition & Scanning
- CAD 3Shape Navigation for Fixed & Removable Digital Design
- CAM Mill or 3D Printing
coaching and support
Every successful team needs leadership that is knowledgeable and able to motivate their team to a mutual goal. A leader that values the power of knowledge wants their team to share in their knowledge, and embrace new technologies and products.
We can help your team become acquainted with Dental Laboratory Technology as a profession and introduce products, work processes, or QS compliances to your lab.
Product Training
Quality Systems
Transition from Analog to Digital
Professional Compliance
Leadership Skills
Supporting Documents
Digital Workflow CDT Specialty
CERTIFICATION FOR DIGITAL TECHNICIANS
The most recent specialty in Dental Technology is one of the most popular among CDT Candidates.
Certification in Digital Workflow embraces the art and science of the profession by testing your CAD/CAM skills .
This CDT Specialty course includes study material recommended by the NBC, NADL, and Visual Reference Guide.
Meet our leader
Director of Education and Skill Training
Allie Williamson AAS, BS, CDT-TE
Allie is a longtime champion for Dental Laboratory Technology with a career spanning over forty years.
Her dedication to the profession began as a graduate of Southern IL University at Carbondale. Through the College of Technical Careers she is a recipient of an AAS degree in Dental Laboratory Technology, and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Advanced Technical Studies.
Her experiences include: Founder and President of Essex Dental Lab, Inc; Former examiner for the National Board of Certification in Dental Technology; Technical Training & Education Specialist for multiple laboratories around the country; and in January 2023, Founder and President of DLT Training & Education.
Allie is an overall expert in the art and science of Dental Technology with multiple certifications in fixed and removable specialties.
Her most recognized passion is sharing her knowledge with dental professionals who embrace the value of continuous education in dental laboratory technology.
Dedication
Allie is a certified PTC trainer and a recognized NBC Qualified Course Provider. She has contributed to many dental lab study groups such as the IDLA, the FDLA, the CDTS Group, the Midwest Marvin Healey Study Club, and of course the National Board of Certification in Dental LaboratoryTechnology.
ambassador
Allie is an active supporter of all Certified Dental Technicians and maintains her own status in multiple CDT specialties. Her forty plus years of experience and passion for the profession offers a wealth of knowledge that she is eager to share with clinical and dental professionals around the country.
Email: alliew@dlttraining.com
Meet our Training Team
Advanced Dental Restorations Specialist
Mark Williamson, CDT - DTG
With over 42 years of experience, Mark's credentials as a Kois Recognized Specialist, Dawson Academy graduate, member of the Spears Study Group and inaugural champion (2017) of the internationally renown Panthera Dental Master Cup, he has become one of the most recognized Certified Dental Technicians in the country.
As CDT of the year - 2019, Mark is a coveted chair-side expert with superior knowledge of AOX conversions and final full arch restorations. He works with some of the most recognized clinicians in the US to restore some of the most complex full arch cases. He is currently the Clinical Laboratory Associate with Bay Lakes Center for Complex Dentistry in Green Bay, WI.
His superior knowledge and skills are most recognized as a BDT Technique Specialist, Implant Specialist, Removable Specialist, Full-Arch Hybrid Specialist, and Pink Composite Engineer.
Digital Workflow & Ceramist Partner
Gina Thomas BA, CDT
Gina has been in the dental technology field for 40 years. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Marketing from North Central College located in Naperville, Illinois and her Certification in Dental Technology in Ceramics in 1996. Gina has worked in various dental laboratories located in Ohio, Virginia and Illinois. She owned her own lab for 10 years and worked as an in-house lab technician for a prosthodontist for 7 years.
Gina’s current position is Lab Manager of a full service dental laboratory located in Beavercreek, Ohio. This position allows her to combine her business knowledge and technical skills. Her areas of expertise include; Ceramics, Implants, 3Shape CAD/CAM.
Course Registration
CDT Comprehensive Exam Prep
Participate in a remote study group with colleagues from all around the country and begin your journey to Certification in Dental Laboratory Technology.
CDT Specialty exam prep
Whether this is your first or added CDT specialty, this remote class covers all chapters of the specialty of your choice.
DLT - PTC Simplified Posterior Anatomy
Learn through this remote class the surfaces and features of the posterior teeth for a simplified approach to design occlusal anatomy.
Study Group capacity 1-4 students.
DLT - PTC SIMPLIFIED ANTERIOR ANATOMY
Remote learning for simplifying features and anatomical structures of anterior teeth.
Study Group capacity 1-4 students.
DLT - PTC Science of a Natural Smile
Remote learning to understand the arrangement of dental features that create beautifully looking natural smiles.
Study group capacity 1-4 students.
DLT - PTC Oral Anatomy & Physiology
Remote learning to identify edentulous anatomical landmarks for the successful design of complete dentures and full arch restorations.
Study group capacity 1-4 students.
Dental Lab Technology Basic Training
Introduce new team members to the dental lab profession through basic product training.
Learn regulations, basic terminology, and general products associated with dental laboratory technology.
This course is recommended for all dental administration staff and entry level dental technicians.
DLT - Digital Design Fundamentals
Remote learning to navigate through 3Shape for all beginners in digital dental design.
Study group capacity 1-4 students.
On-Site Skill Training
Hands-on training to build technical skills for analog and digital dental technicians.
Please indicate the type of skill training and date options upon registration.
Please note: travel, lodging, and meal expenses are NOT included.
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What great fun it was sitting with Barb & Elvis at LMT LabDay, and chat about DLT Training. They are two of my most favorite people in the profession and I love what they do.
Voices from the Bench brings awareness and solidarity to Dental Lab Technology, and they granted me the opportunity to discuss the role DLT Training can play with career development and education.
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