SERVICE

Albuquerque Occlusal Splint / Night Guard

Albuquerque practices dealing with high-bruxism caseloads , a pattern consistent across the Southwest's high-altitude, high-stress metropolitan areas , need appliances that hold occlusal contacts accurately across months of nightly wear. Dani Dental fabricates hard acrylic Michigan-style splints, dual-laminate night guards, and NTI-style anterior deprogrammers from digital files or conventional PVS impressions. Every device is articulated to the case-specific bite records you send, not to a default average articulation setting.

  • Pre-paid two-way shipping, nationwide
  • A named technician on every case
  • Margins verified against your prescription
  • Tempe + Tucson locations

THE SERVICE

Built to your prescription.

Albuquerque practices dealing with high-bruxism caseloads , a pattern consistent across the Southwest's high-altitude, high-stress metropolitan areas , need appliances that hold occlusal contacts accurately across months of nightly wear. Dani Dental fabricates hard acrylic Michigan-style splints, dual-laminate night guards, and NTI-style anterior deprogrammers from digital files or conventional PVS impressions. Every device is articulated to the case-specific bite records you send, not to a default average articulation setting.

THE DETAIL

How we build it.

National-volume dental labs that process thousands of cases weekly route occlusal-splint work through generalist bench lines. Fit inconsistencies surface later, after the patient has already worn the appliance for two weeks and the dentist is booking an adjustment appointment that eats 20 minutes of uncompensated chair time. Dani Dental routes every occlusal-appliance case to a named technician who built their bench skills under a three-generation family workflow, not a production-floor quota system. Communication is where most lab relationships break down. Albuquerque clinicians have told us the pattern is always the same: a case goes in, a case comes back, and the only conversation happens when something is wrong. At Dani, the fabricating technician's direct line ships in the box with the appliance. Questions about articulation, material choice, or anterior guidance angle get a response within the same business day, measured in hours. That feedback loop also means technicians accumulate clinical context on each referring doctor's patient population over time, which tightens fit accuracy case after case. On price, Dani publishes ranges rather than hiding behind a quote form. Albuquerque practices can plan fee schedules and insurance write-off estimates without scheduling a sales call first. No procurement maze, no tiered pricing that only unlocks at high monthly volume thresholds. A solo GP sending four occlusal-splint cases a month sees the same per-unit pricing as a multi-location DSO sending forty.

GETTING CASES TO US

Logistics, to the bench.

Albuquerque practices dealing with high-bruxism caseloads , a pattern consistent across the Southwest's high-altitude, high-stress metropolitan areas , need appliances that hold occlusal contacts accurately across months of nightly wear. Dani Dental fabricates hard acrylic Michigan-style splints, dual-laminate night guards, and NTI-style anterior deprogrammers from digital files or conventional PVS impressions. Every device is articulated to the case-specific bite records you send, not to a default average articulation setting. For Albuquerque dentists already running intraoral scanners, the digital pathway cuts impression-related remake risk almost entirely. Upload the .STL or .PLY from your Trios, iTero, or Medit unit and Dani's in-house milling and thermoforming workflow takes it from there. If your office still relies on conventional impressions, pour-and-ship remains fully supported. The lab accepts FedEx and UPS pickups from the 87101 through 87124 zip corridors and turns around tracking confirmation within four hours of receipt. Material selection matters more than most referring doctors realize. A 3 mm hard acrylic splint appropriate for a moderate bruxer with a class I occlusion is a different prescription than a dual-laminate for a severe bruxer with existing restorative work. Dani's technicians flag cases where the submitted prescription and the bite records appear mismatched and call before fabricating. That one conversation saves the chair time of a remake appointment.

COMMON QUESTIONS

What practices ask

What impression or scan formats does Dani Dental accept for occlusal-splint cases from Albuquerque?
Digital files from Trios, iTero, Medit, and most other major intraoral scanners are accepted in .STL or .PLY format via the lab's secure upload portal. Conventional PVS impressions ship via FedEx or UPS from any Albuquerque-area zip code. Both pathways receive tracking confirmation within four hours of lab receipt.
How long does a standard occlusal-splint case take from submission to delivery?
Standard turnaround is five business days from the date Dani Dental receives a complete case , meaning a good scan or impression plus bite records and a completed prescription form. Rush options at three business days are available for an added fee. Turnaround clocks start at receipt, not at submission date, so complete cases move fastest.
Which occlusal-splint designs does Dani Dental fabricate?
The lab fabricates hard acrylic Michigan-style full-arch splints, dual-laminate night guards (hard outer shell, soft inner liner), NTI-style anterior deprogrammers, and flat-plane stabilization appliances. If a referring dentist in Albuquerque has a specific design preference outside those categories, a technician will discuss feasibility before the case is started.
What happens if an occlusal splint does not fit correctly on delivery?
Dani Dental's remake rate across all occlusal appliances runs below 2.5% over the current rolling 12-month period. When a fit issue does arise, the fabricating technician reviews the original records, identifies the cause, and remakes the case at no charge if the issue originates in lab fabrication. Documentation of the fit problem is all that is required to initiate the remake review.
Does Dani Dental work with solo Albuquerque general practitioners or only with large DSO accounts?
Both. Pricing is published by range and does not require high monthly case volume to unlock. A solo GP sending three to five occlusal-splint cases per month sees the same per-unit rate as a multi-location group practice. There are no minimum monthly case requirements to maintain an active account with the lab.
How does Dani Dental handle cases where the prescription and bite records appear to conflict?
Technicians are trained to flag prescription-to-record discrepancies before fabrication begins. If the submitted vertical, bite registration, or articulation instruction appears inconsistent with the case's clinical picture, the named technician calls the submitting Albuquerque practice directly. That call happens before any material is cut, which prevents the remake rather than requiring one.

REQUEST A DOCTOR KIT

Try the work before you switch.

Request a Doctor Kit and we'll mail RX pads, a shade guide, and pre-paid shipping for your first three cases. No call, no contract.