Dental Crowns-Made is USA—-Are you sure???
With the enormous level of outsourcing taking place in the past few years we all in the metropolitan Detroit
area are feeling its effects. I wrote an article previously which
posed questions about how dentists are sending their patient’s dental
lab cases to China, India and Mexico without them even knowing about
it.
There is no label stamped on the dental crown or denture saying
“Made in China” on it. We sometimes have little choice about choosing
where our products are made that we use on a daily basis. It seems as
if more than 95% of the daily products we use are made in either China,
India or Mexico. This doesn’t support our manufacturing sector in the
good ole USA. The products we make here in America are of the highest
quality in comparison with other countries. There are stories of
dental crowns or dental bridges contaminated with high levels of lead in them that were made in China.
Why take a chance with a dentist who uses inferior materials that go
into your mouth where your body absorbs on a regular basis? You have
the right to ask your dentist. Unfortunately, dental restorations sent
to a US lab can be outsourced to an offshore lab
without you even knowing about it. We need to support our local
industries and small businesses in Michigan considering the fact that
we have such high quality products and services here. It is not worth
risking your health to save a few dollars in potentially poor quality
materials and workmanship and most all of our patients at
TheGentleDentist agree with me. In fact all of the lab cases we place
into our patient’s mouths are artistically created here in Southeast Michigan.
