A cosmetic dental lab in São Paulo, with fifty years at the bench.
Send us any scan: we accept files from all major intraoral scanners, including iTero and 3Shape. Our master ceramist plans the smile, designs the case and hand-finishes every restoration: veneers, e.max, zirconia and implant cases. Digital wax-ups are delivered online, ready to print.
In short
PHI Dental Lab is a cosmetic dental lab on Avenida Paulista in São Paulo, Brazil, serving dentists and dental practices worldwide. Its ceramist, Siegfried August Schneider, has more than fifty years at the bench and was one of the first to use the Digital Smile Design (DSD) protocol in his work, starting in 2009. The lab accepts scans from all major intraoral scanners, including iTero and 3Shape (STL or PLY), delivers digital wax-ups as files, and hand-finishes veneers, lithium disilicate (e.max), zirconia and implant restorations.
- One ceramist hand-finishes every restoration
- All major intraoral scanners accepted: iTero, 3Shape, STL, PLY
- Digital wax-ups delivered as files
- Single-unit trial case, no commitment
What we do for your practice.
Digital wax-up and smile design
A diagnostic wax-up designed on your patient's scans before you prep a single tooth. Print it for the mockup and the reduction guide. Delivered as files.
Veneers
Anterior cases designed from the face and the smile, not from a library tooth, with hand characterization, surface texture and glaze.
Lithium disilicate (e.max)
Crowns, inlays, onlays and overlays with lifelike translucency for anterior and premolar cases.
Zirconia crowns and bridges
Full-contour and layered zirconia for single units and bridges, finished by the same ceramist.
Implant restorations
Implant crowns, custom abutments and frameworks, screw-retained or cement-retained.
Full-arch zirconia
Zirconia full-arch prostheses on four to six implants, milled, then hand-characterized, pink gingiva included.
From your scanner to our bench.
Tell us about the case
Use the form below or WhatsApp. Let us know your country, your scanner and what you need.
Send the scan
Any intraoral scanner, STL or PLY. Include the Rx, the shade and, for anterior cases, full-face and retracted photos.
We check the scan first
Margins, opposing arch and bite are checked before design. If we need a rescan, you'll hear from us before any work starts.
You approve the design
Shape, length and proportion are your call. Nothing is milled or pressed until you approve the design or the wax-up.
International cases: courier, customs documentation and delivery time are set up with you for your country before your first case. Digital wax-ups are delivered online, ready to print.
The boy who delivered dentures.
São Paulo, 1975. A fifteen-year-old sweeps the floor of his father's dental lab, learns where every instrument goes and runs deliveries. He learns to set teeth, to process acrylic and to make a full denture from impression to delivery, because dentures were all the lab made.
His father had started the same way twenty years earlier. He was eighteen, with no trade, and there were no schools for dental technicians. So his mother went from lab to lab, asking someone to take her son on. A large lab in downtown São Paulo said yes, and the family has been at the bench ever since. In 1980, when the lab moved from dentures to porcelain, the boy's grandfather, a carpenter, cut the wood and built the bench himself.
That boy is Siegfried August Schneider. He has seen gold crowns shaped with a horn mallet, then porcelain fused to metal, pressed ceramics, lithium disilicate and zirconia. Today he also finishes 3D-printed restorations.
"I have moved with every change, because I come from a time when it was all porcelain fused to gold."Siegfried August Schneider, master ceramist
He was one of the first to use the Digital Smile Design (DSD) protocol in his work, starting in 2009. He spent thirty years teaching technicians across Brazil. For more than twenty years his bench took cases from a single clinic in São Paulo and nothing else. Today that bench is PHI Dental Lab, open to other practices, with the same hands on every finish.
At a high-volume lab, you never get to talk to the person who finishes your case. Here you do.
- 1960sHand-hammered gold
- 1970sAcrylic dentures
- 1980Porcelain fused to metal
- 1990sPressed ceramics
- 2000se.max and zirconia
- Today3D printing
Digital Smile Design and DSD are third-party trademarks. e.max is a trademark of Ivoclar; iTero, of Align Technology; 3Shape and TRIOS, of 3Shape. This text describes the ceramist's career and does not imply any partnership, certification or endorsement by the brand owner. Read the full story in Portuguese.
What dentists ask before their first case.
Which intraoral scanners do you accept?
PHI Dental Lab accepts scans from all major intraoral scanners, including iTero and 3Shape TRIOS, as STL or PLY files. Send the Rx and the shade with the scan, plus full-face and retracted photos for anterior cases. Working with conventional impressions? Contact us and we'll arrange how to send them.
What restorations do you make?
Veneers, lithium disilicate (e.max) crowns, inlays and onlays, zirconia crowns and bridges, implant crowns and custom abutments, full-arch zirconia on four to six implants, and digital wax-ups. Every restoration is hand-finished by our master ceramist.
Can I order just a digital wax-up?
Yes. We design a diagnostic wax-up on your patient's scans and send you the files, ready to print for the mockup and the reduction guide. Nothing is shipped, which makes it the easiest way to start working with us.
Do you offer a trial case?
Yes. Your first case can be a single-unit trial case, with no commitment, so you can judge the design, fit, shade and finish before you decide to work with us. The practice covers shipping.
How do I get your price list?
Message us on WhatsApp or email comercial@phidentallab.com.br and tell us which restorations you usually send. We'll reply with our prices for those cases.
What is your turnaround time?
Production starts as soon as we receive a complete case: scans, Rx and photos. Digital wax-ups are sent as files, so there is no transit time. For restorations, we give you the door-to-door delivery time for your country before you send the case.
How do shipping and customs work?
Restorations ship from São Paulo, Brazil, by international courier. Before your first case, we agree with you on the courier, the customs paperwork that travels with each case, and how shipping costs and import duties are covered.
Can I talk to the ceramist?
Yes. Our team speaks English and reviews every case with you before production, and the same ceramist hand-finishes every restoration. São Paulo is on UTC-3 year-round, so our hours cover most of the US East Coast workday and the afternoon in the UK and Portugal.
Where is PHI Dental Lab located?
PHI Dental Lab is at Avenida Paulista, 1106, Bela Vista, São Paulo, Brazil.
Are you DSD certified?
No. Our ceramist was one of the first to use the Digital Smile Design (DSD) protocol in his work, starting in 2009. Digital Smile Design and DSD are third-party trademarks, and the lab has no partnership, certification or endorsement from the brand owner.
Tell us where you practice and what you need.
We'll reply with how to send files from your scanner, shipping options for your country and the next steps for your trial case.
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