SML (Space Maintainers Laboratories) began in 1957 with the commitment to offering more than just a laboratory service to dentists. From that day through to the present time, we have established a tradition of service beyond previously established boundaries and expectations.

We created a worldwide network of labs renowned for providing dental practitioners with the opportunity to receive the service and caring of a mom-and-pop lab coupled with the technological expertise, assets and resources of a large, globally realized company.

After all these years, we remain a needs-responsive family business. Our family of six companies and offices in the United States, Canada, Australia, Taiwan and Malaysia services more than 150,000 dentists and orthodontists worldwide – and we are proud to count among our ranks employees of 40 years or more…employees that would not work anywhere else.

We share this familial pride of ownership with you -- continuing to provide appliances, products and services that consistently outpace our competitor. Our company tagline “Your Practice-Building Partner” underscores our core mission: to provide dentists with everything they need to ensure professional success.

And on the subject of “everything”… our fully-realized SML website is essentially our virtual store.  Perhaps more significantly, it constitutes a vast repository of quick-access information on all things dental and orthodontal. It will serve the threefold purpose of 1) educating the dental professional on an appliance or treatment modality 2) providing expert diagnostic recommendations as to treatment priorities and product suitability, and 3) facilitating the order, delivery and tracking of the product or appliance that gets the job done.

At SML, the lessons we’ve learned, the professional excellence we’ve achieved, the innovations we continue to explore are what establishes and affirms our value in this ever-evolving industry. We are SML -- then, now, always.

Interested in learning more about how to become a licensed SML laboratory? Request an introductory orientation by calling:

1-800-423-3270.