During the past 10 years, as our industry has traversed through a sea of drastic change, the NADL has been invaluable in helping us navigate those waters. In addition to providing a voice when it comes to advocacy and lobbying efforts on our behalf, the NADL has stepped up to try to help fill areas of need as they've arisen. Whether that has been technical education, business management, production standards, best practices, or just general advice and counsel, we feel the NADL is always looking for ways to help us be successful as lab operators. We truly value our lab memberships in NADL for the service the organization provides, but also for the opportunities we receive to communicate, collaborate, and socialize with other lab owners and managers from across the country. It's also a way for us to give back and to support the industry as a whole to help ensure a successful future for all of us.

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One of the best things you can do for your laboratory is become a member of the NADL! From the January Visions meeting, the JDT, the NBC, the FDLT and NADL University, each component of the NADL has been a valuable resource for our business as we have maneuvered through the ever changing dental lab industry. The support of technicians through certification and continuing education in conjunction with valuable insight regarding best management practices has assisted us with building a strong infrastructure at our lab. There is no doubt our involvement with the NADL has contributed to our continued success.

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I've been involved in the family-laboratory business all my life. For as long as I've known, we have been a member of the NADL since 1980. Membership to us means a place of comradery, resource and industry information. In addition to attending the meetings and conventions, being a member brings valuable insight to other successful lab businesses and dentistry as a whole. With both CDT and CDL credentials, NADL membership is a necessity.

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When I talk to people about NADL, they really have no idea what the organization does for them, for all dental laboratories. I explain the work that NADL legal counsel did to exempt most dental laboratory products from the medical device excise tax, which saved lab owners thousands of dollars. I talk about their efforts to advance material and point of origin disclosure. I show the campaign to increase public awareness of the profession (http://www.whatsinyourmouth.us) and share some of the amazing work that the Foundation has done to promote dental laboratory technology education. People are surprised. I tell them, the NADL isn't for 'them,' the NADL is for you

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