RCA Lab — Full service dental laboratory, Vancouver BC
Full service dental laboratory · Vancouver BC

Every case type, one lab, no outsourcing.

Fixed, implant, removable, guards and orthodontic work, all made under one roof in Vancouver. Designed digitally, finished by hand, and collected from your clinic by our own drivers.

Trusted by more than 700 clinics nationwide. Five day standard turnaround, restorations that seat without adjustment, and remakes at no charge.

Smile Creator, before and after
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Since 2001
Twenty five years serving BC clinics
schedule
5 lab days
Standard crown & bridge, three on rush
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No charge
Remakes and adjustments, always
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Daily routes
Our own drivers across Metro Vancouver
Products & services

Every case type, made in house.

No outsourcing, no third party milling centre. Scan or impression, the whole case is handled here in Vancouver.

Fixed prosthetics

Fixed prosthetics

Crowns, bridges and veneers milled and layered for margins that seat clean.

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Implant prosthetics

Implant prosthetics

Single units to full arch, built around the library and scan body you use.

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Removable prosthetics

Removable prosthetics

Dentures and partials set up for comfort and a bite that holds.

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Guards & retainers

Guards & retainers

Protective and post treatment appliances, printed and finished in house.

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Ortho & specialty

Ortho & specialty

Functional appliances and alignment devices for growing and adult cases.

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Not sure which material fits the prep?

Send the case notes and a technician will recommend zirconia, lithium disilicate or PFM for the clearance and shade you are working with.

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The process

How a case moves through the lab

Scan or impression, digital or analogue. The intake is ours to handle, so you keep the workflow you already have.

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STEP 01
Send the case

Send the case

Upload straight from your scanner, or request a pickup and our driver collects the impression from your clinic.

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STEP 02
We fabricate

We fabricate

Digital design, milling, then hand finishing. Every case passes final quality control against the prescription.

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STEP 03
Delivered to your chair

Delivered to your chair

Returned on the agreed date by our own courier, tracked from pickup to delivery in the client portal.

Turnaround

Lab days you can plan a schedule around

Working days in the lab, excluding pickup and delivery. Rush schedules are confirmed in writing before you send the case.

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Case type Standard Rush
Zirconia crown & bridge 5 lab days 3 days
Lithium disilicate / e.max 5 lab days 3 days
Porcelain fused to metal 6 lab days 4 days
Implant crown, single unit 7 lab days 5 days
Full or partial denture 8 lab days On request
Clear aligner, per stage set 10 lab days On request
Printed surgical guide 4 lab days 2 days
Scanner compatibility
3Shape
iTero
MEDIT
Shining 3D
Straumann
DEXIS
Dentsply Sirona
We accept files from every major intraoral scanner, and conventional impressions by pickup.
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The lab

Accuracy and integrity foster trust

Welcome to RCA Lab, Renaissance Cosmetic Art Dental Lab. We have been a full service dental laboratory since 2001, offering a complete range of Crown & Bridge, Denture and Orthodontic products from Vancouver BC, Canada.

Our goal is to fabricate high quality restorations and appliances consistently, combining artistic craftsmanship with the latest technology for optimal performance and natural looking beauty.

You are likely satisfied with your current lab. Let us make one case anyway.

Send a single case and judge it on the four things that matter, side by side with the lab you use today.

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The restoration
Margins, contacts and shade
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The service
Reachable technicians, own drivers
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The quality
Hand finished, quality controlled
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The time saved
Chair time at insertion
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A full digital laboratory

As dentistry moved digital, so did the bench behind it. Scanning, design, milling and printing all under our own roof.

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Craft at the finish line

Ceramists trained in shade and morphology finish anterior work by hand, because that is where cases are won or lost.

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Local, and answerable

Our own drivers, our own phone line, and a technician who can talk you through the case you sent this morning.

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Fewer remakes, less chair time

The measure that matters is what happens at insertion, so we track adjustments and remakes and hold the number down.

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Teaching as well as making

We host lectures and hands on sessions for clinicians, and the same technicians who teach them work on your cases.

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One prescription, every discipline

Fixed, implant, removable and orthodontic work share a single case file, so nothing is lost in a handover to another lab.

Pickup & delivery

Schedule your first pickup today

Our own drivers run Metro Vancouver daily. Tell us where the case is waiting and we will confirm a collection window, usually for the next business day.

call(604) 980-0100 or book below, no account needed
Daily routes
Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond, North Shore, Surrey, Coquitlam
Cut off
Call before 2:00pm Pacific for same day collection
Request a collection
We confirm by phone the same business day. Your first pickup and case assessment are on us.

The average clinic that moves to RCA Lab buys back a full chair hour a week, without changing how they work.

Between restorations that seat on the first try, fewer remakes and a courier who collects from your door, the time a case costs you after delivery all but disappears.

Send one case and judge it yourself, no commitment, no account

Questions

Answers before you send the first case

If the answer you need is not here, the lab picks up the phone between 8:30 and 5:00 Pacific.

No. Upload from any major scanner, or keep taking impressions and we will collect them. We work with 3Shape, iTero, Medit, Shining 3D, Straumann, DEXIS and Dentsply Sirona files.
Send one case and compare the restoration, the service and the chair time it saves against your current lab before you move anything else across.
#204 – 338 West 8th Ave, Vancouver BC V5Y 3X2. We run our own pickup and delivery routes across Metro Vancouver.
If a case needs adjustment or a remake, we redo it at no charge. The benchmark we hold ourselves to is a restoration that seats with no chairside adjustment.
Yes. Call before you send it and we will confirm the rush schedule and a delivery date in writing.
Every pickup, due date and case status is visible in the client portal, and you can phone the lab to speak with the technician on your case.
Get in touch

Talk to a technician, not a call centre

Tell us the case you would like us to make first. We confirm materials, pickup and the delivery date the same business day.

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Phone
(604) 980-0100
mail
Email
rcalabpictures@gmail.com
place
Lab
#204 – 338 West 8th Ave, Vancouver BC V5Y 3X2
schedule
Hours
Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5:00pm PT