Custom Trays & Rims
Currin Dental Lab
Reliable. Professional. Friendly.
Currin Dental Lab Inc. is a full-service Dental Laboratory located in Henderson, NC. We have been servicing the state of North Carolina for over 20 years. We provide a variety of services and products to suite your patients’ needs. Our products are made with industry expertise and using high quality materials.
Custom Trays & Rims
Our Custom Trays & Rims service ensures a precise foundation for accurate dental impressions and bite registrations. Each tray and wax rim is meticulously crafted to match the patient’s unique oral anatomy, resulting in improved fit, comfort, and accuracy for subsequent dental procedures.
Features
- Perfect fit for every patient
- Creates accurate impressions
- They are versatile and can be used for crowns, night guards or dentures
Benefits
- Comfortable & gag free for the patient
- Captures every tooth detail
- Saves time & remakes with fewer appointments and adjustments
Prep
- For a custom tray, just need a basic impression
- For bite rims, take the impression and we add the wax rim
- Digital impressions work great!
Strong, rigid, and dimensionally stable for precise impression taking.
A light-cured acrylic tray is like a “magic plastic mold” that hardens with a special blue flashlight.
- Starts Soft: The dentist shapes a gooey pink plastic sheet over a model of your teeth (like warm Play-Doh).
- Hardens with Light: They shine a bright blue light (like a dentist’s magic wand) for a minute — poof! — it turns rock-hard and custom-fit.
- Why It’s Cool: Super comfy, strong, and used for whitening trays, night guards, or perfect impressions.
It’s a personalized, high-tech tray made in minutes that fits like a glove and won’t stretch or break.
Cost-effective and reliable, ideal for a variety of restorative cases.
A self-curing acrylic tray is like “pink Play-Doh that hardens on its own”.
- Starts Gooey: The lab mixes powder + liquid (like baking a tiny cake) and molds it over a cast of your teeth.
- Hardens by Itself: No light, no oven — it cures in 5–10 minutes just sitting there, turning into a tough, custom-fit plastic tray.
- Why It’s Handy: Strong, cheap, and great for impression trays, denture bases, or temporary guards.
It’s a DIY-hardening, no-fuss tray that shapes to your mouth and locks in place — like instant custom plastic.
Allow visibility during impression material placement for greater accuracy.
A clear acrylic tray is like a “see-through plastic glove” for your teeth.
- Totally Transparent: Made from hard, crystal-clear plastic — you can see your teeth right through it.
- Custom-Shaped: Molded perfectly to your mouth, super comfy, no rough edges.
- Used For: Whitening gels (bleach stays put), invisible retainers, or sports guards (less bulky look).
It’s a clear, snug-fitting tray that lets your smile shine through while doing its job — like invisible dental armor.
“Soft, everyday candle wax on a tray”
- Feels squishy and warm — easy to bite and shape in your mouth.
- Melts if it gets hot (like in a car), so don’t leave it in the sun.
- Great for quick bite checks when making dentures.
Heat-Resistant Wax Rim
“Tough wax that laughs at heat”
- Stays firm even in hot weather or under bright dental lights.
- Won’t flop or melt — perfect for long appointments or shipping.
- Like standard wax’s stronger cousin for tricky cases.
In short:
Both help set your smile height and bite, but heat-resistant is the no-melt upgrade!
Connect with our team
Questions? Ask our knowledgeable and friendly team!