SERVING DENTISTS IS OUR WAY OF LIFE
Your Dedication to Patients Inspires Us
When you prescribe a case through Smith-Sterling Dental Laboratories, you’re choosing a laboratory that shares your dedication to patient health. We’re located in Cartago, Costa Rica, and we strive to embody our nation’s spirit of care and beauty in all of our services.
About the Lab
Our mission is to empower patient-centered dental professionals to provide high-quality, cost-conscious treatment. We achieve this by relying on cutting-edge dental technologies — including multi-axis mills, 3D printers and digital design software — to improve restorative results and case-to-case consistency. It’s our hope that you feel as though you’re part of our family when you prescribe through Smith-Sterling.

Why Work with SMith-Sterling?
At Smith-Sterling, we are inspired by your dedication to patient health and take great pride in being part of the restorative process. To help you succeed for your patients, we offer a comprehensive range of high-quality laboratory services, free shipping and our “Pura Vida” Warranty — which guarantees that your appliance or restoration will be made according to your specifications or we’ll remake or adjust it until it satisfies your needs, at no cost to you.

No-Cost Remakes & Adjustments
At Smith-Sterling, we embody the spirit of Costa Rica that urges its people to do what's right, to have a caring heart and to be positive about life. To our customers, this means that we'll get it right for you; and if we don't get it right the first time, we'll do what it takes to fix it.

Educated, Skilled Employees
Costa Rica boasts one of the best educational systems in Latin America. Many Smith-Sterling employees are even graduates of college-level dental laboratory programs.

Technology-Powered Workflows
As an American-owned and
-operated laboratory, Smith-Sterling has implemented cutting-edge dental technologies throughout its workflows.