Located at the Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility, the MSI Dental Laboratory provides all dentures, bite splints and dental appliance repairs for MDOC prisoners through the system’s 35 dental clinics. Workers gain experience as dental lab technicians as well as dental appliance makers. The hire rate for MSI-trained dental lab technicians has been 100% for many years. Upon their release, many of the women who participated in our program have attained supervisory positions during their careers.
DENTAL BROCHURE
MSI Heroes At Work, Mary Jane-Neill, Dental Lab Manager and prisoner staff
hard at work producing dental prosthetics for MDOC prisoners and staying safe
during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Dental Lab training involves teaching the various techniques and systems used in creating well-fitting dental prosthetics and demands dexterity, numeracy, focus on detail and commitment on the part of the students. It can take up to five years to become proficient in the entire process. The Dental Laboratory employs ten prisoner workers. The MSI Dental Lab has the capability to provide the following services: Contact MSI Sales Department for further information at (517) 335-3771.
PermaSoft quick cure chairside and laboratory denture liner offers the durability of a laboratory processed soft liner and the convenience of a compatible chairside soft reline kit. This soft denture liner is ideal for soft relining full dentures, stabilizing partial dentures or anchoring over healing caps.
Perma Mesh by Preat is a BisGMA and PMMA impregnated E-glass fibers. All the advantages of the first generation Preat Perma Fiber, but without the need to "wet" the material. Use fiber to prevent Stress Cracks from starting before processing. Increase fatigue resistance. Increase flexural strength. The fibers work effectively with both acrylic and composite systems.
In addition, having part of the resin matrix composed of PMMA thermoplastic polymer the fiber frame surface is always partially redissolvable into the composite cement. Allows excellent bonding of even indirect bridges to the composite cement and teeth.