June 2014 looks to be a busy month for the DAMAS team as the demand for registration continues. The month of June will see 31 dental laboratories undergoing inspections with a mixture of first time and recertification audits.

DAMAS auditors will be travelling the length and breadth of the country during this busy time in June with audits as far spread as Devon, Scotland and Wales.

Keep an eye out for forthcoming news on successful DAMAS inspections in the coming weeks!

Congratulations go to the following dental laboratories that have recently received DAMAS registration:

Kensing Dental Laboratory Ltd

Dentco (Warrington) Ltd

Denture Care Express

Kevin Richards Dental Lab

Wired Orthodontics

Orchard Dental Laboratory

Aurora CBA Ltd

J & P Dental Studios

Charles Lamb Dental Laboratory

C & K Dental Laboratories Ltd

Somnowell Ltd

Colligan Dental Lab

Evolution Dental Studio Ltd

Creative Dental

B & W Dental Laboratory Ltd

UK Dental Laboratories

Divine Dentures

Ceroplast Ltd

From the 1^st January 2014 changes have been implemented to the DAMAS scheme that operates in North America. Dental practices when sourcing dental laboratory work should ensure that they are aware of the difference in DAMAS that operates in the UK and DAMAS that operates in North America.

The National Association of Dental Laboratories (NADL) has had the licensing rights to DAMAS for some 13 years. Since the early years of DAMAS in the USA the scheme has now significantly grown to encompass the china dental laboratory market to enable these laboratories to do business in the USA.

DAMAS in the USA is different to DAMAS UK, the main difference being that the USA scheme does not prove compliance with the MHRA requirements and therefore the DLA has now taken steps to ensure that the UK and USA schemes will no longer be a cause for confusion.

From the 1^st January 2014 any laboratory promoting the DAMAS status of a non UK based laboratory will have to abide by the new restrictions for DAMAS North America which is now clearly identifiable by different logos and terminology as detailed below.

DAMAS is exclusive to dental laboratories based in the UK. Once registration is achieved UK based dental laboratories may legitimately display the DAMAS logo which identifies that the UK laboratory has undergone an inspection. Non UK laboratories or UK agents that have been inspected by the NADL in North America may only use the North America logo.

From the 1^st January 2014 any non UK laboratory or non-manufacturing UK agent that is displaying the UK logo and has not undergone an inspection in the UK of their manufacturing premises will be infringing copyright laws and should be reported to the DLA.

For further information please contact the DLA office on 0115 9254888

Congratulations go to the following dental laboratories that have been re-inspected against the DAMAS Specification during December 2013:

Congratulations go to the following dental laboratories that have been re-inspected against the DAMAS Specification during November 2013.

November has been another busy month for the DAMAS team as the demand for registration continues. At the end of November 2013, 18 dental laboratories will have undergone inspections with a mixture of first time and recertification audits.

Looking ahead to December, DAMAS auditors will be travelling the length and breadth of the country with audits as far spread as Devon, Liverpool and Northern Ireland.

Keep an eye out for forthcoming news on successful DAMAS inspections in the coming weeks!