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All‑ceramic
Crowns, bridges, inlays and onlays in lithium disilicate and zirconia, layered to sit quietly next to natural dentition.
Boutique dental laboratory · Matthews, North Carolina
Your case is made by a small team of ceramists.
Not a production floor, and not sent overseas. Every restoration that leaves this lab is designed and layered by hand, by a small team led by Carolynn Capps, CDT, who has spent thirty-three years at the bench specializing in all‑ceramics.
Why practices send work here
Five things worth knowing before you send a case.
33
Years at
the bench
the bench
CDT
Certified, with a
ceramics specialty
ceramics specialty
NADL
Member &
university graduate
university graduate
USA
Made here,
never offshored
never offshored
All
Digital scans
accepted
accepted
Restorations
A small lab, deliberately.
She Designs is a full restorative laboratory built around aesthetic work. Fixed and removable, digital and analog, with anterior cases overseen personally by Carolynn.
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Implant‑supported
Screw‑retained and cemented restorations, custom abutments, and full‑arch cases.
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Veneers
Feldspathic and pressed. The work this lab was founded on, and the work it is still known for.
iv
Night guards
To protect the work once it is seated. Hard, soft, and dual‑laminate.
Digital workflow
Send a scan. Any scanner.
We accept all digital scans, alongside conventional impressions. Thirty-three years across both digital and analog means a case is never turned away because of how it arrives.
iTero
3Shape TRIOS
Medit
CEREC Primescan
Conventional impressions
A scan on the bench · digital and analog
Case gallery
The work, up close.
Cases completed at She Designs. Patient photographs are shared with the permission of the treating practice and the patient; the rest were made on the model at the bench.
Before
After
Before
After
Before
After
The founder
Carolynn Capps, CDT
I began my dental career in 1993 as a ceramist at a small family‑owned laboratory in Tampa, fabricating feldspathic veneers by the platinum foil technique. I earned my CDT in 2011 with a specialty in ceramics, and I am working on my Master CDT now.
I opened She Designs in 2020. This industry is predominantly male, and I wanted a business that reflected and represented the women in it. That is where the pink and the gold come from.
Outside the lab I am a mom, a sister, a daughter, and a Grammie to three. I love what I do, and I look forward to creating beautiful smiles for your patients.
“She is clothed in strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future.” Proverbs 31:25
Affiliations and certification
Carolynn does not only belong to these bodies. She serves on the board of the National Association of Dental Laboratories and is a trustee of the Foundation for Dental Laboratory Technology. Her CDT is certified by the National Board for Certification in Dental Laboratory Technology.
From the practices we work with
What dentists say.
Not sure if you have changed anything lately, but today I have had some beautiful, no adjustments needed crowns.
General practice · several crowns, same day
It was spot on perfect. The color and shape and fit. No adjustments needed.
Family dentistry practice · single crown, #26
It went down perfect. And the shade was great as well.
Implant restoration · seated chairside
Veneers cemented last week. Looked beautiful. The patient and his mother were very happy.
Restorative practice · anterior veneers, #7 and #10
Our case was beautiful. We are going to post it on our social media and tag you.
Referring practice · anterior case
Happy patients
Smiles that went home happy.
Patients wearing She Designs work. Photographs are shared with the permission of the treating practice and the patient. Tap any photo to see it larger.
Before
After
The studio
She designed a life she loved.
The print hangs over the bench. Underneath it, on any given afternoon, are the units going out that week.
New accounts welcome
Send a first case.
The quickest way to know whether we are a fit is to send one case and see what comes back. Call the lab and we will open your account and get prescription forms out to you.
Or write to us