Trident Dental Laboratories

Hawthorne’s industrial stretch near the airport keeps the city’s dental practices running behind the scenes. Trident Dental Laboratories has been a quiet fixture at 12000 Aviation Blvd for decades, turning impressions into crowns, bridges, and partials that end up in local mouths. The lab also handles implant abutments, night guards, and orthodontic appliances, so if a dentist hands you a wax bite or a digital scan, chances are it lands here next.

They don’t see patients—just the stone models and digital files sent over by clinics across Southern California. Need to drop off a case or check on a rush order? Their phone line, (800) 221-4831, connects straight to the production floor. For directions, pull up the map; the building sits two blocks east of the 405, where the hum of takeoffs fades into the steady buzz of lathes and ovens.