Welcome to Bay View
Bay View is a full service lab, now serving dentists through three generations for almost 75 years. Owners Buddy and Rick Shafer are both Board Certified Technicians and still work full time at the bench. They are joined by an experienced team of technicians and support staff with a shared passion for dental technology and service to dentistry.
The foundation and success for Bay View was built around a passion for customer service and consistent, high quality work. General dentistry work is still handled by Buddy Shafer personally, and cosmetic dentistry is led by Rick Shafer. Additional specialty departments include implants, removable, and diagnostic wax-ups – all led by highly skilled, board certified technicians. Our knowledge, philosophy and keys to success have been a solid foundation with the Pankey/Dawson concepts in occlusion and function.
Other significant benefits for Bay View customers include free staff training, marketing and practice development support, assistance with case sequencing and treatment planning, and many opportunities for education with us here in Virginia. Continuing education has always been a cornerstone of our success. Our facility includes a full service education and learning resource center with courses for doctors, technicians, and staff almost every week of the year. We invite you to learn more about our family of professionals dedicated to serving dentistry.
What They’re Saying see all
Buddy has become a source of inspiration and advice to many dentists and technicians across the country. I personally have tremendous respect and admiration of Buddy who has been a valuable resource to me as well as a close personal friend and colleague. - Peter E. Dawson, DDS
From the Blog
“All-on-One” fixed/removable technique continues as tremendous success
Case by Doyle Freano, DMD Our precision attachment partial cases are still being fabricated in zirconia rather than metal with complete success. Use a custom tray and capture the soft tissue areas with your master impression for the preps, and most of the time we can fabricate the partial frame with set-up along with the […]
Occlusal Measurement Plane (OMP) tool helps surgical guide fabrication and more
The OMP is an outstanding tool to help dentists determine and communicate specific functional and esthetic criteria for dentures. This has become especially important with the all-on-four protocol as a denture set-up for VDO and tooth position is required for surgical guide fabrication. Developer of the device, Josef Kolbeck, has become a valued part of […]
