We support all local dental conferences!

Getting a payout for your dental scrap shouldn’t be like pulling teeth. (See what I did there?)

Gary Cohen has had many successful careers. 

• US Army veteran
• CEO of a HVAC company in South Florida for 30 years
• Private investigator
• Paralegal
• Constable
• Magistrate

Of Note....

• One of the first HVAC contractors to earn EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) certification in refrigerant recovery & recycling. 
• Wrote articles published in trade magazines regarding refrigerant recovery & recycling, and trained generations of HVAC technicians in those skills.

Retiring to the “Land of Enchantment”, his interest in recycling and the realization that dentists were being underpaid for their dental scrap inspired him to form Southwest Dental Refining and the WIN-WIN Offer.

• Cindy, Gary's wife of 50 years, bakes the cookies 

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About SOUTHWEST DENTAL REFINING (SWDR) 

SWDR is an Albuquerque-based small family veteran-owned company. 

Our competitors, all national companies, with payrolls for sales reps, brokers, managers, and huge advertising budgets HAVE TO PAY YOU LESS to remain profitable. We have much lower overhead and running costs than our competitors. That is how SWDR can offer dental offices  payouts so much higher for your dental scrap crowns & PFMs. 

Profits for SWDR benefits our southwest region and businesses.

Over 345 regional dentist offices have placed their trust in SWDR and taken advantage of our Win-Win Offer.

We  specialize in dental scrap. Gold, silver, palladium & platinum.

Southwest Dental Refining is also proud to sponsor State and local dental association conventions, meetings, and seminars. 

Serving New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, Utah, and Arizona.

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What is the WIN-WIN Offer? 

• No Risk, No Obligation, Free Assay on your scrap. 

• Our payments are so much higher for your metal crowns and PFMs - it’s insane!

• Payments are immediate following your approval of the settlement offer. 

• It’s so easy to sell us your dental scrap.

• A win for Mother Earth. All the dental precious metals we buy from you are recycled. We also attempt to recycle most materials used every day in our business.

• A Win for the Southwest region. 

All monies are dispersed in our Southwest US area, instead of benefiting businesses and the economy on the east coast. When SWDR needs services or supplies, we utilize local resources, which benefits all our local businesses.

• A Win for charitable institutions. 

Allows Gary and Matthew the means and opportunity to volunteer and donate to such admirable causes as Mission of Mercy, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, the Salvation Army, Heifer International, Feeding America, and the  New Mexico Foundation for Dental Health Research and Education. 

One of the tenets of SWDR’s business model is to benefit as many charitable causes as possible.

• Our copy of your paper invoice & receipt

After digitizing for our records, shredded & used as packing material for outbound shipping, or sent to a recyling center

• Shipping boxes for our regional customers

When returned by our regional customers sending us their dental scrap, freshened with new labels and re-used. 

When beyond the point of re-use, sent to a recycling center

• Used copy paper

We save all one-sided printed copy paper, and when we need to print something else, we use the reverse side 

• All printed papers not utilized as above

For example: bills, receipts, invoices, packing slips, incoming mail - shredded and either re-used as packing material or sent to a recycling center

• Plastic containers for dental scrap

Our containers returned to us with dental scrap inside are cleaned, disinfected, and re-distributed.

Competitor's containers collected from dental offices are sent to a recycling center

• Inbound boxes & packing material from vendors

Cut up and sent to a recycling center.

Packing material received is either re-used or sent to a recycling center