Swiftline Courier

Dental lab and optical deliveries: same-day courier for practices and labs

How dental practices, labs and opticians across the West Midlands use a same-day courier for impressions, crowns, aligners and lenses, with handling notes and costs.

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A parcel being handed over at the point of delivery

A crown that misses the lab's cut-off is a patient rebooked and a chair hour lost. Dental labs and practices are among our most regular customers because the work is small, time-critical, and needs careful handling, which is exactly what a car courier does well.

What we move

  • Impressions, models and bite registrations from practice to lab.
  • Finished crowns, bridges, dentures and aligners back to the practice, often for an afternoon fitting.
  • Spectacle lenses and frames between glazing labs and opticians.
  • Hearing aid repairs and moulds.

How the driver handles it

Dental and optical work travels in a car, upright, in the sealed lab box you provide. The driver hands it to a named member of staff at reception and takes a photo and signature. Nothing is left in a letterbox or with a neighbouring unit.

What it costs

RunMilesCar, standard
Practice to lab within Birmingham5–12£25.00
Solihull practice to Birmingham lab9£25.00
Wolverhampton to Sutton Coldfield20£31.00
Coventry to Birmingham lab22£32.90

Daily lab runs

Labs serving several practices book a fixed afternoon round: one driver, five or six practices, every case back at the lab by 5pm. Multi-drop rounds are priced per drop plus mileage and are far cheaper than individual bookings.

Prices quoted are our published rates at the time of writing, with no VAT added. Enter your postcodes for a fixed price today.

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