Meet the team
Founder - William R Littlejohn
William R Littlejohn founded the DTS laboratory in 1945. After serving his apprenticeship his ambitions to be his own boss were unfortunately interrupted by the war. The NHS was the main provider of dentistry with dentures and a few orthodontics being the only restorations that were made at that time. Alex B Littlejohn, William's son, joined the business as a 16 year old and took over the small company turning it into an international trading business over the next 35 years. William retired from the business in 1969.Managing Director – Alex
Alex began working with his father when he was just 16. He joined the laboratory when it was just his father William Littlejohn and one other technician working there. Over the years the business grew and eventually William retired and Alex took on the full time position of running DTS.
With Alex in charge DTS joined D.L.A where Alex served on the council for 20 years and became Vice Chairman and Past Chairman. Alex is also a founding member of the TEREC group, a group of 10 like-minded UK dental labs who introduce new techniques from America and Europe to UK and advancements such as Chameleon Veneers. He also helped to found TEREC North America, one of the most prestigious groups in dentistry.
Alex is a fully qualified, active, post graduate lecturer who not only mentors and lectures but who also develops training programmes for dentists and technicians all over Europe. He is also a prolific writer for many dental publications.
Director - Sandy
Sandy, like his father, joined the business after leaving school at 16. A qualified City & Guilds Dental Technician he has over 25 years experience in all aspects of dentistry, from Prosthetics to Crown & Bridge. Over the years Sandy has also gained a great deal of experience with different cultures which has been essential to understanding how advanced foreign techniques can be transferred to the UK.
Sandy has attended hundreds of postgraduate courses in all aspects of dentistry. This has given him a knowledge and understanding of the dental industry which is rarely seen or matched. Today Sandy oversees the production of all the DTS cases and is heavily involved in quality control. As well as this demanding role he is also an advisor to Nobel Biocare, 3i, Metalor/ Cendres and Degudent for their specialist implants and attachments.
Director - Laurie
A qualified City & Guilds dental technician his career began like his brother before him. Although Laurie is experienced in all fields of dentistry he now specialises in advanced cosmetic and All-Ceramic crown & bridge work. Over the years Laurie has created many award winning cases and has helped to develop the adhesive dentistry department of DTS.
Laurie also spent an extensive time in overseas labs, most notably at 1000 employee lab in Arkansas, North America. Here he spent six months learning about product flow and mass production techniques for cosmetic outcomes. Now Laurie manages the DTS digital laboratory – the first fully automated laboratory in Europe – want to know more? Visit them today.
He also holds a key position as digital dental advisor to Open Health-Core3d Centres, a worldwide group of digital service providers. Laurie also holds key positions as an advisor to 3M healthcare, Degudent and 3Shape.
Director - Graham
In 1995 Graham graduated from Glasgow Caledonian University with honours in Medical Microbiology. For several years after his graduation he worked closely with the university researching disinfection techniques to be used within the dental industry.
After university Graham joined the family business and became full time director of marketing, administration, customer service and finance within DTS. He also manages DTS laboratories, DTS training suites, DTS service, Core 3d Centres and V-Dent specialist supplies. He is also heavily involved in business development and marketing.
Over the years Graham has built excellent relationships with other companies and now currently sits as the TEREC UK group Marketing Director and on the board of the Open Health group. He travels extensively throughout the world as an advisor and on the development team for 3M healthcare, 3Shape, Dentsply and Algiz Media.
Graham and his brothers Sandy and Laurie all work closely together to ensure that their knowledge is shared so DTS is as strong and knowledgeable as it can possibly be.
