Audience members are placed in small groups to listen to short presentations by several corporate
sponsors. This is a fast paced and very interactive meeting. Attendees will enjoy an up-scale dinner;
time to socialize with their fellow ADT members and chances to win free prizes!

Various Speakers

This review and hands-on workshop will familiarize participants with the latest cutting edge prosthetic
options for users of the Straumann Dental Implant System. Understanding these options will give
the dental technician the ability to provide customers a full array of prosthetic solutions: from simple
and cost effective posterior restorations to predictable and flexible esthetic restorations. We will also
provide and an update on Straumann CADCAM solutions, IPS e.max Abutments, digital impressions
and guided surgery solutions.

 

Vladamir Matovic

Degree in Dental Technology, Territory Manager, Central Region, Straumann CAD/CAM

Vladimir has obtained his Dental Technology Degree from George Brown College in 2000. Through his years of education he was directly involved in production of dental appliances with hands on experience about patient care and health promotion. Later on, utilizing the knowledge and experience from lab work, Vladimir has provided technical and business support to labs working with a large Dental manufacturer and supplier from Germany as a Technical Sales Manager. Approach to his job is to ultimately lead the lab owner and operator to the highest levels of performance that will directly benefit the patient and their experience. His previous experience and education in dental profession has assisted Vladimir in understanding Straumann products and service offers to effectively implement them in the dental market since 2007.

• Chemical Engineering; microstructural differentiation & functional-aesthetic implications
• Biomechanical concepts; comparative analysis - ceramic, amorphous composites, semicrystalline polyglass
• Preparation & stratification methodology
• Accelerated cyclic-fatigue studies, In-Vivo correlation
• Impact, catastrophic fracture studies, clinical implications
• Chair side direct / indirect build-up technique(s)
• Extra oral cementation vs. integrated abutment crowns
• Photo polymerization; material, cure modality and operator failure probability
• Halogen, XePlasma, ArLaser, LED
• Mechanisms of Adhesion; interfacial bond magnitude, integrity and longevity
• Biocompatibility & Cytotoxicity; fibroblasts, blood, muscular and epithelium tissue implant reactivity
• Tissue support; bone graft - architectural technology
• Performance probability

 

Dr. Samuel Waknine

M(D.M.S.), Ph.D

Alumnus of University of California at Irvine, New York University Dental Center and University of Connecticut Health Center & Institute of Materials Science; Restorative Dentistry & Chemical Engineering dual-Doctorate. Dr. Waknine is an Active Member; International Association for Dental Research, Biomedical Materials Research Congress Society, Academy of Dental Materials, International Society of Electron Microscopy, American Chemical Society, American Institute of Chemists, European Academy of Stomatology, Implantology and Esthetic Dentistry.