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Michael Bergler

Digital changes and their influence on the Dental Laboratory

Lecture Description: 

This lecture will present and discuss the possibilities and limitations of various CAD/CAM-Systems and will detail the capabilities of modern scanners and software and their influence on the daily lab business.

Differences in scanning technology and the various possibilities for the design of tooth- and implant-supported restorations ranging from single-crowns to complex full-mouth-reconstruction frameworks will be outlined and explained. Furthermore, details about the properties and handling requirements of ceramic frame materials will be discussed and exemplified with a variety of clinical cases.

About presenter: 

Michael Bergler, MDT, is internationally recognized in the area of esthetic ceramic restorations and CAD/CAM-technology. Furthermore he is co founder of the CAD/CAM-Ceramic-Center at University of Pennsylvania, School of Dental Medicine. He has published and lectured extensively on restorative materials and dental technology. He trained in Germany at the University of Erlangen-Nuernberg, Department of Prosthodontics, and earned his Certificate of Master Dental Technician (MDT) at the Masterschool of Freiburg, Germany. In addition to holding numerous appointments within the Department of Prosthodontics at the School of Dentistry, University of Erlangen-Nuernberg, Germany, he served as a Master Dental Technician with Dental Laboratory Rainer Semsch, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. His dental laboratory training has included study under Kazunobu Yamada, CUSP Dental Laboratory, Nagoya City, Japan; Hitoshi Aoshima, Pearl Laboratory, Tokyo, Japan; and Dr. Gerad Chiche, Chairman of the Prosthodontic Department, Louisiana State University School of Dentistry, New Orleans, La.