art & experience ® Adapting the optical characteristics
What does AESTHETICS mean today? The importance of light and how to use the right frame. The primary determinants of natural tooth aesthetics will be explored including light transmission, absorption and reflection, the visual aspects of internal and external tooth structure especially relating to the incisors and the lip and gingival contribution. Methods to incorporate these determinants into restorations will be shown with various clinical cases. The new VM Material and it’s application. Techniques for excellent dental views. Various aspects of intra-oral dental photography.
Claude Sieber began his career by completing his studies in Art.During the early 1970 s he earned his professional certification from the government of Switzerland, completing his apprenticeship in a small dental laboratory in Basel.
Over the next years, he worked for several dental laboratories gaining additional work experience. His practicum took him as far as Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he worked at lenght with Professor Olympio Pinto, perfecting his style of natural tooth simulation.
Claude Sieber has been the owner of a specialised dental laboratory in Basel Switzerland since 1984 and in 1990 he dedicated a training facility to the advancement of Expert Dental Ceramists.
He is working for dentists worldwide and focuses special interest on interior tooth replacement.
Claude has lectured extensively throughout the world and his original work in the fine Arts and Photography are prominent in his visual and physical presentations. Claude Sieber was instrumental in the development of Vitas Spinell porcelain, Vitadur Alpha, Akzent Stains, Interno Colour Effects, Omega 900 Porcelain Systems, the 3-D Master Color Shade Guide and the new VM Material.
