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LAB TRIBUNE
The World’s Dental Lab Newspaper · U.S. Edition
February 2011
www.dental-tribune.com
Vol. 2, No. 2
NADL hands out annual
awards in Las Vegas
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NADL Vision Award presented
to David L. Brown
1. Vision Award winner David L Brown with presenter,
NADL President Jeff Stronk. 2. Harry Hagman Award winner Uri Yarovesky with Stronk. 3. Stronk with Gary Kilgo,
CDT, co owner, accepting for Laboratory of the Year, Georgia Dental Laboratory. 4. Stronk and Educator of the Year
Dana Cohen, CDT. 5. Hall of Fame award winner Patrick
Segnere, CDT. 6. CDT of the Year Rob Kreyer, CDT, and
NBC Chair Laura Sheppard, CDT. 7. Stronk with Nobilium/
CMP President/CEO Devon Howe and Ann Schmitt, CDT,
manager technical services, accepting the Supplier of the
Year award for Nobilium/CMP Industries.
(Photos/Provided by NADL)
NADL introduces 2011
President Jeff Stronk
Jeff Stronk is co-owner of Treasure Dental Studio in Salt Lake City,
Utah, a 20-person laboratory. He
manages the implant department
and general administration of the
laboratory, and has been in the
industry since 1990.
Before coming into the laboratory industry, Stronk worked a number of years for Nordstrom.
NADL 2011
President Jeff
Stronk
Stronk currently serves as the
laboratory representative for the
Utah Dental Association and is a
past president of the Dental Laboratory Owners Business Association.
Treasure Dental Studio is a Dental
Services Group Affiliate lab and a
member of the Utah Dental Laboratory Association and the NADL.
He has served on the Budget and
Finance, Business Management and
Communications Advisory Board for
the NADL.
A faculty member and graduate of
NADL University, Stronk is a tireless
advocate for NADL, NBC and the
Foundation for Dental Laboratory
Technology.
Stronk is an avid Utah football
fan, “Parrot head — or a Jimmy Buffet fan, for those who don’t know the
term,” and enjoys motorcycles and
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David L. Brown served as a director
of National Dentex since 1998 when
he was also appointed president. He
became chief executive officer of
National Dentex in 2000.
Brown joined National Dentex in
1984 as vice president-finance and
chief financial officer and was appointed treasurer of the company in 1991.
He is a past chairman of the Dental
Trade Alliance and is a former member of its board of directors. Brown is
a former director of the Dental Trade
Alliance Foundation and of the National
Association of Dental Laboratories and
is a former member of the board of fellows of the Harvard School of Dental
Medicine.
On Dec. 15, 2009, the board of directors of National Dentex Corporation
approved a management succession
plan for National Dentex. Under the
management succession plan, Brown
resigned his position as president but
continued his CEO role for another
year. He retired from National Dentex
on Sept. 30, 2010.
Brown was respected by all in the
industry for his down-to-earth style,
high level of integrity and passion for
the people that make dental laboratory
technology.
NADL 2011 Laboratory Member
of the Year presented to
Georgia Dental Laboratory
Gary Killgo, CDT, and Don Killgo, CDT,
worked in private practices and commercial labs before establishing Georgia Dental Laboratory.
Gary and Don were introduced
to dental technology by their father,
Lamar, who started in the business in
1939 and was among the first dental
technicians in the country to become
a CDT. In 1981, Gary and Don Killgo
realized their vision of a company that
would be an industry leader — offering
the highest quality dental prosthetics
available — when they opened Georgia
Dental Laboratory.
After starting with just Don and
Gary for the first year, then hiring one
technician for the next two to three
years, Georgia Dental now employs
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51 people. Of these 51, 37 are technicians with a support staff of 14. Nine
of the technicians are certified by the
National Board of Certification. Two of
these CDTs have three or more certifications, and two have been certified
for more than 30 years. Thirty-six of
the 51 employees have been with the
company for five, 10, 15, 20 and 25 or
more years.
Continuing education is an essential
way the lab keeps pace with the latest
technology. A multi-media classroom is
utilized to keep abreast of new materials, techniques and equipment. There
is also an extensive library of training materials, books, videos and periodicals available to the staff. By being
among the first labs to become certified under the DAMAS system, Georgia
Dental sets an example to other labs to
strive for excellence.
NADL Excellence in
Education Award presented
to Beth Collington
Beth Collington, divisional sales training and education manager for Zahn
Dental Laboratory Division, has been
in the industry the last 17 years, starting with the DENTSPLY International
Ceramco Division in an inside sales
position.
Two companies shaped her career
path: DENTSPLY, Ceramco and Zahn
Dental (a Henry Schein company). During her career, she has held a number
of positions including but not limited
to field territory manager and district
sales manager.
Collington helps newer members of
the team learn the industry, the products and how to apply them in an evergrowing and changing industry. She
values education and works closely with
lab partners and sister divisions such as
DENTSPLY Caulk to bring together laboratory customers with dentists to offer
quality educational programs, which
provide learning opportunities to help
sustain and grow dental practices.
NADL 2011 Supplier Member
of the Year presented to
Nobilium/CMP Industries
In 2010, Devon Howe, president and
CEO, purchased the business from the
former shareholders. As a result of this
change of ownership, the president
and CEO offered ownership to a small
group of employees. These employees
are now employee/partners and are
involved in strategic and operational
decision-making.
A second major development at
Nobilium/CMP, which has created
increased customer value, is the company has adopted a new technical training program for employees. This aim of
the training is to educate employees
about dental technology and specifically about the products the company
sells, so they have a better understanding of their role in the quality control
process and to better serve customers.
Nobilium Ticonium has a rich history that dates back to 1893 when the
company was founded as Consolidated
Car Heating Company. It made heaters
for the rapidly developing passenger
Lab Tribune | February 2011
rail-car business. Two of the original
founders included James Roosevelt
(father of Franklin D. Roosevelt) and
George Westinghouse (a famous inventor and entrepreneur). The company
evolved into a specialty metals company — making “projectiles” for World
War I and II. Engineers formulated a
high-strength alloy that was ideal for
dentistry and was called ticonium. The
product became so popular the company gradually shifted away from other
endeavors and became a 100 percent
dental company.
NADL Hall of Fame Award
presented to Pat Segnere, CDT
After 36 years of service in the industry,
Pat Segnere, CDT, retired from Ivoclar
Vivadent at the end of December 2010.
He joined the company in 1974 as a
field sales manager for Williams Gold
Refining (which became Ivoclar Vivadent North America in 1987), and he
has been the vice president of sales for
the technical products team since 1987.
Segnere is a 35-year CDT in crown
and bridge. During his tenure, he
served as the supplier representative on
the NADL board of directors and was
instrumental in advocating for technician certification with allied dental
organizations and through participation
in Dental Laboratory Summits hosted
by Dr. Gordon Christensen.
“Pat has been completely dedicated
to our customers and our company for
every day of his 36 years with us. He
is a ‘Customer VP,’ always focused on
customer satisfaction and success,” said
Robert Ganley, CEO, Ivoclar Vivadent,
AG. “It has been my great pleasure to
share 30 of those years with Pat as his
colleague and friend.”
NADL Educator of the Year
presented to Dana Cohen, CDT
Dana Cohen started in dental laboratory technology in 1973 and is a 30-year
CDT in complete dentures.
For the first 20 years of his career,
he worked as a dental technician and
as a dental laboratory owner. From
1993 to the present, he has served
as either a professor or department
chairperson of the dental laboratory
technology program at Los Angeles
City College.
In January 2010, Cohen was featured as one of the “Who’s Hot” people
in dental laboratory technology.
In 1999, he collaborated with Dr.
Edward McLaren and Joseph Weisz,
CDT, in putting together the LACC/
UCLA Esthetic Dental Design Program.
In this program, students enroll at Los
Angeles City College for credit but
attend courses with McLaren at UCLA.
This type of program was a first in the
state of California. It was renamed the
Master Ceramist Program in 2005.
In early 2005, because of participation in the Dental Lab Summit Group,
Cohen invited John Ness, CDT, to
LACC to discuss the PTC (productivity training corporation) training and
verification system as part of the LACC
course offerings. Later that year, after
presenting the PTC system to the Dental Technology Advisory Committee
and the LACC Senior Administration,
the Dental Technology Program adopted and purchased the PTC TVS 2000
system in complete dentures, crown
and bridge waxing and ceramics.
LACC became the first public school
in the United States to use this system.
NADL Harry Hagman CDT Award
presented to Uri Yarovesky, CDT
Uri Yarovesky, a ceramist and owner
and president of Opus One Laboratories in Agoura Hills, Calif., is a graduate of LACC in dental technology.
He has been a pioneer in the development of new applications for laboratory processed composite resins for
both Ivoclar Liechtenstein and Ivoclar Canada. Yarovesky has helped to
improve and refine the methods of layering color in ceramics and composites,
and was one of the developers of the
“concept inlay/onlay” technique.
He led an intensive research and
development effort that successfully
conceived the patented “Encore Bridge”
and the “Mosaic” posterior characterization guide. He has also developed the
Enamelette™ Porcelain Veneer technique and Musette™ composite gingival
tissue replication.
In 2008, Yarovesky launched Hilla
Technologies, a dental products company that has created a new product called Hilla Digital Transfers (patent pending). Yarovesky has lectured
extensively both in the United States
and internationally.
2011 CDT of the Year presented
to Robert Kreyer, CDT
Robert Kreyer is a third-generation
dental technician and received his technical training from the U.S. Army Medical Field Service School and education
as a member of various prosthodontic
study groups at the University of California San Francisco and University of
Southern California.
He is a member of the American
Prosthodontic Society and past chair of
the American College of Prosthodontists Dental Technician Alliance. He
is a past trustee of the Foundation for
Dental Laboratory Technology.
Kreyer is a continuing education
provider for the Dental Board of California and National Board of Certification in Dental Technology. He is a BPS
technical instructor for Ivoclar Vivadent
and has written numerous articles on
removable prosthodontics. In November 2010, Kreyer took the position as the
director of removable prosthodontics
for Microdental/DTI in Dublin, Calif.
His experience as a dental technician in removable prosthodontics
started in 1969, working with his father
and grandfather who were dental technicians as well. Kreyer received his
education and training in the U.S. Army
at the Medical Field Service School in
Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas.
In 1975, he opened his own dental laboratory business, Kreyer Dental
Prosthetics, that is currently located in
Larkspur, Calif.
In 2002, Kreyer became certified in
complete dentures from the NBC. His
father and grandfather always wanted to become CDTs but because they
worked as in-house dental technicians
for an advertising dentist, they were
not allowed to take the examination.
Because the NBC would not accept
them as potential CDTs, Rob himself
was reluctant for more than 20 years to
become a CDT but finally did. LT
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Lab Tribune | February 2011
NevinLabs unveils
New ErgoEZ Bench at
2011 Lab Day Chicago
Dental Ventures
launches website
Dental Ventures of America
(DVA) has launched a new innovative, dynamic website, company
officials say.
The website is user-friendly and
easy to navigate while providing
product information and techniques
to enhance the day-to-day tasks in
a dental environment, whether in a
dental laboratory or chairside.
Product demonstrations give
the professional a concise step-by-
step view of each product’s performance. Visitors are ables to order
online at the new streamlined webstore.
A new feature, PICK-A-PRODUCT,
offers the customer the opportunity
to try a variety of DVA “Products
That Perform” for free with a minimum purchase of $75.
Visit www.dentalventures.com or
call (800) 228-6696 for more information on any of DVA’s products.
AD
(Photo/Provided by Nevin Laboratories)
Nevin Laboratories, a member of
DentalEZ® Group, unveiled its new
ErgoEZ™ lab bench at this year’s Lab
Day Chicago. The ErgoEZ is an ergonomic lab bench that takes labs into
the future.
The new ErgoEZ bench is available in a wide variety of configurations that enable dental lab owners
to create the perfect bench suited
to their own specific requirements.
Newly designed to easily adapt to all
individual shapes and sizes, the new
ergonomic bench offers flexibility for
each individual technician, providing
optimum comfort and an exclusive
work environment.
The new bench includes many
ergonomic features that adjust for
an ideal personalized working environment, including a 4-inch adjustable bench height range and supportive arm boards that are adjustable,
removable and available in a choice
of materials and colors. Moreover,
optional solid half-inch Corian® tops
provide a spacious and highly practical work area.
Other features include:
• Individual dust collecting system
with shield and magnifying lens.
• Motor control panel with lighted
power switch and indicator lights.
• SS scrap drawer.
• Wide variety of drawer and door
options for individual needs.
• Gas valve and air blowgun with
regulator.
• Optional task lighting.
• Optional Nevin LabPro™ Handpiece.
For more information on ErgoEZ,
the lab bench of the future, contact
NevinLabs at (800) 544-5337.
About NevinLabs
NevinLabs specializes in designing,
building and installing complete dental laboratories and area workstations
for dental practices, dental laboratories, vocational schools, universities
and military hospitals and clinics.
For more information, visit www.
nevinlabs.com, or call NevinLabs
directly at (800) 544-5337.
About DentalEZ Group
DentalEZ Group is committed to
advancing the practice of dentistry
through innovative products and services.
Encompassing six distinct product brands — StarDental®, DentalEZ, CustomAir®, RAMVAC®, NevinLabs and Columbia Dentoform ®
— DentalEZ Group manufactures
everything in the operatory, from
handpieces to chairs to vacuum systems to dental simulation models,
creating a complete line of products
to elevate the health, comfort and
efficiency of the dental operatory.
For more information, visit www.
dentalez.com. LT
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