Inside Expert Series: Technology

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Learning Objectives:

• Explore the role of lasers in dentistry and impact lasers have on restorative procedures and pain management.
• Discuss virtual planning and 3D printing enable the design and fabrication of an esthetic provisional restoration prior to surgery.​

Author Qualifications:

Robert C. Margeas, DDS, is Board Certified by the American Board of Operative Dentistry. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Aesthetic Dentistry, a Fellow of the Academy of General Dentistry, American Society for Dental Aesthetics and International Team of Oral implantologists (ITI). He has written numerous articles on esthetic and implant dentistry, and lectures and presents hands-on courses nationally and internationally on those subjects. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief of Inside Dentistry, on the Editorial Board of Compendium, and is a contributing editor to Oral Health in Canada. His memberships include OKU Honor Dental Society, American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry, and the American Academy of Restorative Dentistry. Dr. Margeas maintains a full-time private practice focusing on comprehensive restorative and implant dentistry in Des Moines, Iowa.

Praveen R. Arany, DDS, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Oral Biology at The State University of New York at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine in Buffalo, New York.

​Rick Ferguson, DMD, is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral Implantology/ Implant Dentistry and is the director of Implant Educators Academy. He also maintains a private practice in Davie, Florida.

​Lou Shuman, DMD, CAGS, is the founder and chief executive officer of the Cellerant Consulting Group and the cofounder of LightForce Orthodontics.