Ivoclar Press Technology Summit 2022

Daniel Edelhoff granted his Certified Dental Technician degree from the Dental technician school in Düsseldorf, Germany. He graduated from Dental School in 1991 and earned his Doctor of Medical Dentistry degree from the University of Aachen, Germany in 1994. Since 2014 he is Active Member of the European Academy of Esthetic Dentistry (EAED) as well as Associate Editor of the multidisciplinary international research journal Clinical Oral Investigations. Since 2016 he is the President of the German Association of Dental Technology (ADT).

1995: Dental technician training at the Dental Studio Selke in Stuttgart, Germany
2002: Passed the master's examination with distinction in Freiburg, Germany
Until 2004: Worked at the dental laboratory "oral design Thilo Vock" in Stuttgart
2004: Spent three months at the dental laboratory of Jogi Kern in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, USA
Since 2005: Self-employed as a Master Dental Technician, member of the Team Wohlgenannt Zahntechnik in Dornbirn, Austria
Since 2010: Work as a lecturer and course instructor

Michele Temperani is a certified dental technician who specialized in the field of fixed denture prosthetics in the USA, where he attended the courses of the Tanaka Dental Technology Institute and the seminars of Masahiro Kuwata at the University of Washington. Since 1990, he has been co-owner of a dental laboratory in Florence together with is brother where he specializes in esthetic ceramic restorations. He has been using the press technique for the fabrication of all-ceramic restorations sine 1998.

MDT Vincent Fehmer received his dental lab technology training and degree in Stuttgart, Germany in 2002. From 2002 to 2003, he was a trainee in oral design labs in Great Britain and the US. From 2003 to 2009 he worked in an oral design lab (Die Dentalmanufaktur Mehrhof) in Berlin, Germany. In 2009 he was awarded his MDT degree in Germany. Since 2015 he has been working as a dental technician at the Clinic for Fixed Prosthodontics and Biomaterials, Centre of Dental Medicine of the University of Geneva, Switzerland (head: Prof. Dr Irena Sailer). He runs his own dental laboratory in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Hélène
Trained in Paris at Doctor Philippe Khayat’s surgery, holder of a CAP (Vocational Training Qualification) in dental prosthesis since 1993, has created her own company in 1999 in Grenoble and worked for 6 years in dental surgeries.

Didier
Trained in Marseille, holder of a CAP (Vocational Training Qualification) in dental prosthesis since 1988, has created his own company in 2000 in Aix en Provence and worked for 11 years in dental surgeries.

Hilal Kuday received his degree in dental technology from Istanbul University (Turkey) in 1999. After a training period of two years, he worked in his own laboratory in Istanbul. Between 2003 and 2008, he cooperated closely with the Ivoclar training team, lecturing on topics such as “Harmony in nature”, “Metal-free restorations”, “IPS e.max System”, etc. at Ivoclar Vivadent’s International Center for Dental Education. Since 2007, he has been running his own training centre and laboratory in Istanbul, Turkey. Hilal Kuday has held lectures and conducted workshops in the USA, South Africa, Croatia and Turkey.

Stefan Strigl was born in Brunico, Italy in 1976. He received his degree in dental lab technology from the "Instituto Professional Galileo Galilei" in Bolzano, Italy in 1994 and finished his professional training at the Dental-Bruneck laboratory in Brunico. Since 2002, he has been running his own dental lab in Brunico. Stefan Strigl has participated in numerous courses held by national and international experts. From 2013 to 2015 he was a member of the Seattle Study Club Tegernsee in Germany. Since 2014, he has been the president of the dental lab technician sector of Lvh.apa (South Tyrol association of craftspeople and service providers).