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WORLD CONFERENCE 2003 IN RETROSPECT

Esthetics with Various Core Materials

Abstract
This course demonstrated different techniques to manage the esthetic needs when the substructure materials are titanium, aluminum oxide, or zirconium oxide in both dental implant therapy and the restoration of natural teeth.

Aki Yoshida, CDT, Boston, Massachusetts

Mr. Yoshida graduated from the Dental Technician School at Nihon University, followed by a dental technician position at the Tanaka Dental Clinic in Aoyama, Tokyo, Japan. In 1991, he accepted a position at the Gnathos Dental Laboratory, Boston, Massachusetts, associated with the prosthodontic practice of Dr. Lloyd Miller. Mr. Yoshida was appointed as Technical Instructor in the Department of Postgraduate Prosthodontics at the Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in 1994. He has recently been named as Adjunct Faculty for the Center for Esthetic Dentistry at the University of California Los Angeles School of Dentistry.

Mr. Yoshida has published technical articles in several dental journals and is active as an instructor for Noritake porcelain