Eric Kukucka DD

Eric is Vice President, Clinical Removable Prosthetics & Design Technologies at Aspen Dental, a national network of more than 1,100 dental offices.

In his role, Eric is responsible for the delivery and clinical efficacy of removable prosthetics, overseeing and facilitating learning and development initiatives for new and mid-career doctors and digital technologies through The Aspen Group University (TAG U).

In addition to his full-time role with Aspen Dental, Eric is a passionate researcher, educator, author and key opinion leader who is often consults and speaks for multinational companies such as Ivoclar Vivadent, 3Shape, Straumann, SprintRay , Dentsply Sirona, and Zest Dental Solutions.

Eric has delivered more than 70 keynote lectures nationally and internationally, including at meetings of the American College of Prosthodontics and American Prosthodontic Society and at the International Dental Show in Cologne, Germany. He has also coedited, with Dr. Nelson Silva, The Digital Removable Metamorphosis, the first comprehensive Text book on digital removable prosthetics slated to release in 2025.

In 2014, Eric became the first denturist in North America to beta test digital dentures and contributed to the development of monolithic milled digital denture technology. He co-developed the paradigm-shifting “Reference Denture” intraoral scanning with 3Shape.

• Alumnus of George Brown College of Applied Arts & Technology, Dean’s Honor List, Valedictorian
• Faculty Member, Digital Dentistry Institute
• Dr. Abe SEMCD, 32nd Global Instructor
• From 2014 – 2022, Eric was the president and owner of The Denture Center, a successful network of private denture clinics and digital denture lab
• 2024 Ontario Premier Award Winner – Science, Technology, and Engineering

In addition to extoling the benefits and merits of digital denture technology and life changing prosthetic treatment modalities, Eric is active in the Windsor Essex Community Foundation Inspiration 100, a committee of philanthropists dedicated to raising funds for charitable causes. He is also a patron of Special Olympics Ontario. Eric currently resides in Windsor, Ontario.