Patrick Coon, CDT, TE

Senior Field Digital Consultant, Ivoclar

Pat has over 38 years of experience in the dental field. He completed the U.S. Air Force’s dental laboratory training course at Shepherd Air Force Base (AFB) in Wichita Falls, TX in 1988. He has worked in all areas and capacities in the dental laboratory. His last assignment before retirement was as manager of the Air Forces second largest base dental laboratory managing 14 technicians.

After retirement from the Air Force, Pat continued working for the federal government as the senior technician and trainer at Keesler AFB, training new technicians arriving from technical training school as well as dentists in the Advanced Education in General Dentistry I (AEGD I) residency program. He received his A.A.S. Degree in Dental laboratory Technology from the Community College of the Air Force in 2000 and his CDT certifications in 2004 (Crown and Bridge) and in 2006 (Orthodontics).

Pat left federal service in June 2013 to join Ivoclar as a Technical Consultant and Ivoclar Academy instructor. Pat recently changed positions to become the Senior Field Digital Consultant where his duties include conducting courses, and performing in-depth testing of digital equipment, software, processes, workflows, and digital materials in support of research & development for Ivoclar.