Mr. Prestipino completed the Dental Technology program at Northern Virginia Community College and received additional, specialized training from the Pankey Institute. He is a member of the National Association of Dental Laboratories, the Academy of Osseointegration, the Northern Virginia Implant Society and the Northern Virginia Dental Society. Mr. Prestipino is a published author and lectures throughout the country on implant dentistry. He has provided student and staff support at the University of Maryland. Mr. Prestipino is the President of Artifex Dental Laboratory located outside of Washington, DC.
Artifex Dental Lab Inc.
1982-1984-Completed the Dental Technology program at Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC)
Received additional at the Pankey Institute in Key Biscayne, FL
1984- Registered graduate in Dental Technology
Certified Dental Technician (CDT) through National Association of Dental Laboratories (NADL)
1984-1995- Dental Technician at Latos Dental Lab. Olney, MD
1995-2007- Vice President and Dental Technician at Artifex Dental Lab. Alexandria, VA
2008-present- President and Dental Technician at Artifex Dental Lab
1999-2002- Student and staff support at University of Maryland School of Dentistry
Past board member of the National Board of Certification (NBC)
Past board member of the National Association of Dental Laboratories (NADL)
Past proctor for the National Board of Certification (NBC)
Member of the Academy of Osseointegration, Northern Implant Society and numerous local study clubs
Artifex has been a Beta test site for numerous offerings at Biomet 3i
Hold intellectual property and is patent pending on an advanced protocol for full arch immediate loading of dental implants
2000 – Present – Lectures nationally and extensively on implant dentistry
Published author:
Journal of Dental Technology: “A Mother’s Poor Dental Health Becomes Inspiration”
Compendium: Paradigm Shift in Today’s Digital Dentistry
Journal of Dental Technology: Digitizing the Implant Restorative Process
Journal of Dental Technology: CAD/CAM Implant Abutments Using Coded Healing Abutments: A Detailed Description of the Restorative Process
Academy of Osseointergration Europe poster presentation: Clinical efficacy of the BellaTek® Encode® impression system – a case-control-study of three impression techniques
Tony Prestipino, CDT has been a guest on 5 episodes.
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227: Alakazam and Presto! It’s Tony Prestipino!
August 1st, 2022 | 1 hr 10 mins
all-on-4, all-on-x, biomet, confidence, dental, digital design, encode, laboratory, oem, pankey, partnership, podcast, porcelain abutment, technician, twins, voices from the bench, zimmer, zimvie
This week we are joined by Tony Prestipino from Artifex Dental Laboratory. Tony talks about family, family lab life, and life with family out of the lab, and lab life with family. Also implants, conversions, and patents.
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224: The Race For Education! Lindsey Rowan, Arian Deutsch, Tony Prestipino, Bennett Napier
July 11th, 2022 | 1 hr 4 mins
biking, chicago, consolidation, dental, dentures, digital design, implants, laboratory, pay rate, photography, podcast, racing, removables, running, screw retained, swimming, technician, triathlon, voices from the bench
Every year the Foundation For Dental Laboratory Technology participates in the Race for the Future triathlon to raise money. This year they are providing a FREE education day the same weekend. We talk to Lindsey Rowan, who basically runs the FDLT, two speakers at the event Arian Deutsch and Tony Prestipino. Then we chat with Bennett Napier for a much needed update on the industry.
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60: LMT Lab Day Chicago 2019 Interview Showcase Part 4
May 20th, 2019 | 44 mins 55 secs
carbon, cdt, chicago, dental, dentist, dentures, digital, lab day, laboratory, lmt, panthrea, technician
The LMT Lab Day Chicago 2019 interviews just keep on coming! This week brings us Tony Prestipino CDT from Artifex Dental Laboratory, Larry Sowinski CDT from Somer Dental Laboatories, Herb Baird from Ivoclar Vivadent, and Mark Williamson CDT from Ottawa Dental Laboratory.
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Episode 48: Four Technicians Talking About 3D Printing - A Roundtable Discussion Part 2 (VFTB48)
February 25th, 2019 | 33 mins 36 secs
3d printing, ackuretta, asiga, bego, cal-lab, carbon, dental, dental laboratory, dentist, kulzer, lmt lab day, miicraft, podcast, resins, stratasys, technician, voices from the bench
We continue last week's Roundtable discussion about 3D printing. They talk about outsourcing to other labs, how printing effects labor, what they would recommend, and what's next for them and their labs.
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47: Four Technicians Talking About 3D Printing - A Roundtable Discussion Part 1 (VFTB47)
February 18th, 2019 | 36 mins 32 secs
3d printing, ackuretta, asiga, bego, cal-lab, carbon, dental, dental laboratory, dentist, kulzer, lmt lab day, miicraft, podcast, resins, stratasys, technician, voices from the bench
This week brings back the Roundtable discussion. Four dental technicians gather around the table to talk about 3d printing in their labs. Real technicians using different printers every day on real cases.