INSTRUCTORSInstructors for Dental Porcelain – Available Language

Kent D. Kohli owns and operates Contemporary Dental Aesthetics, LLC, a small, high-end boutique dental studio committed to artistic excellence in all phases of fixed oral prosthetics. His specialties are functionally driven smile design reconstruction, all-ceramic restoration and naturally esthetic implant restoration.
Kent is a graduate of Weber State University and performed his post-graduate studies at the Clinical Research Associates Fixed Oral Prosthetic Program for Private Laboratory Technicians in Provo, Utah.
Kent is passionate about education and maintains a rigorous continuing education regimen annually. Some of Kent’s mentors include: Aki Yoshida, Naoki Hayashi, Uwe Brosamle, Don Cornell, Gilbert Young, Michael Bellerino, Brad Jones and Matt Roberts.
Additionally, Kent maintains an active teaching schedule lecturing and presenting hands-on courses on contemporary dental esthetics & restorative techniques, material science, pressable ceramics, all-ceramic restorative alternatives & techniques and improved laboratory-dentist communication.

Accomplishments:
•Board Certified Dental Technician (NBC) Specialty: Ceramics
•National/International Lecturer/ Hands-on Clinician: 175+ Lectures,
•Demonstrations & Hands-on Courses Presented to-Date
•Published Author: Compendium, Dental Dialogue, DLP, et al
•Researcher/Developer of Dental Ceramics: Various Dental Manufacturers
•North American Technical Director Authentic Dental Ceramics
•Director of Technical Education: Darby/Zahn Dental 2004-2008
•Noritake Dental Instructor/Clinician 2004 to Present
•Member & Accreditation Candidate AACD
•Pursuing Accreditation at the “Kois Center”

Kent is married to Debra Dawn and they are the parents of one son and three daughters. When not creating & photographing smiles, Kent enjoys weight training, mountain biking, fishing, Ohio State Buckeye football & basketball, digital photography and spending time in the outdoors with his wife and children.