Dr. Melissa Seibert is the creator and host of the top dental podcast, Dental Digest. The podcast is in the top 1% of all podcasts globally. She was recently awarded top 40 Under 40 dentists in America by Incisal Edge magazine. She is a graduate of a two-year comprehensive dentistry residency at Wilford Hall in San Antonio and an AEGD at Barksdale AFB. She is the author of multiple publications and lectures to national and international audiences. She founded the Advanced Interdisciplinary Mastermind – a study club of top-tier clinicians.

Lonni is the Founder and President of Image Gallery, a Certified Dental Laboratory, which started in 1979 in Columbus Ohio. She opened the practice with two dentists and a prosthodontist, becoming sole owner in 1987. Lonni’s experience allow a unique knowledge of the latest technological advances, combined with true artistry.

Image Gallery has been in the forefront of technology, always improving and staying on the cutting edge of advances in dentistry. The digital revolution is no exception. Image Gallery started the digital dentistry revolution 20 years ago and is now one of the leading laboratories in the U.S. combining digital dentistry and artistry. Education, certification, and training are extremely important to the Image Gallery’s philosophy. After graduating and teaching at The Ohio State University and Columbus State Community College, Lonni has continued her journey of learning and acquiring at least 50 credits a year, supporting team members to do the same.

See Lonni Thompson’s webinar: Digital Done Right: 3D Printing for Productive High Quality Work

Learn about Lonni Thompson’s Interview: Meet Image Gallery Lab: A High-End Boutique Lab Using 3D Printing Technology to Stand Out From the Crowd

Yurdanur Ucar graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Dentistry where she received her DDS degree. She has a PhD in Prosthodontics received from Cukurova University. She holds MS-degree in Dental Materials and PhD-degree in Oral Biology both received from The Ohio State University, USA.

She was a Full-Professor in the Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry at Cukurova University where she served as Department Head of Prosthodontics and Vice Dean for Educational Affairs. She was as an adjunct-faculty in Department of Biotechnology. She also served as Department Head of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology. Dr. Ucar’s research focus includes dental-materials, dental-implantology, biomaterials, additive manufacturing of metal powders, ceramic and polymers including layered-manufacturing applications of bone tissue engineering. She is founder and CEO of a start-up company called BioFuture founded to make customized hard tissue using stem cells and 3D-bioprinters. She currently works in a private dental clinic in Antalya.