Basics of CAD/CAM technology in dentistry

9:00 – 9:45 Основни принципи на CAD/CAM технологията, компютърни системи предназначени за CAD, основно използвани 3D файлови формати.
10:00 – 10:45 Материали за изработване на протезни конструкции чрез системите за фрезоване и 3D принтиране.
11:00 – 11:45 Протоколи и апаратура за създаване на виртуална реплика на протезното поле.
12:45 - 16:00 Демонстрация и работа на участниците в курса с интраорални скенери, лабораторен скенер и дигитално проектиране на единична корона.

Prof. Dr Angelina Vlahova, MD

Prof. Angelina Vlahova works in the Department of Prosthetic Dentistry of the Faculty of Dental Medicine in Medical University – Plovdiv. She graduated her university education in 2005 in FDM-Plovdiv. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department from 2007 and a specialist of Prosthetic Dentistry from 2010. She became a regular PhD student in the Department the same year and her final defense was after 2 years, in 2012. She became a Chief Assistant Professor in 2013, an Associate Professor – in 2015 and a Professor – in 2019. She was chosen for a Head of the Department of Prosthetic Dentistry in March 2020 and 2024. From 21.12.2023 is a Dean of FDM-Plovdiv.
   

Prof. Angelina Vlahova has two monographies in Bulgarian and one in English, 3 textbooks, two of them in English, more than 150 articles and more than 140 oral and poster presentations on congresses in Bulgaria and abroad, and also theoretical-practical courses. She has more than 200 citations.
   

Prof. Angelina Vlahova works with students, post-graduation and PhD students in FDM-Plovdiv. She has lecture courses of Clinics of Prosthetic Dentistry with 3, 4 and 5th course English speaking students, 3rd course Bulgarian students and lecture courses “CAD/CAM technologies in Dentistry” for Bulgarian and English students. 
   

Prof. Angelina Vlahova works in the CAD/CAM Center of FDM-Plovdiv and CDI with another colleagues. 
   

Prof. Angelina Vlahova has her own private practice in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. 

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Dr. Viktor Hadzhigaev DMD

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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Stefan Zlatev, DMD

Dr. Stefan Zlatev, DMD, PhD was born in 1987 in Plovdiv. From 2006 to 2012 he studied dentistry at the Faculty of Dental Medicine of the Medical University of Plovdiv. In 2013 he started working as an assistant professor at the Department of Prosthetic Dental Medicine of the Faculty of Dental Medicine at MU-Plovdiv and in a private practice in Plovdiv. In 2016, he acquired a specialty in Prosthetic Dental Medicine. In 2019, he de-fended the degree of Doctor of Orthopedic Dentistry. In the same year, he was appoint-ed as a senior assistant professor at the Department of Prosthetic Dental Medicine and head of the newly formed unit - CAD/CAM Center of Dental Medicine at the Research Institute at the Medical University - Plovdiv. The scientific interests of dr. Zlatev's re-search interests are focused on prosthetic dentistry, aesthetic dentistry, digital dentistry - building three-dimensional biological models, CAD/CAM, clinical photography and dental implantology. He has over 110 scientific contributions, 35 of them full-text arti-cles published in Bulgarian and international scientific journals. He has co-authored a textbook on Material Science for Dentists edited by Prof. Dr. Christo Kissov. He is a member of the Bulgarian Scientific Society of Dental Medicine, Union of Scientists in Bulgaria, Bulgarian Dental Union, Bulgarian Academy of Aesthetic Dentistry, IADR, EPA, DDS and NYAS.