User:Markoborn

Name
Mark Oborn MDTA LBIDST Dip Mgmt (Open)

Work History
1987 Qualified as a dental technician BTEC National Diploma

1987-1991 Technician with Carrington & Lewis

1991-1997 Technician with Stocking Beer & Oborn

1997-2002 Partner with Stocking Beer & Oborn

2002-2011 Director SBO Dental Laboratory

2011- Current Director Mark Oborn Ltd

Memberships
Licentiate British Institute of Dental & Surgical Technologists

Member Dental Technicians Association

Associate member British Academy Cosmetic Dentistry

Registered Dental Technician with General Dental Council (registration number 114147)

Vice President Rickmansworth and Chorleywood St John Ambulance

Qualifications
MBA Open 2009 Managing Creativity, Innovation and Change - Open University 2008, pass with merit

Marketing in a Complex World - Open University 2007

Corporate and Competitive Strategy - Open University 2007

Professional Diploma in Management - Pass with Merit - Open University 2006

Professional Certificate in Management - Open University 2005

BTEC National Diploma in Dental Technology 1987

Professional Partnerships
Panadent technical demonstrator for Vita & Sirona products

Sirona inLab certified trainer

Sirona inLab Beta tester

Inaugural member of i-esthetic partner network

Publications and Lectures
January 2009 - Private Laboratory article on Reverse Brainstorming October 2008 - ITI Congress presentation on Marketing

June 2008 - World Aesthetic Congress presentation on TEAMS

August 2007 - Digital Smiles written for searchdentist.co.uk

January 2007 - inLab basic course @ Panadent training laboratory

January 2007 - inLab basic course @ Panadent training laboratory

January 2007 - Restoration Selection published in British Dental Journal (BDJ)

December 2006 - inLab basic course @ Panadent training laboratory

September 2006 Panadent Roadshows - 'inLab demonstration' Manchester

June 2006 'Digital Communication' article for Restorative and Aesthetic Practice (FMC)

May 2006 'Running an efficient Dental Laboratory' article for Private Laboratory (FMC) journal -

May 2006 'inLab, Vita 3D Master and the Vita VM ceramic range' presentation at Dental Technology Show (DTS), Coventry

April 2006 Panadent Roadshows - 'inLab demonstration' Nottingham and Southampton

April 2006 'CADCAM Technology' article for Private Laboratory (FMC) journal

March 2006 'Implants and Aesthetics' presentation to Cardiff Branch of ADI

March 2006 'I like VM!' article for Vita Infos Magazine

January 2006 Panadent Roadshow - 'inLab demonstration and Vita 3D Master' Bristol

June 2005 -'The Aesthetic Challenge' lecture at World Aesthetic Congress

March 2005 - 'The Aesthetic Challenge' lecture at ADI International Congress

March 2004 - 'The Aesthetic Challenge' including 'Practical Shade Matching & Ultimate PFM' run at SBO Dental Laboratory

March 2004 - "Dentistry" Magazine - Article on 'Getting the best from porcelain inlays'

February 2004 - "Dentistry" Magazine - Article on 'Getting the best from Procera'

January 2004 - 'The Aesthetic Challenge' including 'Practical Shade Matching & Ultimate PFM' for a private UK dental laboratory

December 2003 - "Dentistry" Magazine - Article on 'Getting the best from Packaging'

November 2003 - Course 'Practical Shade Matching & Ultimate PFM'. Edinburgh Dental Institute

November 2003 - "Dentistry" Magazine - Article on 'Getting the best from shade matching'

September 2003 - Publication 'The Principles of Shade Matching - Part 2' Dental Technologies Magazine

August 2003 - Publication 'The Principles of Shade Matching - Part 1' Dental Technologies Magazine.

June 2003 - Publication 'Ensuring Predictability of the Aesthetic case'

April 2003 - Lecture to South London Dental Laboratories Association - 'Aesthetic Techniques'

September 2002 - New York Educational Congress - Lecture on 'Getting the Best..'