What Does Being a Master Dental Technologist Mean to You?

Paul Federico, 
President of ASMDT

We at the Board of ASMDT are working hard to ensure that the title of Master Dental Technologist is a great value for our members. As you may know, ASMDT is more than just an educational society. Your Master Certificate has given you the ability to speak knowledgeably with members of the dental profession. As the number of Master Dental Technologists grows throughout the country and the world, the Master Dental Technologist is becoming synonymous with excellence. Master Dental Technologists are hired more frequently by Prosthodontists. They are also selected as instructors and technical educators at colleges and universities. Manufacturers are beginning to value the Master Certificate and are placing them in leadership positions. Members are elected to boards of various associations including the Northeast Gnathologic Society, the International Congress of Oral Implantologists and the American College of Prosthodontists. The Master Certificate grows in value and prestige as more of our members take prominent positions in leadership roles.
This past year alone, four Master Dental Technologists were accepted as faculty members at the New York University Post-Graduate prosthodontic Program. These technologists are working with graduate prosthetic students for diagnosis and plan treatments and to design and construct prosthetic appliances. More
importantly, they are teaching the students the significance of having the input of the on-site technologist.
Thus, the university boasts the first prosthetic program in the nation to have full-time Master Technologist
advisors on hand. In addition, Vincent Vederosa, MDT has been appointed laboratory director of Stony Brook University College of Dental Medicine Through the increased exposure of ASMDT, more of the leaders in dentistry are respecting the knowledge and sacrifice technicians have made to become Master Dental Technologists. Our Association is working diligently to advance the prestige of its members and realizes that this cannot be done without the support of its Alumnus.
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Paul Federico A.A.S., B.S., MDT , ASMDT President, 2000

Maintains a full service dental laboratory specializing in full mouth rehabilitation. A member of the faculty of New York University for the past 15 years, instructor of removable partial denture design and Dawson concepts of dentistry for the ASMDT program. Director of Predictable Restorative Dentistry Seminars, a member of the Dr. Richard Tucker cast gold study club.