Paolo Smaniotto and Alessandra Smaniotto
I’ve been practicing my profession for thirty years. With my daughter, Alessandra, and six other coworkers we form a Team of excellence.
Resume Odt. Paolo Smaniotto
Graduated as a dental technician in 1977, in 1978 I received my professional certificate with the highest grades at the Istituto Superiore Arti Sanitarie “ E. Bernardi ” in Padova.
For two years, between 1994 and 1996, he frequents Scuola di Porta Mascarella – Bologna:
- Professor for ANTLO FORMAZIONE (Associazione Nazionale Titolari Laboratorio Odontotecnico).
- Active member of AIMAD (Accademia Italiana dei Materiali Dentali)
- Active member of AIOP (Accademia Italiana Odontoiatria Protesica), in the years 2009- 2010 he is director of the dental technician’s sector of the Accademia Italiana di Odontoiatria Protesica, in the years 2010-2012 he is a member of the Commisione Accettazione Soci Attivi A.I.O.P.
- Member of Dental Excellence (International Laboratory Group – Zurich – CH).
- In 2007 the E.D.A (European Dental Association) awards him the title of Odontotecnico Specialista in Protesi Fissa e su Impianti (Dental Technician Specialist in Mounted Prosthetics and Implants).
- In the years 2007-2008 He was invited to lecture at N.Y.U New York University College of Dentistry C.D.E Graduates.
- From 2008 he is professor in post-graduate master program for improvement at the Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, and from 2013 at the Università “Vita Salute San Raffaele” of Milano.
- In 2010 he received a Medal of Merit from the President of the Republic of Italy, On. Giorgio Napolitano.
- From 2013 he is an adjunct professor a.c in Dental Materials and Prosthetic Technologies at the Corso di Laurea di Odontoiatria e Protesi Dentaria of the Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia (Prof. U. Consolo).
- From 2014 he is professor a.c in Tecnologie di Laboratorio Odontoprotesico of Corso di Laurea in Odontoiatria e Protesi Dentaria of the Università “Vita Salute San Raffaele” of Milano (Prof. E. Gherlone)
Resume Odt. Dott.ssa Alessandra Smaniotto
Dental technician graduate from the Istituto Statale F. Lampertico of Vicenza, in 2011 she receives the degree of specialization in Biomolecular Cellular Biology from the Università di Ferrara, She has scientific experiences that she matured at the University of Valencia (Spain) and at King‘s College of the University of London (UK).
Frequent professional training sessions abroad, other than her professional development, allow her to practice and remain active in her knowledge of the English and Spanish languages.
In 2010 she is Rapporteur at the 27th Congresso Nazionale Antlo di Marina di Carrara (National Congress Antlo of Marina di Carrara) with a presentation titled: Aspetti di interesse Biologico utili in implantoprotesi.
From 2011 she primarily manages Digital Dental BioTechnology along with her father, Paolo, in the development and application of the new methods A.R.D (Anatomic Ridge Design) and Z.P.S (Partially Stratified Zirconia).
I do not intend to demonstrate anything…. when I think about it, it seems really strange…
Given all that has already been said in my more than thirty years of professional activity, I am not intending to demonstrate anything new here.
With regard to my fairly frequent “posts” on Facebook, and more generally on every medium related to new technology, I would just like to offer the following reflections:
“Tempus Fugit, but not only in my professional life”: when I consider this, it does seem to me very strange.
I find myself living in a “professional” world, but something much more than that: something that I couldn’t even have imagined in the past.
Whether or not I am happy to be in the position of “accepting this situation”, I really don’t know, but I certainly don’t want to turn it into a problem. The fact is that “ageing” in a professional sense (and more) is a new experience for me on a daily basis. Even the feelings I have about all this are something new.
As a result, my only recourse is to research, compare, analyse and experiment with new ways of doing things, postponing the process of more (or less) detailed analysis till later, accepting the current reality but trying to shape it around my past experience: in a fundamental sense continuing to live with it and to continue living.
I get the impression there is a certain comic aspect to all this, both in my professional experience and my daily life.
Richard P. Feynman said in “The Meaning of It All”:
“What we call scientific knowledge today is a body of statements of varying degrees of certainty. Some of them are most unsure; some of them are nearly sure; but none is absolutely certain.”
Others (Gross 1997 – Greenstein 2003) agree that we are searching for Significance and Relevance in our answers, which is basically what ALL OF US are looking for. This is where:
- Significance implies a change in the way of tackling a case.
- Relevance: not only with respect to doctors and dental technician , but also concerning the patient in receipt of the treatment and repair-work: which in our case is a PROSTHETIC DEVICE.
This certainly has its own merit and worth, and translates into what I am doing and what I WILLINGLY share; accepting – indeed encouraging- discussion and analysis, the only real source of progress in both professional and human life.
