David Avery

David Avery, CDT received his AAS degree in dental laboratory technology from Durham Technical College in Durham, North Carolina in 1976 and served as an executive team member honing his management skills at Drake Precision Dental Laboratory in Charlotte, N.C for 30 years. He retired in June 2015 to pursue his passion for development and teaching as an independent consultant to laboratories, clinicians, manufacturers and Dental Schools.

His active journey through the digital evolution has uniquely positioned him to advise clinicians and laboratories with operational workflows and best technology applications.

He has taught undergraduate and post-graduate dental students at several universities.
Mr. Avery has published in numerous laboratory and clinical journals, serves on many editorial boards. He has presented more than 700 scientific programs for local, regional and national professional clinical and laboratory organizations covering every aspect of dental laboratory technology and communication.

He is a board member of the Foundation for Dental Laboratory Technology, Dental Technician Alliance of the American College of Prosthodontists and served as the Chair of the Task Force for Prosthopedia content. He also serves on the editorial boards of “Compendium of Dental Education”, “The Journal of Dental Technology”, “Inside Dental Technology”, “Inside Dental Assisting” and as past Dental Laboratory.