Ernst A Hegenbarth

Ernst Hegenbarth received his master dental technologist degree following extensive experience as a dental technician and ceramist in Germany. He is the owner of Zen Line Dental, an advanced dental laboratory with an attached post-graduate teaching institute. Zen Line Dental is also a consultancy for marketing and development of ceramic products, education and publishing. He is the developer of the Creative Color System and the concept for the new NobelRondo – Creative Circle ceramics for Alumina and Zirconia. As a member of the European Academy of Esthetic Dentistry and the American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry, he has lectured at numerous international meetings and conducts seminars for postgraduate students and ceramists around the world. He also serves on the editorial boards of several journals and has published a textbook with Quintessence Creative Ceramic Color: A Practical System, as well as articles in several dental journals on esthetics.