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ROBERT B. KERSTEIN, DMD
Kerstein & Friedmann, P. C.


Robert B. Kerstein, D.M.D.

Education

1983 - 1985 - Tufts University School of Dental Medicine Division of Advanced Education.

Postgraduate program in fixed and removable prosthodontics
Certificate in Prosthodontics awarded July, 1985

1980 - 1983 - Tufts University School of Dental Medicine Degree program in general dentistry
Degree awarded - D.M.D. May, 1983

1976 - 1980 Tufts University Major in Chemistry
Degree awarded - Bachelor of Science (BSc.), May, 1980


Professional Experience

1987 - Practice limited to Prosthodontics and Myofascial Pain
665 Beacon St., Suite 204, Boston, Mass. 02215

1985 - Practice limited to Prosthodontics and Myofascial Pain
64 East Haverhill St., Lawrence, Mass. 01841

1981 - Dental Laboratory Technician
Cast Gold, Metal Ceramics, Complete Dentures, Removable Partial Dentures

1985 / 1987 - Practice limited to Prosthodontics
1087 Beacon St., Newton, Mass. 02117 - Fairfield Plaza, Boston, Mass. 02115

1985 / 1986 - Practice limited to Prosthodontics
Gentle Dental Center, Staff Prosthodontist
West Roxbury, Mass

1983 / 1985 - General Dental Practice
509 Moody st., Waltham, Mass.

1981 / 1983 - Dental Hygienist
509 Moody St., Waltham, Mass.


Teaching Experience

1985 - 1997, 2005 - Tufts University School of Dental Medicine,

Assistant Clinical ProfessorCrown and Bridge Faculty, Department of Restorative Dentistry

Guest Lecturer in Occlusion II and Removable Partial Dentures


Lectures and Presentations

April 2006 - Computer Guided Occlusion, Full day seminar and live patient demonstration, Costa Mesa, CA

March 2006 - Academy of Osseointegration, Seattle, WA

February 2006 - Computer Guided Occlusion, Full day seminar and live patient demonstration, Philadelphia, PA

 November 2005 - Computer Guided Occlusion, Full day seminar and live patient demonstration, Boca Raton, FL

September 2005 - Computer Guided Occlusion, Full day seminar and live patient demonstration, Dallas, TX

International Academy of Gnathology, Victoria, BC

Canadian Academy of Restorative Dentistry, Quebec City, QC

May 2005 - Computer Guided Occlusion, Full day seminar and live patient demonstration, New York, NY

BioResearch Symposium, Milwaukee, WI

March 2005 - Esthetic Professionals, Dental Technology Extravaganza,
Universal City, CA

February 2005 - American Equilibration Society, Chicago, IL

January 2005 - Yankee Dental Congress, Boston, MA

December 2004 - Korean Academy of Occlusion, Intro to Computerized Occlusal Analysis, Seoul Korea

November 2004 - 21st Century Occlusion, Full day seminar and live patient demonstration, Miami, FL

Esthetic Advantage, Ultimate Occlusion, Intro to Computerized Occlusal Analysis and a Hands-on Workshop, New York, NY

University of Maryland Prostho Program, Intro to Computerized Occlusal Analysis, Baltimore, MD

October 2004 - 21st Century Occlusion, All day seminar; ½ day live patient demonstration, Toronto, Canada

September 2004 - Darien Study Club, Intro to Computerized Occlusal Analysis, Live clinical patient treatment with computerized occlusal analysis, Stamford, CT

July 2004 - 21st Century Occlusion, All day seminar; ½ day live patient demonstration, Chicago, IL 

April 2004 - Bunting Periodontal Society, Anterior Guidance and Disclusion Time Reduction, Ann Arbor, MI

BioResearch Annual Conference, Anterior Guidance and Disclusion Time Reduction with T-Scan/EMG Synchronization, Milwaukee, WI

Introduction to T-Scan Computer Occlusal Analysis & Familiarization Workshop, Vancouver, Canada

May 2004 - Academy of Computerized Dentistry, Intro to Computerized Occlusal Analysis and a Hands on Workshop, Montreal, Canada

March 2004 - 21st Century Occlusion, All day seminar; ½ day Live patient demonstration, Seattle, WA

Esthetic Advantage, Ultimate Occlusion, Intro to Computerized Occlusal Analysis and a Hands-on Workshop, Palm Beach, FL

December 2003 - John Kois Restorative Excellence, Intro to Computerized Occlusal Analysis, Seattle, WA

Hornbrook Group (Guest Lecturer), Adhesive Case Insertion Finishing with Computerized Occlusal Analysis, Houston, TX

November 2003 - 21st Century Occlusion, All day seminar; ½ day live patient demonstration, Las Vegas, NV

21st Century Occlusion, All day seminar; ½ day live patient demonstration, Atlanta, GA

Buffalo Periodontal Society, 21st Century Occlusion, Buffalo, NY

October 2003 - Champlain Valley Study Club, Esthetic Considerations in Implant Dentistry

September 2003 - International Academy of Gnathology, Timing of Posterior Tooth Contacts; Computerized Occlusal Analysis Lecture and Table Clinic, Sante Fe, NM

July 2003 - Pankey Study Club, 21st Century Occlusion, All day seminar; ½ day Live patient demonstration, Owensboro, KY

April 2003 - Occlusal Management & T-Scan Technology; One day “hands-on” course, Bozeman, MT

BioResearch Annual Conference, Anterior Guidance and Disclusion Time Reduction with T-Scan/EMG Synchronization, Milwaukee, WI

March 2003 - 21st Century Occlusion, All day seminar; ½ day live patient demonstration, Boston, MA

University of Texas Health Science Center Prosthodontic Department, Synchronization of Computerized Occlusal Analysis and EMG; Live Clinical Patient Treatment with Computerized Occlusal Analysis

February 2003 - 21st Century Occlusion, All day seminar; ½ day live patient demonstration, San Diego, CA

January 2003 - Yankee Dental, Hands on with Computerized Occlusal Analysis, Boston, MA

December 2002 - 21st Century Occlusion, All day seminar; ½ day live patient demonstration, Addison, TX

 October 2002 - Academy of Implant Dentistry, CAD/CAM Custom Implant Abutments, Los Angeles, CA

21st Century Occlusion, All day seminar; ½ day live patient demonstration, Buffalo, NY

Canadian Academy of Restorative Dentistry, Computerized Occlusal Analysis and Restorative Dentistry, Vancouver, Canada

September 2002 - Japan Association of Cranio-Mandibular Orthopedics, Intro to Computerized Occlusal Analysis, Tokyo, Japan

August 2002 - International Congress of Oral Implantologist, Intro to Computerized Occlusal Analysis; Hands on with Computerized Occlusal Analysis, Montreal, Canada

June 2002 - 21st Century Occlusion, All day seminar; ½ day live patient demonstration, Stratford, CT

May 2002 - BioResearch Annual Conference, Anterior Guidance and Disclusion Time Reduction, Milwaukee, WI

April 2002 - Genr8Tnext, Computerized Occlusal Analysis and Electromyography Synchronization, Orlando, FL

March 2002 - Academy of Computerized Dentistry, Intro to Computerized Occlusal Analysis and Hands on Workshop, San Antonio, TX

Ross Nash Esthetic Symposium, Intro to Computerized Occlusal Analysis, Charlotte, NC

T-Scan II Computerized Occlusal Analysis System, Hoyeswerda, Germany

February 2002 - 21st Century Occlusion, All day seminar; ½ day live patient demonstration, Atlanta, GA

January 2002 - 21st Century Occlusion, All day seminar; ½ day live patient demonstration, Scottsdale, AZ

21st Century Occlusion, All day seminar; ½ day live patient demonstration, St. Petersburg Beach, FL

BioResearch Annual Conference, Anterior Guidance and Disclusion Time Reduction, Milwaukee, WI

October 2001 - 21st Century Occlusion, All day seminar; ½ day live patient demonstration, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX

PAC Live Guest Faculty, Adhesive Case Insertion Finishing with Computerized Occlusal Analysis, San Francisco, CA

September 2001 - Intro to Computerized Occlusal Analysis, Osaka, Japan

August 2001 - Current Applications of Computerized Occlusal Analysis Florida AGD Meeting, Innisbruck Resort, Tampa FL

July 2001 - Current Applications of Computerized Occlusal Analysis National AGD Meeting, New York, NY

June 2001 - Paper Markings; what they really mean, ½ day presentation Girrbach Dental Open House, Pforzheim, Germany

May 2001 - Adhesive Reconstruction Case Finishing, ½ day presentation AACD National Session, Boston, MA

April 2001 - 21st Century Occlusion, All day seminar; ½ day live patient demonstration, Arlington Heights, IL

February 2001 - 21st Century Occlusion, All day seminar; ½ day live patient demonstration, Seattle, WA 

January 2001 - Yankee Dental Congress, Time and Occlusion, ½ day presentation, Boston, MA

July 2000 - PAC Live Guest Faculty, Adhesive Case Insertion Finishing with Computerized Occlusal Analysis, San Francisco, CA

June 2000 - PAC Live (Guest Faculty), Adhesive Case Insertion Finishing with Computerized Occlusal Analysis, San Francisco, CA 

May 2000 - Albany VA Alumni Day - 21st Century Occlusion, All day seminar; ½ day Live patient demonstration

April 2000 - PAC Live (Guest Faculty), Adhesive Case Insertion Finishing with Computerized Occlusal Analysis, San Francisco, CA

February 2000 - American Prosthodontic Society Table Clinic, Applications of Computerized Occlusal Analysis

PAC Live (Guest Faculty), Adhesive Case Insertion Finishing with Computerized Occlusal Analysis, San Francisco, CA

Chicago American Equilibration Society Meeting – Anterior Guidance and Disclusion Time Reduction, Chicago, IL

January 2000 - Yankee Dental Congress – High-Tech Day Introduction to Computerized Occlusal Analysis

November 1999 - University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio; Postgraduate Prosthodontics.  Guest Lecturer, Computerized Occlusal Analysis in Prosthetic Dentistry

21st Century Occlusion. Marriott Plaza San Antonio, TX. All day course.

October 1999 - Establishing an Occlusal Contact Time Delay Between Natural Teeth and Implant Prostheses In Mixed Implant – Natural Tooth Combination Occlusal Schemes

American College of Prosthodontists, Annual Session, Computerized Occlusal Analysis Workshop, New York, NY

Clinical Applications of the T-Scan II System, New York, NY

August 1999 - Conferencia Otontologica, San Martin de los Andes, Argentina, Optimizing Occlusion with Computerized Occlusal Analysis

International Congress of Oral Implantologist, Implant Time, Dearborn, MI

July 1999 - AAHNFP Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, JW Marriott Hotel, Disclusion Time Reduction Therapy - Table Clinic

Argentina Dental Congress, Intro to Computerized Occlusal Analysis, San Martin De Los Andes

March 1999 - Clinical Applications of the T-Scan II System
Seattle Study Club, Fargo ND
All day Course
Gary Lindemoan, DDS Chairman

March 1999 - 21st Century Occlusion
Greater Montana Continuing Education Series
Bozeman, MT
All day Course

February 1999 - APS Annual Meeting, Chicago, Ill. Hyatt Regency, Disclusion Time Reduction Therapy - Table Clinic.

January 1999 - Yankee Dental, Anterior Guidance and Disclusion Time Reduction, Hands on with Computerized Occlusal Analysis, Boston, MA

November 1998 - Disclusion Time Reduction Therapy
Presented at the Center for Advanced
Dental Education, St. Petersburg, FL, Application II Course

Optimizing Implant Prosthetic Insertions with the T-Scan II Occlusal Analysis System


Analysis System

Presented to the Coastal Jaw Surgery Study Club, Michael A. Pikos Chairman, Tarpon Springs FL

August 1998 - The “Old” and the “New” in Removable Partial Dentures. Presented at the Charles J. Jerge Seminar. Myrtle Beach SC

June 1998 - Clinical Applications of the T-Scan II System. Presented in Orlando Florida and Boston, MA

May 1998 - Optimizing Implant Occlusion. Presented at the ICOI World Congress in Dearborn, MI

February 1998 - Occlusal Study Report

Presented before the American Equilibration Society annual session. February 19 - 20, 1995, Chicago, IL

January 1996 - 1998- Introduction to the T-Scan II Occlusal Analysis System - Hands-on courses, Yankee Dental Congress

January 1997 - Prosthetic Management of Anterior Guidance, Yankee Dental Congress

March 1995 - Disclusion Time Reduction Therapy - Table Clinic Washington D.C. District Spring Meeting, Washington, D.C.

February 1995 - Understanding Disclusion Time, a functional occlusal parameter. Presented before the American Equilibration Society annual session, February 22 and 23, 1995, Chicago, IL

January 1994,1995 - The T-Scan II Occlusal Analyzer and Disclusion Time Reduction
Yankee Dental Congress
Boston, MA
2 1/2 day lectures

October 1993 - 1998 - Disclusion Time Reduction Therapy - Table Clinic American Dental Association Annual Session

October 1993 - Disclusion Time Reduction Therapy Roger Williams Hospital, Oral Surgery Department invited lecturer, Providence, RI

October 1993 - Disclusion Time Reduction Therapy, North Metropolitan Dental Society, Saugus, MA

October 1993 - Disclusion Time Reduction Therapy
Tufts University School of Dental Medicine
Department Of Continuing Education
All day course

October 1992, 1993 - 1994, 1995, 1996 - Disclusion Time Reduction Therapy - Table Clinic New England Dental Society Annual Meeting Forsythia School of Dental Hygiene, Boston, MA

April 1993 - Roger Williams College, Disclusion Time Reduction Therapy

February 1993 - Disclusion Time Reduction Therapy
Great Bay Study Club
Guest Lecturer, Portsmouth, NH

September 1992 - Disclusion Time Reduction Therapy
Limited to Endodontics Study Club
Guest Lecturer, Boston, MA

January 1992 - Disclusion Time Reduction Therapy
Yankee Dental Congress
Minuteman Lecture, Boston, MA

March 1991 - Disclusion Time Reduction Therapy with Immediate Complete Anterior Guidance Development
Montana Dental Society, Midwinter Meeting
Missoula, MT
All day course

February 1990 - Techniques of Complex Prosthodontic Reconstruction and Treatment of Myofascial Pain Dysfunction Syndrome
Western Montana Dental Society
Missoula, MT
All day course

March 1989 - Myofascial Pain Dysfunction Syndrome, A cause, and its treatment, Merrimack Valley Dental Hygiene Association, Lawrence, MA

January 1988 - Porcelain Labial Margins for Esthetic Success
Yankee Dental Congress
Minuteman Lecture, Boston, MA

1987 - 1991 - A Rational Approach to the Complex Prosthodontic Case
Tufts University School of Dental Medicine
Department Of Continuing Education
All day course

Annually since 1986 - Anterior Determinants of Occlusion
Tufts University School of Dental Medicine
Department Of Restorative Dentistry
Occlusal Studies Part II

Disclusion Time Reductio n Therapy
Tufts University School of Dental Medicine
Department Of Restorative Dentistry
Occlusal Studies Part II

Abutment Coverage for Crown Restorations
Tufts University School of Dental Medicine
Department Of Restorative Dentistry
Removable Partial Denture Course

Interocclusal Records
Tufts University School of Dental Medicine
Department Of Restorative Dentistry
Removable Partial Denture Course

April 1986- Clinical and Laboratory Management of Occlusal Reconstruction, Waltham Dental Group, Waltham, MA

March 1986 - Selected Topics in Fixed Prosthodontics, Dedicated Dental Center, Braintree, MA

February 1986 - Techniques of Temporization, Alpha Omega Dental Fraternity, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA


Professional Memberships

ADA – American Dental Association

AES - American Equilibration Society

MDS – Massachusetts Dental Society

Greater Boston Dental Society


Television Appearances

October 1993 - New England Cable News, Newton, Mass. Health Report about Disclusion Time Reduction Therapy, Ms. Cara Birritiri, Reporter

March 1993 - Channel 56, Boston, Mass News at 10, Health report about Disclusion Time Reduction, In studio interview with Dr. Noshir Mehta, Ms. Susan Corwin, Reporter

November 1992 - Channel 7, Boston, Mass. 6 o'clock news. Health Report about Disclusion Time Reduction Therapy, Mr. Lester Strong, Reporter

June 1992 - Channel 4, Boston, Mass. 6 o'clock news, Health Report about Disclusion Time Reduction Therapy, Ms. Loren Scott, Reporter

December 1991 - Channel 13, Albany, New York 6 o'clock news, Health Report about Disclusion Time Reduction Therapy, Ms. Benita Zahn, Reporter


Video Production

1990 - Disclusion Time Reduction Therapy with Immediate Complete Anterior Guidance Development. A 2 hour teaching videotape utilizing intaoral macro video to illustrate the clinical technique of reducing Disclusion Time with Immediate Complete Anterior Guidance Development

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