Riccardo Ammannato, DDS

Riccardo Ammannato, DDS

Graduated at Genoa University (Italy) Internship at the Department of Operative and Restorative Dentistry, University of Zurich under the guidance of Prof. F. Lutz; studying adhesive dentistry and its applications in operative and prosthetic dentistry.

Teacher at University of Rome Tor Vergata (Italy), for the year 2017, in Restorative and Esthetic Dentistry. Direct by Prof F. Mangani.

Active Member of the European Academy Esthetic Dentistry (EAED); Active Member of the Italian Academy of Operative AIC (Accademia Italiana di Conservativa) since; Active Member of the Italian Academy Esthetic Dentistry (IAED).

He has developed and published in 2015 and 2018 on the International Journal of Esthetic Dentistry (IJED), a new and no prep approach to restore worn dentition: The “Index Technique” Author of articles on adhesive and restorative dentistry and speaker in international courses and congresses.

He currently practices at his office in Genoa, with multidisciplinary approach, but focusing on esthetics and restorative dentistry.

The index technique

The Index Technique: New No-Prep Approach for Worn Dentition

By: Riccardo Ammannato, DDSThis Topic Originally Appeared on PankeyGram.Org. Dr. Ammannato granted permission for igniteDDS to share…

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