Alessandro Cucchiaro

Alessandro Cucchiaro has been leading dental technology for over four decades. He is the General Manager of Zirkonzahn USA, involved in all its education programs and master courses, author of articles, and lectures worldwide on full-arch monolithic zirconia rehabilitations on implants and CAD-CAM implant dentistry.

Education

• Graduated in 1981 from a 5-year program at the Dental Technical College IPSIA in Reggio Emilia, Italy.
• Mentored by his college professor Isacco Canovi in removable dentures, acquiring the techniques of Pound, Gysi and Gerber.
• Mentored by Professor Mario Martignoni (Rome), Dr. Aiutz (Switzerland) and Dr. Serrano (France) in crown and bridge restorations, acquiring gnathology concepts and PKT techniques.
• Mentored by Enrico Steger, acquiring concepts related to the natural morphology of the posterior teeth.
• Mentored by Klaus Müterthies, acquiring concepts related to ceramics and the aesthetics of the anterior teeth.
• Master courses with Willi Geller, Prof. Mario Martignoni, Claude Sieber, Alvin Schonenberger, Dr. Mauro Fradeani, Gerald Ubassy and many more.

Experience

• In the early years of his practice, Alessandro was particularly drawn to implant dentistry and focused mainly on full-arch implant rehabilitations.
• In 1986 he opened a small, high-quality dental laboratory in Italy specialized in implant restorations. With two oral surgeons, he developed protocols and techniques for complicated full-arch implant restorations.
• Later in his career he joined Zirkonzahn, founded by his mentor Enrico Steger.
• With the introduction of zirconia, he dedicated his talent to integrating zirconia full-arch restorations in the implant field. Thanks to MAD-MAM technology, he created the first full-arch monolithic zirconia restoration on implants.
• Today his main focus is CAD design and CAD-CAM technology in the implant field, and the materials that come with it.

In the USA he collaborates with

• Lyndon Cooper DDS, PhD (University of North Carolina)
• Ed McLaren DDS, MDC (UCLA)
• Ghadeer N. Thalji DDS, PhD, FACP (University of Iowa)
• Ramtin Sadid-Zadeh DDS, MS (University of Alabama)
• Brian K. Schroder DDS
• Bruce A. Chernow DDS
• Carlos A. Castro DDS, FACP (Atlanta, GA)
• David Garber DMD (Atlanta, GA)