Registration: 8:00 AM

Continental breakfast provided during registration.
(For special dietary requirements please contact our Media & Continuing Education Coordinator, Meg Hamrick, meg@sdcds.org or 619-275-7188)

General Information

Dr. Sreenivas Koka
Lecture Title: Truths, half-truths and lies in prosthodontics and implant dentistry

Bio: Dr. Sreenivas Koka received DDS and MS (prosthodontics) degrees from The University of Michigan. He joined the University of Nebraska faculty in 1992, became a Diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontics in 1995, and received his PhD in Oral Biology from the University of Nebraska in 1999. While at the University of Nebraska, Dr. Koka received the Outstanding Teacher Award on numerous occasions and was the inaugural Merritt C. Pedersen Professor of Dentistry.  He joined the Staff of Mayo Clinic in 2004 and is former Consultant, former Professor of Dentistry and former Chairman of the Department of Dental Specialties in Rochester, Minnesota. Dr. Koka received an MBA from MIT’s Sloan School of Management in 2013 and moved to Zurich, Switzerland to be Executive Director of the Foundation for Oral Rehabilitation.  Dr. Koka moved back to the US to focus on patient care and student education and open Koka Dental Clinic, a private practice focused on implant and removable prosthodontics in San Diego.

Dr. Alex Matosian
Lecture Title: Take Home Tips for Complex Implant Restorations

Bio: Dr. Alex Matosian is a San Diego native who completed his undergraduate studies at Point Loma Nazarene University, and graduated from the Loma Linda University School of Dentistry. Following his passion for problem solving and creativity, Dr. Matosian obtained specialty training in Prosthodontics at the University of California San Francisco. Upon completion of his residency, Dr. Matosian returned to his home of San Diego to practice with his father and his brother, a Master Ceramist. Combining their skills, they enjoy a varied and exciting cosmetic and implant prosthodontic practice. Dr. Matosian has co-authored articles in the Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry on guided surgery and provisional techniques to transition patients through hard and soft tissue augmentation procedures.

Dr. Michael Singer
Lecture Title: Taming Dental Technology, An Update on Digital Prosthodontics.

Bio: Dr. Michael Singer earned his DDS in 2010 from UCSF School of Dentistry after a degree in Biological and Biomedical Engineering from Cornell University and completed a three-year residency in Advanced Prosthodontics at UCSF.  In 2017, he was recognized as a Diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontics and Fellow of the American College of Prosthodontists.   He currently maintains a private practice in San Diego, CA with a focus on using digital dental technology to improve patient outcomes.