Lee Culp, CDT is the Vice President of Dental Technologies at D4D Technologies, and the owner of Mosaic Studios and the Director of Technology and Innovation at the Dawson Academy. He maintains an active teaching schedule at these, and other post graduate teaching centers focusing on reconstructive and esthetic dentistry.
Lee is the editor in chief of Spectrum and associate editor of Teamwork. He is also on the editorial board of Practical Procedures and Aesthetic Dentistry, and Compendium, Inside Dentistry.
Lee’s professional memberships include the American College of Prosthodontics, the American Equilibration Society, and the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, the Academy of CAD-CAM Dentistry, and the American Prothodontic Society. Lee is an accredited member and, currently working on his fellowship for the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry.
He is the 2007 recipient of the Kenneth Rudd Award from the American Society of Prosthodontics, the 2007 recipient of the AACD Presidents Award for Excellence in Dental Education, as well as the 2003 recipient of the National Association of Dental Laboratories, Excellence in Education Award. Lee is also been appointed adjunct professor at University of North Carolina- School of Dentistry, Graduate Prosthetics department.
Lee is an avid writer, and had been a contributor to four dental books, including a chapter in Dr. Peter Dawson’s book Functional Occlusion: From TMJ to Smile Design.
He is a leading resource/inventor for many of the materials, products, and techniques used in dentistry today, holds numerous patents for his ideas and products. Lee writes many articles per year, and his writing, photography, and teaching style have brought him international recognition, as one of today’s most exciting lecturers and innovative artisans in the specialty of dental ceramics and functional esthetics.