Dominique Vinci completed his dental lab technician training at the Centre d’enseignement professionnel technique et artisanal (CEPTA) in Geneva, Switzerland in 1983. From 1983 to 1987, he worked as a dental technician at the University of Geneva. His specializations include esthetic fixed dental prostheses and implant-supported restorations and he has more than 15 years of experience with all-ceramic systems (aluminium oxide, zirconium oxide, etc.).
From 1987 to 1988, Dominique Vinci was the owner of D. Vinci Dental Laboratory in Rome, Italy. From 1988 to 1990, he worked in the dental laboratories of A. Schöneberger in Zurich and Rome. From 1995 to 2008, he ran the Laboratoire Odontotechnique Vinci. Moreover, he was head instructor on the topic of ceramics for students of CEPTA and conducted regular hands-on courses for dental technicians. For his prosthetic work in collaboration with Prof. U. Belser of the Department of Fixed Prosthodontics and Occlusion (University of Geneva), he received the “best clinical case” award in 2005 together with Dr Vaillati at the International Congress of Implantology in Munich, Germany. Moreover, he participated in a clinical study involving bone level implants and zirconium oxide abutments (Straumann Anatomic IPS e.max Abutment).
Dominique Vinci has been an opinion leader for Straumann and Ivoclar Vivadent since 2008. Since 2009, he has been running his own dental laboratory and continuing education centre (Vinci Dental Concept) in Geneva.