CURRICULUM VITAE LAURENCE R. RIFKIN D.D.S.

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE LAURENCE R. RIFKIN D.D.S. PERSONAL DATA Birthplace: Residence: Art Studio: Practice Location: October Chicago Illinois Marina Del Rey, California Marina Del Rey, California Beverly Hills, California Websites EDUCATION Undergraduate: California State University at Long Beach, Professional degree: University of Southern California School of Dentistry, , D.D.S. degree. DENTAL PRACTICE A general dental practice emphasizing facial, dento-facial aesthetics, full mouth prosthodontics, cosmetic dentistry and periodontal implant prosthodontics and microscope enhanced dentistry. The practice is dedicated to comprehensive dental care including prevention, conservative dentistry to aesthetic and full mouth rehabilitation. Creating and maintaining a team approach to dental and dento-facial aesthetic which includes specialists in dentistry and cosmetic facial reconstructive and plastic surgical enhancements for optimal individual improvements in anatomical form and self-esteem. POST GRADUATE EDUCATION University of Southern California Porcelain to Metal Restorations Restorative Dentistry and Full Mouth Rehabilitation Prosthetic Repairs and Salvaging the Periodontally Terminal Dentition Theory and Practice of Ceramo-Metal Restorations Orthodontics and Cephalometrics Osseointegration and Implant Prosthodontics Branemark Course Stuart Gnathological Seminars (Charles Stuart and Peter K. Thomas) Cusp Fossa Waxing Technique Science of Occlusion 1

2 Gnathology (Basic and Advanced Science) Partial Dentures Surgical Orthodontics Cast Gold Restorations Clinical Course in Gnathology Gnathological Procedures in Oral Reconstruction Porcelain Veneer bonding and Aesthetic Dentistry University of California, San Francisco Removable Partial Denture Design (APM Sterngold) Continuing educational courses Too numerous to list between 1976 to Present MEMBERSHIPS (past and present) American Dental Association California Dental Association Western Dental Society Los Angeles Dental Society American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry European Academy of Esthetic Dentistry American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry (1993 Program Chairman, Los Angeles Chapter) Newport Harbor Academy of Dentistry Southern California Academy of Osseointegration European Academy of Osseointegration Los Angeles Dental Society Academy of General Dentistry Los Angeles Gnathological Study Group Stuart Gnathological Study Group U.S.C. Century Club International Academy of Gnathology Central Association of Dentists and Physicians (1991 Program Chairman) Study Club for Oral Facial Research (Vice President, Secretary) International Academy for Dental-Facial Esthetics, Fellowship Advanced Treatment Planning Study Group of Beverly Hills American Academy of Cosmetic Surgeons Academy of Microscope Enhanced Dentistry RESEARCH Clinical studies in gnathological rehabilitation directly with Dr. Charles Stuart and Dr. Peter K. Thomas utilizing the Stuart Analog Computer LECTURER International Academy of Gnathology: Mexico City Subject: Oral Rehabilitation Third National Congress of Prosthodoncia: Huánuco Peru 1978 Subject: Fixed Dental Prosthodontics 2

3 Loma Linda University School of Dentistry: Loma Linda, California. Subject: Cusp Fossa Waxing California Dental Association Annual State Meeting: Anaheim, California Subject: Gnathology, Table Clinician International Academy of Gnathology, IX Congress: San Diego, California Subject: Tooth Preparation. National Congress of Dental Maxillo-Facial Prosthodontics: Lima, Peru Subject: Full Mouth Reconstruction. Gnathological Association of South America: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Subject: Full Mouth Reconstruction. Eisenhower Hospital, Annenberg Center: Palm Springs, California Subject: Reconstructive and Aesthetic Dentistry. Study Club for Oral Facial Research: Santa Monica, California Subject: Composite and Porcelain Bonding. Roth-Williams Ortho-Prosthodontic Seminar: Burlingame, California Subject: Aesthetic considerations in Full Mouth Restorative Dentistry. Enhance Your Image Seminar: San Diego, California Subject: The Art of Dentistry and Dental Facial Aesthetics. (A combined lecture of Dentistry and Plastic Surgery) Eisenhower Hospital, Annenberg Center: Palm Springs, California Subject: Advanced Dental Facial Aesthetics. Central Association of Dentists and Physicians: Aspen, Colorado Subject: The Art of Aesthetic Dentistry. Beverly Hills Study Club: Beverly Hills, California 1992, Subject: Dento-Facial Aesthetic Treatment Planning. Laguna Gnathological Study Club: Rancho Mirage, California Subject: Three Dimensional Lip Reproduction and Dental Aesthetics. Southern California Society of Osseointegration: Newport Beach, California Subject: Comprehensive Dental Esthetics and Three-dimensional Lip Reproduction. Society of Odontologica and Prostodoncia: Mexico City, Mexico, January Subject: Comprehensive Aesthetic Treatment Planning, Three 3

4 Dimensional Lip Reproduction and Aesthetic Single Restorations. Tooth Implant California Dental Association: Anaheim California, April Subject: Masterpieces in Miniature. Dental Art and Science. How to see like and Artist. Three Dimensional Communication, Comprehensive Aesthetic Treatment Planning, Single Tooth Implant restorations. Beverly Hills Study Club: Beverly Hills, California Subject: Single Tooth Implant Restorations and the DIA Abutment system. American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry: West Palm Beach, Florida, August Subject: The Art of Three Dimensional Esthetic Communication Utilizing a three-dimensional Multi Reference Communication System and Sequence including lip reproduction technique for restorative, orthognathic and implant dentistry. Colorado Society of Prosthodontists: Denver, Colorado, February 1997 Subject: Comprehensive Esthetic and Restorative Rehabilitation. California Dental Association: Anaheim, California, April 1997 Subject: Comprehensive Aesthetic Dentistry. European Academy of Aesthetic Dentistry: Cannes, France, May 1997 Subject: The Art of Three Dimensional Esthetic Communication. Brazilian Academy of Osseointegration: Sao Paulo, Brazil, May 1997 Subject: Aesthetic Restorative and Implant Dentistry. UCLA Esthetics Dental Study Club: Los Angeles, California, July 1997 Subject: Three Dimensional Aesthetics...Imagination and Knowledge! UCLA Alumni Meeting: UCLA, November 1997 Subject: Esthetics: The Danger Zone Michelangelo Seminars: Beverly Hills, California, March 1998 Subject: "Creating Natural Beauty". Rifkin Continuum Seminars: Chicago Illinois May Subject: "Comprehensive Esthetic and Implant Rehabilitation". Ohio State University: Columbus, Ohio Subject: "Aesthetics, Implants, and Restorative Dentistry", June 5, British Society of Occlusal Studies: Stradford, England, July 1998 Subject: "The Art and Science of Aesthetic Prosthodontics". UCLA Esthetic Continuum: Los Angeles, California, August 1998 Subject: "The Art and Science of Aesthetic Reconstruction". Dallas Mid-Winter Dental Clinic Meeting, Dallas Convention Center, March

5 Subject: "The Nature of Esthetics" UCLA Esthetic Continuum: Los Angeles, California, November 1999 Subject: "Aesthetic Reconstruction in the year 2000". Dutch Academy of Esthetic Dentistry, Amsterdam, Holland, October Subject: A Century of Aesthetics in Dentistry, all day. Brazilian Academy of Esthetic Dentistry, Rio de Janeiro, May 2000 Subject: Creating Natural Beauty. American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, San Francisco, May 2000 Subject: Implant Aesthetics A Restorative and Surgical Perspective. UCLA Aesthetic Continuum, Los Angeles, California, May 2000 Subject: Optimal Dento-Facial Aesthetics. Northern California Academy of Dentistry, Sacramento, October 2001 Subject: Aesthetic and Restorative Dentistry in the new Millennium. Southwest Dental Conference, Dallas Texas, Jan 2002 Subject: Aesthetic Prosthodontics Chicago Dental Society, Chicago, Illinois, Feb 2002 Subject: Implant Aesthetics, a Restorative Perspective University of Zurich Dental Faculty, Zurich, Switzerland, June 2002 Subject: Advanced Dental-Facial Aesthetics in Prosthodontics American Academy of Cosmetic Surgeons, Westminster, Colorado, October 6, Subject: Sculpting the Human Body An Artist s Perspective Society of Japanese Clinical Dentistry, Westminster, South Coast Plaza, California, August 14, Subject: Facial Aesthetics and Plastic Surgery. International Academy of Gnathology, Santa Fe, New Mexico, September 18, 2003, Subject: Creating Natural Beauty. Southwest Dental Conference, Dallas, Texas, January 8, 2004, Subject: Beyond Smile Design Treating the Face and Patient. Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, San Francisco, California, September 30, 2004, combined lecture with Dr.s Dennis Tarnow, Michael Block, and Anthony Sclar. Subject: Replacement of Two Adjacent Maxillary Anterior Teeth with Implants. Cosmetic Surgery Expo, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, California Advanced Treatment Planning Study Group, Beverly Hills California, February 2005 Subject: Maxillary Anterior Implant Aesthetics and Endodontic Coronal Seal Cosmetic Surgery 2005, January 2005, Century City, California Subject: Inter-specialty Dental-Facial Aesthetics 5

6 Cosmetic Surgery 2005, August 2005, Newport Beach, California Subject: Inter-specialty Dental-Facial Aesthetics North Dakota Dental Society, Fargo, North Dakota, September 2005 Subject: Comprehensive Aesthetic and Implant Supported Dentistry USC Dental School, Los Angeles, California, March 8, 2006 Subject: Advanced Aesthetic Concepts and Techniques Academy of Osseointegration, Seattle, Washington, National Meeting, March 17, 2006 Subject: Fixed Implant Reconstruction: Abutments, Provisionals and Definitive Prostheses Academy of Osseointegration, Seattle, Washington, National Meeting, March 18, 2006 Subject: Implant Esthetics...Keys to Predictable Esthetic and Functional Success: Academy of Osseointegration, Seattle, Washington, National Meeting, March 18, 2006 Subject: Complex Implant Rehabilitation Jamaican Dental Association, Ocho Rios, Jamaica, Annual Meeting, February 17, 2007 Subject: Three dimensional aesthetics Imagination and knowledge SEPES (Scientific Society of Prosthetic in Spain), Madrid, Spain, April 21, 2007 Subject: Protesis Esteticas (Esthetic Prosthodontics) AMED (Academy of Microscope Enhanced Dentistry), Annual Meeting, November 8-10, 2007 Subject: The Endo-Implant Paradigm: Are we on the right track? AACS (American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery). Annual Meeting, January 20, Subject: Lecture 1: Art 101: Merging Art and Cosmetic Surgery Lecture 2: A Sculptor s View of the Aesthetic Face and Body OSCSC (Osseointegration Study Club of Southern California), September 26, 2008 Subject: Comprehensive predictability assessment in restoring natural teeth vs. dental implants. Zurich Dental Faculty Lecture, Invited lecture, July 3-4, Subject: Changing Faces of Dentistry with Implants AMED (Academy of Microscope Enhanced Dentistry), November 2010 Subject: Macro and Microscopic Aesthetic Dental Art BSAD (Brazilian Society of Aesthetic Dentistry), November 2011, Rio de Janeiro Subject: The Art of Macro, Micro, and 3-Dimesional Aesthetic Dentistry Southwest Dental Conference, Dallas, Texas, January 12, 2012, Subject: Critical Thinking in Aesthetic Restorative, Implant and Endodontic Treatment. Public Seminars Panel of Facial Esthetic Doctors, Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills, California, June 28, 2003 Subject: Makeover Secrets of the Hollywood Stars. 6

7 Meet the Media, Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Beverly Hills, California, January 20, 2007 Subject: Cosmetic Update Beyond the Smile a Dentist s Perspective TEACHING / FACULTY Associate Clinical Professor University of Southern California School of Dentistry, Department of Occlusion 1982 and Co-founder director and lecturer of Michelangelo Seminars, Beverly Hills, California. Course participation by students, dentists, and professors, from Europe, South America, Asia and the United States. Currently faculty member at the UCLA Center for Esthetic Dentistry. Founder of Suite 1200 seminars, a combined study of dental and facial cosmetic surgery and dermatology for optimal total facial rejuvenation and beauty. Founder, clinician and lecturer for Suite1200, a combined Dento-Facial-Cosmetic Surgery facility to provide comprehensive facial aesthetic diagnosis and treatment by a Team approach of dental and cosmetic surgical treatments. Web lecturer for dentalxp.com as part of a group of dental XPerts. AUTHORED PUBLICATIONS The Journal of Esthetic Dentistry, 1993 May/June. Subject: A Facial/Lip Reproduction System for Anterior Restorations Current Opinion in Cosmetic Dentistry, Third Edition, 1995 Annual Journal. Subject: A new esthetic impression system Practical Periodontics and Aesthetic Dentistry, March Subject: "Maxillary Reconstruction using a Second Generation Fiber Reinforced Resin." Practical Periodontics and Aesthetic Dentistry, Clinical Realities, April 1999 Subject: Single tooth implant. Treatment planning for optimal aesthetics. Profit Margin, Montage Media, November, 1999 Subject: Capitalizing on the MPDx Digital Radiography System Orthodontic Products Magazine, April 2000 Subject: Orthodontic and Restorative Enhancements for the Optimal Smile and Face. Anti-Aging and Cosmetic Surgery Magazine, July-August 2000 Subject: Creating Beautiful Smiles. Anti-Aging and Cosmetic Surgery Magazine, Dec-Jan Subject: Artistic Communication for the Optimal Smile. Anti-Aging and Cosmetic Surgery Magazine, July-Aug 2001 Subject: A Great Smile is Power 7

8 Cosmetic Surgery Times Magazine, Jan/Feb 2002, Vol. 5, No. 1 Subject: Physicians Profile Anti-Aging and Cosmetic Surgery Magazine, Issue 6, Subject: The Perfect Smile is in the Detail Anti-Aging and Cosmetic Surgery Magazine, Issue 7. Subject: Beautiful Smile Beautiful Face Contemporary Esthetics, February, 2004, Vol 8, Co-Author Robert G. Rifkin D.D.S. Subject: Restoring Vertical Dimension to Improve Function, Facial Harmony, Referenced International Journal of Dental Symposia, Implantologie 1998: 1: Esthetic Ceramic Restorations, Touati, Miara, et al, Section Editor World Dentistry, Internet Magazine, Aesthetic and Restorative dentistry JICAD, board of advisors website professional journal Dental Editorial Advisory board member of New Beauty Magazine and past Esthetique magazine. MISCELLANEOUS Team Dentist for the Los Angeles Lakers Basketball Team Local and National Television Newscasts Appearance in local and national broadcast and cable television shows on scientific technology, prevention, facial aesthetics and cosmetic dentistry KCAL Channel 9 News, August 1999, Plasma Arc Bleaching Fox 11, October 1999, Digital Radiography CBS, Women to Women, Current High Tech Teeth Whitening, 2000 E Channel, plastic surgery, and facial esthetics, 2001 EXTRA NBC, Artistic techniques for celebrity smiles 2001, 2002 KCET Channel 13, Caries, and other bacteria spread through saliva and food exchange, 2002 KABC Channel 7, Caries risk assessment test and update on anti caries vaccine to protect individuals and the entire family, 2002 KTTV Channel 11, September 27, 2002, Trial Smile E Channel, Celebrity Beauty Secrets Revealed, October 21, 2003 E Channel, News, Trial Smile Restorations, August, 2005 E- Entertainment channel, Trial Smile for aesthetics ABC news, IraqStar treatment for injured Marine. Dr. Drew and Life Changers television documentary of a smile, dental health and life makeover on a patient in severe need of dental care and treatments Ongoing treatment followup. 8

9 Dr. Drew and Life Changers interview at The Grove with audience questions and answers Extra interview on influences of various foods on dental and systemic health, Radio interview on Health Radio with Dr. De Silva on current dental opinion on silver mercury fillings and other dental restorations. Podcast available. Dr. Drew s Lifechangers television series and show to rehabilitate a patient with severe dental caries, infection and need for function and aesthetics. October 21, Radio Broadcasts KFWB, News, interview re: Current status of fluoride use. An Update Website Live Chat Guest WebMD, Creating Beautiful Smiles with Facial Harmony, July 28, Website news publications Reuters Health News Service Kissing and the spread of cavity causing bacteria Oh, what beautiful teeth Current trends in cosmetic dentistry (interview) Beauty Factor. TV Perfect Teeth Creating a Hollywood Smile Magazine Mentions and Articles Elle Mademoiselle Women on Top For Him Magazine First for Women Self magazine Health magazine Vogue (interview) Solutions (interview) In Style (interview) Vogue Magazine January 2004 New Beauty Magazine, 2009, 2010, 2011 Los Angeles Times newspaper Anti-Aging and Cosmetic Surgery Magazine Esthetique Magazine Cosmetic Surgery Times Magazine Movie Credits The Hangover 2009, dentist for leading actor, Ed Helms, including special dental effects. Professional Sculptor 9

10 Dr. Laurence R. Rifkin is a professional artist and sculptor. Studied drawing, oil painting and sculpture in the United States (California State College at Long Beach, Brentwood Art Center) and Europe (France, studied with Martine Vaugel). Sculptures appeared in Art Shows and Galleries, Art Expos, private collections and Hotels in California, Santa Fe New Mexico, New York City, Sao Paolo, Brazil, and Paris, France. Website Represented by; The Victor Salmones Gallery in Beverly Hills, California and Acapulco, Mexico. The Khadourie Art Gallery of Santa Fe, New Mexico. 10