Chris Love, 32

“Chris Love epitomizes what a 21st century technician should be,” says Conrad Rensburg, Absolute Dental Services, Durham, NC.

That’s high praise, but Love has earned it during his eight-year career at the laboratory, which has included spearheading Absolute’s transition to digital dentures, developing related workflows and making the most of his analytical nature.

“I enjoy that each case is slightly different and requires you to think it through, sometimes even having to think way outside the box,” says Love, Digital Removables Manager. “We started doing digital dentures for clients who were open to the idea and, once we got a few under our belt, we tweaked the design process until the final product matched our high-end expectations.” 

To get other clients on board, he stressed the strength and esthetics and advantages like archiving files, one-appointment deliveries and the ease of using a patient’s existing...