Laura Kelly-Brown: Fired Up and Ready to Lead the AACD

By LMT Communications, Inc.

Posted Apr 28, 2011 in Labs & Profiles


Laura Kelly-Brown got started in this profession 22 years ago as many people in our community do: doing pickup and delivery for a dental laboratory. Eventually, she trained in ceramics, took advantage of her employer's commitment to continuing education and was instrumental in helping the laboratory carve out a niche in metal-free dentistry. Thirteen years after first getting behind the wheel of that delivery car, she became the first vice president the laboratory ever had.



And now, another first: Kelly-Brown is the first dental technician--and the first woman--to be elected vice president of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry (AACD). She advances to the role of president of the AACD following its 2007 annual meeting in Atlanta. Founded in 1984, the AACD is the largest international organization of dentists, technicians, auxiliaries and educators dedicated specifically to cosmetic dentistry. The Academy has experienced tremendous growth in...

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