Russell DeVreugd, CDT, DTG: Mentor, Friend and Educator
Posted Jun 07, 2016 in Publisher's Page
Russell DeVreugd, CDT, DTG, was the Owner of DeVreugd Dental Laboratory and DeVreugd Dental Seminars, an international consultant and lecturer, and had an extensive resume of accolades. He was also an avid fly fisherman and aficionado of fine wine.
Although he was a familiar, friendly face at industry events, I first really got to know Russ DeVreugd in 2001 when he wrote an article for LMT about his well-regarded Occlusal Compass Concept. He was passionate about occlusion and the idea that all technicians must understand how function relates to the lingual morphology of the anterior teeth and the effect it has on the TMJ joint and occlusal morphology of posterior teeth. He was patient and amazing at simplifying what I considered to be a complicated subject.
Russ was revered in our community and when he passed away in April, there was an outpouring of emotion and tributes from his industry friends:
“Russ and I met in the early ‘70s thanks to a mutual dentist friend, Dr. Gordon Douglass—who had been sending lab work to both of us—and the three of us got together to see how we could improve what we were doing. That was the start of a wonderful friendship.
“Dr. Douglass...
