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_Brothers Dr Andrea Mastrorosa Agnini and Dr Alessandro Agninipresentedaseriesoflectures on digital dentistry and mastering the fully digital workflow at IDEM Singapore 2014 in April. The doc- tors were two of the star speakers at the Dental Technician Forum introduced for the first time at this year’s IDEM Singapore. Between their packed schedule of lectures and open panel discussions, the brothers took time out to answer some ques- tions on their experiences in Asia, the current state ofdigitaldentistry,CAD/CAM,and3-Dprinting,and the direction in which they see these technologies developing in the future. _John Battersby: Have you observed any dif- ference between Asian and European technicians whenitcomestotheirfamiliaritywithandadoption ofthelatestdigitaldentistrytechnology? Dr Andrea Mastrorosa Agnini: We have not really had the opportunity to work closely with any Asiantechniciansyet,sowedonotknowwithwhich technologies they are familiar or which technolo- gieshavealreadybeenwidelyadoptedinAsia.What we have seen is that there is massive and growing interest in all aspects of digital dentistry, not only among technicians but also among all members of the modern dental team. Dr Alessandro Agnini: Yes, this is why there are more events like the Dental Technician Forum at IDEM Singapore and other similar events around Asia,justlikeoneseesinEuropeandtheUS.Wewere here in Singapore last November for the CAD/CAM conference and we will be back again later this year for another. _How did you find your Asian audiences at IDEM Singapore? We (Asians) have a reputa- tion for being very shy when it comes to asking questions; did you have many questions or much feedback? Fig. 1_Drs Allesandro Agnini and Andrea Mastrorosa Agnini. I feature _ interview 16 I CAD/CAM 3_2014 Fig. 1 “One cannot just replace a technician with a machine” InterviewwiththeAgninibrothers,dentistsandprominentspecialists in fixed prosthetics, periodontology, and implantology Author_John Battersby, Singapore CAD0314_16-18_Agnini 22.08.14 14:18 Seite 1