Profile

Graduate dental technician specialising in aesthetic prosthodontics and dental ceramics. Founder and technical lead of the "ClarityLab" dental laboratory in Leça do Balio, Porto, where he handles the laboratory's complex aesthetic cases and directs its training academy.

International speaker and trainer since 2017, with teaching and conference work in Portugal, Spain, Hungary, Germany and Taiwan. Has authored and co-authored articles in leading international publications, including the International Journal of Esthetic Dentistry and Quintessenz Zahntechnik.

Key Opinion Leader for "Amann Girrbach", "Creation" by Willi Geller and "HASS Bio". Daily user of the "e.LAB" system since 2017 and "Matisse" since 2022. Clinical and product photography is a second area of specialisation and a core part of his working method.
 

Professional Experience

Founder and Dental Technician, "ClarityLab"
2020 – present · Leça do Balio, Porto, Portugal

Responsible for all of the laboratory's complex aesthetic cases.

Directs the "ClarityLab Academy": designs and delivers in-house courses and curates international guest instructors.

Developed the laboratory's internal clinic-lab communication and digital workflow protocols.

Dental Technician, "Laboratório August Bruguera"
June 2019 – January 2020 · Barcelona, Spain

Complex aesthetic cases: veneers, all-on-4 and all-on-6, in PFM, zirconia and refractory veneers.

Technical Director, "Dental Solutions Lab"
March 2017 – May 2019

Led a team of 14 across three units: Framework Design, Ceramics and Acrylics.

Personally handled the most complex and aesthetically demanding cases.

Responsible for "Amann Girrbach" training in Portugal; began organising courses and lectures nationally.

Dental Technician, "DAL, Lda."
February 2012 – February 2017

Responsible for case planning and all ceramic work.
 

Teaching

Visiting Lecturer, Master in Digital and Analogue Dental Prosthetics
"Big Formación", Galicia, Spain · 2023

Module M8: 14–15 April 2023.

Module M9: 5–6 May 2023.

Director, "ITI Study Club Norte"
Since 2025 · Porto, Portugal

Scientific direction and annual programming: speaker selection and event coordination.

Head of Training, "ClarityLab Academy"
Since 2020 · Leça do Balio, Porto

"Aesthetic Fundamentals of Materials", 7–8 October 2025: 2-day hands-on course in Portuguese, Spanish and English editions.

"Amber Mill" courses by "HASS Bio" in Portugal, since 2021.

"Zolid Tour" by "Amann Girrbach" in Portugal, since 2018.

Certified Trainer, Pedagogical Competence Certificate, IEFP, Portugal
Since December 2017
 

Lectures, Courses and Congresses

October 2025: TIDS, Taiwan International Dental Show, congress and course, Taiwan.
October 2025: "Aesthetic Fundamentals of Materials", 2-day hands-on course, "ClarityLab Academy", Porto.
September 2025: Lecture in Logroño, Spain.
March 2025: IDS Cologne, Germany, lecture "Symbiosis: Achieving Excellence Through Collaboration".
November 2024: Hands-on course at the "Creation" by Willi Geller headquarters, KLEMA, Austria, for an international group of technicians from Lebanon, Poland, North Macedonia and Singapore.
2024: Speaker at the Dental Prosthetics Symposium, CESPU.
November 2023: 1st Galician Multidisciplinary Congress of Senior Health Technicians, Cidade da Cultura, Santiago de Compostela, 3–4 November. Lecture on the "ClarityLab" methodology and mindset.
2023: Speaker at the Portuguese National Dental Prosthetics Congress, 2023 edition.
February 2023: Aesthetic and Functional Adhesive Dentistry, "IRON", 17–19 February.
October 2022: "Zolid Tour", "BridgeDental", Hungary, 20–21 October.
2019: Speaker at the Portuguese National Dental Prosthetics Congress, 2019 edition.
 

Publications

Peer-reviewed scientific articles

Cristofari E, Saraiva L, Challita P, Massihi R, Antoun H. "The Emergence Clone concept: Optimizing the implant emergence profile using artificial segmentation." International Journal of Esthetic Dentistry, 2026, volume 21, issue 2, pages 128–144. PMID 42145242.

"RevArch Protocol: A digital workflow to transmit the intermaxillary relationship for All on X." Submitted to the Journal of Esthetic and Restorative Dentistry, under review.

Technical and opinion articles

Saraiva L. "Herstellung hochwertiger Restaurationen durch Mikrolayering." Quintessenz Zahntechnik, volume 50, issue 7–8, July–August 2024. Sole author.

"Attractive and with Character", BYT magazine.

"Protocol easy aesthetics", DTG magazine, issue 22.

Book

Contributed documented clinical cases to "Prothèse Implantaire Biomimétique", 2024–2025.
 

Recognition and Partnerships

2025: Featured profile and interview in the "Stories of Success" series, "Creation Willi Geller International", October 2025.
2022: "HASS" Ambassador for the "Amber Mill" system.
Since 2017: Key Opinion Leader for "Amann Girrbach", providing technical opinion and articles; responsible for the brand's training programme in Portugal.
Key Opinion Leader for "Creation" by Willi Geller; works exclusively with "Creation" ceramics.
 

Education

BSc in Dental Prosthetics
CESPU, Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Politécnico e Universitário · July 2012

Master in Oral Rehabilitation
"Bruguera Dental School", Barcelona, Spain · 2018

Pedagogical Competence Certificate (CCP)
IEFP, Portugal · 7 December 2017

Continuing technical education: on average two to three advanced courses per year since graduation.
 

Skills

Technical

Aesthetic prosthodontics and ceramics: microlayering, layering, refractory veneers, ceramic make-up, pink aesthetics.

Implant rehabilitation: all-on-4 and all-on-X, emergence profiles, digital protocols.

Digital workflow: "exocad", CAD/CAM, "e.LAB" since 2017, "Matisse" since 2022.

Clinical and product photography.

Transferable

Management and leadership of technical teams of up to 14 people.

Adult education and scientific communication.

Languages: native Portuguese, Spanish, English.