Leonardo Fabio Henao García
Technical Director, Dental Technician, Dental Artistry
"LH LAB" Dental Artistry, Pereira, Colombia
 

Profile
A dental technician whose career has been built on consistency, discipline and continuous learning. His work focuses on dental aesthetics, innovation and the incorporation of new technologies, with special attention to feedback and to the development of trained teams that deliver predictable, natural, high-level results.
 

Professional Experience
2012 – Present: Technical Director, "Leonardo Henao Dental Aesthetics Laboratory", also known as "LH LAB", Pereira
2008 – 2011: Technical Staff, "Oral Center"
 

Education
2006 – 2008: Certificate of Occupational Aptitude as Dental Mechanics Technician, 2,400 hours, National Institute of Education and Training (INEC)
2001 – 2006: Technical High School Diploma, "Héctor Ángel Arcila" Educational Institution
 

Continuing Education & Certifications
2024: Layered Veneers, taught by DT Rolsbbeysson Serna Márquez, Medellín
2024: Interpreting Colour Coordinates, "Optishade" and "Matisse", taught by Jean Paul
2023: Master Course "Realism", taught by Master Ceramist Olaf López, "Damaged Goods"
2023: Theoretical and Practical Ceramic Veneers Course, taught by José Palacios O., "Meraki"
2023: "Alveoli" Dentogingival Reconstruction, taught by Edwin Barona, "Dental Design"
2023: Veneers 4.0, taught by DT Ricardo Schäfer
2023: Digital Immersion LATAM 2023, "Amann Girrbach", Curitiba, Brazil
2022: "From A to Z" Semi-Personalised Demonstration Course on 3D Design and Printing, Investing and Pressing, and Incisal Edge Technique, taught by José Palacios O., "Meraki"
2022: White and Pink Ceramics on Zirconia Framework, taught by Eduardo Setién of "Oral Design San Sebastián", "picodent", Bogotá
2022: "Magic Colour System", taught by Eduardo Setién of "Oral Design San Sebastián", "picodent", Bogotá
2020: Mastering Dental Photography, taught by Dr. Juan Sebastián Marulanda, "OMI", Pereira
2018: Dento-Gingival Course, taught by Ferran Puigrefagut Cos, "Noritake", Pereira
2018: A New Vision of Morphology and Texture in Anterior Teeth with "Creation ZI-CT" on Zirconia, "Murilo Calgaro Dental Design Institute", Bogotá
2018: 2nd Symposium "Naturalness with the Best", "picodent" and "Creation Willi Geller", Bogotá
2017: Master Course on Zirconia, Lithium Disilicate and Metal Ceramic, "Creation Willi Geller", Meiningen, Austria
2017: Hands-on Master Class on Aesthetics of 6 Anterior Feldspathic Veneers on Refractory, taught by Nondas Vlachopoulos, "Kuraray Noritake", Pereira
2017: Two Central Zirconia Crowns with "Creation ZI-F", taught by Luke Hasegawa CDT, "picodent", Bogotá
2017: Anterior Wax Morphology "Learning to Perceive", taught by DT Rolsbbeysson Serna Márquez, Pereira
2016: 1st Prosthodontics Symposium "Naturalness with the Best", "picodent" and "Oral Design", Bogotá
2016: Protocol for Pressed Veneers with "IPS e.max", taught by Edwin Barona, "Ivoclar Vivadent", Pereira
2016: Nature of Light Reflection, Absorption and Dispersion on Y-TZP Zirconia, "VITA Zahnfabrik", Manizales
2015: Key Effects, Concept and Application of the "Creation" System by Willi Geller, taught by Naoki Aiba CDT, "Oral Design" Course, "picodent"
2015: Layering "Creation ZI-F" on Lithium Disilicate, taught by Roberto Barbini RDT, "Creation Willi Geller International", "picodent", Bogotá
2015: Veneers on Platinum Foil, Advanced Ceramics Course, taught by DT Manuel Mínguez, "picodent", "Cendres+Métaux" and "Creation", Bogotá
2015: "White & Pink Esthetic: Nature in the Balance", 2-Day Advanced Master Course, taught by Jungo Endo RDT of "Oral Design Santa Monica", Bogotá
2012: Dental Morphology of Anterior and Posterior Teeth, 32 hours, taught by DT Ana Cristina R. Gomes, "Formaden" and "LaborDental"
2009: "VITA In-Ceram Sprint", "VITA Zahnfabrik", Medellín
Morphology and Carving Technique, taught by Francisco Barajas Argüello, Pereira
Everyday Layering Concept in Metal Ceramic, taught by DT Javier Ocalla, "Creation" and "picodent", Pereira
Initial Dental Ceramic, taught by Philippe Llobell, "GC", Medellín
Digital to Analogue, "LeafDental LATAM"