Restorative Dentistry
Higher Education
Degrees
| Institution |
Dates Attended |
Degree & Major |
Date Conferred |
| Dowling College |
2005-2006 |
M.B.A. Banking & Finance |
05/2006 |
| Dowling College |
2003-2004 |
B.B.A. Management |
01/2005 |
| New York City Technical College |
1996-1999 |
A.A.S Dental Laboratory Technology |
05/1999 |
Licenses or Certificates
| Conferred by |
License / Certificate |
Date Conferred |
| NYC Fire Department |
G95 Certification of Fitness – Torch Use of Flammable Gases (Cutting & Welding) |
7/13/2009 |
| National Board for Certification (NBC) |
Certified Dental Technician (CDT) Technologist |
09/29/08 |
National Board for
Certification (NBC) |
Certified Dental Technician
(CDT) Crown & Bridge |
10/27/07 |
| National Board for Certification (NBC) |
Certified Dental Technician
(CDT) Ceramics |
05/01/04 |
| American Society of Master Dental Technologists (ASMDT) |
Master Dental Technician (MDT) |
11/15/03 |
| M.D.T. Seminars Inc. , Richard Pavlak CDT, MDT |
Comprehensive Porcelain Course |
2000-2001 |
Experience
Teaching Experience
| Institution |
Dates |
Title |
Department |
| New York City College of Technology |
09/05 - Present |
Assistant Professor |
Restorative Dentistry |
| New York City College of Technology |
02/05 – 08/05 |
Substitute Lecturer |
Dental Laboratory Technology |
| New York City College of Technology |
02/04 – 01/05 |
Adjunct Instructor |
Dental Laboratory Technology |
Technical Experience
| Dates |
Laboratories |
Title |
Department |
| 05/03 - Present |
Master Dental Arts |
Owner/ Dental Tech |
Crown & Bridge, Ceramics |
| 04/02 - 08/03 |
Creative Dental Technologies |
Dental Technician |
Crown & Bridge |
| 12/00 - 06/01 |
Roberto Rossi MDT Dental Studio |
Dental Technician |
Crown & Bridge, Ceramics |
| 07/00 - 10/00 |
Campuzano Dental Laboratory |
Dental Technician |
Crown & Bridge, Ceramics |
| 06-99 - 05/00 |
Aurum Dental Laboratory |
Dental Technician |
Crown & Bridge, Ceramics |
| 10-98 - 03/99 |
Pierre Fauchard Dental Laboratory |
Dental Technician |
Crown & Bridge, Ceramics |
Courses Taught
- RESD 1115 - Fixed Prosthodontics I
- RESD 1212 - Fixed Prosthodontics II
- RESD 1214 - Introduction to Restorative Ceramics
- RESD2310 - Principles of Occlusion
Academic and Professional Honors
- Ceramco Award for Outstanding Ability in Dental Ceramics, NYCTC – June
1999
- Israel Margoshes Award for Achieving the Highest Scholastic Average,
NYCTC – June
1999
- Health and Human Services Award for Highest Academic Excellence,
NYCTC – June
1999
- The Honors Scholars Program Award for
Mentoring David Barthold, Robert Georgescu, Elzbieta Grabowski, & Jin
Lee in their Honors Project in DL 212, NYCCT – May
2005
- The Honors Scholars Program Award for Mentoring Klarissa Victoria, Bruno Pomponio, Joseph Digiacomo, & Sunkyu Kang in their Honors Project in DL 212, NYCCT – May 2006
- The Honors Scholars Program Award for Mentoring Ruan Shuting, Mo BaoNa, Rebecca J. Schmucker, Artur S. Lima, Mr.Daniel Golshtein, David Aranbayev, and Clement E. Nisbett in their Honors Project in DL 212, NYCCT – May 2007
- Mentoring and submission of Rebecca Schumacher’s paper The Training Crisis: How It's Affecting Our Industry, which got published in City Tech Writer 2008 issue, NYCCT, CUNY - May 2008
- Organizing and mentoring Students’ Table Demonstrations for the 2007 Greater New York Dental Meeting held at the Jacob K. Javitz Convention Center in New York. Rebecca J. Schmucker B.A., Arthur S. Lima and Daniel Goldstein won the 2nd place & $300 prize in the Hygiene Student Table Demonstrations Competition for their presentation titled “Indirect Composite Resin Veneering”. Mo BoaNa and Ruan Shuting presented “Fabrication of Indirect Micro-Ceramic Composite Resin Veneers”, and Aranbayev David, B.A. and Nisbett E. Clemente explained” Successful Model Making”. November 2007
- Greater New York Dental Meeting, “Simple vs. Multiple Indirect Composite Resin Layering Buildup Techniques” - Table Clinic, November 2007
- The Greater New York City CDT Study Group - Clinic Director, 2007-2008
- The Honors Scholars Program Award for Mentoring Kaoru Yamaki, Rocio German, Milos Marcovic & Oscar Galvis in their Honors Project in RESD 1212, NYCCT – May 2008
- Mentoring and submission of David Kim's essay titled CAD/CAM System Technology, which got published in City Tech Writer 2008 issue, NYCCT, CUNY – May 2008
- The Greater New York City CDT Study Group – President & Clinic Director, 2008 - Present
- Serving as one of the judges at the Dental Hygiene students' table presentations during the Wellness Fair, NYCCT, CUNY, April 2009
- Mentoring and submission of Helen Yaung's essay titled The new vs. the old, which got published in City Tech Writer 2009 issue, NYCCT, CUNY – May 2009
- Mentoring and coordinating RD students' research presented at the City Tech Seventh Annual Poster Session. Participating students were Helen Yeung Sheila Pesantes, Akinari Iijima, Khatisha, Paul Chung, NYCCT, CUNY, November 2009
- Organizing and mentoring Students' Table Demonstrations for the 2009 Greater New York Dental Meeting held at the Jacob K. Javitz Convention Center in New York. Five of Restorative Dentistry students presented following topics: Helen Young: Intraoral Scanning vs. Traditional Impression Taking, Khatisha Ali: Restoring Maxillary Incisors as Indirect Composite Resin Veneers, Sheila Pesantes, Smile Design Through Veneer Restorations, Paul Chung: Restoring Anterior Aesthetics with Indirect Composite Resin, AkinariIijima: Restoring the Smile with Ten Maxillary Veneers
- The Honors Scholars Program Award for Mentoring Joseph Canter Lee in his Honors Project The Many Definitions of Osseointegration in RESD 1115, NYCCT, CUNY – December 2009
- The Honors Scholars Program Award for Mentoring Nelly Nemirovskaya, Joseph Canter Lee, Mohamed E. Benhalima, Saed Sharif in their Honors Projects in RESD 11212, NYCCT, CUNY – May 2010
- Mentoring and submission of Karen Hinojosa's essay titled Summary of Digitization, Open Systems, Implants: Key Trends at 2009 IDS, which got published in City Tech Writer 2010 issue, NYCCT, CUNY – May 2010
- Mentoring and coordinating RD students' research conducted by Joseph Canter Lee and presented at the City Tech Student Research Conference, NYCCT, CUNY - May 2010
- Organizing Joseph Canter Lee participation and mentoring him for the CUNY PIPELINE HONORS CONFERENCE with his presentation titled Implants, Osseointegration and Their Role in Implant Dentistry, CUNY – February 2010
- Serving as one of the judges at the Dental Hygiene students' table presentations during the Wellness Fair, NYCCT, CUNY, April 2010
- Mentoring and coordinating RD students' research presented at the City Tech Eight Annual Poster Session. Nelly Nemirovskaya, Karen Hijanosa, and Mohamed E. Benhalima, NYCCT, CUNY November 2010
- Organizing and mentoring Students' Table Demonstrations for the 2010 Greater New York Dental Meeting held at the Jacob K. Javitz Convention Center in New York. Three of Restorative Dentistry students presented following topics:Nelly Nemirovskaya: Pontics Modern Restorative Dentistry Solutions, Karen Hijanosa: Implementing the Mouth Motion Simulator in Testing Modern Dental Restorative Materials, Mohamed E. Benhalima: The Evolution of Esthetic Dentistry, November 2010
- Serving as one of the judges at the Dental Hygiene students' poster presentations during the Wellness Fair, NYCCT, CUNY, May 2011
- Mentoring and submission of Amanda’s Yaung's essay titled Significant Events, which got published in City Tech Writer 2011 issue, NYCCT, CUNY – May 2011
- Mentoring and coordinating RD students' research conducted by Jennifer Crane Dental Technology of Today and Tomorrow, and Richard Greenidge Jr. Advances in Dental Laboratory Equipment, and presented at the City Tech Student Research Conference, NYCCT, CUNY - May 2011
- The Honors Scholars Program Award for Mentoring Jennifer Crane and Ryo Hashimoto in their Honors Projects in RESD 1212, as well as Karein Sylvain and Richard Greenidge Jr in their Special Projects in RESD 1212, NYCCT, CUNY, May 2011
- Serving as the examiner for the Department of Education of NYC during the first DLT National Board Exam in Tottenville High School, Staten Island, NY, since June 2011, June 2012
- Serving as one of the judges at the Dental Hygiene students' poster presentations during the Wellness Fair, NYCCT, CUNY, May 2012
- The Honors Scholars Program Award for Mentoring Avindra Lal Maharaj, Lawrence Lee, and Gale Matthews in their Honors Projects in RESD 1212, as well as Astrid Araujo, Noeli Mejia, and Lorana Sukhnandan in their Special Projects in RESD 1212, NYCCT, CUNY, May 2012
Presentations
- Budny, R. (2006, November). Various Uses of the Indirect Composite Resin in Today’s Dentistry. GNYDM, NYC: Greater New York Dental Meeting.
- LMT's Crown Challenge- Evaluator in a final round of 2007 LMT's Crown Challenge Evaluation Process, June 2007
- Budny, R. (2008, February). Indirect Composite Resins. LIDLA clinic
- Budny, R. (2008, November). Indirect Composite Resin – Evaluation of Materials, and Simple vs. Multilayered Build up Techniques. NYCCT, CUNY: City Tech Sixth Annual Faculty Research Poster Session.
- Budny, R. (2010, March). Comparison Shopping: Seven Major Indirect Composite Resin Systems. NYCCT, CUNY: Fourth Annual Faculty Research Conference
- Budny, R., Manos, M. (2011, April 1). Origins of restorative dentistry. NYCCT, CUNY: Fifth Annual City Tech Research Conference.
- Budny, R., Manos, N. (2011 November 27). Origins. New York: Greater New York Dental Meeting.
- Manos, M., Budny, R. (2011, November 17). History in the making. Brooklyn, NY: City Tech Ninth Annual Poster Session, NYCCT, CUNY.
- Budny, R., Manos, M. (2011, November 17). New York's dental laboratory higher education: how it all began. Brooklyn, NY: City Tech Ninth Annual Poster Session, NYCCT, CUNY.
Publications
- Budny, R. (2009, June/July). Comparison Shopping: Seven Major Indirect Composite Resin Systems. LMT: Lab Management Today, p.40-41
- Manos, N., Budny, R. (2011, January). History in the making. IDT: Inside Dental Technology, Chicago, IL: Argis Publishing, p. 32-39.
- Interview published in February 2011 issue of LMT: Achieving the American dream. (2011, February). LMT: Lab Management Today, p.46.
- Interview published in February issue of LMT: Time to get schooled. (2011, June/July). JDT: Journal of Dental Technology, p.48
- Budny, R., Manos, N. (2011, September). New York’s dental laboratory higher education: how it all began. LMT: Lab Management Today. Retrieved from http://www.lmtmag.com/articles/517.
- Budny, R. (2011, November/December). Innovative dlt teaching methodologies. JDT: Journal of Dental Technology, vol. 28, no. 9, p. 20-22.
Grant Activity
- Foundation for Dental Laboratory Technology. (2011, December).
Membership in Professional Societies
- Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society, NYCTC, 1999- Present
- The Guild
of Dental Craftsmen, 1999- 2002
- National Board for Certification, 1999- Present
- Long Island Dental Laboratory
Association, LIDLA, 1999- Present
- Greater New York CDT Study Group, NYCCT,
2000-Present
- American Society of Master Dental Technologists, 2002-Present
- Alpha Chi
International Honor Society, Dowling College, 2004-Present
- Dental Laboratory
Association of New York, DLANY, 2004-Present
- International Business Honor Society, Delta Pi Chapter, Delta Mu Delta, Dowling College, 2006-Present
- Northeastern Gnathological Socciety, 2006-Present
- Commission on Dental Accreditation, American Dental Society, CODA consultant, 2011-Present
- Inside Dental Technology, Editorial Advisory Board member, 2011-Present
- Examiner for NYC Department of Education/DLT Exam, 2011-Present
- The Foundation for Dental Laboratory Technology, Board of Trustee member, 2011-Present
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