Dr August de Oliveira graduated from dental school in 1997 from the University of Washington and completed his General Practice Residency in Los Angeles in 1998.  Dr de Oliveira has been lecturing on 3D technology since 2004, when he started as a CEREC Basic trainer.  Since 2008 he has been involved with Implant Direct’s R and D department developing Guided Surgery Software and Hardware and testing their CAD Milled Bars and Substructure Department.  Dr de Oliveira has written two books on Implantology:  Implants Made Easy and Guided Implantology Made Easy.  He has been involved with beta testing Sirona’s Sidexis Program, as well as developing the Opti and CEREC Milled Surgical Guides.  Dr de Oliveira lectures nationwide for Sirona on the Galileos Cone Beam system and Sirona Guided Implant Surgery.  He also teaches for Implant Direct at their Las Vegas Educational Facility and with the Engel Institute in Charlotte NC.  Dr de Oliveira lives and practices in Los Angeles CA.