Born in the Ukraine, Yakov, or Yan as he is generally known, received his Degree in Dentistry from the School of Denistry in Nikolaev, Ukraine, in 1971. Coming to the United States in 1990, Yan was able to quickly apply his knowledge of dentistry into a career in dental technology. In 1991Yan joined Colonial Dental Lab, at that time located in Blackwood, New Jersey. Yan left Colonial in 1995 to pursue other interests and that same year became a naturalized citizen of the United States. He returned to Colonial in 2000 in their new modern facility in West Berlin, New Jersey.
Upon Yan’s return, he was named manager of Colonial’s Removable/Prosthetics Department. The growing demand for implant supported overdentures on fully edentulous patients opened up a new opportunity for Colonial to not only fabricate these restorations, but to provide a skilled technician to work with both the specialists and general dentists to help facilitate the entire process. Yan was the perfect fit for this position and became Implant Department manager in 2005. Yan is instrumental in the fabrication of hybrids, overdentures utilizing Locators and other attachments, immediate load restorations, and restorations following the All-on-Four and Diem 2 protocols. Yan frequently visits offices to help with treatment planning, and has observed many implant surgeries and procedures.
