Michigan State University
Bachelor of Science in Physiology
With HonorsTHE PERSON BEHIND FORMADENT
Meet the
founder.
Founder, FormaDent Technologies
Dr. Karl Supal grew up in Detroit, Michigan, and earned a Bachelor of Science in Physiology with Honors from Michigan State University. He went on to receive his Doctor of Dental Surgery from the University of Michigan School of Dentistry. He practices at Peninsula Center of Cosmetic Dentistry in Los Altos, California, and holds a moderate sedation permit, with extensive clinical experience providing IV sedation.
Explore his experience
EDUCATION
A foundation
in science and dentistry.
University of Michigan
School of Dentistry
Doctor of Dental SurgeryCLINICAL EXPERIENCE / DIGITAL DENTISTRY
From clinical records
to finished restorations.
His clinical work spans cosmetic and restorative dentistry, porcelain veneers, full-mouth reconstruction and same-day CAD/CAM dentistry. He has extensive experience with fully digital workflows for complex restorative cases, including full-mouth reconstruction, bite opening and implant restorations.
He also has extensive professional experience in 3D digital smile design and facially driven esthetic smile design. By bringing facial and smile photographs together with intraoral scans, he develops digital smile designs guided by each patient’s facial features and proportions.
His knowledge of digital dentistry extends from capturing clinical records through design and fabrication. This includes intraoral scanning, recording accurate bite scans with fully prepared arches, and managing tissue retraction for digital impressions. He combines these clinical techniques with a range of design methods across dental CAD software platforms and extensive hands-on fabrication experience using milling and 3D printing.
Working across these stages gives him a practical understanding of how scanning, bite records, restorative design and manufacturing affect one another—and the decisions dental professionals, dental teams, and dental labs make between planning a case and delivering treatment.
BUILDING FORMADENT
Clinical judgment.
As the founder of FormaDent Technologies, Karl brings that perspective to the development of ShellGen and SmileShell—focused applications for temporary restoration design and Trial Smile workflows. His work connects clinical judgment with software design, placing the needs of the dental professional at the center of the process.
