• BDS University of Glasgow 1969
• DDS Dalhousie University, Canada 1975
• MSc in Education University of Pennsylvania 1981
• MBA Strathclyde University 1996

• Specialist Certificates in Periodontics and Fixed Prosthodontics,
• University of Pennsylvania 1980, 1981
• Branemark Fellowship in Implantology, UCLA. 1990-1991

• 8 years in General Practice Glasgow and Halifax, Nova Scotia.
• 32 years Specialist Practice Canada, United States, Scotland and Dubai..

• Formally Associate Professor; Head of Undergraduate and Post-Graduate Periodontics; Director of Occlusion; and Director of Implant Dentistry, Dalhousie University, Canada.

• Formally Senior Lecturer and coordinator of MSc in Dental Primary Care, University of Glasgow

• Professor of Periodontology, Director of Post-Graduate Periodontics, Dubai School of Dental Medicine

• GDC Specialist List in Periodontics, Prosthodontics and Restorative Dentistry.

• Eligible for Specialist registration in USA and Canada.

• 1995 to 3013 Part-time Private Referral Practice limited to Periodontics, Prosthodontics  and Implant Dentistry, Glasgow and Edinburgh

• Currently Professor of Periodontology and Director of Post-Graduate Periodontics, Dubai School of Dental Medicine

• Smoking as a risk factor in Periodontal Diseases and Implantology
• Long-term maintenance of Dental Implants
• Diabetes as a risk factor
• Smoking Cessation strategies for Dentists
• Improving coordination and effectiveness of Multidisciplinary Care
• Accuracy of conventional and scanned impressions
• Cluster failures in implant patients

Dr. KENNETH JUDY’s PROFILE KENNETH W.M. JUDY –AB, DDS, Ph.D (hc), FACD, FICD

KENNETH JUDY IS A CLINICAL PROFESSOR AT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY IN IMPLANT DENTISTRY, AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH IN PROSTHODONTICS AND AT TEMPLE UNIVERSITY IN PERIODONTICS / IMPLANTOLOGY. HE IS A GRADUATE OF GEORGRTOWN UNIVERSITY (1964) IN AB PRE-MED CLASSICS AND OF NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY (DDS-1968). DURING AND AFTER HIS PREDOCTORAL STUDIES, DR. JUDY WAS THE RECIPIENT OF SEVERAL RESEARCH FELLWSHIPS. HE THEN TRAINED IN SURGICAL PROSTHETICS WITH DR. ISIAH LEW AT THE NEW FRENCH AND POLYCLINIC MEDICAL SCHOOL AND HEALTH CENTER IN NEW YORK. DR. JUDY HAS AUTHORED OVER ONE HUNDRED RESEARCH AND CLINICAL ARTICLES, EDITORIALS AND TEXTBOOK CHAPTERS. HE HAS LECTURED EXTENSIVELY NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY ON ORAL IMPLANTOLOGY / IMPLANT DENTISTRY AND TERMINAL RECONSTURUCTION.

SINCE 1979 DR. JUDY HAS BEEN CHAIRMAN OR CO-CHAIRMAN OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF ORAL IMPLANTOLOGIST (ICOI), THE WORLD’S LARGEST PROVIDER OF CONTINUING DENTAL IMPLANT EDUCATION. HE SERVES ON THE DEAN’S ADVISORY COUNCIL AT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY AND IS THE CHAIRMAN OF ITS 2005-2009 CAPITAL CAMPAIGN.

Dr. Mark Lin,

BSc, DDS, MSc

He graduated from the University Of Toronto in the Biochemistry Specialists honors program. He received his dental degree from University of Detroit Mercy in which he was on the Dean's list for 4 consecutive years and finished within the top 5% of the class. As a senior dental student, he was selected to participate in the world renowned Oral Maxillofacial Surgical Externship program at the Parkland Hospital in Dallas, Texas. He then completed a 1-year General Practice Residency program at the Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio, where he received training in hospital dentistry Intravenous sedation and advanced surgical procedures. He practiced general dentistry for 13 years then completed his post graduate training in the specialty of Prosthodontics at the University of Toronto. He currently holds a part-time position as an Associate in Dentistry at the University of Toronto. He serves as a surgical demonstartor in the post graduate Periodontics department and staff at the Implant Prosthetics Unit (IPU) at the University of Toronto. In addition, he maintains a full-time practice as a prosthodontist with a focus on full mouth reconstructions and implant dentistry. Dr. Mark Lin, BSc, DDS, MSc graduated from the University Of Toronto in the Biochemistry Specialists honors program. He received his dental degree from University of Detroit Mercy in which he was on the Dean's list for 4 consecutive years and finished within the top 5% of the class. As a senior dental student, he was selected to participate in the world renowned Oral Maxillofacial Surgical Externship program at the Parkland Hospital in Dallas, Texas. He then completed a 1-year General Practice Residency program at the Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio, where he received training in hospital dentistry Intravenous sedation and advanced surgical procedures. He practiced general dentistry for 13 years then completed his post graduate training in the specialty of Prosthodontics at the University of Toronto. He currently holds a part-time position as an Associate in Dentistry at the University of Toronto. He serves as a surgical demonstartor in the post graduate Periodontics department and staff at the Implant Prosthetics Unit (IPU) at the University of Toronto. In addition, he maintains a full-time practice as a prosthodontist with a focus on full mouth reconstructions and implant dentistry.

Dr. Weiner is a Professor in the New Jersey Dental School for over 25 years. He has taught Prosthodontics and Implantology at the predoctoral, post-doctoral and continuing education levels.  He currently directs the predoctoral didactic implant courses and presents continuing education courses in implantology for general practitioners. He has a private practice in which he both surgically places as well as restores implants.  He has made a number of research and clinical presentations on dental implantology at the national as well as local levels.

As a matter of introduction, he has completed his post-graduation in Prosthodontics, TMD, and Implant Dentistry concurrently with a Master of Science degree in Oral Biology from the University of Medicine & Dentistry-New Jersey Dental School-USA. Under-Graduate degree from Annamalai University, India. He is currently holding a part time faculty position as the Adjunct lecturer & Instructor Dept. of Prosthodontics at Rutgers School of Dentistry-USA. His Master’s research was in the field of different dental implants involving transmitted stresses in the peri-implant area.

His private dental office is based in the United Arab Emirates, Dubai, where he performs most of his implant surgeries and prosthetic treatments. He is the Consultant for the American Hospital in Dubai since 1998. In year 2000 he Founded/ and became the President-Chairman of scientific committee of Implant Dentistry – Study Consortium ID-SC, the first ADA approved Dental Implant continuing education course in the Gulf and Middle East. In 2002 he Founded the Study Club of Oral Implanytology, Emirates Medical Association, UAE. He has 21 years of experience with most implant systems like the NobelBioCare, Astra, Lifecore, Biolok, 3i, ITI, Zimmer and the BioHorizon system. Presented lectures in USA (Harvard Univ.), Penselvania- Penn Univ., China (Hunan Univ.), UAE (Ajman Univ.), Qatar & Bahrain. Organized CSR (corporate social responsibility) activities  Yemen, Sudan, Erbil and Bangladesh. And published articles in the JPD, Implant Dentistry, and J. of prosthodontics.

Dr. Jon Suzuki’s profile

Dr. Jon Suzuki, DDS, Ph.D., MBA

Dr. jon Suzuki is the associate dean for graduate education, research, and international relations, school of dentistry. He is a professor of periodontology and oral implantology.

He is the Director of graduate periodontology specialty program and professor of oral biology, director of oral biology graduate program and temple university graduate school. He is a professor of microbiology/ immunology, temple university school of medicine.

He is currently the chairman of united states food and drug administration (FDA) dental products panel.

Date of birth February 1, 1977

Nationality German

Education:

1996 - 2001Dental School, Heinrich-Heine        University, Duesseldorf,  Germany;

2001 - 2007Medical School, Heinrich-Heine  University, Duesseldorf,  Germany;

January 2004Dr. med. dent., magna cum laude, Thesis: "Establishing a new method for quantification of  tooth hypersensitivity"

January 2007Specialization in Oral Surgery

October 2008Dr. med., magna cum laude, Thesis: “Biocompatibility,    biodegradation and angiogenetic aspects of native and cross-linked collagen    membranes”

Professional Experience:

2002 – 2007:Research Associate, Department of Oral Surgery (Prof. Dr. J. Becker) Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany.

Feb. – Mar. 2005:Volunteer at the Clinic of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in Sankhu, Kathmandu, Nepal

June – Nov. 2007:Post-doc Student at the Department of Oral Pathology and Molecular Research, Westmead Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia (granted by DAAD)

2008-2010 Research Associate, Department of Oral and  Maxillofacial Plastic Surgery (Prof. Dr. Dr. J. Zoeller), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

2009 Ph.D., Thesis: “Reconstruction of defects of the alveolar ridge using artificial and autogenous bone blocks and growth factors”

Since 2010Assistant Professor at the Department of Oral and  Maxillofacial Plastic Surgery (Prof. Dr. Dr. J. Zoeller), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Awards: Young researcher award - 52. annual meeting of the national group of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery  (2004), Thesis: Biocompatibility testing of collagen membranes Best Poster Presentation – annual meeting of the German Association of Oral Implants (DGOI) (2010) Thesis: Surface morphology, biocompatibility and osseous organization of a new biphasic bone substitute. A combined in  vitro/in-vivo analysis

Research topics: Guided bone regeneration; socket preservation; implant surfaces, collagen membranes, bone substitute materials, growth factors, face trauma, Hemostyptics