Bone, Biomaterials & Beyond Academy

Massimo Del Fabbro graduated with a degree in biology from the University of Milan, where he also earned his PhD in human physiology and is currently an associate professor in dentistry. He was director of the Research Centre in Oral Health from 2011 to 2016 and has been Director of the PhD program in Oral Sciences at the University of Milan since 2015. In 2002 he became Head of the Section of Oral Pathophysiology at the IRCCS Galeazzi Orthopaedic Institute in Milan. Dr Del Fabbro is also a founding member and active member of the ANTHEC (Academy of Non-Transfusional Hemo-Components). His current research fields are periodontology, implant dentistry, endodontics and endodontic surgery, biomaterials and tissue engineering and biology of platelet concentrates.

Dr. Abdelsalam Elaskary is the founder of the vestibular socket therapy treatment protocol (VST), the owner of the Elaskary & Associates clinic and educational institute located in Alexandria, Egypt. He currently is a visiting lecturer at the University of New York (NYU) and the president of the Arab society of oral implantology (ASOI) in Cairo. Dr. Abdelsalam Elaskary authored three text books in the field of dental implantology and oral reconstruction, all published by John Wiley and translated into several languages: Reconstructive Aesthetic Implant Surgery, Fundamentals of Esthetic Implant Dentistry, Advances of Esthetic Implant Dentistry. He as well authored numerous articles in the field of implant dentistry.

2004–2009: Study of Dental Medicine at the Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg, Germany 27/11/2009 State examination 2010–2012: Dentist and participant in the postgraduate program in Periodontology of the German Society for Periodontology (DGParo e.V.) at the Department of Periodontology, Würzburg 14/01/2011 Promotion (Dr.med.dent.)
2013: Specialist for Periodontology, German Society for Periodontology (DGParo e.V.)
04/2013–02/2014: Honorary Research Associate & Clinical Teaching Fellow, UCL Eastman Dental Clinic, Unit of Periodontology, London, UK
02/2014–12/2016: Senior Clinical Lecturer, Department for Periodontology, University Witten/Herdecke, Germany Honorary Clinical Lecturer, UCL Eastman Dental Clinic, Unit of Periodontology, London, UK
since 02/2017: Private dental practice, Würzburg External Senior Clinical Lecturer, Department for Periodontology, University Witten/Herdecke, Germany 2017 Specialist for Periodontology, Dental Chamber Westfalen-Lippe (ZÄKWL)
since 08/2018: External Clinical Lecturer, Department for Periodontology, University Zurich, Switzerland Dr. Fischer has published several national and international articles in peer-reviewed journals. He is regularly lecturing on topics in the field of periodontology and implant dentistry. His research is focused on gingival biotype assessment, ridge preservation after tooth extraction and soft tissue augmentation with collagen matrices.

Dr. Arndt Happe graduated from dental school in 1994, having studied at Westfälische Wilhelms University, Münster. Following post-graduate studies with Professor Fouad Khoury and successful specialization in oral surgery, he obtained his doctoral degree in 1996. At that time he had already been active as a speaker and co-author of national and international publications in the field of oral implantology. Since 1999, Dr. Happe has worked as an oral surgeon in private practice in Münster, with a professional focus on both oral implantology (since 2000) and periodontology (since 2004). He taught in various postgraduate programs offered by the German Association of Oral Implantology (DGI), the European Association of Dental Implantologists (BDIZ EDI), the German Association of Esthetic Dentistry (DGÄZ) and the German Society for Periodontology (DGP), as well as in the “Periodontology and Implant Therapy” master program of the DGP in cooperation with Dresden International University. In addition, Dr. Happe is an external research assistant at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Plastic Surgery, Oral Surgery and Implantology at the University of Cologne (Director: Professor Joachim E. Zöller). He is an affiliate of the prestigious European Academy of Esthetic Dentistry (EAED).

2001: Doctor in Dentistry: vote 110/110. From 2001: Teacher and Tutor Department of Implatology, Head Professor E. Romeo, St. Paul Hospital, Dental Clinic, University of Milan, Italy. From 2003 Scientific Reviewer for Quintessence Publishing Co. Inc. (Chicago, IL). 2004: Post-graduated on “Advanced oral surgery and maxillary reconstructive technics” at University of Paris. 2004: Master in “Innovation technics in oral implantology and prosthetic rehabilitation“ at University of Milan, Italy. From 2006: Teacher and Tutor at Post-graduate Implant Dentistry and Prosthetic Rehabilitation Course, St. Paul Hospital, Dental Clinic, University of Milan, Italy. 2008: Phd on Implant Dentistry and Prosthetic Rehabilitation at University of Milan, Italy. From 2009: Teacher and Tutor at Post-graduate Implant Dentistry and Prosthetic Rehabilitation Course, Dental Clinic, University of Padova, Italy. 2011: Winner of the IIS International Prize for the Best Clinical Research of the 2011. ITI (International Team for Implantology) Fellow Member. SIO Active Member (Italian Society of Ossseointegration). PEERS (Platform for Exchange, Education, Research Science) Active Member. From 2013: Abilitation for Associate Professor for the Italian Ministry of University. From 2015: Tutor and Teacher in Prostohodontics and Implant Dentistry at PKUSS, University of Peking (China), Department of Stomatology. From 2017: Associate Visiting Professor for the Shangai (China) Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine. From 2018: Assistant Professor on Implant Dentistry and Prosthetic Rehabilitation at University of Milan, Italy. From 2017: Associate Adjunct Professor for the Shangdong University Hospital, School of Medicine, Quindao (China). Author of 34 Publications on international peer-reviewed journals.

Dr. Magda Mensi is a staff researcher of Oral Surgery and Endodontics at the Faculty of Medicine’s Dental Clinic, University of Brescia, and executive Medical Director of the Dental Clinic at Community Hospital (Spedali Civili), Brescia. She is Adjunct Professor, Oral Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry and Prosthetics, and Adjunct Professor, Surgery and Oral Hygiene, Faculty of Dental Hygiene, both at the University of Brescia. Dr. Mensi has been a member of the Italian Society of Periodontology since 2000. She holds a Ph.D. in Dentistry and Prosthetics (cum laude), and a Masters in Periodontal Surgery and Implantology, with a focus on periodontally compromised patients, under the mentorship of Professor Leonardo Trombelli (2010-2012), University of Ferrara Dental Clinic. Dr. Mensi is the author of numerous national and international publications in the areas of surgery and endodontics, a frequent speaker at conferences and congresses, and a freelance consultant in periodontology and implantology.

Dr. Patrick Palacci graduated at the University of Marseille in 1975. He continued his postgraduate education in periodontology at Boston University (USA), where he received the title of Post-graduate. He was appointed Consultant Professor at Boston University in 1982. In 2004 he received the title of Associate Professor at the University of Santiago de Chile and the University of Buenos Aires in 2006. He maintains a private practice in Marseille. His centre is one of 12 Brånemark Osseointegration centres in the world, working closely with Professor PI Brånemark. Dr. Palacci has developed many surgical techniques in relation to optimal implant positioning, plastic surgery techniques and papillae regeneration. He is the author of numerous scientific articles written over the last twenty years in international journals. He is also the author of two books dealing with the esthetic and implant treatment. These books have been written in English and published in nine different languages. A third book in conjunction with the technique NobelGuide was written in 2008 jointly with Prof. Peter K. Moy (Los Angeles) and Ingvar Ericsson (Sweden), also translated into Japanese. He wrote at the request of Professor PI Brånemark, a chapter on esthetics and soft tissue management in the book “From calvanium to calcaneum” considered the bible of implantology. He received the Nobelpharma Award in 1995 on the most important advances in surgery over the past 30 years. Dr. Palacci currently provides many courses in his clinic in Marseille, advanced courses for experienced practitioners. Groups from many countries (Sweden, Denmark, Chile, Italy, USA, Japan, Australia New Zealand…) could receive his teaching. He was invited, and continues to give numerous lectures around the world.

Stefano Parma-Benfenati, MD, DDS, MScD, is a visiting professor in postgraduate periodontology at the University of Turin and a professor in postgraduate oral surgery and pathology at the University of Parma. Dr Parma-Benfenati has been an active member of the Italian Society of Periodontology since 1987 and maintains a private practice limited to periodontology and implantology in Ferrara, Italy.

Prof. A. Piattelli, since 1988, teaches Oral Pathology and Medicine to the undergraduate students of the third year of the Dental School of the University of Chieti.   Since 2014, he teaches also to the undergraduate students of the second and third years of the Degree in Oral Hygiene.   He is also a teacher of Oral Pathology to the students of the Specialty Boards in Oral Surgery and Orthodontics.   Since 2013 he is the Director of a Ph.D. program, at the University of Chieti, in Bone Regeneration Techniques with the use of stem cells and different types of biomaterials.   In the last 20 years he has followed several Ph.D. students in the preparation of their Ph.D. Dissertations.  In the last decade, he has been invited twice to be the opponent at the Thesis Defense of two Swedish Ph.D. students at the Department of Biomaterials of the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.  From 1995 to 1999 he has been Honorary Senior Lecturer in Oral Medicine at the Eastman Dental Institute, London, UK.   In 2011-2012 he was the leader of a group of several researchers from a few Italian University who received a grant of about One Million Euros from the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (M.I.U.R.), Rome, Italy, for a study on bone regeneration procedures with the use of different scaffolds and different types of stem cells.   In the years 1995-1997 he was the President of the Italian Society of Oral Pathology and Medicine (S.I.P.M.O.).   In the years 2001-2003 he was the President-Elect of the Italian Society of Osseointegration (S.I.O), and from 2003 to 2005 its President.  From 1997 to 2009 he was the Dean and Director of Research of the Dental School of the University of Chieti.   He is member of several professional societies, member of the board of several scientific journals, and an ad hoc reviewer of many scientific journals.

Adjunct professor in Oral Implantology since 2007 at the School of Dentistry and at the Master Program in Oral Surgery at the University of Trieste. Founding member and President of the IPA (2017-2019), active member of the Italian Acad.of Osseointegration. Professional practice, Periodontology and Implantology at the Dental Clinic of the University of Trieste and at his practice in Gorizia.

Tiziano Testori, MD, DDS, is the head of the Implant Dentistry and Oral Rehabilitation section of the Department of Biomedical, Surgical, and Dental Science at the Galeazzi Orthopedic Institute in Milan, Italy. He is also an adjunct clinical associate professor of the Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine in the School of Dentistry at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He is a past president of the Italian Academy of Osseointegration and serves as section editor for the International Journal of Oral Implantology and on multiple editorial boards. Dr Testori has authored 140 peer-reviewed publications and 4 books on implantology.

Dr. Weinländer führt die Praxis seit 1990 in dritter Generation und verfügt über die Erfahrung von dreißig Jahren klinischer Arbeit und wissenschaftlicher Forschung. Seinen langjährigen Aufenthalt als Assistenz Professor an der University of California erleben seine Patienten auch heute noch: Im Hintergrund der Wiener Praxis läuft der beruhigende Jazz eines kalifornischen Radiosenders – inklusive gelegentlicher Stauwarnungen für Los Angeles.