Implant Solutions World Summit 2024

Dr. Apekian is a general dentist in Sacramento, California who has leveraged technology to build and grow a fully integrated and digital private dental practice. By doing so and investing in her practice, she has been able to grow by more than 100% in less than four years. She uses CEREC and 3D imaging technology for all facets of restorative dentistry and guided implantology. Dr. Apekian continues to help dentists develop strategies to utilize the latest technologies to create functional office designs and clinical workflows to maximize efficiency and outcomes. In addition to the many clinical benefits and efficiency gains, Dr. Apekian has successfully used technology as a marketing tool to brand her office and significantly increase new patient growth and case acceptance.

Anne Benhamou is teaching in Dental Implant Therapy and Bone and Soft Tissue Reconstruction at Paris VII University, Department of Oral Implantology. She practises in her private clinics in the centre of Paris and London. She is the Fondator and President of the SNIF (Symposium National d’Implantologie au Féminin). Her clinical research emphasises on esthetic management in Dental Implant Therapy.

Dr. Boltchi received his dental degree from the Medical University of Hannover in Germany and a Certificate in Periodontics associated with a Master of Science degree in Oral Biology from Texas A&M University-Baylor College of Dentistry in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Boltchi is a faculty member of CDOCS and also maintains a full-time private practice in Periodontics and Dental implants in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. Dr. Boltchi has achieved Board Certification status with the American Board of Periodontology and is a fellow of the International Team for Implantology (ITI).

Daniel Butterman is a general dentist in Centennial, Colorado with a practice emphasis on Implant and CAD/CAM dentistry. He is an Advanced CEREC Trainer and Resident Faculty for CDOCS. In 1994, he graduated with honors from the University of Maryland Dental School. Dr. Butterman also is a graduate of the Misch International Implant Institute, and was awarded the Mastership Certification by the International Dental Implant Association and the Fellowship Certification by the International Congress of Oral Implantologists. He also is a member PEERS and a Hardware/Software Beta Tester.

Ernest Cholakis, DMD, MBA, is a dentist with expertise in implant dentistry. He holds an adjunct assistant professorship position at the University of Manitoba's School of Dentistry and founded the largest interdisciplinary group practice in Manitoba, serving over 30,000 patients annually in multiple clinics. He has received several honors including the Golden and Diamond Jubilee Medals and the Manitoba 150 Medal. He also serves as chair emeritus of The WAG, Canada's oldest civic art gallery.

Lyndon Cooper, DDS, PhD, practices as a prosthodontist in Chicago and is the associate dean for research and head of the Department of Oral Biology at the University of Illinois School of Dentistry in Chicago. Dr Cooper is a diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontics and served as president of the American College of Prosthodontists (ACP) as well as chair of the ACP Education Foundation. He is the recipient of several awards, including the 2016 Greater New York Academy of Prosthodontists’ Schweitzer Award for Research and the 2017 International Association for Dental Research/Academy of Osseointegration Innovation in Implant Sciences Award. Dr Cooper’s work has appeared in hundreds of national and international presentations and over 190 peer-reviewed publications.

Marco Degidi, DDS, is an adjunct professor for the postgraduate master’s in clinical implantology at the University of Bologna. He is an active member of the Academy of Osseointegration and a diplomate of the International College of Oral Implantology. Dr Degidi is the inventor of the WeldOne Concept as well as the Conometric Concept. He has published 153 articles on peer-reviewed journals and received numerous awards. Dr Degidi lectures internationally in the fields of immediate loading, primary stability, biomaterials, and esthetic dentistry and maintains a private practice limited to implant surgery and prosthetics in Bologna, Italy.

Mia L. Geisinger, DDS, MS, is a professor and director of Advanced Education in Periodontology in the Department of Periodontology in the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Dentistry. She is a diplomate in the American Board of Periodontology and a fellow in the International Team for Implantology. She has served as the president of the American Academy of Periodontology Foundation, the chair of the American Dental Association’s Council on Scientific Affairs, and on multiple national and regional organized dentistry committees. She currently serves as an AAP District III Trustee, as a Board member for the ADA’s Science and Research Institute, and on numerous AAP and ADA committees and task forces. She has authored over 50 peer-reviewed publications and lectures nationally and internationally on topics in periodontology and oral health care.

Barry Goldenberg is a prosthodontist practicing in St.Louis, Missouri, USA. His clinical practice is dedicated exclusively to all aspects of prosthodontics with an emphasis on implant prosthodontics. He is also an Adjunct Professor for the Graduate Periodontics Specialty Program at St. Louis University.

Malene Hallund graduated with a dental degree from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark in 2001. She qualified as a specialist in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery in 2010 from the Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital in Copenhagen, Denmark.  Dr. Hallund also completed a subspecialty in traumatology in Cape Town, South Africa. Since 2010 she has been a Consultant in Oral Surgery at the Dept. of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.  Dr. Hallund is co-owner and co-founder of the Copenhagen Clinic for Advanced Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Implants. Dr. Hallund is a member of the Postgraduate Studies Board at the Danish Dental Association and former Chair of the Danish Society of Dental Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.  Dr. Hallund is involved in several international research projects investigating implantology, oral surgery and oral cancer and is a national and international speaker.

Rodrigo Neiva currently heads the Department of Periodontics at Penn Dental Medicine as Chairman and Clinical Professor of Periodontics. Consistently recognized for his commitment to excellence in academic dentistry, Dr. Neiva has received numerous teaching awards throughout his career. Dr. Neiva has more than 100 publications in the fields of hard and soft tissue regeneration, and has developed several surgical techniques and clinical protocols that have contributed and influenced regenerative periodontics and implant dentistry.

Marco Toia, DDS, Ph.D. DDS degree in 2001 at the University of Milan, Italy. Specialization degree in Orthodontics (2004) and Oral Surgery (2007), University of Milan. PhD at the Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Oral Medicine, Faculty of Odontology, Malmö University (2020). Active Member of the Italian Academy of Osseointegration (IAO), Italian President of Peers (Dentsply Sirona Academy). Author of peer-reviewed publications. A private practitioner in Milan (Italy), affiliated with Malmö University.

Stefan Vandeweghe completed his studies in dentistry at Ghent University in 2006 and subsequently specialized in oral implantology. In 2010, he obtained his PhD with his thesis “Factors affecting bone remodeling around surface-modified Southern Implants”. From 2010 to 2011, Dr. Vandeweghe was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Malmö, Sweden, before he returned to Belgium, where he started his private practice. In addition, he continued his research at Ghent University, where he became Professor and Head of the department of Reconstructive Dentistry in 2017.

Martin Wanendeya graduated from the University of Bristol in 1995. Since 2004 he has been a partner at Ten Dental, an interdisciplinary specialist referral practice in Clapham, South London, where his work is limited to implant and aesthetic dentistry. He is a lecturer on the Masters in Aesthetics program at Goethe University Frankfurt and tutor on the diploma in implant dentistry program at the Royal College of Surgeons, England, having been awarded the diploma at advanced level. He has a special interest on digital implant dentistry and digital smile design and has lectured internationally on all aspects of implant dentistry.