Dental and Oral Health

Buse Sarpkaya is a 3rd year student of Dentistry at Istanbul Kent University and is the delegate of the Turkish Dental Association student branch for the 2024-2026 term. At the same time, she writes for the Toothfriendly Magazine, which is published by the Toothfriendly Association, which is the branch of Toothfriendly International in Turkey, and serves as a substitute supervisory board member of the association.

Shigemi Ishikawa Nagai is an associate professor of oral medicine, infection and immunity at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine. Throughout her career, Dr. Nagai has been dedicated to teaching prosthodontics and mentoring students’ research. Dr. Nagai has received numerous awards recognizing her teaching and research. HSDM. She has more than 90 peer-reviewed publications. Currently, she holds the Nagai-Kim-Chen Lab, which is comprised of clinician-scientists focused on translational research that combines clinical and developmental research with basic science.

Dania Wail Islam did the DDS.MS.Diplomat in the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry and She is a consultant in pediatric dentistry & early orthodontics. She is the assistant professor at university of Malaya in Saudi Arabia and she is married and a mother of a wonderful daughter

Anna Ewa Kuc graduated from medical studies in 2004 year. She completed the specialization with a highly passed exam. Thus, she obtained the title of a specialist in prosthetics. Then she started education in the field of orthodontics and completed the 3-year postgraduate studies in orthodontics at the University of Austria in Krems, obtaining the title of Master of Science in Orthodontics. She participated in many specialist courses and trainings in the field of occlusion and orthodontics as well as treatment biomechanics with world-class lecturers. She did a specialization in orthodontics at the Specialist Dental Clinic of the Medical University of Bialystok.  She connected scientifically with Wroclaw Medical University.

He helps Dentists and their Clinic/Office teams to reach new heights. Revenue, Job Satisfaction and Practice Growth are all interrelated. He learn about the Practice’s “DNA” to help implement systems and services that make sense for the patients while giving the team better job satisfaction. He work with dental teams that want to increase patient flow, practice revenue and job satisfaction. I have worked with small single office practices grossing less than 600k up to large DSO practices in excess of 500 offices. Finally, He worked with insurance companies.

Marcel Donnet is a Powder & Fluid Research Expert at EMS Electro Medical Systems SA (Switzerland). He is a chemical engineer with a PhD in Powder Technology. He has been carrying out academic as well as applied research for more than 20 years in interdisciplinary domains, including powders, fluids, chemical, medical and dental technologies. Over the 18 last years, his research passion was mainly directed to dental technologies and especially dental prophylaxis to offer best clinical option for both user and patient. He is instrumental in all powder related device development at EMS, from the initial powder up to the final clinical application.

Romaisa Arshad is a student of Public Health pursuing a BSc in Public Health from Bahria University, Islamabad. Romaisa has done her Advanced Level (A-level) in Biology, Chemistry and Physics from Roots IVY International Schools and is studying on an Advanced-Merit Scholarship based on her grades. Her current CGPA is 3.9. She has been involved in health education and health advocacy work in her college and university both and is currently working on her university’s own Public Health Society to ensure health education among the students and faculty. Romaisa runs her own social media blog named ‘Figuring out Public Health’ for the purpose of sharing health information and fighting misinformation. Romaisa has volunteered for the Pink Ribbon twice, running a Breast Cancer Awareness and Fundraiser drive in 2 educational institutes of Pakistan, also a member of Amnesty International. Her last research project was on Digital Health in Pakistan- how the lay person is adapting to the current digital health ecosystem. Romaisa grew up in Rawalpindi city of Pakistan,  is passionate about public health, health promotion, advocacy and social mobilization and is determined to make a positive impact on her surroundings.

Gaurav Vishal is an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon (M.D.S), Fellowship in Oral Oncology and Reconstructive Surgery. He completed M.D.S- Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery from Institute of Dental Sciences, Bareilly, India in 2020 and Fellowship in Oral Oncology and Reconstructive Surgery from Rohilkhand Medical College and hospital, Bareilly, India in 2021. He has received the Emerging Oral Onco Surgeon Award by HPP Cancer Hospital & Research Institute, with collaboration of Indian Medical Association, Lucknow, India. He has participated in various International conferences as a Speaker and Moderator. He is an expert in the field of Facial Trauma, Surgical Pathology, Basal Implantology, Oral Oncology and Reconstructive Surgery. He has several International and National Publications to his credit.

Daghrery is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Restorative Dental Sciences at Jazan University. Before joining Jazan University, she was an adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor at the Department of Cariology, Restorative Sciences, and Endodontics at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry. She received her Bachelor of Dental Medicine and Surgery (BDS) degree from King Abdulaziz University (KSA), Advanced clinical training and master's degree in Restorative Dentistry from the University of Michigan School of Dentistry (Ann Arbor, MI. USA), and her Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy) in Oral Health Sciences track of Tissue Engineering, Biofabrication and Materials Science from the University of Michigan School of Dentistry. Dr. Daghrery's research focuses on the design and synthesis of tissue scaffolds, drug delivery systems, and stem cell therapies to regenerate dental, oral, and craniofacial tissues. Her current research interests include the development of multiphasic and tissue-specific scaffolds for periodontal tissue regeneration and drug delivery systems for ablating oral infections by applying biofabrication, electrospinning, and 3D printing principles.

Zuzanna Grzech-Leśniak is a young passionate scientist that is specially interested in innovative new approaches to dental treatment. Her special field of interest is laser therapy. She is author of international and national publications. She is associated with the Wroclaw Medical University that is at the forefront of Polish medical universities that are present in the prestige international academic rankings, such as Shanghai List or Best Global Universities.

Aamna Rahat is a pediatric dental surgeon, working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Dentistry at SRMS Institute of Medical Sciences, Bareilly, India. She has completed her “Master of Dental Surgery” in the subject of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry from Bareilly International University. She is University Gold Medalist for M.D.S and done her B.D.S from Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Moradabad, India. She has Received Medal for her B.D.S Program too. She has several paper publications and national & International E-book publications.

Ruxandra-Ilinca Matei PhD, DDS, MaSc graduated in 1998 at Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest – Romania, Faculty of Dentistry. From 2000 she activates in the Department of Dental Medicine (disciplines of Restorative Dentistry and Periodontology), Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea – Romania, and also in her private practice office in Oradea. In 2019, after a two years national course, she was certified in Homeopathy and Gemmotherapy, and since that time she has focused on phytotherapic/gemmotherapic (vegetal) extracts implications in oral complex treatments.

Nasser Al-Alami did the Postgraduate degree in Master of Science in Oral & Maxillofacial surgery from Baghdad University- College of Dentistry (2003) and He is the Specialist Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon in UAE and has experience from Nov. 2010 till the present time as Performing surgical extractions, dental implants, gingival and bone grafting, cyst enucleation and marsupialization, Maxillofacial Fracture Management. He is the AOCMF fellowship at University Clinic for Cranio-Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery, Innsbruck, Austria and A Dental Surgeon at Gulf  Dental Center in Qatar from January 2008 till Sept 2010.  Nasser Al-Alami is the senior house officer in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Department of AL-Karkh General Hospital (2000-2003).

Alisa Vladimirovna Blinova, PhD, a post-graduate student of Tver State Medical University (Russia). She graduated from Tver State Medical University in 2020 with a degree in Dentistry. She has over 40 publications and 5 patents that have been cited over 30 times (the publication H-index is 3). Her research interests include modern conceptions of endodontic treatment, the control of oral biofilms and using nanotechnologies in dentistry. The method of passive nano-impregnation developed by her has a high therapeutic and commercial potential. It can improve the quality of conservative treatment of apical periodontitis without increasing the patient's treatment costs. The new method considers the tooth as a nanostructured organ and corresponds to the modern concept of microbial biofilms.

Parag Srivastava is a Endodontist, DDS-IDP Candidate. He completed his education in University of California, San Francisco and as an assistant professor he took lectures for a class of 100 students, also provided care for patients at a Dental school setting and as a consultant Endodontist, he provided care for 1000+ Patients and performed complex root canal cases at a hospital.

Robert B. Kerstein received his D.M.D. degree in 1983, and his Prosthodontic certificate in 1985, both from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine. From 1985 - 1998, he maintained an active appointment at Tufts as a clinical professor teaching Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics. In 1984, Dr. Kerstein began studying the original T Scan I technology, and has since that time has also studied T-Scan II, T-Scan III, T-Scan VII, T-Scan 8, T-Scan 9, and now the present-day version, the T-Scan 10 technology. Dr. Kerstein has conducted original research regarding the role that occlusion and lengthy disclusion time plays in the etiology of Chronic Occlusal-Muscle Dysfunction.

Péter Csiki DDS, MSc was graduated in 1994 at the Semmelweis Medical University of Budapest Faculty of Dentistry. He took his orthodontic specialty in 2000. From 1994 to 2002 he worked at the Semmelweis Medical University of Budapest Department of Orthodontics and Pedodontics as professor’s assistant. He practices in Budapest (Hungary) and in Milan (Italy).  In 2004 he started to work with passive self ligation, he’s been teaching as PSL speaker since 2008. He’s also an expert in TAD, lingual braces and aligner treatment. He is an honorary associate professor at the University of Szeged Faculty of Dentistry.

Luca Barbera degreed in Medicine and Dental Medicine at University of Milan, Residency in Digital   dentistry At University of Varese, practises exclusively Oral Surgery and Implantology since 35 years. Athors of international Articles, Cohautors for textbook for Oral surgery, and University Teaching activity for Digitale dentistry. Acutally directs Oral Surgery Department in Milan, Rome and Palermo Clinics. Is actually head of a Private work group focused on research program on Iuxtaperiosteal Implants.