AEEDC Dubai World Orthodontic Conference Speakers 2023

Dr. Adel Dahaim Alharbi

BDS, Swedish Board of Orthodontic
Assistant Professor | Saudi Arabia

Qassim University, College of Dentistry

Dr. Adel Alharbi joined Qassim University College of Dentistry since 08/07/2013 till now. He is a Swedish Board of Orthodontic, Gothenburg University (Sweden, 2019). He is a member of European Orthodontic Society and American Orthodontic Society.
Lecture: Can Orthopedic Treatment in Growing Orthodontic Patient Produce a Satisfying Result

Dr. Bandar Alyami

DDS, M.S, Ortho Cert., ABO, FTOR, CFRF
Associate Professor, Preventive Dentistry Department | Saudi Arabia

Faculty of Dentistry, Najran University College of Dentistry

Chairman of department of maxillofacial and diagnostic science. Board Certified Orthodontist and a Diplomat of the American Board of Orthodontics. New York University, USA. Dr. Alyami is an assistant professor of orthodontics and the vice dean for development and quality, and the chairman of department of preventive dentistry at Najran University College of Dentistry. He received a Master of science and certificate in orthodontic and dentofacial Orthopedics, Postdoctoral Certificate in Translational Orthodontic Research, fellowship in advance orthodontics, fellowship in Translational Orthodontic Research from New York University. Dr.Alyami completed his Post-Doctoral fellowship in craniofacial regeneration from Columbia University. Dr. Alyami contributed to many research projects and led the research effort on two very successful projects: “role of mechanical stimulation on bone formation” and “methods to accelerate tooth movement” including vibration and micro-osteoperforations. These projects resulted in publications, presentations at national and international meetings, numerous awards of achievement, and have translated into products and new therapies in oral care. Beside the craniofacial research, Dr. Alyami has a special interest in designing and developing different biomedical devices that will create a new treatment methodology for orthodontic-orthopedic patients. This interest resulted into several patents in the U.S. Patent and Trademark office for different craniofacial devices
Lecture: The Future of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics: New Treatment Methods & Devices

Dr. Basema Alqadasi

BDS, MSc
Orthodontist | Saudi Arabia

Private Practice

Dr. Basema Alqdasi, finished her bachelor degree in dentistry at SANAA University and had her internship at ALTHWARA HOSPITAL. She took her masteral degree in orthodontic at XIAN JIAO TONG University, Xi’an,China, then study english and chinese language. She also finished HSK4 Chinese Language Proficiency (244). She worked in XIAN JIAO TONG HOSPITAL OF STOMATOLOGY Orthodontic Department. She worked in private clinic and teaching orthodontic crosses in Yemen. Presently working as orthodontist in private dental center in Riyadh
Lecture: Three-dimensional Assessment of Accelerating Orthodontic Tooth Movement-micro-osteoperforations vs Piezocision: A Randomized, Parallel-group and Split-mouth Controlled Clinical Trial

Dr. Bruno Filipe Almeida Gomes

DMD, MSc
Orthodontist | Portugal

Private Practice

Dr. Bruno Gomes, had attendance and completion of secondary education, in the scientific-natural area, at the Secondary School of Caldas de Vizela, with a final average of 18 values and had 1st year of the degree in Pharmacy at the School of Health Technologies of Coimbra. He finishes the Degree in Dental Medicine from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra, with the final average of 14 values. Postgraduate in Orthodontics from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto. He took SSW technical technical-clinical course, Prosthesis course on Implants of the MIS Training Center, taught at the Dental Clinic of Avenida (Vila Nova de Gaia). He did Master in Implantology and Periodontology from UFP (Fernando Pessoa University), he attended Invisalign technique and Mini-implants course by PCMFG training, InSmile. Advanced Master in Invisalign technique by Aligners Academy in Madrid, then Specialization in Advanced Orthodontics from the University of Salamanca. He did clinical practice inserted in the degree in Dental Medicine, which consisted of 4 years of consultations assisting the National Health System, in the Hospitals of the University of Coimbra and emergencies in the stomatology service in the Hospitals of the University of Coimbra, and also clinical practice of outpatient in several clinics, in which he performed consultations independently, covering all areas of Dental Medicine.
Lecture: Aligners, from the Digital to Clinical with Predictability.

Dr. Dalya Al- Moghrabi

BDS, MFDS (RSCI), DClinDent (Orth), MOrth (RCSEd), FFD (RSCI), PGCAP, FHEA, PhD
Assistant Professor and Consultant Orthodontist | Saudi Arabia

Princess Nourah bint Abdul Rahman University

Dalya Al-Moghrabi is an assistant professor in orthodontics at Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University. She qualified as a dentist from Jordan University of Science and Technology, and obtained her clinical doctorate in orthodontics from Trinity College Dublin and her PhD in orthodontics from Queen Mary University of London. She was awarded both the Membership in Orthodontics and the Fellowship of the Faculty of Dentistry from the Royal Colleges of Surgeons in Edinburgh and Ireland, respectively. Dalya was awarded the Seamus Keating Award from the Orthodontic Society of Ireland in 2019, Research Quality Award for Postgraduate Students in 2018 and Award of Excellence in Receiving Specialized International Prize in 2020 from Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University.
Lecture: The Influence of Social Media on Orthodontics: Opportunities and Challenges

Prof. Dr. Med. Dent Benedict Wilmes

DDS, DMD, PhD
Professor, Department of Orthodontics | Germany

University of Düsseldorf

Dr. Wilmes did a postgraduate training in oral surgery at the Department of Maxillofacial Surgery at University of Muenster, Germany. Subsequently, he received a postgraduate degree in orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics at the University of the Duesseldorf, Germany. In 2013 he became Professor at the Department of Orthodontics at the University of Duesseldorf. Dr. Wilmes is author of more than 150 articles and textbook chapters. He is reviewer of numerous journals and has held more than 400 lectures and courses in 70 different countries all over the world. His primary interest is in the area of non-compliant and invisible orthodontic treatment strategies (TADs and Aligners). Dr. Wilmes was awarded the First Prize of the German Orthodontic Society in 2007, the First Prize of the European Orthodontic Society in 2009, the First Prize of the German Society for Lingual Orthodontics in 2018. Dr. Wilmes is an Active Member of the Angle Society (Eastern Component).
Lecture: 1. Mini-Implant Borne Sliders to Overcome the Limits of Aligners 2. Mini-Implant Borne Expanders to Overcome the Limits of Aligners

Prof. Dr. Ravindra Nanda

BDS, MDS, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Division of Orthodontics | USA

University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine

Dr. Ravindra Nanda (born 19 February 1943) is a professor and Head of the Department of Craniofacial Sciences and Chair of the Division of Orthodontics at the University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine. He is part of the founding faculty of School of Dental Medicine and has been at the University of Connecticut since 1972 where he also holds an Alumni Chair in the Orthodontics Division. He is an innovator of various appliances in orthodontics.His research and clinical interests include adolescent and adult orthodontics, the biology of tooth mobility, craniofacial orthopedics, biomechanics and developing efficient mechanics to deliver orthodontic care. Dr. Ravindra Nanda received bachelor's and master's degrees in dentistry and orthodontics from King George's Medical College, Lucknow University. His thesis on "Cephalometric Study of the Dentofacial Complex of North Indians" was selected for the scholarship research grant from the Indian Council of Medical Research and was published in the January 1969 issue of the Angle Orthodontist.[5] He joined Katholieke Universiteit, Nijmegen, the Netherlands in 1967 and received his PhD in Philosophy in 1969. Dr. Nanda came over to the new dental school at Loyola in Chicago in 1970, after serving as fellow and assistant professor in orthodontics with Frans van der Linden. In 1972, he advanced to the Department of Orthodontics, University of Connecticut in Farmington, CT, and received his certificate in orthodontics under Dr. Charles Burstone.
Lecture: Managing Complex Malocclusions With and Without TADs.

Prof. Dr. Sebastian Baumgaertel

DMD, MSD (Orthodontics), FRCD(C),
Specialist for Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Clinical Associate Professor | USA

School of Dental Medicine, Case Western Reserve University

Dr. Baumgaertel has lectured world wide on orthodontic mini-implants and Cone Beam Computed Tomography. He has published multiple scientific articles and acts as a reviewer for a number of high-profile journals. Additionally he is author and co- editor of two textbooks: - Mini-Implants in Orthodontics – Innovative Anchorage Concepts - Self-ligating Brackets in Orthodontics: Current Concepts and Techniques Dr. Baumgaertel is a Clinical Associate Professor and Director of the subspecialty clinic for skeletal anchorage at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH. In addition, he maintains an active orthodontic practice there.
Lecture 1: TAD Use in 3-Dimensions: Successfully Correcting Transverse, Vertical and Sagittal Orthodontic Problems - Part 1: Miniscrew Design and Insertion Sites
Lecture 2: TAD Use in 3-Dimensions: Successfully Correcting Transverse, Vertical and Sagittal Orthodontic Problems - Part 2: Biomechanics and Clinical Examples

Dr. Jean-Marc Dersot

DDS, MSc, PhD
Periodontologist & Implantologist | France

Private Practice

PastPresident of the French Society of Periodontology and Oral Implantology (SFPIO)Past representative of France at the European Federation of Periodontology (EFP)Past Assistant-Professor -Dental University -Paris 5Lecturer at the Dental University -Paris 5Internationalmember of theAmericanAcademy of Periodontology (AAP)Judicial Expert at the Appeal Court of ParisAssociated member of the National Academy of Dental Surgery (ANCD)Practice limited to Periodontology, Oral and Implant Surgery
Lecture: How to Optimize the Periodontal Conditions Around Impacted Upper Canine? Proposal of a Surgical Decision Tree

Dr. Mohamed Shendy

BDS, MSc, PhD
Lecturer of Orthodontics | Egypt

Al-Azhar University, Faculty of Dental Medicine

Dr. Mohamed Shendy had his BDS at Faculty of Dental Medicine Al-Azhar University same with his MSc and PhD in orthodontics. He worked as general dentist and main assistant as orthodontist at some private dental clinic in Egypt and then became the main orthodontist then put up his own dental clinic in Egypt. He worked at Ministry of Health as general dentist, Cairo-Egypt. He took Military service in Egyptian army. He is a resident and demonstrator of orthodontics and became an assistant lecturer, presently a lecturer of orthodontics at Faculty of Dental Medicine Al-Azhar University.
Lecture: Evaluation of Three Types of Rapid Maxillary Expanders (Conventional, Hybrid, and MSE) on Maxilla in Adolescent A Randomized Clinical Trial -CBCT Study

Dr. Nour Eldin Tarraf

BDS(Hons), MDSc(Hons), MOrth RCSEd, MRACDS (Ortho)
Specialist Orthodontist, Honorary Lecturer, Department of Orthodontics | Australia

University of Sydney

Dr Tarraf finished his BDS at Cairo University with Honors in 2001 followed by an orthodontic residency at Cairo University. He then moved to Sydney where he completed his Masters degree in Orthodontics at the University of Sydney in 2008 with Honors. He works in private practice in Sydney and is involved in research and teaching at the University of Sydney. With his practice composed of 40% adult patients Dr Tarraf has a special interest in invisible orthodontic techniques such as lingual orthodontics and aligners. Lecture:

Dr. Sasil Poonnen

BDS, MDS
Consultant Orthodontist | United Arab Emirates

Private Practice

Dr. Sasil Poonnen maintains a private practice Sasil’s Dental Clinic for 30 years. He started the Department of Orthodontics at University of Sharjah in 2007 and worked there for 11 years. He also started the Department of Orthodontics at Fujairah campus of Ajman University in 2006 before joining University of Sharjah He was lecturer at the Department of Orthodontics at the Ajman University for 5 years He was Head of Orthodontics at College of Dental Surgery at KMC Manipal in 1987 and later worked at the Department of Orthopedics & Dentofacial Orthopedics, College of Dental Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore. He is a Member American Association of Orthodontists, Member of World Federation of Orthodontists He was a guest speaker at American Association of Orthodontists at the Annual conference in Washington DC 2007. He was Keynote speaker at Balkan and Macedonian Association of Orthodontists and of many Conferences in Thailand, USA, Dubai, India, Nepal, South Korea at the Annual conferences He was Program director for Advances in Orthodontics (New York University, USA, 2015). He wrote a chapter in Craniofacial Growth, Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics "A Tribute to Donald Hugh Enlow" By Dr McNamara and Dr Lucelma Vilela Pieri - First Edition Chapter 33 An Evaluation of the Morphogenic and Anatomic effects of the Herbst Fixed Functional appliance using Enlow‘s Counterpart Analysis. He was awarded from Brazilian Orthodontic Society (2012) for Distinguished Professionals in the field of orthodontic education.
Lecture: Management of Class III Malocclussion , The Road Less Travelled