AEEDC Dubai World Orthodontic Conference Speakers 2025

Dr. Reem Alansari

BDS, PhD
Associate Professor/Consultant of Orthodontics | Saudi Arabia

King Abdulaziz University

Dr. Reem Ahmed Abdulghaffar Alansari is a consultant and an academic faculty member at the Department of Orthodontics, King Abdulaziz University. She is American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine PhD, Dental Sciences, McGill University, Montreal Orthodontic Clinical Certificate, Tufts University, Boston Fellowship, Craniomandibular Disorders, Orofacial Pain, Tufts University, Boston. Diploma of Professional Development in Teaching and Learning, KAU, Jeddah
Lecture:

Prof. Ali Habiballah Hassan

BDS, PhD
Professor and Consultant Orthodontist | Saudi Arabia

Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University

Professor and Consultant of Orthodontics at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia with more than 80 publications. MHPE: Master of Health Profession Education, Maastricht University, Holland, 2009 (Honor degree). Editor in Chief of the Journal of Orthodontic Science. BDS from King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. PhD in Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine, Chicago, USA, 2001. Certificate, Individualized Program in Advanced Orthodontics, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Dentistry Chicago, USA. 2001. Specialty Certificate, Orthodontics, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Dentistry Chicago, USA. 1999
Lecture: The Treatment of Vertical Discrepancies Using Clear Aligners

Dr. Amer Nabil Asker

BDS, MSc
Orthodontist, Lecturer | Egypt

Private Practice

• Lecturer at DTMD university-Luxembourg. • ADA (american dental ass.) recognized provider in ortho. courses from 2018 till 2024. • MSc. orthodontics Donau university- Austria. • MSc. periodontology -Egypt. • Board eligible of orthodontics and implantology-Taiwan. • Maxillofacial surgery diplomate- Egypt • Founder of Asker ortho. Center from 2009 till now with 2 branches in Egypt. • 2006 Bachelor dental surgery-Egypt
Lecture: Interceptive Orthodontics, from Myth to Reality

Dr. Daniel Eduardo Cassilha Neves

DDS, Orthodontist | Brazil

Private Practice

Dr. Daniel Neves is a highly skilled orthodontist based in Curitiba, Brazil, known for his dedication to exceptional dental care. With over 25 years of experience practicing orthodontics since 1998, he brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to his patients. In addition to his clinical practice, Daniel is a renowned lecturer and educator, having presented in over 30 countries around the world on the topic of aligner orthodontics. His international speaking engagements highlight his commitment to sharing advancements and best practices in the field. With a master's degree from Northwestern University, Daniel combines academic excellence with real-world experience, delivering transformative smiles and comprehensive care.
Lecture: Interdisciplinary Treatment with Clear Aligners: Synergy of Ortho-Implant Collaboration and Aesthetic Solutions

Dr. Fady Hussein El-Sayed Fahim

BDS, PhD, MSc, FDS RCSEd, M Orth RCSEd
Associate Professor, Orthodontic Consultant, Fellow Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh UK (FDS RCSEd), CEO | Egypt

Cairo University

Dr. Fady Fahim: •From 1 November 1998 to 31 October 1999 Internship, Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. •From 5 July 2000 to 15 December 2003 Residency - Orthodontic Department, Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. •From 16 December 2003 to 8 July 2005 Demonstrator - Orthodontic Department, Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. •From 9 July 2005 to December 2011 Assistant Lecturer - Orthodontic Department, Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. •From January 2012 until 2020 Lecturer - Orthodontic Department, Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. •From January 2020 until now Associate Professor - Orthodontic Department, Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. •CEO, Owner and Founder of Perla Dental Clinic in Cairo, Egypt. •Course director of the M Orth Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh UK Training Program at Perla Dental Training Centre. •Member of the first cleft lip and palate craniofacial team in Egypt, at the cleft lip and palate center, affiliated to Surgical department, Ain Shams University. •Member of the Evidence-based Committee, Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine – Cairo University. I am responsible, with my colleagues in the team, of revising all Master and PhD degree protocols for all branches of Dentistry in Cairo University. Moreover, myself with the team, are conducting evidence-based courses each semester for the postgraduate students. •Lecturer at “ M Orth Preparatory course” in Dubai, UAE, at the European University College in Dubai. •Examiner in the “Mock M Orth Membership exam” in Dubai, UAE, at the European University College in Dubai.
Lecture: Mandibular Dentition Distalization/ Retraction Using Miniscrew Anchorage

Prof. Gang Shen

BDS, MSc, PhD
Professor and PhD Supervisor, Director of Dental Hospital in China | China

Wuhan University Taikang Dental Research Institution

Prof. Shen Obtained his BDS in 1988 and then MDSc (Orth) in 1991 from Shanghai Second Medical University (now Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine). In 2000, Dr Shen was awarded PhD from the University of Hong Kong Faculty of Dentistry. In 1995, Dr Shen was in Australia for advanced clinic training firstly with Dr Brian Lee in Bendigo and then with Dr Wayne Sampson in Adelaide. He was Chair Professor in Orthodontics Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Stomatology from 2000 to 2004 before he moved to Australia taking up the full time academic position as Associate Professor in Orthodontics in University of Sydney Faculty of Dentistry. He was also appointed as orthodontic staff specialist treating patients in Sydney Dental Hospital and Westmead Hospital. He was given special permission by Australia Dental Board NSW to conduct extramural private practice. In June 2008, Dr Shen returned to Shanghai and resumed his duty as Chair Professor in Orthodontics Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Stomatology. Professor Shen’s important posts also included the Vice Dean of School of Stomatology Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Dean of Faculty of Dentistry, President of Shanghai Association of Orthodontists and Vice President of Chinese Orthodontic Society. Dr Shen’s research interests include biological and biomolecular response of bone junctions in craniofacial regions to external forces, biological mechanisms of phenotypic shifting of chondrocytes during the transition from cartilage to bone, and the innovative work on development of the newly developed clear orthopedic appliances S8-SGTB. Prof Shen has published extensively in many prestigious dental and orthodontic journals and lectured world-widely in many occasions.
Lecture: The Clear Version of Jaw Repositioning Therapy

Dr. Giuseppe Scuzzo

MD, DDS, MSc
Adjunct Professor, Director of the First International Master in Lingual Orthodontics, Co-Director of the PG Program in Lingual Orthodontics | Italy

University Vita-Salute San Raffaele,

Prof. Giuseppe Scuzzo, graduated in medicine in 1983 (Rome University), specialized in dentistry (Rome University) and specialized in orthodontics at Ferrara University. He is adjunct professor in Invisible lingual technique at University Vita-Salute San Raffaele (Milan)and adjunct Professor at Complutense University (Madrid) and University of Salamanca (Spain). He was also director of the First International Master in Invisible Lingual orthodontics at Ferrara University and Co-Director of the PG Program in Lingual Orthodontics at the Complutense University of Madrid and at MASLO (Master Advanced Study Lingual Ortho) Basel University Swiss. Dr. Scuzzo has spoken extensively in Italy and abroad on Invisible Lingual Orthodontics, publishing 80 articles and 3 books translated in 6 languages. Dr. Scuzzo has a private practice limited to Invisible orthodontics in Rome, Italy. EBO diplomate (European Board of Orthodontists) the only one in Europe diplomated with all lingual cases. WBLO diplomate(World Board of Lingual Orthodontists) Fellow member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Past president of the World Society of Lingual Orthodontics (WSLO) Past president of World Board of Lingual Orthodontists (WBLO) Past-President of the Italian Society of Lingual Orthodontic (AIOL) Past .President of European Society of Lingual Orthodontics (ESLO)
Lecture: : Patient-Center Aesthetic Orthodontic Solutions: Aligners and Lingual Appliances

Dr. Howard Fine

DMD, MMSc
Director of Orthodontics | USA

Touro College of Dental Medicine

Dr. Fine is a Harvard trained, board certified orthodontist with over 35 years of private practice experience. He is presently Director of Orthodontics and Associate Professor of Dental Medicine at Touro College of Dental Medicine in Hawthorne, NY. He has also served as an Assistant Clinical Professor and Assistant Director of the Post-Doctoral Orthodontic Training Program at Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY. He is a consultant to G&H Orthodontics and Reliance Orthodontics, major manufacturers of orthodontic products. In addition to clinical practice, he is on the Editorial Review Board of Orthodontic Products Magazine and the Editor of the Diplomate, the newsletter of the College of Diplomates of the American Board of Orthodontics (CDABO). My research has been published in the Journal of Clinical Orthodontics, the American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, and Seminars in Orthodontics. He has been both a presenter and moderator at local, national and international orthodontic meetings. He was President of About Face, LLC, a company that developed software to aid in orthodontic diagnosis and patient communication.
Lecture: MISSING MAXILLARY LATERAL INCISORS: What the Orthodontist and the Restorative Dental Team should EXPECT From Each Other?

Dr. Mais Medhat Sadek

BDS, DDSc, MOrth RCSEd, MDSc
Program Director of Master of Dental Surgery in Orthodontics program and Assistant Professor of Orthodontics | United Arab Emirates

College of Dental Medicine, University of Sharjah,

● September 2022 – Present Program director of Master of Dental Surgery in Orthodontics program and Assistant Professor of Orthodontics, College of Dental Medicine, University of Sharjah, UAE. ● September 2021 – June 2022 Assistant Professor, Department of Orthodontics, European University College, Dubai, UAE. ● September 2021 – December 2021 Visiting Faculty, Orthodontic department, Hamdan Bin Mohamed College of Dental Medicine, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai, UAE. ● March 2019 – March 2021 Assistant Professor, Orthodontic department, Faculty of Dentistry, Ain Shams University. ● April 2013 – February 2019 Lecturer, Orthodontic department, Faculty of Dentistry, Ain Shams University. ● January 2012 – March 2013 Instructor, Orthodontic department, Faculty of Dentistry, Ain Shams University. ● August 2008 – August 2011 Resident, Orthodontic department, Faculty of Dentistry, Ain Shams University
Lecture: Unplanned Tooth Movement in Clear Aligner Therapy

Dr. Narayan Gandedkar

BDS, MDS, FCFO
Senior Lecturer | Australia

The University of Sydney

Dr Narayan Gandedkar is a Senior Lecturer - Discipline Lead and Coordinator of Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD) (Orthodontics) and Post-Graduate Supervisor of DClinDent (Orthodontics) at the University of Sydney School of Dentistry, and Course Director for Orthodontics Courses of Sydney Health Executive Education. He is a Professor (adjunct) at the Department of Orthodontics, SGT University, Delhi. He is Australasian Orthodontic Board Certified (ABO), and holds membership of ADA-NSW, and Australian Society of Orthodontists (ASO) (Academic). He is the Associate Editor of Seminars in Orthodontics, APOS-Journal and Editorial Board Member of Thai Orthodontic Journal and JIOS, and a reviewer of fourteen specialty-based journals. He has conducted more than twenty-five workshops in Orthognathic Surgery, Craniofacial Orthodontics, and has delivered over forty presentations (Invited Speaker/Oral Presentations) at American Association of Orthodontists meeting (AAO) (USA), The American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association ACPA (USA), India, Australia, Japan, Singapore, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Malaysia, China, Bangladesh, and other countries. He has published over seventy international papers/book chapters. He has co-authored a textbook titled “Surgery-First Orthodontic Management: A Clinical Guide to a new treatment approach” published (Springer International, Switzerland) in 2019, and has written several international book chapters, including, Mosby, Elsevier, edited by M. Papadopoulos (Aristotle University, Greece).
Lecture:

Prof. Nasser D. Alqahtani

BDS, MSc, FRCDC
Diplomate, American Board of Orthodontics Professor, Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontic Dept. College of Dentistry, | Saudi Arabia

King Saud University

Dr. Nasser Alqahtani is a Professor at King Saud University and Consultant Orthodontist at a Private Clinic. He is a clear aligner provider who treated more than 2000 orthodontic patients with clear aligners. Dr. Nasser graduated from King Saud University and got his bachelor degree in Dentistry with honor in 2007. Then, he earned his clinical certificates in Orthodontics from SUNY at Buffalo, USA, master degree in Orthodontics, Fellowship of Royal College of Dentist of Canada in 2012. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics since 2012
Lecture: Orthodontic treatment of Complex Open Bite Malocclusion with Clear Aligner Therapy

Dr. Nikhil Gogna

BDS(Hons) MFDS RCPS(Glasg) DClinDent(Orth) MOrth RCS(Eng) FDSOrth RCS(Eng)
Consultant Orthodontist, NHS Consultant Cleft Orthodontist | United Kingdom

Bristol Dental School

Dr. Nikhil Gogna was born in London, England and worked across the United Kingdom developing his skills to achieve clinical excellence. He is an award winning orthodontist, who has a passion and ambition to deliver high quality function, stable and aesthetic dentistry
Lecture: Clear Aligner Therapy: Have we Reached Nirvana?

Dr. Noha Hasan Saleh Ghonim

BDS
Orthodontist Specialist, Lecturer & Instructor | Egypt

Private Practice

Future University, B.D.S,bachelor of dental surgery, 2013-2018. CGPA 3.50. • Dentaurum Gmbh.co. Germany Educational center ortho lab work, October 2018 • Digital Designing Training at DDA ‘Digital Dental Academy’ laboratory, August 2018 – December 2018 • Digital Designing Training at HAYAT Dental Lab, August 2019-December 2019. • Edinburgh’s residency program in Orthodontics - 2019 2022 - Enmasse Dental Learning institute , Cairo.
Lecture: Gummy Smile