Plenary Programme - Thursday

Professor Albrektsson has been the Professor and Head of the Department of Biomaterials, University of Gothenburg, since 1986, and has been the Chairman of that Department since 1988, which today is part of the Department of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgren´s Academy, University of Gothernburg, Sweden. He has been a board member of the Department of Surgical Sciences for more than 10 years and of the Department of Clinical Sciences since 2006.

Professor Albrektsson is the close co-worker of P I Brånemark in the development of osseointegrated oral and craniofacial clinical treatment, which had an international breakthrough in 1982 and 1992. He is a senior member of the team that developed new osseointegrated hip arthroplasties for clinical usage in 2005.

He is the editor of 10 scientific books and the member of the Editorial Board of eight international, scientific journals. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Applied Osseointegration Research, a scientific monograph, since 2000. Professor Albrektsson has written approximately 650 abstracts, reviews and scientific papers on bone grafts, vital microscopy of bone, experimental implants, oral and craniofacial reconstructions and orthopaedic implants.

The Paper by Brånemark, Albrektsson et al (1983) was in 2006 awarded one of the top papers published in Biomaterials over 25 years. The Paper by Wennerberg & Albrektsson (2000) was awarded title of best paper in Int J Oral & Maxillofacial Implants published in 2000. Professor Albrektsson is ranked among the six most quoted scientists of the Medical faculty of the University of Gothernburg in an investigation covering the years between 1986 and 2001.

In 2010 Professor Albrektsson became an Honorary member of Italian Society of Osseointegration and was elected as a member of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow; R.C.P.S.G. He has presented over 950 lectures to professional audiences all over the world.

Michel Magne was born in la Chaux-de-Fonds (Switzerland ) in 1958. He grew up and followed his primary education in Neuchâtel, where he certified as Dental Technician in 1979. He developed his technical education in fixed prosthodontics (ceramics) and aesthetics until today.

Between 1985 and 1991, he was consecutively directing two dental laboratories as Master Ceramist and he specialised in implant-supported work, complex oral rehabilitation and bonded porcelain restorations. From 1992 to 2004, he has been the owner and director of Oral Design Center, Dental Laboratory in Montreux (Switzerland). In January 2005, he became Associate Professor of Clinical Dentistry and Director of the Center of Dental Technology at the University of Southern California (USC, Los Angeles).

Since January 2009 he has been President and Director of 901 Michel Magne, Dental Laboratory and Dental Education in Los Angeles, (USA). He is visiting Faculty at several universities and leading teaching academies worldwide as well being in charge of a number of aesthetic courses and postgraduate education. He is author and co-author of articles on aesthetic dentistry and is frequently invited to lecture and teach on these topics worldwide.

He has together with his co-workers published ground-breaking research in the fields of ridge alterations following tooth extraction, ridge preservation, bone formation in extraction sockets and immediate implant placement. He is an ITI Fellow, the ITI Chairman in Brazil and an Osteology Foundation Board member. He is member of the editorial board of several journals.

Dr Stanford is the Associate Dean for Research and Centennial Fund Professor for Clinical Research, Dows Institute for Dental Research and Department of Prosthodontics, College of Dentistry, University of Iowa. He holds secondary appointments in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and the Department of Biomedical Engineering.

Dr Stanford received his BS, DDS, Certificate in Prosthodontics and Ph.D. from the University of Iowa. He runs the Office for Clinical Research and is Director for the Nanoscience section of the NIH Institute for Clincal and Translational Sciences (ICTS) at the University. He is the author 14 book chapters, 84 published papers and more than 170 published research abstracts.

He is the recipient of 15 academic awards including the 2007 State of Iowa Regents Award for Faculty Excellence and the IADR Distinguished Scientist Award (2007). He sees patients in a intramural practice at the University with an emphasis in Prosthodontics and management of congenital anomalies.

Dr Wheeler is a Board Certified Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon in the United States. He received his undergraduate degree from Stanford University in 1974, and his postgraduate and residency training from the University of Southern California School of Dentistry graduating in 1981. While Dr Wheeler practises the full scope of oral and maxillofacial surgery, he has specialised in the field of implant reconstruction which presently involves 80% of his time. Over the past 30 years he has placed over 8,000 implants of various types on patients of all ages and has become an international lecturer on the subject.

Dr Wheeler has helped to pioneer many bone and soft tissue grafting techniques used to aid in implant reconstruction and has been involved in the prototype development of several implant modalities. Dr Wheeler is a Fellow of the Academy of Osseointegration and the American Society of Osseointegration. He is on the Executive Board for the Academy of Osseointegration as well as the Institute for Dental Implant Awareness. He has authored numerous articles for both national and international journals on dental implants and grafting techniques. Dr Wheeler has been active both in teaching and prasticing the team approach to implant dentistry through lectures and live surgical training courses both in his office and abroad.