Mentors
Dr. Alan Rosenfeld
Country: Chicago, USA
Language: English
Preferred implants: 3i
Used Platform: SimPlant, SurgiGuides, SAFE System, Navigator
Contacts: Official website , E-mail
Biography: Dr. Alan Rosenfeld limits his private practice to cosmetic and reconstructive periodontics and dental implants. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois College of Dentistry. After graduating from dental school, he completed a general practice residency at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago and received his specialty training in Periodontology at the University of Pennsylvania in 1977. Dr. Rosenfeld is a Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology. He is the former director of graduate periodontology at Northwestern University Dental School. His collaboration with Drs. Richard Mecall and George Mandelaris has led to contributions in text books and numerous journal articles. He has lectured nationally and internationally. Dr. Rosenfeld has been using CT technology for the placement of dental implants since 1987. Dr. Rosenfeld is a professor of clinical periodontology at the University of Illinois College of Dentistry where his chief responsibility is teaching implant and periodontal plastic surgery to graduate students. In addition, Dr. Rosenfeld has contributed in the development of SimPlant planner. He serves on the medical advisory board of Materialise, the developer of SimPlant planner and SurgiGuides. In addition, Dr. Rosenfeld has been involved in the development of the Biomet 3i SAFE surgical-prosthetic implant delivery system.
Dr. Scott D. Ganz
Country:
Language: English
Preferred implants:
Contacts: Official website , E-mail
Used Platform: SimPlant, SurgiGuides, SAFE System, Navigator
Biography:Dr. Scott D. Ganz graduated from the University of Medicine and Dentistry - New Jersey Dental School. He completed a three-year specialty program in Maxillofacial Prosthetics at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. During this time Dr. Ganz was exposed to many different aspects of head and neck reconstruction, fabricating both intra-oral and extra-oral prostheses such as eyes, ears, noses, etc. This was followed by 20 years clinical experience (both surgical and restorative phases) with most major implant systems available today. Dr. Ganz is well-published in various scientific and professional journals. He has delivered presentations both nationally and internationally on Implant Dentistry and Computer Utilization for Diagnostic, Graphical, and Treatment Planning Applications in Dentistry. He has been a featured speaker for numerous organizations including the Academy of Osseointegration, American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, the American Academy of Implant Dentistry, the American Academy of Maxillofacial Prosthetics, the International Congress of Oral Implantologists, the American College of Prosthodontists, the American College of Oral Implantology, and the American Society of Osseointegration. He is a Diplomate of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists, a Fellow of the American Academy of Maxillofacial Prosthetics, and an Associate Fellow in the American College of Prosthodontists.Dr. Ganz serves as Chairperson for several committees of various organizations, and is a member of the Board of Directors of the New Jersey Section of the American College of Prosthodontists for which he is a Past-President. He is on the staff of Hackensack University Medical Center, teaching prosthodontics and implant dentistry, is on the faculty of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, and past faculty of the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine. Dr. Ganz is a member of Sulzer Dental's Peer Practicum Educational Program and is past faculty member of the ExperDent/ICOI Implant Prosthetic Continuum Faculty. He is also on the faculty of many other implant preceptorship programs throughout the country including the University of Texas Health and Science Center in San Antonio, the University of Michigan, the Brookdale / NYU Maxicourse in Implantology, the University of Miami Implant Dentistry Program, and the Universidad Nacional, Federico Villareal, in Lima, Peru. Dr. Ganz's book, "An Illustrated Guide to Understanding Dental Implants" available in both English and Spanish, has received wide acclaim as the standard in patient education texts, and has sold worldwide in over twenty-two countries. Dr. Ganz has also been a pioneer in the development of interactive multi-media presentations and educational material for the computer, CD-ROM, the Internet, and video.Dr. Ganz currently maintains a private practice for Prosthodontics, Maxillofacial Prosthetics, and Implant Dentistry in Fort Lee, New Jersey.
Dr. Benoit Philippe
Country: Paris, France
Language: French, English
Preferred implants: Biomet 3i
Used Platform: SimPlant, SurgiGuides, SAFE System, Navigator, OMS.
Contacts: E-mail
Biography: Dr. Benoit L. PHILIPPE is a medical doctor, specialised in oral medicine and maxillofacial surgery. Dr. Benoit L. PHILIPPE pursued his entire medical and surgical training at the Paris VI and Paris VII medical faculties. As of 1987, the year of his state medical doctorate concerning primitive or acquired maxillo-mandibular deformations, Dr. Benoit L. PHILIPPE devoted himself to taking care of patients having lost teeth due to being victims of primary dysmorphic ossuary atrophies or secondary edentulous ossuary atrophies. Dr. Benoit L. PHILIPPE carries out pre-implant maxillofacial surgery and implantology in exclusive private practice in Paris. Dr. Benoit L. PHILIPPE is specialised in bone grafts and pre-implant osteotomies. He is a pioneer in complex oral interventions associating autogenic grafts and pre-implant osteotomies that are meant to correct anomalies of the vertical dimension. Dr. Benoit L. PHILIPPE teaches as many French university medical and dental surgery faculties and is the author of many foreign conferences concerning of bone grafts and pre-implant osteotomies and computer assisted surgery (Russia, Spain, United States, Italy). Dr. Benoit L. PHILIPPE is the author of more than 100 national and international communications and publications. Dr. Benoit L. PHILIPPE is a member of the scientific committee of several scientific journals concerning implantology and pre-implant surgery. Dr. Benoit L. PHILIPPE is a member of the French association for Oral medicine and maxillofacial surgery and a member of the international association of oral and maxillofacial surgeons.
Dr. Elmar Frank
Country: Besigheim, Germany
Language: German, English.
Preferred implants: Straumann, Friadent, Camlog
Used Platform: SimPlant, SurgiGuides, minimal invasive distraction, 3D-Finder template system and positioning device, NobelGuide & software
Contacts: Official website, E-mail
Biography: Dr. Elmar Frank graduated 1989 in Dental Surgery and obtained his PhD from the Eberhard-Karls-University in TŸbingen/Germany. He started and currently maintains a general private dental practice in 1991 together with his wife, Dr. Sigrid Frank. He specialized in dental implantology, prosthetic restorations, and computer applications in dentistry. Dr. Frank is a pioneer in the development of several dental tools and devices with a special focus on diagnostic, therapeutic and educational areas such as diagnostic software for Manual Functional Analysis and forming an Internet portal for online dental education. He has been member in several advisory boards for market leading dental manufacturers. One of his main areas of research and activity is the use and application of 3D imaging procedures in dentistry maintaining a competence center for CT-based diagnostics and therapy planning in dental implantology. Dr. Frank has been a featured speaker for various organizations, and holds several patents in the field of CT based implant planning and implant placement. Dr. Frank is a member of several German and International associations including President of the Dental Society for Practice Management and Education (Z.A.P.F.), Director of the SimPlant Academy for the German speaking countries, German Society of Dentistry and Oral Medicine (DGZMK), German Association of Dento-Maxillo-Facial Radiology, German Association of Functional Analysis and Therapy, Association for Fundamental Research in Dentistry, Association for Psychology and Psychosomatic Medicine , German, Association for Implantology (DGI), European Association for Osseointegration (EAO) , German Association for Dental Hypnosis (DGZH), Craniofacial Virtual Reality Laboratory, (CVRL), University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
Dr. Philippe Tardieu
Country: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Language: French, English
Preferred implants: 3i, zygoma
Used Platform: SimPlant, SurgiGuides.
Contacts: E-mail
Biography: Dr. Philippe B. Tardieu has a doctorate in Dental Surgery of the University Paris VII and a PG in Implantology from the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis. He is Adjunct Associate Professor at the New York University, Division of Reconstructive Comprehensive Care. He is an Expert in Implantology from DGIO. Dr. Tardieu is founder and President of the Institut International d'Etudes Dentaires Avancees. In relationship with New York University College of Dentistry he is the founder of the Course "Current Concept in American Dentistry" that is held continuously since 1981. More that 900 dentists from more than 26 different countries have been educated in this program. He set up a course introducing dentists to Computer-guided Implantology in his office in Grenoble (France) with live TV surgeries and workshops since several years. These courses have hosted participants coming from all Europe, Asia and US and he had the opportunity to inviting internationally renowned lecturers. He is an international member of the American Academy of Periodontology. He is involved in the Committee of lecture of the Implant Dental Journal for correcting articles in the field of Implantology. In 1996 he wrote a book to present and explain dental implantology to patients and the second edition including Computer-guided Implantology is going to be issued soon. He is an international lecturer and author and an experienced user of surgical guides Since 1999 he is involved in R&D in Materialise Dental in which he also has a position in the Medical Advisor Board. He is the co-inventor of the SAFE System and he is the inventor of the Immediate Smile procedure and components. Dr. Tardieu is the CEO of Accuracy Current Technologies FZ LLC (ACT) which is established in Dubai (UAE) to develop Computer-guided Implantology over Middle East. Dr. Tardieu has an exclusive practice in Implantology and Aesthetics in Dubai (UEA) and in Bahrain.
Dr. Abbas Azari
Country: Tehran, Iran
Language: Persian, English
Preferred implants: Straumann, AstraTech, Zimmer
Used Platform: SimPlant, SurgiGuides, minimal invasive surgery, Facilitate
Contacts: E-mail
Biography: Dr. Abbas Azari is graduated in 1989 in Dental Surgery and obtained his Msc from the Tehran University/Medical Sciences in Tehran/Iran. He completed certification in Prosthodontics and was awarded Diplomate status by the Iranian Board of Prosthodonticsy in 1993. Since that time, he was maintaining an academic position of assistant professor in the department of Prosthodontics of Tehran university/medical sciences. He is active in private dental practice since 1991 together with his wife, Dr. Sakineh Nikzad, who is also have an academic position in Tehran university. He is specialized in Dental Implantology, prosthetic rehabilitation, and have many project in computer applications in dentistry. His primary interest is research in the field of basic sciences; biomechanics, computer related medicine, computerized dentistry, implantology, computer-Guided implantology, imaging sciences,E-learning, telemedicine, teledentistry, rapid prototyping and biomaterial sciences. One of his main areas of research and activity is the use and application of 3D imaging/modeling in dentistry as well as medicine. He is currently a member International association of prosthodontist . He has several research in promoting Computer in dentistry and many Finite element stress analysis program in the field of Prosthodontics and dental implants. He is currently involved in the utilization of CT-drived treatment planning and its use in the design of surgical templates. Currently, his chief responsibility is teaching implant diagnostics and surgery as well as prosthodontics to the graduate and postgraduate dental students.
Dr. Dov Kischinovsky
Country: Jerusalem, Israel
Language: English, Danish, Swedish, German, Hebrew
Preferred implants: Biomet 3i, NobelBiocare, Zimmer, MIS, zygoma
Used Platform: SimPlant OMS, SAFE system, Navigator, Facilitate, Expertease, SimPlant, SAFESystem, Surgiguides
Contacts: E-mail
Biography: Dr. Dov Kischinovsky is a specialist in oral and maxillofacial surgery. He obtained his doctorate in Dental Medicine from the Hebrew University, Jerusalem in 1976 and a degree in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in 1986 following extensive training in advanced oral procedures, orthognathic and reconstructive surgery. He is formerly a lecturer in the academic program for students of oral and maxillofacial surgery and Head of the Oral Surgery Unit at Wolfson Medical Center. Dr. Kischinovsky did further subspecialty training in implantology with emphasis on bone grafting and use of the zygomatic implant in various hospitals in Scandinavia and Belgium. He is a member of the International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (IAOMS) and the International Congress of Oral Implantologists (ICOI) as well as various national organisations for oral surgery and implantology. He frequently gives lectures locally and abroad and has written several papers in the fields of oral surgery, endodontic surgery and implantology. Dr. Dov Kischinovsky has an active private practice in oral and maxillofacial surgery with special expertise in 3D CT technology, bone grafting and dental implantology. He has 10 years of experience with zygomatic implants. By using computerized planning Dr. Kischinovsky offers alternatives to bone grafting and nerve repositioning in the lower jaw. He is a leading figure in this field and works regularly with referring doctors to provide care for the community.
Dr. Ramesh Bulbule
Country: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Language: Hindi, English
Preferred implants: Biomet 3i
Used Platform: SimPlant, SAFE system, SurgiGuides
Contacts: E-mail
Biography: Bachelor from University of Bombay 1974, Master's in Prosthodontics from University of Bombay 1977, Associate Fellow, American Academy of Implant Dentistry 2005, Teacher of prosthodontics for over 15 years, Practicing in Dubai since 1990.
