Dentists and Prosthodontics Annual Meeting June 27-28, 2016 New Orleans, USA

Dr. William J. Maloney has been a member of the faculty at NYU College of Dentistry since 2000. He also practices dentistry both in Westchester County and New York City. He is the past Chairman of the dental practice committee for the Ninth District Dental Association of the State of New York. Dr. Maloney is the author of hundreds of professional publications and has lectured at various locations including including the United States Military Academy at West Point and the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. His work has been featured by many media outlets including The Sporting News magazine. He is also very active as a faculty in outreaches both globally and in New York City.

History of dentistry and medicine -Innovative cariology theories and techniques -Oral and head & neck anatomy -Oral/dental manifestations of systemic diseases -Forensic dentistry -Oral/Dental significance of illicit and prescription drug abuse and misuse -Study of the various aspects od the dental treatment of individuals in prisons/detention centers

Dr. Farhad Vahidi has been in private practice in New York City since 1984. Besides his private practice, he is an Associate Professor of Prosthodontics at New York University College of Dentistry and is a former director of the Advanced Education program in prosthodontics.

Prosthodontics

DMD | Temple University School of Dentistry, Philadelphia, Pa, 1997 MS, Oral Biology | Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, Ohio, 2006 GPR Certificate | Erie County Medical College, Buffalo, NY, 1998 OMFS Internship Certificate | University of Kentucky College of Dentistry, Lexington, Ky, 1999 GPR Certificate | University of Kentucky College of Dentistry, 2000

General Practice and Dental Public Health General Practice Residency

B.S., D.D.S.

School of Dental Medicine

Professor

General Practice Residency Program

Graduated in Dentistry, Federal University of Maranhão (2002), Master in Dental Clinic, with specialization in Periodontics FOP / UNICAMP (2007). Doctor of Dental Clinic concentration area Periodontics FOP / UNICAMP (2009). Adjunct Professor of Periodontics discipline of Federal University of Maranhão-UFMA. It has experience in the field of dentistry acting on the following topics: periodontal disease, dental cement, pregnant women, dental implant and smoke.

Major Area: Health Sciences / Area: Dentistry. Major Area: Health Sciences / Area: Odontology / Subarea: Periodontics.

D.D.S., M.S.P.H.

General Practice Residency Program

Post-Doctorate Associate at Boston University Molecular and Cell Biology Department. Previously Massachusetts General Hospital, Didim Estetica Ağız ve Dis Sagligi Poliklinigi, Self-employed Dental Office

School of dentistry

1964 Born, Russia 1991 DMD , HebrewUniversity – Hadassah School of Dental Medicine 1998 PhD, Hebrew University.

Implant surfaces

M. Omer Gorduysus (DDS, PhD, Professor) was born in Istanbul,1963. Graduated from Hacettepe University, Faculty of Dentistry in 1986 with the degree of DDS, completed his Post-graduate Program in Endodontics in the United States at the University of Southern California with the scholarship of Turkish Goverment and received the title of "Specialist in Endodontics (1990-1992) later received his PhD degree in Endodontics from Hacettepe University, Ankara-Turkey in 1993, went to ACTA of Amsterdam with the scholarship of the Goverment of the Netherlands (given by NUFFIC) in 1998, in the same year became invited professor and clinical instructor at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Endodontics in Canada (1998-2000).Studied in the field of research and has many publications in SCI covered besides the some local and international journals.Actual position is Professor at Hacettepe University, Faculty of Dentistry Department of Endodontics and giving national and international lectures,editorship and convener of graduate endo.

Endodontist

Cristina Perez received her doctoral degree from the University of Concepcion, Concepcion, Chile. She then completed a fellowship at the University Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile

Pediatric Dentistry Orofacial Pain

Dr. Mark Durham is a dental specialist in prosthodontics. He maintains a private practice in Utah and provides clinical prosthodontics at the Salt Lake City, Veterans’ Affairs Hospital. He is the Section Head of Prosthodontics, the Chair of Continuing Dental Education, and Assistant Professor at the University of Utah, School of Dentistry. He is a past GPR Assistant Residency Director, and past dental laboratory manager at the Salt Lake City, Veterans’ Affairs Hospital. His DMD is from Case School of Dental Medicine, and his prosthodontic diploma is from Louisiana State University, School of Dentistry. He is the founder of a continuing education company called Dentucation that provides dental education world-wide. His research interests and lecture topics include: prosthodontics, ceramics and cements, conventional dentures, implant overdentures, implant-supported hybrid prostheses, full-mouth-fixed dental and implant rehabilitation, esthetics, treatment planning and post and cores.

Prosthodontics

My name is Xiaoxin Ye (Ph.D) from Department of Composite Materials Processing, Joining and Welding Institute (JWRI), Osaka University, Japan and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, China. My research fields involve the biomedical titanium alloy processing/characterization, surface modification, mechanical/corrosion/biocompatibility property. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, China. My research fields involve the biomedical titanium alloy processing/characterization, surface modification, mechanical/corrosion/biocompatibility property.

green materials processing, surface coating, nanomaterials, energy materials and biomaterials.