Fernando Suárez López del Amo, DDS, MS, received his dental degree from the European University of Madrid in Spain and completed his Certificate and Master’s degree in periodontics at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. After graduation, Dr Suárez continued serving as an adjunct clinical assistant professor and research fellow at the University of Michigan, before becoming an assistant professor at the Department of Periodontics—University of Oklahoma. In addition to being a Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology, Dr Suárez has been the recipient of several awards from the American Academy of Periodontology, the American Academy of Periodontology Foundation, and the Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine at the University of Michigan. He has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals and serves as a reviewer for a number of journals in the fields of periodontics and implant dentistry. Dr Suárez currently works in private practice in Tacoma, Washington.

Doctor of Dental Surgery, Doctor of Stomatology (Center of Periodontology)
Member of the American Dental Association, Member of the Academy of General Dentistry, Member of the Omicron Kappa Upsilon National Dental Honor Society, Member of the Periodontology Committee of Chinese Stomatological Association

Dr. Suzuki practices Periodontics in Tokyo, Japan, and is currently recognized as an international leader in the field of periodontal microsurgery (surgery performed using a microscope). Dr. Masana Suzuki received his DDS from Nippon University, Matsudo campus, School of Dentistry, in 1984. Since 1989, he has maintained a full-time private practice in Tokyo, Japan. He is an active member of the Japanese Society of Periodontology, the Japanese Academy of Clinical Periodontology, the AMED (Academy of Microscope Enhanced Dentistry), the Advisor of the Society of Japan Clinical Dentistry (SJCD) Tokyo, and one of the well-known clinicians and lecturers in the field of Periodontal Microsurgery.

Diana Tadros, DDS is a board-accredited member of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry (the ONLY one in Fort Lauderdale), a Fellow of the Academy of General Dentistry, and a Fellow of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists. She maintained a premier private practice in Manhattan for numerous years prior to moving down to South Florida. Dr. Tadros is a firm believer in conservative esthetic outcomes and has dedicated her time outside of practice to help educate colleagues in her profession by being a keynote speaker and lecturer frequently at national and international Dental Conferences and meetings. She is a trailblazer in her profession on Digital and Cosmetic Dentistry and owns her own training institute and hosts workshops numerous times a year, where she teaches other Cosmetic Dentists how to utilize cutting-edge technology to provide Conservative care and improve Esthetic Results.

Ali Tahmaseb graduated in dentistry from the University of Ghent (Belgium) in 1993. He went on to take an orthodontics program in France as well as various training programs in oral surgery and implant dentistry throughout Europe and the USA between 1996 and 2000. In 2011 he completed his PhD program at ACTA under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Daniel Wismeijer, where he also now teaches at the special master program for oral implantology as an Associate Professor. He is co-founder of a novel concept in guided surgery and primary investigator in this field at the University of Amsterdam. Ali Tahmaseb is an NVOI (Dutch Implantology Society) registered implant dentist and works in referral offices in Netherlands and Belgium. He has been an ITI Fellow since 2008 and has participated in several education, Consensus meetings and research projects in different areas in implant dentistry. His main research areas are in guided surgery, CAD/CAM, bone regeneration around endosseous implants and guided bone regeneration. He has authored and co-authored a number of publications and lectured internationally.

Sandra Khong Tai, BDS, MS, FRCD(C), is a practicing specialist in orthodontics in Vancouver, Canada. She is a Clinical Assistant Professor in Orthodontics at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver as well as an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of the Pacific in San Francisco, California. She is a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics. Dr Tai has been an Invisalign-certified orthodontist since 2000 and is currently an Invisalign Blue Diamond Plus Provider who has treated over 5,000 cases with clear aligners. She is a member of the editorial board for several leading orthodontic journals and has written chapters in multiple orthodontic textbooks. Dr Tai has published several research papers on clear aligners and is one of the pioneer testing doctors for Invisalign with Mandibular Advancement, the Invisalign First appliance, and the Invisalign Palatal Expander. She is a much sought-after international speaker and lectures globally on clear aligner technique.

Hiroyuki Takino, DDS, is visiting professor of periodontology at Asahi University School of Dentistry, associate professor at Tokyo Medical and Dental University, and associate professor at Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry. He is also director of the Japan Institute for Advanced Dental Studies and chairman of Osseointegration Study Club of Japan. Dr Takino is a member of several national and international organizations and director of the Takino Dental Clinic in Kyoto, Japan.

Dennis P. Tarnow, DDS, is clinical professor of periodontology and director of implant education at Columbia School of Dental Medicine. He is a recipient of the Master Clinician Award from the American Academy of Periodontology, Teacher of the Year Award from New York University, and Distinguished Lecturer Award from the American College of Prosthodontists. He has published over 200 articles on perio-prosthodontics and implant dentistry and has coauthored four textbooks, including The Single-Tooth Implant (Quintessence Publishing, 2020) with Dr Stephen J. Chu. Dr Tarnow maintains a private practice in New York City and has lectured in over 45 countries.

Lorenzo Tavelli, DDS, MS, PhD isa full-time assistant professor and the director of the Postgraduate program in Periodontology at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine.

Dr. Tavelli graduated from the University of Milan and then completed his three-year residency in Periodontics and Master of Science at the University of Michigan. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology.

Dr. Tavelli’s main focus in clinical research and daily practice is microsurgical and minimally invasive soft tissue grafting procedures around teeth and dental implants, where he has been pioneering in the combined use of High Frequency Doppler Ultrasonography and wound healing biomarkers for assessing graft perfusion and the surgical outcomes. Dr. Tavelli has been extensively lecturing worldwide on these topics at the main scientific symposia. He has published more than 120 scholarly publications in the main international peer-reviewed journals while serving as an Associate Editor for Journal of Periodontal Research and Clinical Implant Dentistry and Related Research.

He was the recipients of several research awards, such as the 2024 ITI Andre Schroeder Research Prize, the 2023 American Academy of Periodontology (AAP) Earl Robinson Regeneration Award, the 2022 AAP Foundation Nevins Clinical Research Fellowship, the 2021 Goldman Clinical Research award from the Italian Society of Periodontology, and the 2020 AAP Balint Orban Research Award, among others.

 DDS, MS, PhD isa full-time assistant professor and the director of the Postgraduate program in Periodontology at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine.

Dr. Tavelli graduated from the University of Milan and then completed his three-year residency in Periodontics and Master of Science at the University of Michigan. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology.

Dr. Tavelli’s main focus in clinical research and daily practice is microsurgical and minimally invasive soft tissue grafting procedures around teeth and dental implants, where he has been pioneering in the combined use of High Frequency Doppler Ultrasonography and wound healing biomarkers for assessing graft perfusion and the surgical outcomes. Dr. Tavelli has been extensively lecturing worldwide on these topics at the main scientific symposia. He has published more than 120 scholarly publications in the main international peer-reviewed journals while serving as an Associate Editor for Journal of Periodontal Research and Clinical Implant Dentistry and Related Research.

He was the recipients of several research awards, such as the 2024 ITI Andre Schroeder Research Prize, the 2023 American Academy of Periodontology (AAP) Earl Robinson Regeneration Award, the 2022 AAP Foundation Nevins Clinical Research Fellowship, the 2021 Goldman Clinical Research award from the Italian Society of Periodontology, and the 2020 AAP Balint Orban Research Award, among others.

Having graduated from Istanbul University School of Dentistry in 1984, Engin Taviloglu continues his studies particularly on field of esthetic dentistry in his private practice in Istanbul-Tesvikiye. He has been lecturing in seminars, giving hands-on courses and performing live case demonstrations on esthetic dentistry and composite applications in particular. He is the author of AN ATLAS OF COMPOSITE APPLICATIONS and three DVDs ; “PRACTICAL INDIRECT COMPOSITE RESTORATIONS” , “COMPOSITE RESTORATIONS WITH SILICONE MATRIX IN ANTERIOR TOOTH FRACTURE” and ”DIRECT COMPOSITE VENEER APPLICATION” which are available from Quintessence Publishing Inc. in Turkish. Engin Taviloglu worked as a member of Executive Board for Turkish Academy of Esthetic Dentistry (EDAD) for 19 years and continuously shares his cases and practical information about esthetic dentistry and particularly composite applications with many dentists in a social media group named “e-kompozit” which he has established on internet. Engin Taviloglu is married and has a son, speaks English and French and plays tenor saxophone. As an artist, he is interested in watercolor painting and many of his works take place in various collections. Being a former basketball player with a championship in Turkish 1st Basketball League, later a veteran tennis player with many prizes won in several tournaments, Taviloglu is currently involved in golfing with many championships and represents his country in both domestic and international model aircraft contests.