National Osteology Symposium

Dr. Ueli Grunder ist Fachzahnarzt für rekonstruktive Zahnmedizin (Spezialistenstatus SSRD) und hat den Spezialistenausweis (WBA) in oraler Implantologie. Die zusammen mit Thomas Gaberthüel gegründete Praxis in Zollikon-Zürich führt er heute mit David Schneider und Jörg Michel. In seiner internationalen Vortragstätigkeit und diversen Publikationen befasst er sich mit den chirurgischen und prothetischen Aspekten der Implantologie. Sein Buch "Implantate in der ästhetischen Zone" wurde 2015 im Quintessenz Verlag publiziert und wurde bereits in 11 Sprachen übersetzt. Dr. Ueli Grunder ist Past-Präsident der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Implantologie (SGI) und der European Academy of Esthetic Dentistry (EAED).

Dr. Lozada is professor and director of the Advanced Education Program in Implant Dentistry at Loma Linda University, School of Dentistry where he also received his Certificate in Implant Dentistry (87) and Prosthodontics (95). He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Implant Dentistry, past president of the American Academy of Implant Dentistry and a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Oral Implantology.

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.

Dr. Urban erhielt seinen DMD-Abschluss und anschließend seinen MD-Abschluss an der Semmelweis University School of Medicine and Dentistry (Budapest, Ungarn) in den Jahren 1991 und 1996. Er absolvierte ein Vollzeitstudium der Oralchirurgie am St. Istvan Hospital in Budapest, Ungarn (1992-1996). Sein Praktikum in Parodontologie absolvierte er an der UCLA. Nach Abschluss des Fellowship-Programms (1999-2000) in Implantologie an der Loma Linda University in Loma Linda, Kalifornien, wurde er im folgenden Jahr zum Assistenzprofessor ernannt. Dr. Urban unterrichtet Implantologie im Rahmen des Graduiertenprogramms der Loma Linda University. Er ist im Staat Kalifornien (USA) zugelassen und hat eine Privatpraxis in Budapest, Ungarn. Dr. Urban promovierte 2012 in Parodontologie an der Universität von Szeged, Ungarn. Derzeit ist er Honorarprofessor an der Universität von Szeged. Dr. Urban ist Vorstandsmitglied der Osteology Foundation und hat wissenschaftliche Artikel und Fachbücher über Knochenregeneration und rekonstruktive Weichgewebschirurgie bei Zahnimplantaten veröffentlicht.