40th Congresso Internazionale

From 1994 to 1999, Prof. Dr. Florian Beuer studied at the Dental School of the Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Germany, where he gained his license to practice (DDS) in 2000. From 2000 to 2001, he worked as an employed dentist in a private practice. In 2002, he became assistant professor in the Department of Prosthodontics of the Ludwig Maximilian University and made his Dissertation (Dr. med. dent.) in the same year. He became Specialist in Implantology (German Society for Implantology) in 2005. From 2007 to 2008, he worked as a Visiting Professor at the Pacific Dental Institute in Portland, Oregon (Director: John A. Sorensen DMD, PhD). His habilitation (Priv. Doz., PhD) was in 2009 at the LMU. From 2009 to 2015, he was the Vice President of the "Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ästhetische Zahnheilkunde (DGAEZ)". In 2010, he became an Expert in Prosthodontics after a further education at DGPro. Since 2011, Prof. Buer is a board member of the Team AG Ceramics. In the same year, he became the editor of the "Teamwork Journal of Continuing Dental Education". Since 2014, he was full Professor at Ludwig Maximilians University until 2015, when he became the Chairman of the Department of Prosthodontics at the Charité University of Medicine Berlin. He is also a Board Member of the German Society for Implantology (DGI).He gained his Master of Medical Education MME (University of Heidelberg) in 2015.

Marco Degidi, DDS, is an adjunct professor for the postgraduate master’s in clinical implantology at the University of Bologna. He is an active member of the Academy of Osseointegration and a diplomate of the International College of Oral Implantology. Dr Degidi is the inventor of the WeldOne Concept as well as the Conometric Concept. He has published 153 articles on peer-reviewed journals and received numerous awards. Dr Degidi lectures internationally in the fields of immediate loading, primary stability, biomaterials, and esthetic dentistry and maintains a private practice limited to implant surgery and prosthetics in Bologna, Italy.

Dr. Gracis was trained in the United States where he obtained first a D.M.D. degree at the University of Pennsylvania, and, then, the certificate in Prosthodontics with an M.S.D. degree at the University of Washington. In 1990, he returned to Milan and has been working ever since in private practice limiting his activity to prosthodontics and restorative dentistry. He belongs as active member to the Italian Academy of Prosthetic Dentistry for which he was president in the years 2007–2008 and to the European Academy of Esthetic Dentistry for which he was president for the 2016–2018 term. He is on the editorial board of the International Journal of Esthetic Dentistry and of the International Journal of Prosthodontics.

Dr. Tomas Linkevicius received his DDS degree in 2000 from Kaunas University in Lithuania. In 2004 he finished the postgraduate program in prosthodontics at Vilnius University, and in 2009 he defended his thesis titled “The influence of mucosal tissue thickness on crestal bone stability around dental implants,” receiving his PhD degree from Riga Stradins University in Latvia. Dr. Linkevicius currently serves as an associate professor at the Institute of Odontology at Vilnius University. He also maintains a private practice and is the founder of a private research center. Dr. Linkevicius serves as a reviewer in several dental journals, including the International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Implants, the Journal of Periodontology, Clinical Implant Dentistry and Related Research, and the Journal of Clinical Periodontology. He is the author of the bestselling book Zero Bone Loss Concepts as well as many articles published in international journals.

Ignazio Loi, DDS, MD, graduated in medicine and surgery before specializing in dentistry and prosthodontics at the University of Cagliari, Italy. He is a member of the Associazione Italiana Ospedalità Privata (AIOP) and an honorary member of the Advanced Implantology Study Group (AISG). Dr Loi maintains a private practice in Cagliari, Italy.

Dr. Ricardo Mitrani, received his DDS degree from the Unitec University of México City; a certificate in Prosthodontics as well as a Master of Science in Dentistry from the University of Washington, where he served as the Graduate Prosthodontics program’s assistant director during the year of 2001.  He currently holds academic affiliations at the University of Washington, and is a resident faculty at SPEAR Education in Scottsdale Arizona. He is a member of several organizations including the American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry and the American Academy of Restorative Dentistry. He is part of the editorial board of the Journal of Esthetic and Restorative Dentistry (JERD), The Journal of Cosmetic Dentistry (JCD) and Compendium, as well as the Executive director of Spear Digest. Dr Mitrani has authored numerous scientific publications and chapters in textbooks in the fields of Implant Prosthodontics and Aesthetic dentistry and has given over 600 lectures around the globe, maintaining a private practice limited to Prosthodontics, Implants and Aesthetic dentistry in Mexico City.  

Nazariy Mykhaylyuk is a specialist in a field of microscopic dentistry (mostly indirect restorative dentistry). Works in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine in family clinic in a team with his father and dental technician Bohdan Mykhaylyuk (Oral Design Ukraine). 2008 he qualified as a dentist in Ivano-Frankivsk Medical University. 2010 Created Mykhaylyuk Study Center and started organising courses for dentists on topic "Tooth preparation with microscope for full crowns". Organised about 80 courses in Mykhaylyuk Study center for about 700 dentists. Was lecturing about 70 times in Ukraine and worldwide. Started organising new courses on topics – "Photo and video documentation in dentistry. Microscopic approach", "Total rehabilitation from A to Z", "Indirect restoration – from macro to micro. MicroVision approach"; Developed his personal kit for teeth preparation for full crowns (Komet); 2013 developed hand instrument for finishing preparations (enamel chisels – Deppeler); developed MicroVision preparation kit for veneers and onlays (Komet).; posted in Journal of Cosmetic Dentistry AACD Winter Edition. Became a DentalXP expert. Doing more and more international hands-on courses and lectures about microscopic dentistry worldwide. Co-founder of MicroVision group. 2018 He opened a clinic in Kyiv.

Dr. José Manuel Navarro received a Certificate in Periodontology and Implant dentistry after completing a 3-year program at New York University College of Dentistry (Chairman Dennis Tarnow). He was also awarded a Master of Science degree in Biomaterials from NYUCD for his research on high strength ceramics (Chairman Van Thompson). Dr. Navarro has received awards for his research from different societies, including the Academy of Osseointegration (AO) best presentation award in 2007 and the European Academy of Esthetic Dentistry (EAED) Research Award in 2011. He has co- authored several peer- reviewed publications and book chapters and is Co-Editor of the book “High Strength Ceramics”. Dr. Navarro is on the editorial board of the European Journal of Esthetic Dentistry (EJED) the International Journal of Oral Implantology (IJOI) and is editor in Chief of Quintessence International in Spanish. He is past chairman of the European Association for Osseointegration (EAO) Junior Committee and is visiting faculty at different universities. He currently maintains a private practice focused on periodontics, prosthodontics and implant dentistry in Spain and London.

Educated as dental technician from 1979 – 1983 in Hamburg; Examination for the grade of master, April 22nd, 1992 in Munster, NRW. Working as practical technician for one year Working in commercial laboratories in Bielefeld from 1985-1988 Self-employed since 1989 in Bielefeld; Journalist for “Quintessenz der Zahntechnik”; Advisory function, Product development, Marketing concepts, Product photography (Dental, Food, Lifestyle), Presentations; Foundation of an institution for further education in 1988; National and international lectures; External consultant in Germany, Italy, Poland, Hungary, England, Benelux, Bosnia, USA, Canada, Russia, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and South Africa Numerous publications; Inventor of FB Analyzer, Tribos V-shade, Denture Art, Carrara Paint

Prof. Lorenzo Trevisiol is a M.D., specialist in Maxillo-Facial Surgery. He developed his clinical and research activity in the field of the treatment of facial dentoskeletal deformities, advanced preprosthetic surgery, maxillofacial traumatology and its sequelae, surgical treatment of OSAS (Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome) and oral pathology. He has been specifically interested in the application of new digital technologies (VSP Virtual Surgical Planning) to the surgical field, participating in the development and validation of softwares for virtual surgical simulation in orthognathic surgery.