Donald S. Clem, DDS, is the recipient of numerous awards, including Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Periodontics by the California Society of Periodontists and the American Academy of Periodontology’s Gold Medal, the highest award the Academy can bestow. He is a past president of the American Academy of Periodontology Foundation, American Academy of Periodontology, and the American Board of Periodontology. Dr Clem has authored over 30 publications, including three textbook chapters, and lectures internationally on sedation, periodontal regeneration, dental implants, and bone healing. He maintains a full-time private practice limited to periodontics and dental implants in Orange County, California.
Christian Coachman, DDS, CDT, attended the ceramic specialization program at the Ceramoart Training Center, where he also became an instructor. In 2004, he was invited by Drs Goldstein, Garber, and Salama of Team Atlanta to become head ceramist of their laboratory, a position he held for 5 years. He is a consultant for dental offices and companies, developing products and implementing concepts. He is the developer of well-known techniques such as the Pink Hybrid Implant Restoration and the Digital Smile Design Concept. Dr Coachman has lectured and published internationally and maintains a family-run private practice in São Paulo, Brazil.
Roberto Cocchetto, DDS, MD, graduated in medicine and surgery before specializing in dentistry and prosthodontics at the Verona University, Italy. As a professor, he has taught postgraduate courses in advanced implant treatment at the University of Udine and the University of Chieti in Italy. Dr Cocchetto has dedicated his professional interests to implant prosthodontics and surgery and has been involved in several clinical studies on peri-implant bone preservation and immediate loading. He is the author of several journal articles, including a recent original prosthetic protocol for implant-supported restorations, and is an internationally recognized speaker. Dr Cocchetto is an honorary member of the Advanced Implantology Study Group (AISG) and maintains a private practice in Verona, Italy.
Specialist Facial Reconstruction Surgeon. Private Practice. Paul Coceancig is a Commonwealth-trained jaw correction surgeon—with a unique practice based in New South Wales, Australia—dedicated to the treatment, and surgical cure, of obstructive sleep apnea. From prevention to active management, Dr Coceancig has helped develop concepts, ideas, protocols, methods, and instruments that will revolutionize how we manage the small jaw and glossoptosis and malocclusion.
Dr. Florin Cofar co-founded Smilecloud, a smile-design and centralized collaboration platform. He specializes in complex esthetic rehabilitation and minimally invasive procedures. He received his education from Victor Babes University in Timisoara with specialization at NYU University of Dentistry and Harvard Business School.
Born in Legnago (Verona). Completed dental school in 2005 at the University of Ferrara. Since 2006: scholarship recipient at the University of Ferrara. Since 2006: lecturer in the crown and bridge department at the University of Ferrara. Speaker at courses and conferences. Author of scientific contributions in national and international journals. Independent dentist specializing in reconstructive esthetic dentistry and endodontics in Legnago (Verona), Ferrara, Goito (Mantua), San Giuseppe (Ferrara), and Nogara (Verona).
Dr Cohen received his DDS degree from McGill University in Montreal and his MS degree and certificate in periodontics from the University of Washington School of Dentistry, where he now serves as a visiting assistant clinical professor in the Department of Periodontics. He has authored numerous articles on continuing education and is the editor of Interdisciplinary Treatment Planning: Principles, Design, Implementation (Quintessence, 2008). For the past 25 years, Dr Cohen has lectured nationally and internationally on the topic of comprehensive treatment planning, and he maintains a private practice limited to periodontics and implants in the Seattle area.The Seattle Study Club is the brainchild of Dr Cohen. An advanced educational organization, the Seattle Study Club consists of clinicians dedicated to raising the level of practice within their profession. This “university without walls” has more than 6,500 members in approximately 250 chapters in the United States, Canada, Australia, Germany, Spain, Taiwan, and Great Britain. Each club provides clinical treatment-planning sessions designed to increase total case management, problem-solving sessions, a faculty of specialists, and dedicated comprehensive treatment planning. National lecturers are showcased in small group settings, allowing intimate sharing of state-of-the-art treatment for the patient. The Seattle Study Club also publishes a quarterly interdisciplinary treatment-planning journal (The Seattle Study Club Journal) and sponsors lectures, conferences, and symposia. Guidance and assistance is also provided to each of the locally based study clubs.
Dr. Daniel K Coleman is a compassionate and talented dentist specializing in periodontics and implant dentistry. He is an educator and lecturer at Harvard School of Dental Medicine. Dr. Coleman has been recognized for his outstanding education and clinical capabilities. His passion for dentistry has led him to provide courses on periodontal health and surgical technique for dental professionals all over the world.
Dr. Coleman is a graduate of the Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts where he received his Doctorate of Dental Medicine, Post-doctoral Master of Science, Specialty training and Board Certification in Periodontics. During his residency, Dr. Coleman was privileged to serve as Chief Resident.
Dr. Coleman is a faculty member at the Harvard University School of Dental Medicine where he serves as a clinical instructor and lecturer in the Department of Periodontology. Recently, Harvard and the American Academy of Periodontology awarded Dr. Coleman with recognition as its Outstanding Educator of 2019. This award was given in part because Dr. Coleman serves as a speaker nationally and internationally to teach on topics of periodontal health and disease, additionally, he has co-authored a dental textbook entitled, “Non-Surgical Control of Periodontal Diseases” published in 2015 which is used in several dental programs to train new dentists. Among Dr. Coleman’s achievements, he was named one of Incisal Edge Magazine’s Top 40 under 40 dentists nationwide.
Aside from his numerous career achievements, Dr. Coleman dedicates himself to ensuring that his patients have an amazing experience when working with him through his core values of quality, compassion, and integrity.
Lyndon Cooper, DDS, PhD, practices as a prosthodontist in Chicago and is the associate dean for research and head of the Department of Oral Biology at the University of Illinois School of Dentistry in Chicago. Dr Cooper is a diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontics and served as president of the American College of Prosthodontists (ACP) as well as chair of the ACP Education Foundation. He is the recipient of several awards, including the 2016 Greater New York Academy of Prosthodontists’ Schweitzer Award for Research and the 2017 International Association for Dental Research/Academy of Osseointegration Innovation in Implant Sciences Award. Dr Cooper’s work has appeared in hundreds of national and international presentations and over 190 peer-reviewed publications.
Dr. Luca Cordaro is chair of the Department of Periodontology and Prosthodontics at the Eastman Dental Hospital in Rome. He graduated in Medicine at the University of Roma "La Sapienza" where he also got a degree in Dentistry. He holds a Ph.D. degree and is a certified specialist in oral surgery. He also works, together with his brother, in a private practice founded in 1957 by his father. Dr Cordaro is author or co- author of more than 70 papers published in italian or international journals and has lectured in Europe, Asia, North and South America. In 2007 he won the H. Goldman Prize for Clinical Research of the Italian Society of Periodontology. He is author of different book chapters and coauthor of the books "The SAC Classification in Implant Dentistry" and ITI Treatment Guide 7 published by Quintessence Publishing. He is active member of the Italian Society of Osseointegration and Fellow of the ITI (International Team for Implantology). In the ITI he serves as member of the Board of Directors, Chairman of the Study Club Committee and Chairrman for the Italian Section. He has been elected in the EAO Board in 2010 and serves as Chair of the Congress committee and Secretary General. His professional interests are Periodontology, Implantology and Oral surgery with a special interest regarding the reconstructive treament of alveolar atrophies.
Dr. Pierpaolo Cortellini received his MD from the University of Florence (Italy) in 1980, and his DDS in 1984 from the University of Siena (Italy). Dr Cortellini is the Secretery of the Accademia Toscana di Ricerca Odontostomatologica, Firenze Italy, and Board Member of the European Research Group in Periodontology, Berne (CH). He is active Member and Past President of the Italian Society of Periodontology and Past President of the European Federation of Periodontology. Promoter of “Project Periodontal Diagnosis” and Coordinator of the 5 “National Educational Projects” from SIdP, he was Scientific Chairman of Europerio 6. He runs a private practice in Florence (Italy), with services limited to periodontics. Dr. Cortellini is involved in clinical research in periodontology since 1982, with special emphasis to periodontal regeneration, aesthetics, and diagnosis. Dr. Cortellini lectures extensively on a national and international level; he is referee of scientific journals in the field of periodontology, and is the author of more than 100 original publications in scientific journals.
David Craig—Consultant, Honorary Senior Lecturer, Head of Sedation & Special Care Dentistry at Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, King's College London Dental Institute and Visiting Professor at the University of Portsmouth. David has over 30 years' experience teaching conscious sedation techniques to undergraduate students, dental and medical practitioners and has served on dental and multidisciplinary groups preparing guidelines for safe sedation practice.