Keynote Speakers

Professor Lyndon Cooper

 

Prof Lyndon Cooper is the Stallings Distinguished Professor of Dentistry at the Department of Prosthodontics at the University of North Carolina. He is a Diplomat of the American Board of Prosthodontics and acting Director of Graduate Prosthodontics and the director of the Bone Biology and Implant Therapy Laboratory. His laboratory primarily conducts research relating to the growth of bone tissue in conjunction with dental implants and he focuses on integrating basic and clinical research to improve patient care.  In 2009 Prof Cooper was awarded the IADR’s 2009 Distinguished Scientist Award (the Nobel awards of dentistry) for Prosthodontics and Implantology.  As a practicing prosthodontist with a biology background there are few better qualified to discuss implant therapies.

 

 

 

 

Professor Ken M. Hargreaves

 

 

Prof Ken M. Hargreaves is Professor and Chair of Endodontics, and Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology at the University of Texas Health Science Centre  San Antonio. In addition to his university work he maintains a private practice limited to Endodontics and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Endodontists. His area of research focuses on the pharmacology of pain and inflammation.  Prof Hargreaves has been awarded not one but two IADR Distinguished Scientist Awards- for pulp biology in 1999, and pharmacology, toxicology and therapeutics in 2000.  In addition to being widely published, he is also editor of the Journal of Endodontics  and co-editor of Seltzer and Bender’s Dental Pulp, and with Steve Cohen, co-editor of the classic  Pathways of the Pulp.

 

 

 

 

 

Professor Adrian Lussi

 

 

Prof Adrian Lussi from the University of Bern has authored and edited Dental Erosion from Diagnosis to Therapy a modern day classic in this area.  His major expertise is in the area of the multifactorial aetiology of dental erosion. Starting from the clinical appearance/manifestations of this seemingly increasing problem, Prof Lussi then moves into investigating the biological, chemical and behavioural  risk factors  including a new simple method for assessing the tooth structure (BEWE) before he covers treatment strategies. Along the way expect to cover topics such as optical/laser caries detection, ozone and fluorides as well as classic cariology.