Invited Speakers
program subject to change
| Longevity of Dental Materials | |
 | Lorenzo Breschi University of Bologna, Italy Bologna, Italy Presentation Title: The Evolution of Adhesive Dentistry: From Etch-and-Rinse to Universal Bonding Systems |
| Dr. Lorenzo Breschi received his DDS degree cum laude and PhD at the University of Bologna (Italy). He is now Full Professor and Chairman of Restorative Dentistry and Director of the Master in Aesthetic Restorative Dentistry, at the University of Bologna (Italy). Prof. Lorenzo Breschi served as President of the following Academies: Italian Academy of Conservative Dentistry (AIC), International Academy of Adhesive Dentistry (IAAD), European Federation of Conservative Dentistry (EFCD), Dental Materials Group of the IADR (DMG-IADR) and the Academy of Dental Materials (ADM). Prof. Breschi is also an active member of the following societies: American Academy of Restorative Dentistry (AARD), Academy of Dental Materials (ADM), Accademia Italiana di Odontoiatria Conservativa e Restaurativa (AIC). He is actively involved in research in restorative dentistry and he has published more than 300 original papers and review articles on different aspects of bonding, luting and aesthetic restorative materials. | |
 | Alessandro Vichi University of Portsmouth Portsmouth, UK Presentation Title: Optical Performance of Resin Composites: Now and Then |
| Alessandro Vichi is Professor of Oral Biomaterials at the Dental Academy of the University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom. He graduated and attained his Master of Science degree from the University of Siena, Italy, and his PhD at ACTA, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He authored over 300 scientific publications (more than 100 in IF journals) and gave over 300 lectures and courses in more than 30 countries worldwide, in Dental Materials, Restorative Dentistry, and Prosthodontics. He is reviewer for several IF journals. He is member of CED-IADR, Fellow and Board member of several Italian national scientific associations, Fellow and former member of the Board of the Academy of Dental Materials. He also maintains a private practice in Italy, with clinical activity mainly focused on Restorative and Prosthetic Dentistry. | |
 | Reinhard Hickel University of Munich Munich, Germany Presentation Title: The Updated FDI Criteria - Evaluation of Restorations and How to Decide on Interventions |
| Prof. Dr. Reinhard Hickel obtained his dental degree in 1980 and his PhD from the University of Erlangen in 1988. Since 1992 he is the head of the Department of Conservative Dentistry, Periodontology and Paediatric Dentistry at the University of Munich. Since 2013 he is also member of the board of the University Hospital. 2015-2022 he was appointed as Dean of the Medical Faculty University of Munich. He was elected in different associations as president (1996-2000 President of the German Society of Conservative Dentistry; 2001 – 2003 President of the European Federation for Conservative Dentistry; 2006 – 2008 President of the German Association for Dental Education; 2008-2010 President of the IADR-CED (cont. European Division); 2010-2012 President of the European Academy of Operative Dentistry. He received several awards (2010 Golden medal of honor of German Association for Dental-Oral-Maxillo-facial Medicine (DGZMK); 2012 Hollenback Award of Academy of Operative Dentistry Chicago/USA; 2013 Ryge-Mahler-Award of IADR Dental Materials Group for clinical research Seattle/USA); 2015 Award of Excellence – European Academy of Operative Dentistry; 2019 Award of Excellence – European Federation of Conservative Dentistry; 2021 Golden medal of honour German Dental Association). Prof. Hickel is in the Editorial Board of several international journals. He has published over 500 research papers/books/articles (citations > 18.000, H-index 82). His expertise is in dental materials, diagnostic systems and controlled clinical studies. | |
| Biomaterials Applications | |
 | Mary Ann Melo University of Maryland Maryland, USA Presentation Title: The Next Frontier with Antibacterial Dental Resins - A 20-Year Journey of Innovation and Expectations |
| Dr. Mary Anne Melo (DDS, MSc, Ph.D., Fellow ADM, Pierre Fouchard, American College of Dentistry) is a distinguished Clinical Professor and Chair of the Department of General Dentistry at the University of Maryland School of Dentistry. With her extensive background in both clinical practice and dental materials research, Dr. Melo is at the forefront of developing smart, bioactive restorative materials. Her clinical interests are primarily in minimally invasive dentistry, management of patients at high risk of caries, and enhancing aesthetic dental outcomes. Dr. Melo's research has been instrumental in pioneering studies on antibacterial and remineralizing dental adhesives and resin composites, focusing on anticaries strategies with antibacterial, and remineralization functionalities. An active member of several prestigious dental organizations, including the Academy of Operative Dentistry, the International Association for Dental Research, the American Academy of Cariology, and the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, she contributes significantly to the dental community. Dr. Melo has authored three books and over 200 publications. Her work is supported by numerous grants, and she is a sought-after speaker both nationally and internationally on topics related to restorative dentistry. | |
 | Josette Camilleri University of Birmingham Birmingham, UK Presentation Title: Updates in Endodontic Materials |
| Josette Camilleri obtained her Bachelor in Dental Surgery and Master of Philosophy in Dental Surgery from the University of Malta. She completed her doctoral degree, supervised by the late Professor Tom Pitt Ford, at Guy’s Hospital, King’s College London. She has worked at the Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, Faculty for the Built Environment, University of Malta and at the Department of Restorative Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Surgery, University of Malta, Malta. She is currently a Professor in Endodontics and Applied Materials at the School of Dentistry, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom. Her research interests include endodontic materials such as root-end filling materials and root canal sealers, with particular interest in mineral trioxide aggregate; Portland cement hydration and other cementitious materials used as biomaterials and also in the construction industry. Josette has published over 170 papers in peer-reviewed international journals and her work is cited over 15,000 times. Three of her publications on the chemistry of mineral trioxide aggregate have been placed in the top 50 most cited papers in International Endodontic Journal. In 2018, she has been awarded the Louis Grossman prize by the French Endodontic Society and is the first female recipient of this prestigious award. She is the Chief Specialty Editor for Dental Materials in Frontiers in Dental Medicine and a senior editorial board member of Scientific Reports (Nature). She is also an associate Editor for Ceramics and Journal of Functional Biomaterials and a reviewer and a member of the scientific panels of a number of international journals. Josette is also an international lecturer. She is currently the vice-president of the Dental Materials Group of the International Society of Oral and Dental Research. She is an expert for British Standards Institution and International Standards Organization. She is the Editor of Endodontic Materials in Clinical Practice, published by Wiley and Mineral trioxide aggregate. From preparation to application and Bioceramic Materials in Clinical Endodontics published by Springer. | |
 | Marco Bottino University of Michigan Michigan, USA Presentation Title: Biofabrication: Revolutionizing the Future of Regenerative Periodontics |
| Dr. Marco C. Bottino is the Robert W. Browne Endowed Professor of Dentistry in the Department of Cariology, Restorative Sciences, and Endodontics (CRSE) at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry (U-M). He is currently the Director of Research in CRSE and the Director of the Postgraduate Program in Regenerative Dentistry at U-M. As a principal investigator, Marco has received research grants related to regenerative medicine from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), several foundations, and private industry. He has received the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) Centennial Emerging Leader Award and was the recipient of Young Investigator Awards from the IADR Pulp Biology and Implantology Research Groups and a prestigious Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award from the National Institute for Dental and Craniofacial Research at NIH. He also serves as the reviewer for nearly 30 journals in regenerative medicine and biomaterials and, between 2018-2023, served as a standing member of the Musculoskeletal and Tissue Engineering (MTE) study section for the NIH. Marco is an elected Fellow of the Academy of Dental Materials (ADM) and a board member. He was the 2019-2020 President of the Dental Materials Group of the IADR and is currently the President of the Pulp Biology Research Group (PBRG). He has published over 140 peer-reviewed papers in drug delivery, scaffolds for pulp-dentin complex regeneration, personalized scaffolds for craniomaxillofacial bone and periodontal regeneration, and soft tissue reconstruction. | |
| AI and Innovative Technologies | |
 | Jerome Chevalier INSA Lyon France Presentation Title: Bulk Metallic Glasses for Dental Applications: From Theoretical Advantages to Implementation in Real Life |
| After receiving his PhD in 1996 (Mechanical properties of biomedical grade zirconia), Jérôme Chevalier first became Ceramic Engineer in Saint Gobain Group. In 1997, he joined the National Institute of Applied Sciences, in Villeurbanne and became full Professor in 2004. He has been Director of MATEIS laboratory between 2014 and 2019 (180 persons) and Director of Carnot Institute Ingenierie@Lyon, which gathers 13 laboratories and 2 technical centers (in total 1700 persons) from 2019 to 2024. Jérôme Chevalier is mainly recognized for his work on ceramics for healthcare applications, especially on zirconia as a biomaterial for orthopedic and dental applications and on the development of innovative glass-ceramics and calcium phosphate ceramics for bone substitute applications. He has also been active in the field of Bulk Metallic Glasses these past 10 years, with the evaluation of the potential of this family of materials in the field of dentistry. More recently Jérôme Chevalier has been appointed responsible of the Chair ‘Innovation for Humanity’ between INSA-Lyon and the NGO Humanity and Inclusion. In this framework, he is also interested on the process of orthoses and prostheses by additive manufacturing, from recycled polymers. Jérôme Chevalier has been member of the ‘Institut Universitaire de France’ (2010-2015), awarded by the French CNRS with the prestigious ‘Innovation Medal’ (2015) and he recently received the Stuijts Award of the European Ceramic Society (2022). He is currently Editor in Chief of the Journal of the European Ceramic Society. | |
 | Anne Géraldine Guex University of Basel Basel, Switzerland Presentation Title: Complex In Vitro Model Systems to Understand the Biointerfaces of Dental Implants |
| Géraldine Guex has been appointment assistant professor in Oral Implantology at the University Center of Dental Medicine Basel, UZB, in April 2023. She obtained her PhD in cardiac tissue engineering from the University of Berne in 2012 and worked as a Postdoc on bone tissue engineering at Imperial College, London in the group of Prof. Molly Stevens for over two years. Upon her return to Switzerland, she was leading projects as Scientist at the Empa in St. Gallen, and the AO Research Institute in Davos where she primarily focused on material-based approaches for skin wound healing, or cartilage and bone tissue engineering, respectively. As a Nanoscientist by training, Géraldine Guex is particularly interested in interdisciplinary projects and has worked in the field of tissue engineering and material-based drug delivery throughout her career. She is interested in understanding cell material interactions and controlling cell fate decision by functional materials. | |
 | Sara Marceglia University of Milan Milan, Italy Presentation Title: Artificial Intelligence in the Development of Materials and Dental Research: Applications, Challenges and Opportunities |
| Sara Marceglia is Professor of eHealth at the University of Trieste. Her research interests regard the development of personalized applications, decision support systems, and telemedicine systems for fragile patients, with the integration of artificial intelligence methods. She works to implement integrated systems for chronic patients’ management, including cloud-based data collection platforms, big data analytics infrastructures, ecosystems of personalized app for Patient Reported Outcome collection, and wearable non-stigmatizing telemonitoring devices. She graduated in Biomedical Engineering at (2004) and got her PhD in Bioengineering (2009) at the Politecnico di Milano. She was Visiting Scientist at the National Library of Medicine-National Institutes of Health (NLM-NIH). She is author of more than 120 papers in peer-reviewed international journals and of some patents and patent applications in USA, Canada and Europe. |
| Meet the Industry Session - Shofu | |
 | Masanao Inokoshi Tokyo Medical and Dental University Tokyo, Japan Presentation Title: Current Status and Future Prospects of S-PRG Filler-Containing Dental Materials in Geriatric Dentistry |
| Masanao Inokoshi obtained his DDS in 2006 and his first PhD in 2011 at Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) in Japan. In 2010, he got the Flemish scholarship for Japanese students and moved to KU Leuven (University of Leuven) in Belgium to conduct his second PhD training. During his stay in Leuven, he studied under Prof. Bart Van Meerbeek who is the head of KU Leuven BIOMAT research cluster. He obtained his second PhD in 2014 at KU Leuven (University of Leuven). In 2015, he became Assistant Professor at Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU). He was promoted to Junior Associate Professor in 2021, and to Associate Professor at Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) in 2022. He is currently teaching geriatric dentistry and working in the prosthodontics clinic at the University Hospital of Tokyo Medical and Dental University. During his first PhD training at Tokyo Medical and Dental University, his research topic was fabricating complete dentures using CAD/CAM technology. After he moved to KU Leuven (University of Leuven), he started working on zirconia research and has published several papers in international peer-reviewed journals. His research interest at the moment involves studies related to dental materials (including ceramics, resin composite, cements), root caries and oral health of the medically compromised patients. He has been honored with awards such as the outstanding presentation award from the Japan Prosthodontic Society in 2009, the Senior Robert Frank Award 1st prize from Continental European Division of the IADR (CED-IADR) in 2014, representative at Hatton Award competition for CED-IADR in 2015, Dental Research Encouragement Award from Tokyo Medical and Dental University in 2020, and Scientific Award from the Japanese Society for Dental Materials and Devices in 2023. | |
| Meet the Industry Session - Dentsply Sirona | |
 | TBD Presentation Title: TBD |
