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University of North Carolina Adams School of Dentistry

Dr. Wendy Clark, completed her undergraduate training at the University of Georgia in Athens, GA, and then earned her doctoral degree from the Marquette University School of Dentistry in Milwaukee, WI. She then earned her master's degree in clinical dentistry and certificate in post-graduate Prosthodontics from the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Dentistry. She practiced prosthodontics for seven years with Team Atlanta (Goldstein, Garber & Salama). She was named a “Leader in Continuing Education” by Dentistry Today in 2017, 2019 and 2020, and presents on a wide range of prosthodontic topics. Currently, she is full-time faculty at the UNC Adams School of Dentistry, where she serves as the director of pre-doctoral removable prosthodontics. She has published articles in numerous peer reviewed journals. Her research interests and activities are focused mostly on removable prosthodontics (digital and conventional), digital dentistry and its applications in education and clinical dentistry.

Dr. Ingeborg De Kok, is an Associate Professor of Prosthodontics in the Division of Comprehensive Oral Health at the University of North Carolina Adams School of Dentistry in Chapel Hill, NC. She also serves as the school's Director for Global Initiatives and Chief Global Officer. Dr. De Kok completed her DDS training at Central University of Venezuela in 1997 and received her Prosthodontics Certificate and MS degree in Oral Biology at UNC in 2002. She completed a fellowship in Implant Dentistry at UNC as well in 2003. Dr. De Kok has been a faculty member at UNC since 2004. Her major research interests include clinical outcomes with the use of dental implants and improving dental care and education with the implementation of digital technologies.

Dr. Ibrahim Duqum, is an Associate Professor of Prosthodontics and the Director of Pre-doctoral Prosthodontics in the Division of Comprehensive Oral Health at the UNC Adams School of Dentistry. Previously, he also served as the director of prosthodontics at the school. He completed his DDS degree in dentistry from the faculty of Dentistry at the University of Jordan in 1997 and a certificate and an master's degree in Prosthodontics from the UNC Adams School of Dentistry in 2008. He is a Fellow of the International College of Dentists and the American Dental Education Association Leadership Institute and a member of numerous dental organizations. Dr. Duqum clinical interests include, oral rehabilitation of complex cases with fixed, removable, and implant supported prostheses. His research interests include the educational and clinical applications of digital dentistry in addition to the clinical application of implant therapy and contemporary dental materials. Dr. Duqum publishes and lectures about all aspects of prosthodontic and dental implant therapy.

Dr. Renata Camino Navarro, received her DDS from Universidad Intercontinental in Mexico City. After graduating Dr. Camino began practicing as a general dentist in Mexico City. After spending a couple years in private practice Dr. Camino made the decision to pursue an advanced training in the field of prosthodontics which she completed at the University of Chapel Hill, Adams school of Dentistry earning her prosthodontics certificate and a Master of Science. She recently completed an Oral Implantology fellowship and now serves as an assistant professor in the department of prosthodontics at the same institution. Dr. Camino is passionate about the care and service she can provide as a clinician. She is a published author and a current member of the American College of Prosthodontics, The International Team of Implantology and Academy of Osseointegration.

King's College of London

Dr. Emily Lu is a Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Periodontology at the Faculty of Dentistry, Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, King's College London. She completed her specialist training in periodontology at Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, and achieved a Masters in Clinical Dentistry from King's College London and Membership in Periodontics from the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh. Dr. Lu continued her passion for academia and was subsequently awarded a PhD in Periodontology from King's College London, investigating the mesenchymal regulation of the junctional epithelium. She is the recipient of multiple prestigious research prizes and her work has been published internationally. Her research interests include the pathogenesis of periodontitis as well as the development of novel therapeutics for periodontal regeneration.

Professor Luigi Nibali graduated from the University of Catania in Italy and was awarded a PhD in Periodontology at University College London in 2006. He previously worked as Lecturer and then Reader in Periodontology at the UCL Eastman Dental Institute and then at Queen Mary University of London. He is currently Professor/Honorary Consultant, Academic Lead and Director of the Postgraduate program in Periodontology at King's College London, based at Guy's Hospital. Prof. Nibali has widely published in the medical and dental literature and received several international research prizes in periodontology. His research interests range from periodontal medicine, genetics and microbial aetiopathogenesis and minimally invasive periodontal treatment of intrabony defects and furcations.


Dr. Rupal Patel is a specialist in Periodontics. She works as a Consultant in Periodontology at Guy's Hospital and within private specialist practice. Dr. Patel is heavily involved in teaching; she delivers Undergraduate and Post-graduate teaching for Kings College London, and lectures nationally in periodontics. She qualified from Guy's Hospital (University of London) in 2004 with honours. Dr. Patel completed a four-year specialist training programme in Periodontology, including dental implants, at King's College London. She achieved the MFDS diploma from the Royal College of Surgeons of England and a master's in Clinical Dentistry (Periodontology) from Guy's Hospital, passing with a distinction. She also holds the Membership in Periodontics from the Royal College of Surgeons. Dr. Patel has published in scientific journals, including the highly respected Journal of Periodontolgy.

University of Melbourne


Professor Marie A. Cornelis received both her dental degree (1999) and her postgraduate specialist degree in orthodontics (2003) from the University of Louvain, in Brussels. In 2007, she was a visiting research scholar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She defended her PhD about miniplates as temporary skeletal anchorage in Brussels in 2008. She was awarded the WJB Houston Oral Research Award of the European Orthodontic Society in 2008 and the Dewel award as a co-author of the best clinical paper in the American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics in 2011. Between 2009 and 2014, she was Assistant Professor at the Department of Orthodontics of the University of Geneva. From 2014 to 2020, she was Associate Professor and Postgraduate Program Director of the Section of Orthodontics, Department of Dentistry, Aarhus University, and in 2015 she became Head of Section. At the same time, she maintained an active orthodontic practice in an interdisciplinary office in Geneva a few days per month. She has been an active member of the Angle Society of Europe since 2019. In 2021, Prof. Cornelis will become Head of Discipline of Orthodontics at the Melbourne Dental School, University of Melbourne, Australia. Her research interests are focused on clinical orthodontics, mainly skeletal anchorage, digital workflows and stability/retention. She has co-authored over 30 peer-reviewed publications in international journals, over 40 conference proceedings, as well as several book chapters. Prof. Cornelis has lectured internationally in more than 15 countries.

Associate Professor Paolo Cattaneo graduated as an engineer from the Politecnico of Milano, Italy in 1999 with a major in biomechanics. He obtained a PhD in Health Science from Aarhus University in 2003, on orthodontic aspects of bone mechanics and bone remodeling. In 2004 and from 2006-2007, he was a visiting scholar in orthodontics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Adams School of Dentistry, where he learned the new and emerging techniques in 3D analysis of orthodontic treatment based on CBCT. In 2010, he was the recipient of the W.J.B. Houston Memorial Research Award and Scholarship from the European Orthodontic Society. In 2021, he will become an Associate Professor in Research at the Melbourne Dental School, University of Melbourne, Australia – a new challenge, with mostly research duties, which he is very excited to start. Lately he has been interested in applying a fully digital workflow, combining digital dental models, CBCT, and facial scans to predict orthodontic treatment outcome in an accurate 3D way, without the need of an extra X-ray examination at the end of treatment. Paolo has authored 67 peer-reviewed articles in international journals, and 11 book chapters. He has lectured internationally in 17 countries.

National University of Singapore

Dr. Intekhab Islam is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, NUS. He is also a Consultant of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon at the National University Centre for Oral Health Singapore (NUCOHS). He graduated with a Bachelor in Dental Surgery from India in 2001. He pursued specialty training in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery from NUS in 2008. He went on to complete a PhD in Bone Tissue Engineering from NUS in 2017. His research interests include using Virtual and Augmented reality for Simulation Training and Undergraduate Dental Education.

Dr. Raymond C.W. Wong is a Senior Consultant, Assistant Professor and Discipline Director of the Discipline of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, National University Centre for Oral Health Singapore (NUCOHS), Faculty of Dentistry, National University of Singapore (NUS). He graduated from the University of Malaya, Malaysia with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery, was awarded the University Entrance Scholarship and the Book Prize for Excellence for the First, Second and Final (Part 1) Professional Examinations. He subsequently obtained the Association for Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Scholarship to pursue his specialty training in oral and maxillofacial surgery at the National University of Singapore, graduating with a Master of Dental Surgery (Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery). He obtained Singapore Ministry of Health award, the Health Manpower Development Program to pursue his subspecialty training in Advanced Orthognathic Surgery in the United Kingdom. He was a Specialist Registrar, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Sunderland Royal Hospital, England and Clinical Fellow, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, Wales. He also obtained his PhD in Medical Sciences at the Radboud University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine Singapore. He currently serves on the Executive Council of the Asian Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons as Executive Councillor at large and Councillor for Singapore, and also represents Singapore as Councillor, the International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. He has been a Regional Faculty for the Asia Pacific Division, the Association for the Study of Internal Fixation (AO), Craniomaxillofacial Surgery (AOCMF).

Dr. Lim Li Zhen is a Lecturer at the Faculty of Dentistry, National University of Singapore (NUS), and an Associate Consultant at the National University Centre for Oral Health, Singapore (NUCOHS). She received her Bachelor of Dental Surgery from NUS in 2010, and her MSc degree in Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2017. She received her board certification from the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology in 2018. She teaches modules in oral radiography and radiology to undergraduate and postgraduate dental students. Her research interests include evaluating the diagnostic impact and efficacy of imaging, and the use of technology-enhanced learning in dental education.