Invited speakers

Dr Stephen Chen is a specialist periodontist in private practice in Balwyn. He graduated BDS (Malaya) in 1983, MDSc (Melbourne) in 1987, FRACDS in 1988 and completed his PhD in 2008. He holds the position of Clinical Associate Professor at The School of Dentistry, University of Melbourne. Dr Chen’s scientific interests are in the field of tissue regeneration and post-extraction implants. He is past-president of the International Team for Implantology (ITI), Australian and New Zealand Academy of Periodontists (ANZAP) and Australasian Osseointegration Society (AOS). He is an honorary life member of the AOS.

Dr John Cho graduated from the University of Sydney with both undergraduate and specialist degrees. He is the immediate past president of the Academy of Australian and New Zealand Prosthodontists. He has been in private specialist practice in Canberra since 2009, and lectures at the University of Sydney and Charles Sturt University, as well as for many organisations across Australia. He has a special interest in gold restorations, removable prosthodontics, and implant complications.

Dr Clausen has lectured extensively throughout every State of Australia. Lecture topics have included removable partial dentures, restorative dentistry, crown and bridgework, and implant prosthodontics. He has run advanced and basic level implant programmes in Australia, and New Zealand. He has also given lecture programmes in China (Dental China Expo 95 Guangzhou), and North America (Star of the North meeting, Minneapolis, Minn. 1996), Implant Innovations Inc. annual meeting, (Dallas Tx, 1996), and the Chicago Dental Society Midwinter meeting in Chicago, Illinois, 1999. He has been involved in table clinics, lectures, and live patient treatment in A.D.A. Dental Congresses from 1985-1998.

Ken is a Prosthodontist and attained his BDS in 1992, GradDipClinDent(Oral Implants) in 2003 and MDSc in 2009. His professional experience includes general and specialist roles in Sydney and NSW regional locations. He is owner and operator of Kingsway Prosthodontics, a referral practice in Miranda, Sydney, providing specialist clinical services in implant, aesthetic and reconstructive dentistry. He is the current AANZP Scientific Chair 2022-24, holding a Scientific Committee position since 2016. His APS commitments include Federal President 2013-15, NSW State Representative 2010-13 and Education and Research Committee Member since 2021. Ken was a Member of the Sydney University Continuing Education in Dentistry Advisory Group 2011-19, and served as its Chair 2015-19. In 2004-05, he was part of the AOS Federal Executive 2004-05, the event secretariat of its 2005 Biennial Conference in Canberra. His teaching experience includes roles with AQF Level 7, 8 and 10 University programs between 1993-2019, including SDS dental undergraduates, implant postgraduates of SDS, CSU and JCU, and DClinDent(Sydney). He is a Director of CREED CE, a private company providing professional development services for Australian Dentists. In April 2023, Ken completed a Certificate in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence with the Institute of Data, University of Technology Sydney.

Sašo Ivanovski is the Head of School at the University of Queensland School of Dentistry in Brisbane, Australia and Director of the Centre for Orofacial Regeneration, Reconstruction and Rehabilitation (COR3). He combines this position with part time specialist private practice in periodontics and surgical implant dentistry. He is a Senior Fellow of the International Team of Implantology (ITI) and currently sits on the Board of the Osteology Foundation and the ITI Research Committee. Sašo has also served as past federal president of the Australasian Osseointegration Society (AOS), the Australian Society of Periodontology (ASP) and the International Association for Dental Research (ANZ Division), as well as Chair of the Australian Dental Research Foundation Research Advisory Committee. He has published over 300 papers in the peer-reviewed literature and leads an internationally recognized research group with an interest in oro-dental regeneration and tissue engineering, as well as clinical periodontics and implant dentistry.

Bill is a full-time Endodontist and an honorary Clinical Professor at the University of Sydney. He has a DClinDent in Endodontics from the University of Adelaide and a PhD from the University of Sydney. He is a Board member and Treasurer of the International Association of Dental Traumatology. Bill has published 80 papers in international dental, material science and engineering journals. Bill is a contributing author for 6 book chapters on renarrative endodontics, endodontic outcomes, vital pulp therapy, and dental trauma, including the iconic North American and European texts, “Pathways of the Pulp” and the “Textbook and Color Atlas of Traumatic Injuries to the Teeth”.

Dr Danielle Layton is a prosthodontist working in private practice in Brisbane and as an Adjunct Associate Professor at University of Queensland, Australia. She graduated from University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Dental Science with honours and the University medal (2000); from the University of Sydney with a Master of Dental Science in prosthodontics with honours (2005); and from Oxford University, United Kingdom, with a Master of Science (2011) and Doctor of Philosophy in Evidence Based Health Care (2015). Dr Layton is appointed by the Academy of Prosthodontist (USA) as the Editor of the Glossary of Prosthodontic Terms; to the Academy of Australian and New Zealand Prosthodontists Standards Committee; and is a reviewer for multiple international journals. Dr Layton publishes and lectures widely, and explores research interests in survival outcomes, medical indexing, research waste and the influence of withdrawn data. Dr Layton is a nationally and internationally recognized expert in the field of prosthodontics and biostatistics.

Graduating BDSc (Hons) (UQ) in 1988, and MDSc (Perio) (UQ) in 1992, Rod was appointed senior registrar at Westmead Hospital. In 1995 he was made lecturer in periodontology at UQ and completed his FRACDS (Perio) in 2000. Appointed senior lecturer in 2001, Rod is a fellow of a number of international academies and has lectured across Australia and internationally. He has held executive positions for ASP, ANZAP, RACDS and IADR. In addition to teaching and authoring over 30 papers in the international literature, Rod now maintains a full time specialist practice in Brisbane and is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Queensland and Life Member of the Australian and New Zeeland Academy of Periodontists.

Dr Terry Walton graduated Bachelor of Dental Surgery and Master of Dental Science from the University of Sydney in 1974 and 1979 respectively; Master of Science (Prosthodontics) from the University of Michigan in 1981and Doctor of Dental Science from the University of Sydney in 2013. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons, the International College of Dentists, the American Academy of Prosthodontists and the Pierre Fauchard Academy. Dr Walton has been in Specialist Prosthodontist practice in Sydney since 1983 and holds the title of Professor Affiliate in Clinical Dentistry at the University of Sydney. He is a member of many Australian and International dental organizations and was the Co-President of the International College of Prosthodontists during 2000 and 2001. Dr Walton has been involved in practice-based clinical research into the long-term outcome and patient evaluation of tooth and implant-supported dental prostheses. He has also been involved in materials research concentrating on the implant/abjunction junction. He is the sole author of 25 peer reviewed articles and co-author of another 17.

Benedicta graduated from the University of Otago (NZ) in 2005, and has practiced in both public and private sectors in Queensland and Malaysia. She relocated to Melbourne in 2011, and completed specialist training in periodontics in 2013. She has since been in full time specialist private practice in Balwyn, and continues to be actively involved in continuing education activities. She is a Fellow of the International Team for Implantology (ITI), and a member of the Australia New Zealand Academy of Periodontology (ANZAP), Australia Society of Periodontology (ASP), Australian Osseointegration Society (AOS) and the Australian Dental Association (ADA).