Southern Implants International Conference 2026
Our Speakers
World-class clinicians and innovators sharing the latest advances in implant dentistry across four days of discovery.
Featured Keynote Speaker
Dr. Dennis Tarnow
DDS | Periodontics & Prosthodontics
Director of Implant Education, Columbia University College of Dental Medicine, New York
Mon 30 March — Morning
Mon 30 March — Afternoon
Tue 31 March — Morning
Poster Presentations
10 Speakers
Dr Seung Song
Poster Presenter
“What Really Counts: Leveraging Digital Technologies for Andragogy”
Dr Tom Gahan
Poster Presenter
“What Really Counts: Successes & Failures over 37 Years of Implant Dentistry”
Dr Lorenzo Bertelli
Poster Presenter
“What Really Counts: Simplification of the Surgical Procedure with Piezo Instruments”
Dr Avish Jagathpal
Poster Presenter
“What Really Counts: Rotary Instrument Selection and Surface Roughness Following Implantoplasty”
Dr Helen Arabatzis
Poster Presenter
“What Really Counts … is your attention to detail BEFORE the surgery”
Dr Sven Bone
Poster Presenter
“What Really Counts with Direct To MUA Prosthetic Screws”
Dr Giuliano Malaguti
Poster Presenter
“What Really Counts in Treatment Planning of Elderly Patients”
Dr Asim Bhatti
Poster Presenter
“What Really Counts: Quality-of-Life Improvement and Early Clinical Adaptation Following Full-Arch Implant Rehabilitation”
Dr Cusack
Poster Presenter
“What Really Counts: Survival to the Max — Predictable Immediate Implant Placement and Tissue Contouring with PROMAX”
Dr Kubacki
Poster Presenter
“What Really Counts: Survival to the Max — Predictable Immediate Implant Placement and Tissue Contouring with PROMAX”
Dental Debates
7 Speakers
Dr Riad Almasri
Dual Board-Certified Prosthodontist & Implant Surgeon
“Debate: Short implants or palatal approach is a reliable alternative to bone augmentation procedures”
Dr Mehdi Valizadeh
Periodontist | Clinical Associate Professor
“Debate: Short implants or palatal approach is a reliable alternative to bone augmentation procedures”
Dr Simon Oh
DDS | Diplomate, American Board of Oral Implantology
“Debate: Short implants or palatal approach is a reliable alternative to bone augmentation procedures”
Prof Dale Howes
Professor, Implant Dentistry
“Debate: Prosthesis design and occlusal management play a greater role in long-term biological complications, bone loss and peri-implantitis than implant design and materials”
Dr Avish Jagathpal
Implant Dentist | Poster Presenter & Dental Debater
“Debate: Prosthesis design and occlusal management play a greater role in long-term biological complications, bone loss and peri-implantitis than implant design and materials”
Dr Aly Virani
BDS, Dip Implant Dentistry (RCS Ed), MSc Oral Implantology
“Debate: Prosthesis design and occlusal management play a greater role in long-term biological complications, bone loss and peri-implantitis than implant design and materials”
Victoria Verrall
Clinical Affairs Manager, Southern Implants
“Debate: Prosthesis design and occlusal management play a greater role in long-term biological complications, bone loss and peri-implantitis than implant design and materials”
Morning Session
5 Speakers
Dr Fadi Yassmin
BDS, MSc Aesthetic Dentistry
“DSD Workflow for the Digital Full Arch”
Dr Simon Oh
DDS | Diplomate, American Board of Oral Implantology
“Long Term Results with the SP1 Implant”
Dr Mehdi Valizadeh
Periodontist | Clinical Associate Professor
“Immediate Implants in the Aesthetic Zone: Bridging Biology and Evidence”
Dr Akanksha Srivastava
Maxillofacial Prosthodontist & Implantologist | Diplomate, ABP
“From Visualization to Realization: Virtual and Augmented Reality in Craniofacial Implantology”
Dr Alan Yap
BDS, MDS (Prosthodontics) | Fellow, ITI
“Digital Workflow and Treatment Planning in Modern Prosthodontics”
Afternoon Session
3 Speakers
Dr Safa Tahmasebi
DDS, MS (Prosthodontics) | Diplomate, ABOI
“Advances in Full-Arch Implant Reconstruction: Innovations for Managing Severe Atrophy and Enhancing Outcomes”
Dr Eduardo Nicolaievsky
Diplomate, American Board of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
“Cutting Edge Dynamic Navigation”
Dr Petros Yuvanoglu
DDS Summa Cum Laude | Certificate in Prosthodontics
“Embracing New Tricks as an Old Dog: The Search for Restorative Excellence”
Morning Session
6 Speakers
Dr Antonello Appiani
DDS (Honors) | Implant Prosthodontics & Digital Workflows
“The role of digital integration to aid complex rehabilitations”
Prof Gerry Max Raghoebar
DDS, MD, PhD | Professor of OMS & Oral Implants
“From Innovation to Impact: 25 Years of Implant-Based Rehabilitation in Head and Neck Oncology – The UMCG Perspective”
Dr Nathalie Vosselman
DDS, PhD | Maxillofacial Prosthodontist
“From Innovation to Impact: 25 Years of Implant-Based Rehabilitation in Head and Neck Oncology – The UMCG Perspective”
Dr Sebastiaan de Visscher
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon & Oncologist
“From Innovation to Impact: 25 Years of Implant-Based Rehabilitation in Head and Neck Oncology – The UMCG Perspective”
Dr Riz Syed
BDS (Royal London Hospital) | Royal College of Surgeons
“Beyond Boundaries: The Strategic Use of Zygomatic and Pterygoid Implants in Advanced and Rescue Rehabilitation”
Dr Riad Almasri
DDS (Honors) | Dual Board-Certified Prosthodontist & Implant Surgeon
“Simplifying Deficient Ridges”
Afternoon Session
5 Speakers
Prof Howard Gluckman
BDS, MChD (Cum Laude), PhD (Summa Cum Laude)
“The fundamentals of good & efficient treatment of deficient sites & spans”
Prof Hugo De Bruyn
DDS, PhD | Professor, Periodontics & Implant Dentistry
“Long-term Clinical Outcome of MSc Implants Under Various Treatment Indications”
Dr Nic Egbert
DDS, MDS | Board-Certified Prosthodontist
“Utilizing Southern Implants Site Specific Implants & showcasing the "Omnibut" and Smart Denture Conversion Abutments”
Dr Steve Soukoulis
BDS, Masters in Periodontics (RADS)
“Immediate Implant Placement in the Molar Region: Clinical Considerations and Strategies to Optimise Treatment Outcomes”
Dr Costa Nicolopoulos
BDS Cum Laude | Gold Medal, Dental Association of South Africa | Diplomate, ICOI
“The Development of Zygomatic and Pterygoid Implants and their Surgical Site Preparation”
Morning Session
7 Speakers
Dr Aly Virani
BDS, Dip Implant Dentistry (RCS Ed), MSc Oral Implantology
“Efficient protocols & enhanced outcomes utilizing site-specific implants”
Dr Costa Nicolopoulos
BDS Cum Laude | Gold Medal, Dental Association of South Africa | Diplomate, ICOI
“Regeneration to Restoration: Leveraging a Full Implant Portfolio for Immediate and Effective Patient Rehabilitation”
Dr Dominic O'Hooley
BDS (University of Liverpool, 1993)
“Regeneration to Restoration: Leveraging a Full Implant Portfolio for Immediate and Effective Patient Rehabilitation”
Dr Gareth Jones
BDS (Liverpool) | H.R. Williams Prize, Oral Surgery
“Efficient protocols & enhanced outcomes utilizing site-specific implants”
Dr Peter Fairbairn
BDS | Visiting Professor, Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry
“Regeneration to Restoration: Leveraging a Full Implant Portfolio for Immediate and Effective Patient Rehabilitation”
Dr Fadi Yassmin
BDS, MSc Aesthetic Dentistry
“DSD Workflow for the Digital Full Arch”
Dr Mark Bowes
FICOI (since 1997) | DSD World Master | President, DDSSA
“Digital Smile Design Workflow for the Digital Full Arch”
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