November 7, 2025
Dr. Mark Brian Wertheimer
Missing Teeth, Bony Deficiencies and Implant Site Development: Current Evidence and Treatment Principles
Location: TBD
UNIVERSITY RECORD.
BDS, University of the Witwatersrand, 1986
MSc (Dent), University of the Witwatersrand, 1994
MDent in the branch of Orthodontics, University of the Witwatersrand, 1995
Admitted as Fellow of the College of Dentistry of South Africa - FCD (SA) Orthodontics, 1996.
Admitted as Fellow in the International College of Dentists (FICD), 2016
Admitted as Fellow of the Faculty of Dental Trainers FFDT RCS(Edin), 2020
Admitted as Member of Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow. February 2022
INVOLVEMENT IN DENTAL SOCIETIES AND COMMITTEES.
Elected as director on Board of SADA. Vice Chairman 2015-2017
Elected President of SASO September 2012-2014
AAO International ambassador 2014-2022
WFO councillor for SA 2015-2020 and 2020-2025
Voted as Honorary Life Member of South African Society of Orthodontists
SASO ExCo member 2014-present
Elected secretary of the College of Dentistry in the College of Medicine of SA (CMSA) 2017-2022
Elected to Council of College of Dentistry of CMSA – February 2022- August 2023
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
Involved with post-graduate teaching in the orthodontic department at University of Witwatersrand from 1997 until 2013.
Numerous lectures delivered nationally and internationally
Several publications in the peer reviewed literature
AWARDS
Colgate Prize of IADR 1995
Reviewer of the Year Award, APOS Trends Orthodontic Journal, November 2017
Awarded Honorary Life membership of the Lebanese Orthodontic Society September 2020
Lecture Topics
The general theme of the day will revolve around interdisciplinary treatment. The lectures will encompass various areas of this topic with reference to the current evidence. The wisdom of placing implants in the aesthetic zone will be discussed and together with alternative treatment options. The management of cases with missing teeth and bony deficiencies will be explored. Finally, the concepts of implant site preparation and forced eruption to develop bone and soft tissue will be explored. This will inform the audience of the principles that need to be addressed in order to lay the foundation for the interdisciplinary team to carry out the restorative phase of treatment optimally.
April 17, 2026
Dr. Anthony Mair
Sidestepping Surgery with Radical Realism
BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Anthony Mair received his dental degree from McGill University in 1987 and his Master of Clinical Dentistry in Orthodontics from University of Western Ontario in 1990. Since then, he has been in private practice in Toronto. Dr Mair is an Adjunct Professor in the Graduate Orthodontics department at Western University and a Clinical Instructor in Graduate Orthodontics at University of Toronto. He is a Past President of the Toronto Orthodontic Club and the Ontario Association of Orthodontists, and has served on the Scientific Content Committee of the Canadian Association of Orthodontists since 2015. Dr Mair is currently serving his second term as a Councillor at the RCDSO. He has a particular interest in Biomechanics, Treatment Efficiency and Non-surgical management of complex cases.
Dr. Ben Pliska
Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Orthodontics: Can Common Sense Save Us From Ourselves?
BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Benjamin Pliska is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario School of Dentistry, and obtained his Certificate in Orthodontics and Master’s Degree in Dentistry from the University of Minnesota. He is an Associate Professor of the University of British Columbia Faculty of Dentistry, an Orthodontic Consultant at B.C. Children’s Hospital and maintains a private practice in Vancouver as a certified specialist in Orthodontics. Dr. Pliska’s research interests include craniofacial imaging and sleep medicine.
Dr. Bart Iwasiuk
TBD
BIOGRAPHY
Coming soon.
Dr. Sylvain Chamberland
Literature review on palatal expansion and evolution of palatal distractors from dental anchorage to bone anchorage in non-growing patients and review of the surgical indication (SARPE, DOME).
BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Sylvain Chamberland received his DMD degree from Laval University in 1983, a Certificate in Orthodontics from University of Montreal in 1990 and a Master degree in dental science in 2008 from University Laval. He has lectured in several graduate programs in orthodontics and scientific meetings in the US, Canada and Europe, and has published articles about SARPE, genioplasty, PCR/ICR and combined treatment SARPE & MSDO, Biomechanics of open bite treatment and T-loop retraction spring. He conducts an active clinical practice, is a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics, a Fellow of the RCDC and a member of the EHASO.