Study Club

Dr. Natalie Wong

Session One:	Tuesday, September 15 5:30-9pm Radisson Hotel, Uptown Whittier Dr. Baldwin Marchack
Topic:	Principles of Abutment Selection for the Single Implant
Session Two:	Tuesday, November 10, 2009 5:30-9pm Radisson Hotel, Uptown Whittier Dr. Ziv Simon
Topic:	Esthetic Periodontal Surgery
Session Three:	Friday, February 5, 2010  9:00am - 3:00pm Radisson Hotel, Uptown Whittier Arthur Curley
Topic:	Risk Management in the Dental Practice
Session Four:	Tuesday, April 13, 2010   5:30-9pm Radisson Hotel Uptown Whittier Dr. Baldwin Marchack
Topic:	Restorative Options for Implants in Partially and Fully Edentulous Arches
Session Five:	Tuesday June 8, 2010   5:30-9pm Radisson Hotel, Uptown Whittier Dr. Natalie Wong
Topic:	TBA
Session One	Thursday, October 14, 2010    5:30-9:00pm Radisson Hotel, Uptown Whittier Dr. Michael Norton
Topic:	Understanding the Impact of Biology, Biomechanics and Biochemistry on Hard and Soft Tissues

Dr. Natalie Wong graduated from the University of Toronto with her Doctor of Dental Surgery in 1996 and received her Certificate in Prosthodontics from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 2007.

She is one of 20 Canadian dentists that have attained their U. S. Board Certification in Implant Dentistry (receiving her Dipolmate from the American Board of Oral Implantology in 2003).  She holds Fellowships with the Academy of General Dentistry (AGD), American Academy of Implant Dentistry (AAID), and the Misch International Implant Institute of Canada for which she is also a Faculty Member.

Dr. Wong currently serves as a part time Clinical Instructor in the Graduate Prosthodontic Clinic and Implant Prosthetics Unit at the University of Toronto and is a Guest Lecturer with the Radiology Department at the University of Toronto.  She also serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Oral Implantology, Department of Peridontolgy, Temple University.  She presides as Co-Chairman of the 9th annual ICOI/IPS symposium in Montreal, is currently President of the Central District of AAID, and Founder and Director of the Toronto Implant Institute Inc.  Dr. Wong lectures nationally and internationally on implant dentistry while maintaining a private prosthodontic and implant surgical practice in Toronto.  She is concurrently completing a Masters of Science in Dentistry at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Dr. Su

Dr. Su is a board certified Oral and Maxillofacial Pathologist.  As one of nine dental specialties recognized by the American Dental Association, there are less than 400 such specialists nationwide.  Dr. Su received five years of extensive training in the Department of Oral Medicine and pathology at Guy’s Hospital, University of London, England, after her dental degree was received.  She completed a three-year residency in Oral, Head, and Neck Pathology at Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, and a one year fellowship in Orofacial Pain and TMJ Disorders at UCLA School of Medicine and Dentistry.

She is a clinical associate professor in Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at UCI Medical Center, on the faculty in Orofacial Pain, Oral Medicine and Pathology at UCLA School of Dentistry, and is a consultant at the VA Long Beach Hospital.  Dr. Su has a chair on the editorial board of the Journal of Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine and Oral Pathology, and is the past president of the Southern California Academy of Oral Pathology.  She is well published in international and national peer-reviewed journals.

While these services are traditionally available only in dental schools, Dr. Su has had the training and expertise to integrate all three separate divisions (Oral Pathology, Oral Medicine, and Orofacial Pain) into one private practice.  Her mission is to make these services more easily available to the community and to deliver the highest standards of care with her uniquely specialized services and to allow each and everyone of her patients to achieve a higher quality of life.

Dr. Ziv Simon
Dr. Simon maintains a private practice limited to periodontics, dental implants and reconstructive surgery in Beverly Hills, California.  He obtained his dental degree and Bachlor of Medical Sciences degree from Tel Aviv University, where he held a teaching position in the Department of Prosthodontics.  He received his periodontal graduate degree from the University of Toronto where he obtained a Master of Science degree in Periodontology.  He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology and a Fellow of the Royal College of Dentists of Canada.

Dr. Simon is the founder of the Beverly Hills Multidisciplinary Dental Study Group and a director of the Beverly Hills Academy of Dentistry.  Dr. Simon publishes and lectures nationally as well as internationally on smile design, implant dentistry and tissue reconstruction.

Arthur W. Curley
Mr. Curley is a senior trial attorney in the San Francisco based health care defense firm of Bradley, Curley, Asiano, Barrabee & Gale, P.C.  After graduating from UC Berkeley with honors in 1970, he obtained his JD in 1974 from the University of California, Hastings School of Law in San Francisco.  As a trial attorney he has been defending doctors for over 30 years and has given risk management courses throughout the United States.  He is an associate of the American Board of Trail Advocates.  Mr. Curley has published several articles on risk management and authored chapters in text books:  Babbush (Implants), Peterson (Oral Surgery), Cohen (Endodontics) and Block (Implants).

Michael Norton
Dr. Norton attended the University of Wales College of Medicine Dental School.  After graduating he obtained a basic training in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Cardiff, St. Thomas Hospital London and the Royal London Hospital.

For nearly 20 years Michael Norton has led the way for implant dentistry in the UK becoming one of the worlds most respected and renowned implant surgeons.  His considerable portfolio of research has been groundbreaking and he has become one of the most sought after lecturers in his field.

Since 1989 Michael Norton has dedicated all his clinical and postgraduate time to the practice and study of implant reconstructive dentistry.

In 2000 he fulfilled the newly established requirements set out by the General Dental Council, to be registered as a specialist in oral surgery.

In recognition of his expertise in this field, Michael was recently awarded the prestigious honour of being made a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh.  Such an honour is bestowed upon only the very few and only in recognition of a significant contribution to their chosen field.

In additional Michael was appointed Visiting Professor to the department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Marquette University Dental School in Milwaukee, USA and was inducted as the 75th Fellow of the Academy of Osseointegration in 2005.  Today he is the only European to serve on its Board of Directors.

Michael is a past president of the Association of Dental Implantology, and serves as its scientific adviser having held the post for the last 7 years.

Michael held the position of Honorary Associate Specialist to the departments of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Charing Cross Hospital, London and at Bedford General Hospital, from 1991 to 2001.  He is also clinical consultant to Astra Tech, one of the worlds leading implant manufacturers.

Michael is known to play a major role in the education and training of his dental colleagues through his international lecturing and his much sought-after-courses.

Michael Norton has been a prolific publisher over the years with numerous contributions to leading peer review journals, through his classic textbook Dental Implants - A Guide for General Practitioner which was the first by a British Clinician on this subject and through his highly acclaimed journal Dental Implant Summaries, which he co-owns and publishes.

Michael is currently the Associate Editor of the International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Implants, which considered to be the leading implant journal in the world, and acts as a referee for numerous other titles.

Michael is marred to Louise and has three boys, Clark, Jake and Saul.