Curriculum Vitae

Dr Edwin L. C. Scher

BDS (London), LDS, RCS Eng. MFGDP, RCS.Eng

NAME:  Edwin L.C. Scher

SECONDARY EDUCATION

1962 -1968 Carmel College

UNIVERSITY EDUCATION         

1968-1973  University College Hospital,  University of London

UNIVERSITY QUALIFICATIONS 

1973  Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS), Licentiate of Dental Surgery (LDS)

DIPLOMAS OF ROYAL COLLEGES 

1993  Diploma in General Dental Practice, (Royal College of Surgeons)

Curriculum Vitae

Dr Edwin L. C. Scher

BDS (London), LDS, RCS Eng. MFGDP, RCS.Eng

1988                         Fellow of The International Congress of Oral

Implantologists (ICOI)

1989                         Honorary Diplomate of ICOI

1992                         Diplomate of the American Society of

Osseointegration (ASO)

1996                         International Ambassadors Circle Award (ICOI)

2000                         Registered Specialist in Oral Surgery (GDC)

2000                         Registered Specialist in Prosthodontics (GDC)
 

1973 -1974               Professors House surgeon

1974 – 1985              General Dental Practice

1979                         Dawson Introduction Course (St. Petersburg-Florida)

1980                         Dawson Intermediate Course (St. Petersburg-Florida)

1981                         Dawson Advanced Prosthodontic Course

(St. Petersburg –Florida)

1983                         Mike Wise Year Course

1985 – Present         Practice dedicated to Prosthodontics and
Implant Dentistry

1984 – 1996             4 Day / Year Mike Wise Advanced Course

1990 – Present          Founder and Director of the:

`Osseointegrated Year Course’ (25^th Year)

Curriculum Vitae

Dr Edwin L. C. Scher

BDS (London), LDS, RCS Eng. MFGDP, RCS.Eng

1994 – 2007                 Associate Professor Prosthodontic and Implant Department at Temple University, Philadelphia, USA

1996 – Present            Examiner for ICOI

1998 –2006                 Faculty for Implant Dentistry, Universite Claude Bernard, Lyon, France

1993 –1998                 Surgical Consultant, Implant Division

Dentsply, United Kingdom

2000 – Present              Registered Specialist in Oral Surgery

2000                            Registered Specialist in Prosthodontics

2007 – Present              Professor at Temple University, Philadelphia – Department of

Periodontics and Oral Implantology

2008 – 2016                  Honorary Senior Lecturer in Dental Implantology, School of Health

Care Professions, University of Salford

2008 – 2016                  Honorary Lecturer at Eastman Dental Hospital.

2012 – 2015                  Member of Board of Examiners I.C.O.I.

                                             (For their Diplomate Exam)

2013 – Present             Honorary Life Member A.D.I.

(Association of Dental  Implantology)

1975 -1984                  Member of Local Dental Committee

(Chelsea, Kensington & Westminister)

1978 -1984                   Member of Local Dental Service Committee

1982                             President of London Dental Study Club

1987                           Founder member of The Association of Dental

Implantology

1988 -1989                 Organising and Scientific Chairman

International Symposia on Implant Dentistry

London (ADI)

1990 -1991                  President of the Association of Dental Implantology (ADI)

1991                            Host Chairman of the World Congress of
International Congress of Oral
Implantology

1991 – 2015                Vice President (GB) of The International Congress of Oral Implantologists

1995 – 2015                 Board of Directors of the International Congress of Oral     Implantologists

1996 – Present            International Ambassadors Circle Award (ICOI)

1996-1998                  Founder Member of The Association of Dental Implantology Protocol Committee

1996 – 2015                Examiner for Fellowship and Diplomat (ICOI)

2003                            Scientific Chairman World Congress Dental Implantology, Turkey

2003                            Scientific Chairman ADI International Congress, United Kingdom

2004                            Scientific Chairman ICOI World Congress,

Las Vegas

2005                            Scientific Chairman ICOI World Congress, Berlin

2005                            Scientific Chairman of Royal College of Surgeons Implant Masterclass

2006                            Scientific Chairman of Royal College of Surgeons Implant Masterclass

2006                            Scientific Chairman for NobelBiocare World Congress

2007                            Scientific Chairman for ADI International Conference

2007 – Present             Visiting Professor at Temple University, Philadelphia – Department of Periodontics and Oral Implantology

2009 – Present              Scientific Chairman for A.O. (Alpha Omega)

2011 – 2013                  Scientific Chairman of ADI

2012                               Scientific Chairman ICOI World Congress. Korea

EDITORIAL COMMITMENTS

1993 – Present             Referee for The British Dental Journal

1995 – 2016                  Editorial review board of Implant Dentistry

2003 – 2004                  Editorial Advisor for Restorative & Aesthetic Practice

2004 – 2005                 Section Editor (Implants & Perio) for Restorative and Aesthetic Practice

2005 – 2007                 Implant Editor of the Journal of Aesthetic and Implant Dentistry

2009 – Present              Editor in Chief of Implant Dentistry Today

2012 – Present              Dental Advisory Board: Tel Aviv Dental School

2016 – Present              Governor of Tel Aviv University

2016 – Present               Alpha Omega Trustee

Co-editor of the 3^rd ed. of ‘Conventional and Implant

Treatment of the Edentulous Patient’: Surgical and Restorative

Procedures

• The British Dental Association – AO 471014

• General Dental Practitioners Association
• London Dental Study Club (1972 – Present)

• The Association of Dental Implantology Great Britain

(founder member and Life Member 2013)

• International Congress of Oral Implantology (board

Member 1996 – 2016)

• The American Academy of Implant Dentistry
• The American Society of Osseointegration
• The Association of Dental Implantology Study Club

(founder member)

• British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
• The Dental Protection Society – No. 98753
• Founder and Director of “The Journal Club” (2005 – Present)

Lectured in 33 countries, including conferences in London, New York, Paris, Tel-Aviv, Washington, Sydney, Hong Kong and India.

Key note speaker or main podium speaker at these conferences.

List of Lectures most frequently given:

• The Single Tooth Implant.
• The Osseointegrated Implant. An Introduction!
• The Osseointegrated Implant. Is there a Site in your

Practice?

• Implants and the Advanced Restorative Case.
• Connecting Teeth to Implants.
• Can You Grow Bone?
• How to Treat the Severely Resorbed Maxilla.
• The Use of Bone Augmentation Procedures in Implant

Dentistry.

• The Importance of the Transitional and Provisional

Restoration in Implant Dentistry.

• Risk Management when Operating in the Posterior

Mandible

• Errors, Gross Errors and Some Solutions
• Complications with the “Single Tooth Implant”
• The Gold Standard: From the Bone Trap to the Onlay Graft
• Risk Management to increase the Predictability in your

Implant Practice

• Teeth in an Hour: Fact or Fiction?
• A day on complications and how to prevent them.
• A day on refining your techniques; Piezo-surgery and PRF.

PUBLICATIONS

Scher E.L.C: An Osseointegrated Implant to Replace a Missing Lateral Incisor Following Orthodontic Treatment. British Journal of Orthodontics 1990 vol 17: 147-153

Scher E.L.C: The Single Tooth Implant. The International Journal of Oral Implantology 1990 vol.6 no.2

Scher E.L.C: Osseointegrated Implants Here to Stay. Lancet 1990 vol.335 :1190

Scher E.L.C: The Use of an Osseointegrated Implant in Long-span Bridgework. The International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Implants 1991; 6: 351-353

Scher E.L.C: Connecting Teeth to Implants. International Journal of Oral Implantology 1991vol.8 no.2,3

Scher E.L.C: Loss of Ridge Width and the Single Tooth Implant. Implant Dentistry 1992 vol.1 no.2

Scher E.L.C: High Lip Line, Gingival Contouring, and the Single Tooth Implant. Implant Dentistry 1992 vol.1 no.3

Scher E.L.C: Use of the Incisive Canal as a Recipient Site for Root Form Implants: Preliminary Clinical Reports. Implant Dentistry 1994 vol. 3: 38-41

Scher E.L.C and Speight P.M: Bone Augmentation and Biopsy: Clinical Report.  Implant Dentistry 1996 vol. 5: 251-254

Scher E.L.C, Bret Day R and Speight P.M.: A Biopsy following a Sinus Lift Procedure using Demineralised Freeze Dried Bone and Tri-Calcium Phosphate. Implant Dentistry 1999;8: 49-53

Scher E.L.C:  Risk Management when Operating in the Posterior Mandible. Implant Dentistry 2002 vol. 11 No. 1: 67-72

Scher E.L.C:  Combined use of Orthodontics and Osseointegrated Implants for Twins with Congenitally Missing Teeth. Restorative & Aesthetic Practice, Launch Issue 2003 vol. 5 No. 1: 64-68

Scher E.L.C, Holmes S:  Simplified Transfer of Intraoral Bone Grafts in Ridge-Augmentation Procedures. Implant Dentistry, 2003 Issue12: 113-115

Scher E.L.C:  An Alternative Treatment Plan for the Severely Resorbed Maxillae

Restorative & Aesthetic Practice, Summer 2003 vol. 5 No. 3

Scher E.L.C, Gurg A: Platelet-Rich Plasma to Enhance Bone and Soft Tissue Augmentation for Dental Imlants. Aesthetic and Implant Dentistry Spring 2005 vol.7 No.2 60-71

Scher E.L.C: Diastema; Implant Aesthetics: Dentistry. Educational Updates September 2005.

Scher E.L.C: A Gross Error Occurred When Treatment Planning a Guided Surgery Case. Implant Dentistry, 2009;18:297-302

Richard Horwitz; Edwin Scher; Nikos Donos: Peri-implant disease: Prevention and management Implant Dentistry Today Nov. 2015;6-10

Zahra Yilmaz, Cemal Ucer. Edwin Scher, Jon Suzuki, Tara Renton.

A Survey of the Opinion and Experience of UK Dentists: Part 1: The Incidence and Cause of latrogenic Trigeminal Nerve Injuries Related to Dental Implant Surgery Implant Dent 2016; 25:1-8

Sarah Payne, Edwin Scher. Series of seven articles: The Anatomy of the Treatment Planning Letter. Implant Dentistry Today 2016-2017

Patrik  Zachrisson, Edwin Scher. Intrusion of Natural Teeth when Connecting Teeth to Implants. Implant Dentistry Today Nov. 2016: 6-14

Other Publications;

Audio-visual teaching tape: An Introduction to the Osseointegrated Implant.

Scher E.L.C and Sethi A. 1987

Interviewed on the BBC Radio 4. Teeth like Stars 1988

Editorial: Why Implants Probe 1990

Interviewed by Dental Practice. Pride of Practices No 41. 1992 vol. .30 no.8

Interviewed in Implant Update on New Concepts on Connecting Teeth to Implants. 1994

vol.2 no.4

Series of six articles:  Scher E.L.C and Sethi A: The Osseointegrated Implant in General

Dental Practice. Dental Practice 1994 (April, May and June)

Literature Review: Implant Dentistry.Treatment Plan for Restoring the Edentulous Maxilla with Implant-Supported Restoration: Removable Overdenture versus Fixed Partial Denture Design.2000 vol. 9  no.1

Scher E.L.C:  Editorial: Improving Implants Restorative & Aesthetic Practice, Spring 2004

vol. 6 No. 1

Author of the Distance learning module: Complications Errors and Long Term Maintenance for the Association of Dental Implantology ARK U.K. 2009-2010

Interviewed by Dentistry: Uncertainty and terror: a tale of fitness to practice 18 February 2016; 24-25

Editorial Quarterly: 2007 – Present

(As Editor in Chief for Implant Dentistry Today)

Article Quarterly: Refining your Techniques or Trouble Shooting in Implant Dentistry Today: 2007 – 2012.