Dr Edwin L. C. Scher

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

NAME: Edwin L.C. Scher

EDUCATION

• 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)

AWARDS & HONOURS

• 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)

POST-GRADUATE EDUCATION

• 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’ (25th 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 committee assignments & administration experience

• 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 editorial commitments
• Co-editor of the 3rd ed. of ‘Conventional and Implant
• Treatment of the Edentulous Patient’: Surgical and Restorative

Procedures

• The British Dental Association – AO 471014

PUBLICATIONS

• General Dental Practitioners Association
• London Dental Study Club (1972 – Present) membership of professional societies
• 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)

LECTURES BY INVITATION

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

AWAITING PUBLICATION

• 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

ADDITIONAL

• 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.