Scientific Advisory Team
Clinical articles that appear on the ITI Blog are reviewed by a Scientific Advisory Team made up of four members of the international Young ITI. The Team also contributes to identifying topics of current interest as well as authors to write the articles.
If you are interested in contributing, please submit your ideas here.
Tabea Flügge
Prof. Dr. Tabea Flügge is a senior oral surgeon at the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany and professor for “Digital technologies for the rehabilitation of patients with complex facial defects” at the Einstein Center for Digital Future in Berlin.
Dr. Edward Chaoho Chien
Dr. Edward Chaoho Chien, DDS, CAGS, DScD, is Assistant Professor in postgraduate prosthodontics and oral implantology at ACTA, Netherlands. He is part of ACP, a founding member of the global Young ITI group, a former ITI Scholar and an ITI Fellow.
Teresa Chanting Sun
Dr. Teresa Chanting Sun is a specialist in periodontology and implantology at Mackay Memorial Hospital in Taipei, Taiwan. She is also a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Periodontology at National Defense School of Dentistry, Taipei, Taiwan. She is an ITI Fellow and founding member of the global young ITI group.
Ghida Lawand
Dr. Ghida Lawand, BDS, MSc, is ITI Member and an instructor in the Digital Dentistry Unit at Saint Joseph University and a clinical instructor in the Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics Department at Beirut Arab University. She also practices dentistry at her own private practice and at Tohme Clinic.
New team members
Javier Calatrava
Dr. Javier Calatrava is a periodontist from Madrid, Spain. He completed his DDS, Master’s degree and EFP-accredited residency in Periodontology and Implant Dentistry at Universidad Complutense de Madrid. He is currently adjunct clinical faculty at the University of Michigan, USA, pursuing his PhD on crestal bone maintenance around implants.
Sune Mulder van Staden
Dr. Sune Mulder van Staden is a periodontist and consultant in the Department of Oral Medicine, Periodontics and Implantology at the University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, where she also coordinates the registrar program. She combines her academic role with part-time private practice.
Jonathan Phua
Dr. Jonathan Phua is a periodontist in private practice in Singapore and adjunct faculty in the periodontology residency program at the National University of Singapore.
