Dr. Miguel Stanley is the visionary founder and clinical director of the esteemed White Clinic in Lisbon, Portugal, an internationally acclaimed dental center revered for its excellence. At the helm, Dr. Stanley leads a highly qualified team, attracting patients from across the globe since 1999.
As the co-founder of the Slow Dentistry Global Network®, a nonprofit organization, Dr. Stanley champions the enhancement of patient experience and safety in dental care, with a global presence spanning over 60 countries. His commitment extends to serving as the Vice President of the Digital Dentistry Society, reflecting his dedication to advancing the field.
Dr. Stanley, holding licenses in the UK and Dubai, has chosen Portugal as his practice base. Recognized for pioneering clinical implementation in cutting-edge technologies, he serves as a consultant and key opinion leader for industry-leading companies and dental societies.
An adjunct associate professor at the prestigious University of Pennsylvania (Upenn), Dr. Stanley’s influence extends worldwide with over 250 keynote presentations in 50+ countries. His expertise covers advanced implantology, prosthodontics, oral surgery, aesthetics, practice management, new technologies and ethics, encapsulated in his renowned “No Half Smiles®” treatment philosophy.
Dr. Stanley, a TEDx speaker and National Geographic documentary host, recently earned accolades as one of the “32 Most Influential People in Dentistry” by Incisal Edge magazine in the US. Actively driving innovation, he introduces novel concepts and therapies at White Clinic, delving into regenerative medicine, longevity, and the development of biological, integrative and functional dentistry and medicine.
Recently, Dr. Stanley co-founded Missing Link, the world’s first artificial intelligence that helps the medical community communicate better with dentists by means of scanning dental x-rays for hidden silent pathologies that could be disrupting systemic health. This technology was developed to support Dr. Stanley’s concept of “Immune Dentistry”, connecting oral disease to systemic disease.
Dr. Stanley spends most of his days in the clinic working with his team, transforming and improving the lives of his patients. Explore his insights further through his podcast “Biting into Healthcare”, and delve into his impactful work at miguelstanley.com.
Join Dr. Miguel Stanley, a world-renowned figure in advanced and integrative biological dentistry, for an insightful lecture on revolutionizing modern dental practice. This session will explore the integration of state-of-the-art technologies such as T-scan, Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT), Intraoral Scanners (IOS), facial scanners, and dynamic motion tracking. Emphasizing their pivotal role in enhancing patient care, boosting sales, and minimizing risks, Dr. Stanley aims to showcase how these technologies can transform dental practices.
Alongside technological advancements, the philosophy of Slow Dentistry will be a key focus, underlining its critical contribution to patient safety and improved care. Dr. Stanley will also delve into the impactful “No Half Smiles” treatment philosophy, teaching the power of assertiveness in dental practice.
As a pioneer in minimally invasive and biological dentistry, Dr. Stanley will share insights on developing a success-oriented mindset in the rapidly evolving dental sector. This lecture is tailored for dental professionals eager to advance their practices with a patient-centric, ethical, and technologically forward approach.
Drawing from his rich experience in cosmetic and implant dentistry, oral surgery, and as a co-founder of the Slow Dentistry Global Network, Dr. Stanley is set to provide a comprehensive overview of modern dental practices. His commitment to ethical, quality dentistry, with a focus on minimal invasiveness and overall patient well-being, forms the core of his teachings. Having presented in over 50 countries, Dr. Stanley’s depth of knowledge and experience ensures an engaging and educational experience for all attendees.
Dr. Patrick Girouard has a long academic journey, which started at the University of Ottawa, where he received two Bachelors of Sciences, in Biology (1987) and in Biotechnology (1988). Following these years in Canada’s National Capital, he embarked on a new educational adventure at Universtité de Montréal, in Dental Medicine. He did so under the Canadian Forces (CF) Dental Officer Training Program (DOTP). Upon graduation, in 1993, he was stationed at 14 Wings Greenwood, Nova Scotia, until he was transferred to the operational posting as detachment commander onboard the HMCS Provider, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. After completing his obligatory service with the Canadian Armed Forces he moved to Cap Pelé, New Brunswick, where he established the Cap Pelé Dental Health Centre in 1997. This where he calls home with his wife Suzanne and two beautiful children, Eugénie who is currently in her third year of her medical specialization in neurology at Univesité de Montréal and Mathias who works as a programmer after graduated last year from Mount Allison University in computer sciences. Dr. Girouard has continued his Academic Studies, with a Certificate from the University of New Jersey in Orofacial Pain, in 2006. During these years the integration of digital technologies began, namely with CEREC (Sirona, Germany), BioPack (BioResearch, USA), T-Scan (Tekscan, USA) and Matscan (Tekscan, USA). In 2009, Dr. Girouard undertook a Master’s Degree of Sciences program at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine Craniofacial Pain Center, in Boston, which he successfully completed in 2011, when he was warded with his Master’s Degree of Sciences. He was granted an adjunct Faculty position at Tufts University until 2014. He joined the Kinesiology Department at Acadia University, in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, held an adjunct Faculty position and actively pursues research, until 2022. In 2017, Dr. Girouard moved his dental practice to Dieppe, New Brunswick, where he established the new state of the art, Dental Health Centre, where he continues to provide care for his patients. Dr. Girouard has been involved in numerous research projects and publications. His work enabled him to travel around to the globe to share his knowledge with colleagues from various countries on every continent.
The importance of a proper diagnosis cannot be overstated in the practice of Dental Medicine. The treatments must address the needs and the desires of the patients while focusing on the etiological origins of the presentations. The advancements of digital technologies, such as biometrics are changing the diagnostic process and improving the delivery of treatments. The objective evaluation of the stomatognathic system enables the dental physicians to access the clinical presentations with much improved accuracy and reliability. Parameters such as the velocity and the amplitude of jaw movements, the recorded range and path of motion, joint vibration of the condyle assembly, etc., have changed the perception of the dynamics and health of the system. The perspective of digital occlusion has become a commending diagnostic aid in the study of the forces acting on the structures composing the whole system and how that system reacts to those physical kinetic energies. The proposed program is a brief overview of these biometrics applied to actual clinical situations in reference to existing diagnostic and research criteria. The hope is to incite curiosity and a desire to access and introduce these technologies in the Dental Medicine practice.
Practicing as a dental hygienist and dentist, since 1996, and have been fortunate to work at close to a dozen dental clinics in Denmark and Spain. The thousands of patients I have seen throughout my career so far, has given me a good understanding of what’s important.
We need to have a possibility to do a thorough examination, use next level communication tools, and of course be able to validate our work. And that is exactly what I will be focusing on in my presentation, using equipment from BioReseach, TekScan and 3Shape. Dragging every patient through all the equipment is time consuming and tiring. I will show different cases and talk about the different examinations I do, and why.
These tools can be implemented in your daily workflow, no matter what kind of beliefs you have as a dentist.
Maarten van Geelen is a dentist (1984 RU Utrecht). He has had experience with orthodontics since 1992 after extensive and varied further training. From 2003 to 2011 he was an employee at the CTBG Zwolle. He also works in his own general practice in Heerde, where he has been working with the T-Scan since 2016. In addition to general dentistry and orthodontics, he also treats misunderstood pain complaints.
Being able to measure the patient is what prompted Maarten to incorporate not only the T-Scan but also the EMG and JVA into his practice. To deliver your patient properly, you must be sure that everything is in order. Measuring is knowing, guessing is missing.
Teeth are Talking to You And what is the TMJ telling me? After 30 years working in general dentistry and orthodontics, I started, as an occlusionist, using T-scan. I followed lectures and hands-on patient training from Arjan Starrenburg and Robert Kerstein and my approach to all my work changed. I discovered what a tremendous influence balanced occlusion and articulation, and the role of T-scan has on functionality AND well-being of the patient. Before, during and after treatment. I hope to take you along these 8 years of experience and to let you look over my shoulder in order to change your approach too and thereby contributing to better dentistry. Since last summer, I started using JVA after a decent course by Mike Smith. I discovered that some patients responded differently on occlusal hygiene or kept suffering from TMD. Implementing JVA, and with that starting joint therapy in an early stage of treatment, can help to solve these problems. Although my experience in this approach is still to grow, I also hope to show you cases.
Mariëlle Peuchen graduated in 2019 at the University of Groningen (RUG). Her thesis was a restrospective pilot study about the role of a digital occlusion analysis in the treatment of persistend toothache regarding endodontically treated teeth. With her study, she obtained third place of the Boeringprijs contest.
After her graduation, she stayed at the University Medical Centre Groningen (UMCG) as a dental teacher and a Trainee in Restorative Dentistry. Here she co-supervised another study about the t-scan.
Besides her work at the hospital, she also works in the general practice in Joure (Friesland, The Netherlands). Within the company (Topmondzorg), she is a member of the specialist group Digital Occlusion Analysis.
On the T-Scan Together days, Mariëlle will talk about the studies conducted at the university of Groningen and her journey of the past five years in getting to learn how to work with the T-Scan.