Michael Danesh-Meyer

Dr. Danesh-Meyer gained his BDS and MDS (with Distinction) from University of Otago. He subsequently taught at the University and was in full-time private practice limited to dental implants and periodontics in New Zealand prior to his academic appointment in the USA. From 1998-2000 he was Clinical Assistant Professor in Periodontology at Temple University, School of Dentistry in Philadelphia.

He has been involved in preclinical and clinical research involving periodontal regeneration, GTR/GBR, rhBMP-2 & dental implants and authored numerous articles and lectured both nationally and internationally on these subjects. In 2000 he established the Institute of Dental Implants & Periodontics and the Auckland Clinical Training Centre in Auckland, NZ. He is founder of the Auckland Dental Implant Forums and DentalImplantNetwork.co.nz. Dr. Danesh-Meyer is a Fellow of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists, ITI member, Faculty member for gIDE/ Masters program in implant dentistry, Associate Clinical Lecturer, Graduate Diploma in Implant Dentistry, University of Sydney and is actively involved in teaching periodontics and implant dentistry to dentists, postgraduates and specialists.