69th Annual Meeting
June 4-6, 2026
Prince George Hotel, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Course Outlines & Learning Objectives
Michael Glogauer – Why Photogrammetry is Standard of Care in Full Arch Reconstruction
Michael Glogauer – Preventing, Detecting and Non-invasive Management of Peri-implant Diseases
Sara Gordon – Non-microbial Gingivitis
Sam Malkinson – Tertiary Implant Stability
Sam Malkinson – Pocket Reduction via Osseous Resective Surgery
Aditya Patel – Perio vs Implants: Saving Teeth or Replacing Them?
Tom Viola – “Sweet Dreams (Are Not Made of This)!”
Tom Viola – “Weed Will…Weed Will…Rock You!”
Featured Speakers
Vinay
Bhide
Vinay Bhide
Dr. Vinay Bhide is a board-certified periodontist who provides the full scope of surgical periodontal and dental implant therapy. Dr. Bhide has a special interest in esthetic and reconstructive periodontics. Dr. Bhide completed his dental and specialty training at the University of Toronto. Dr. Bhide is an Examiner and Fellow of the Royal College of Dentists of Canada and Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology. In addition to private practice, Dr. Bhide is a clinical instructor in the Department of Periodontics at the University of Toronto where he is involved in didactic and clinical teaching of periodontics at both undergraduate and post-graduate levels. He is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Periodontics at the University of Pennsylvania and head of the Division of Periodontics at Sinai Health Toronto. Dr. Bhide has lectured nationally and internationally and published on various topics related to periodontics and implantology.
- Diplomate, American Board of Periodontology
- Clinical Instructor and Lecturer, Department of Periodontology, University of Toronto
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Periodontics, University of Pennsylvania
- Division Head, Periodontics, Sinai Health – Toronto
Dani
Botbyl
Dani Botbyl
Dani Botbyl is an educator, author, and researcher and has been a trailblazer for the advancement of ultrasonic technology in dental hygiene practice and education in North America.
She is credited with leading the first team of researchers to investigate the topic of ultrasonic instrumentation education in dental hygiene programs with culmination of her knowledge and research producing multiple publications in industry and peer-reviewed journals and textbooks.
In 2018, with her co-authors, Dani was awarded the Canadian Journal of Dental Hygiene Research Award for Best Original Research Paper. Dani co-authored the second edition of Ultrasonic Periodontal Debridement: Theory and Technique (2024) and is a contributing author to the sixth edition of Darby and Walsh Dental Hygiene Theory and Practice (2024).
Dani has presented hundreds of evidence-based programs to dental hygiene students, faculty and practicing clinicians nationally and internationally, served as the National Clinical Educator with Dentsply Sirona 2000-2023 and held a faculty position at Niagara College of Applied Arts and Technology in Welland, Ontario Canada for over a decade. Dani’s passion for enhancing the practice of dental hygiene creates learning experiences that are not to be missed!
Sara
Gordon
Sara Gordon
Dr. Sara Gordon is Professor Emerita in the Department of Oral Medicine and former Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the University of Washington, School of Dentistry. For over 40 years, Dr. Gordon has been a clinician, educator and researcher in oral pathology, oral medicine, oral diagnosis, and treatment planning. She has worked to widen the scope of dental education, so dentists can provide better overall healthcare for patients and reduce health disparities.
Dr. Gordon received a D.D.S. from Dalhousie University (1985) and M.S. in pathology (1996) from the University of Western Ontario, where she also completed a four-year residency in oral and maxillofacial pathology (1997). She is a diplomate in the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology and a fellow in oral medicine and oral and maxillofacial pathology in the Royal College of Dentists of Canada. She is also a fellow in dental surgery in the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
After practicing as a general dentist in her hometown of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Dr. Gordon taught at Dalhousie Faculty of Dentistry (1986-1993), followed by positions teaching general, systemic and oral pathology at the University of Detroit Mercy (UDM) (1997-2006) and the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) (2006-2014). Dr. Gordon moved to the University of Washington in 2014 to lead transformation of the curriculum. Student scores on their national board exams rose to among the highest in the nation, while UW dental school’s world ranking climbed to 4th place. Dr. Gordon led curricular innovations during the COVID pandemic, setting a benchmark for other North American dental schools.
Dr. Gordon is a national board examiner in oral medicine and oral pathology for the Royal College of Dentists of Canada and a member of the Dental Education Specialty Advisory Board of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Scotland. She is also a commissioner of the US Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations and a specialty site visitor in oral and maxillofacial pathology for the US Commission on Dental Accreditation.
In 2024, the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) awarded Dr. Gordon the Chair of the ADEA Board of Directors Citation for her “exceptional service to ADEA and the dental education community.” Her many distinctions include awards and scholarships recognizing her teaching, research, leadership, and writing. She has authored or co-authored more than 100 scientific publications and presented at hundreds of professional events and continuing education courses on almost every continent.
Michael Glogauer
Michael Glogauer
Dr. Glogauer is an internationally recognized dental clinician scientist (DDS, 1993 PhD 1999, Dip Perio, 1999) and a leader in the fields of dentistry, oral immunity, oral diseases, alveolar bone grafting and the links between oral health and systemic health. He completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Harvard Medical School (1999-2001). He is a Professor at the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto (since 2002), Head of Dentistry for University Health Network, Chief of Dental Oncology at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and owner of OMGPerio, a periodontal and dental implant practice in Hamilton Ontario.
He has received awards for recognition of scientific excellence (Quality of Life research award from Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)-IMHA-2006) and has been funded by MRC/CIHR since 1994. He has generated over 280 peer reviewed publications in the fields of dentistry, oral health and immunology with over 18,500 citations and an H-Factor of 80. He has 7 patents and is CEO and co-founder of start-up Ostia Sciences which focuses on the oral microbiome testing and probiotic development. He is a Fellow in the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.
Sam
Malkinson
Sam Malkinson
Dr. Sam Malkinson, DMD, Cert Perio, MSD, FRCDC, Dip ABPDIS, graduated from McGill’s Faculty of Dentistry in 2007 and went on to do an Advanced Education in General Dentistry Residency at the University of Connecticut, followed by a General Practice Residency at the University of British Columbia. He then pursued a specialty in Periodontics at Virginia Commonwealth University, where he also earned his Master’s degree for his thesis concerning the effects of aesthetic crown lengthening on social perceptions. Having returned to Montreal in 2012, he is in full-time private practice limited to periodontics and implantology. He is a Faculty Lecturer at McGill University, and in 2014 he was named McGill Dentistry’s Clinical Demonstrator of the Year. In 2015 he was honoured with the W.W. Wood Award for Excellence in Dental Education, and the American Academy of Periodontology Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring in Periodontics Award, for commitment to excellence in providing education in the full scope of clinical periodontics and relaying that enthusiasm to students. He also teaches at the Université de Montréal’s Faculté de médecine dentaire as a clinical instructor of periodontics, and in 2025 was honoured there once again with AAP’s award.
Dr. Malkinson is a Fellow of the Royal College of Dentists of Canada, and a Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology and Dental Implant Surgery. He is a member of the Ordre des dentistes du Quebec, the Quebec Periodontal Association, the Federation of Dental Specialists of Quebec, the Canadian Academy of Periodontology, and the American Academy of Periodontology. He has been appointed by the National Dental Examining Board of Canada as an Examiner Expert in Content for Periodontics and has served as a manuscript reviewer for the Acta Odontologica Scandinavica journal.
Pierre-Luc Michaud
Pierre-Luc Michaud
Pierre-Luc Michaud, D.M.D., M.Sc., Cert. Prostho., F. Oral Onco. & Max. Prostho., FRCDC is a Full Professor and head of the divisions of prosthodontics at the Dalhousie University Faculty of Dentistry. Dr. Michaud received his dental degree from Université de Montréal in 2007 and completed a Master of Science and specialty training in prosthodontics in 2011.
In 2022, he also completed a Fellowship in Oral Oncology & Maxillofacial Prosthodontics at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Michaud has lectured extensively on local, national, and international platforms. His research interests include biomaterials, surface bonding, implant dentistry, and maxillofacial prosthodontics. He published many scientific manuscripts in peer reviewed journals and serves as a member of the Editorial Review Board for the Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry.
He is a fellow and examiner of the Royal College of dentists of Canada and a content developer for the National Dental Speciality Examination. He actively maintains a private practice in the Dalhousie intramural Faculty Practice, where he covers all aspects of prosthodontics and maxillofacial prosthodontics.
Aditya
Patel
Aditya Patel
Dr. Aditya Patel is a certified specialist in Periodontics and is a registered Fellow in the Royal College of Dentists of Canada. In 2012, Dr. Patel graduated from the Doctor of Dental Surgery program at the University of Toronto. Following graduation, Dr. Patel enrolled in the Masters of Periodontics program at Dalhousie. During his residency he became well-versed in providing care in all aspects of periodontic specialty treatment and dental implantology.
Following graduation, he became a part time clinical instructor at the Faculty of Dentistry, and he continues to teach in fourth year DDS clinics as well as supervising Graduate Periodontics residents. Dr. Patel is the Vice- President of the Canadian Dental Specialty Association (CDSA, 2025-2026), Past President of the Canadian Academy of Periodontology (2022-2023) and an International member of the American Academy of Periodontology. He is also co-director of the local study club called Perio By The Ocean that organizes periodontal related hands-on workshops.
Dr. Patel currently works in private practice in Halifax, Dartmouth, Truro, Nova Scotia. A resolute, caring professional, Dr. Patel is a family person who enjoys spending time his spouse and 2 boys travelling, coaching basketball or playing board games.
Tom
Viola
Tom Viola
With over 30 years’ experience as a board-certified pharmacist, clinical educator, professional speaker and published author, Tom Viola, R.Ph., C.C.P. has earned his national and international reputation as the go-to specialist for making pharmacology practical and useful for all members of the dental team.
Tom has presented over 1000 informative, humorous and engaging continuing education seminars and webinars to dental professionals internationally since 2001.
Mohammad Abu-Samak
Dr. Mohammad Abu-Samak
Dr. Mohammad Abu-Samak, BDS, PhD, is a Periodontics resident (PGY-3) at Dalhousie University with a focus on inflammation, pain modulation, and postoperative recovery. He completed his PhD in Oral Health Sciences at McGill University. His expertise lies in randomized clinical trials, evidence synthesis, and evidence-based dentistry.”
Tiffany
Kisway
Dr. Tiffany Kisway
Dr. Tiffany Kisway, BEng, DDS, is a Periodontics resident (PGY-3) at Dalhousie University. She is a Dental Officer with the Canadian Armed Forces with special training in Forensic Odontology. As a result of her military career she has lived in many provinces in Canada and also in Europe. Dr. Kisway is also a wife and a mother to two children.
Olivier
Leclerc
Dr. Olivier Leclerc
Dr. Olivier Leclerc is a dentist and current graduate resident in Periodontics at Dalhousie University. He earned his Doctor of Dental Medicine degree from the Université de Montréal and completed a General Practice Residency at McGill University’s Jewish General Hospital before entering specialty training in periodontics.
His academic and professional path has been recognized through distinctions including the MSSS Tuition Scholarship from Québec’s Ministry of Health and Social Services and the Scotiabank Outstanding Integrity and Values Award from the Faculty of Dentistry of the Université de Montréal. Dr. Leclerc practiced general dentistry in Montreal from 2017 to 2024 and has presented his research at the international level.
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