Dental Implant Institute Speakers

Dr.HOM-LAY WANG, DDS, MSD, PhD

• Endowed Collegiate Professor of Periodontics
• Professor and Director of Graduate Periodontics
• Diplomate and Former Director and Co-Chair, American Board of Periodontology
• Former President and Board Director of the ICOI

Dr. Hom-Lay Wang, DDS., MSD., Ph D, Collegiate Professor of Periodontics, Professor and Director of Graduate Periodontics at the University of Michigan. Dr. Wang received his DDS from Taipei Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan, DDS, MSD from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio and Ph D from Hiroshima University, Japan. He also serves as a Research advisor for Eng. A.B. Research Chair for Growth Factors and Bone Regeneration, King Saud University Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He published 20 book chapters/invited reviews and more than 200 scientific articles.

Dr. Wang is a Diplomate, Former Co-Chair and Director of the American Board of Periodontology and a Diplomate, Former President and Board Director of ICOI and a Fellow of American College of Dentists. He serves as an Associate Editor for The International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Implants, eJournal of Oral & Maxillofacial Research, and International Chinese Journal of Dentistry and Assistant Editor for the Implant Dentistry, Editorial Board member for the Journal of Periodontology, Clinical Oral Implants Research, International Journal of Periodontics & Restorative Dentistry, Journal of Clinical Periodontology, Journal of Osteology and Biomaterials and many others.

Dr. Wang is the recipient of following awards/honors: AADS clinical research fellowship award (1992), Best Faculty Award (2003), The Charles E. English Annual Award in Clinical Science and Techniques (2004), Best papers in Journal of Oral Implantology (2004) and Implant Dentistry (2004), Morton L. Perel Annual Award for Dental Implant Educator (2007), and AAP University of Michigan Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring in Periodontics (2010).