2025 Kerr Summit - Malta

Dr. Kreena Patel BDS(Hons) MJDF RCS(Eng) MClinDent(Dist) MEndo RCS(Edin) Specialist in Endodontics   Dr. Kreena Patel is a GDC registered Specialist in Endodontics with a distinguished academic and professional background. She graduated with honors from the University of Manchester and completed her specialist training at King's College London, earning a distinction. Dr. Patel has extensive experience in general practice, oral surgery, paedodontics, and restorative dentistry. She has contributed significantly to the field of endodontics through her research published in international journals and her role as a Senior Clinical Teacher at Guy’s Dental Hospital (King’s College London) from 2016 to 2022. Dr. Patel is a partner at Brigstock Dental Practice and has established endodontic referral services at multiple practices. She continues to teach and lecture, offering both online and hands-on endodontic courses.

Agne Malisauskiene is a dentist and educator renowned for her expertise in direct anterior restorations. She conducts live and virtual hands-on courses, emphasizing techniques to restore anterior teeth with precise anatomical and optical properties. Holding a master's degree in dentistry from Vilnius University and earning her general dentist qualification in 2013, she has accumulated valuable experience working in a dental practice in Vilnius, Lithuania. As an educator at the Baltic Academy of Aesthetic Dentistry and a contributor to the RIPE Global cloud-based dental education platform, Agne is an international speaker, sharing her knowledge and skills in the field.

• M.D. degree and D.D.S. post graduate certificate from University of Ancona-Italy • Full professor in Restorative Dentistry at School of Dentistry Polytecnique University of Marche-Ancona-Italy • Head of Operative dentistry and Endodontics department at School of Dentistry Polytecnique University of Marche-Ancona-Italy • Dean School of Dental Hygienist Polytecnique University of Marche-Ancona-Italy • Active Member Italian Society of Operative Dentistry (SIDOC) •Founding Member Italian Academy of Esthetic Dentistry (IAED) • Active Member European Academy of Esthetic Dentistry (EAED) • Private practice limited to Restorative Dentistry in Ancona , Italy • He is co- author of the book “Adhesive Dentistry: the Key to success” edited by Quintessence International. • Co-Author of “Indirect Conservative Restoration of Posterior teeth” (UTET 2008) • Prof. Putignano is lecturing internationally on adhesive & aesthetic restorations.

Adj Prof. Philippe Sleiman is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Dental Medicine of the Lebanese University in Beirut in Lebanon and Adj Prof. at the UNC Adams School of Dentistry at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in United States.

Prof. Louis Hardan, former head of the restorative and esthetic department at Saint Joseph University Beirut-Lebanon (2013-2019), actually director of the master program since 2019, coordinator of the prosthetic and esthetic master since 2021 and member of the digital dentistry, AI and evolving technologies department since 2023. He graduated dentistry in 1989 and continued his post-doctoral education at Saint Joseph University; he obtained a certificate for basic science in 1993, he completed his specialization in restorative and esthetic dentistry in 1995, and completed his PhD in oral biology and materials (Esthetic and Prosthetic Dentistry) in 2009. He was an active member of the Lebanese Dental Association board (LDA) (2006-2009) and was assigned as a general secretary of the LDA in 2009. At the present, he is a full professor at Saint Joseph University (restorative and esthetic department and digital dentistry, AI and evolving technologies department) and owns a private practice in his home town Byblos. He is an honorary and active international Styleitaliano member and the scientific director of this group. He is the Country Chairperson for Lebanon of the European Society of Cosmetic Dentistry (ESCD) since 2020, ESCD certified member, ESCD board member and international affairs chairperson since 2021. He is the inventor of: 1- Smile Lite MDP (Smile Line, Switzerland) a device to take high quality dental pictures with a mobile phone (Winner of the Cellerant’s best of class technology award for 2017 in USA) 2- Smile Lite MDP2 (Smile Line, Switzerland. Winner of the CEDE’s best product award for 2022 in Europe) 3- Posterior Misura (LM instrument) an instrument for direct posterior composites. 4- The Fast Modelling Technique (FMT) to model posterior composites in a fast and predictable way. International Awards Winner:  2017: Cellerant’s best of class technology award in USA for Smile Lite MDP (Smile Line, Switzerland)  2022: CEDE’s best product award in Europe for Smile Lite MDP2 (Smile Line, Switzerland)  2023: The Academic Award of the European Society of Cosmetic Dentistry (ESCD).   Prof. Hardan has many publications and is a guest editor and reviewer in many indexed, high impact factor and citescore international journals. He wrote chapters in international dental books, including "Veneers" (Zarow et al., 2022) and "Layers2" (Manauta et al., 2023). He is the author of a book entitled "Protocols for Mobile Dental Photography with Auxiliary Lighting," published by Quintessence Publishing in 2020, which has been translated into Bulgarian and French. Prof. Hardan has also given several international lectures and courses on esthetic, restorative dentistry, digital dentistry, and mobile dental photography.