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Contributors
■ Bradley C. Bockhorst, DMD
After receiving his dental degree from
Washington University School of Dental
Medicine, Dr. Bradley Bockhorst served
as a Navy Dental Officer. Dr. Bockhorst is
director of clinical technologies at Glidewell
Laboratories, where he oversees Inclusive ®
Digital Implant Treatment Planning services
and is editor-in-chief and clinical editor of Inclusive
magazine. A member of the CDA, ADA, AO, ICOI and the
AAID, Dr. Bockhorst lectures internationally on an array
of dental implant topics. Contact him at 800-521-0576 or
inclusivemagazine@glidewelldental.com.
■ DZEVAD CERANIC, CDT
Dzevad Ceranic began his career at Glidewell
Laboratories while attending Pasadena
City College’s dental laboratory technology
program. In 1999, Dzevad began working at
Glidewell as a waxer and metal finisher, then
as a ceramist. He was then promoted to general
manager of the Full-Cast department. In 2008,
Dzevad took on the company’s rapidly growing Implant department,
and in 2009 completed an eight-month implants course
at UCLA School of Dentistry. Today, Dzevad leads an implant
team of more than 250 employees at the lab. Contact him at
inclusivemagazine@glidewelldental.com.
■ SIAMAK ABAI, DDS, MMedSc
Dr. Siamak Abai earned his DDS degree from
Columbia University in 2004, followed by
two years of residency in general dentistry.
After two years of general private practice in
Huntington Beach, Calif., Dr. Abai returned
to academia and received an MMedSc degree
and a certificate in prosthodontics from
Harvard University. Before joining Glidewell in January
2012, he practiced at the Wöhrle Dental Implant Clinic in
Newport Beach. Dr. Abai brings nearly 10 years of clinical,
research, and lecturing experience to his role as staff dentist
of clinical research at Glidewell Laboratories. Contact him at
inclusivemagazine@glidewelldental.com.
■ LYNDON F. COOPER, DDS, Ph.D
Dr. Lyndon Cooper serves as a professor
and current chair of the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Dentistry
Department of Prosthodontics and has an
adjunct appointment at the UNC School of
Medicine. Dr. Cooper is also director of the
graduate prosthodontics program and the
Bone Biology and Implant Therapy Laboratory. He is a
Diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontics and
current president of the American College of Prosthodontics
Board of Directors. His lab’s research findings have been
presented in more than 70 publications. Contact him at
lyndon_cooper@dentistry.unc.edu.
■ GRANT BULLIS, MBA
Grant Bullis, director of implant R&D and
digital manufacturing at Glidewell Laboratories,
began his dental industry career at
Steri-Oss (now a subsidiary of Nobel Biocare)
in 1997. Since joining the lab in 2007,
Grant has been integral in obtaining FDA
510(k) clearances for the company’s Inclusive
® Custom Implant Abutments. In 2010, he was promoted
to director and now oversees all aspects of CAD/CAM, implant
product development, and manufacturing. Grant has
a degree in mechanical CAD/CAM from Irvine Valley College
and an MBA from Keller Graduate School of Management.
Contact him at inclusivemagazine@glidewelldental.com.
■ JACK A. HAHN, DDS
Dr. Jack Hahn earned his DDS from Ohio State
University College of Dentistry, and completed
postgraduate coursework at Boston University,
New York University, the University of Michigan
and the University of Kentucky. A pioneer in the
field who developed the NobelReplace ® dental
implant system for Nobel Biocare, Dr. Hahn
has been actively involved in placing and restoring implants for
40 years. In addition to lecturing to dentists around the world,
he maintains a private practice in Cincinnati, Ohio, focused
on placing and restoring implants. In 2004, he received the
Aaron Gershkoff Lifetime Achievement Award in implant
dentistry. Contact him at replace7@mac.com.
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