Howard Gluckman

Dr Gluckman completed his dental training at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg in 1990. After spending a number of years in general practice he completed a 4-year full time degree in Oral Medicine and Periodontics at the University of Stellenbosch in Cape Town, which he completed with distinction (cum Laude) in 1998. He was intimately involved in the development of the postgraduate diploma in Implantology at both the University of Stellenbosch and later at the University of Western Cape. He is currently in full time private practice in Cape Town. He is also the director of the Implant and Aesthetic Academy, which is a private post graduate training facility currently providing a complete postgraduate training program in Implantology and Aesthetic Dentistry in South Africa. The Academy is accredited by The University of Stony Brook University, New York. Dr Gluckman has been involved in Implantology training for over 20 years. Dr Gluckman lectures extensively both nationally and internationally and is a member of the Dentsply / Friadent’s Master Speakers Program. He is on the experts’ panel of the international educational website Dental XP and is on the Dental XP scientific board. He is a Diplomat of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists (ICOI). He is the immediate past president of the South African Society for Dental Implantology and is on the board of the Southern African Association Osseointegration (SAAO). He has also served as the Secretary of the South African Society of Periodontics. His special interests are immediate placement/ immediate load as well as soft tissue aesthetics and periodontal plastic surgery, autogenous bone augmentation especially bone harvested from the palate and three-dimensional bone augmentation.