Bakr Rabie is a Professor of Orthodontics in the Faculty of Dentistry at The University of Hong Kong.  He obtained his Certificate of Proficiency in Orthodontics, Master of Science, and PhD from Northwestern University, USA.

Professor Rabie was also the Postgraduate Programme Director in Orthodontics, the Founder and Convenor of Biomedical and Tissue Engineering Research, and the Director of the Centralized Research Laboratories, The Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong.  In 1997, he became a Fellow of Hong Kong Academy of Medicine (Dental Surgery) and Fellow of College of Dental Surgeons of Hong Kong (Orthodontics); and obtained the Fellowship in Dental Surgery ad hominem of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2005.

In addition, Professor Rabie is an Editorial Board member of the Orthodontics and Craniofacial Research, The Open Dentistry Journal, International Journal of Dentistry, International Journal of Oral Science and Egyptian Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery. He is a referee of the American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, reviewer of the Angle Orthodontists, Journal of Dental Research. International Journal of Connective Tissue Research, International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, Gene Therapy and Honorary Editorial Advisor of Hong Kong Dental Journal.

He is an examiner in the Speciality of Orthodontics, the College of Dental Surgeons of Hong Kong; and examiner for the Conjoint Examination of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

Professor Rabie was awarded national and international awards.  He was awarded the Outstanding PhD Supervisor Award by the University of Hong Kong in 2005, and the best article published in the International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in 1997 and the runner-up in the International Journal of Surgery in 2006.

He published more than 300 articles, abstracts and book chapters.  He was invited to lecture on more than 80 different occasions in the USA, Canada, Europe, Africa and Asia.  He also gave many hands-on courses on adult orthodontics and esthetic dentistry, interceptive orthodontics as well as surgical orthodontics.

Alternative Treatment to Correction of Mild Skeletal Class II in Adults
Date: Thursday 1 July

Time: 1:30pm – 3:00pm

Objectives:   

·         To present a protocol for management of adult patients with border line skeletal class II

·         To present Treatment effects and long term stability of the novel approach

·         To present "a peak into the future of Growth modifications"

Learning outcomes:    

Bone Induction in Dentistry
Date: Friday 2 July

Time: 3:30pm – 4:30pm

Objectives:                    

To present possible approaches for bone induction in dentistry, with special emphasis on Orthodontics.

Learning outcomes:    

How and when to graft a defect in the alveolar ridge?  When to be able to move teeth into the grafted site?  Can Auto transplantation be a means to bone induction in orthodontics? How does it work and what is the ideal time to do the auto transplantation?

Management of Orthodontic Patients With Severe Bone Loss

Date: Saturday 3 July 

Time: 10:30am – 11:30pm

Objectives:  

·         To Identify the problems at hand

·         To present a clinical protocol for regeneration of the lost periodontium

·         To highlight the critical role played by the orthodontist in rendering a horizontal defect into a vertical defect with a bony wall.

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