Dr. Waldemar D. Polido

Topics Biosketch

• Clinical Professor, Indiana University School of Dentistry, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
• Co-Director, Center for Implant, Esthetic and Innovative Dentistry, Indiana University School of Dentistry
• MS and PhD degrees from the PUCRS School of Dentistry, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil
• Residency in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, TX
• ITI Fellow, AOCMF, IAOMS and AAOMS Member
• Certified and Fellow of the International Board for Certification of Specialists in OMFS
• Chair, AOMI North America, 2027-2030

Descriptive Biosketch

Dr. Waldemar D. Polido is an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, with a MS and PhD from the PUCRS School of Dentistry in Porto Alegre, Brazil. He completed a residency in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.

Member of the AAOMS, IAOMS, AO-CMF, Academy of Osseointegration, AOMI and certified by the International Board for Certification of Specialists in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, he also contributes as an author and reviewer for the main journals in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Implant Dentistry. Dr. Polido currently serves in the AOMI Board of Directors, and is the AOMI North America Chair.

His main professional interests are in advanced and complex implant surgeries, orthognathic surgery and digital technology.

He is currently a Clinical Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Co-Director of the Center for Implant, Esthetic and Innovative Dentistry, at the Indiana University School of Dentistry, in Indianapolis, USA.

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