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- Pernilla
William L. Balanoff, DDS, MS, FICD
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Education
Northwestern University Dental School, Chicago, Illinois, Doctor of Dental Surgery 1983
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, D.C., Forensic Odontology 1982
University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida; Left after two years to attend dental school
Thornwood High School, South Holland, Illinois 1977
Northwestern University, National High School Institute, Evanston, Illinois 1976
Nobelpharma/Branemark Dental Implants, Prosthodontic Procedures and Techniques, Northwestern University Dental School, Chicago, Illinois 1985
Nobelpharma/Branemark Dental Implants, Laboratory Procedures and Techniques, Northwestern University Dental School, Chicago, Illinois 1985
NobelBiocare/Branemark Dental Implants, Surgical Procedures and Techniques, Tampa, Florida 1996
Nova Southeastern University, Post Graduate Prosthodontics, Resident 2003-2004,
Nova Southeastern University, Masters of Science, 2006 , Craniofacial Research with an emphasis on prosthodontics.
Licensure
Florida Board of Dentistry 1983
Northeast Regional Board of Dentistry 1983
Professional Societies
Fellow, International College of Dentist
American Dental Association
Florida Dental Association
Atlantic Coast Dental Association
Florida Prosthodontic Association
Broward County Dental Association
Association of Prosthetic Organizations
American Prosthodontic SocietyTeaching Appointments
Nova Southeastern University Dental School, Assistant Clinical Professor, Undergraduate Dental and Post Doctoral Prosthetics, Lecturer in Dental Materials, Practice Management, Implants and Cosmetic Dentistry
2000-2005
Northwestern University Dental School, Visiting Lecturer and Clinical Instructor 1998-2001
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Dental Polyclinic, Chernobyl, Ukraine 1996-2001; I was involved in a long-range study to determine the effect of low level doses of radiation on oral health. This includes incidents of oral cancer, caries and periodontal disease prevalence among Chernobyl survivors and those that continue to work and live near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.
Ural State Medical Academy, Ekaterinburg, Russia, Guest Lecturer and Clinical Instructor of Dentistry 1994-8
Ural State University, Ekaterinburg, Russia, Guest Lecturer and Clinical Instructor of Dentistry 1992-8
Promed Dental Clinic, Ekaterinburg, Russia, Guest Lecturer and Clinical Instructor of Dentistry 1992-8
Ural Regional Government, Ekaterinburg, Russia, Public Health Policy Protocol Agreement 1994; The Minister of Health for the Ural’s of Russia (population fifteen million) and I developed a program which involved a multi-tier approach to improving dental health care in Central Russia. 1) To develop modern skills in the dentist currently practicing. 2) To improve the physical plants where these dentists practice. 3) To improve the dental education of the students in the “pipe line” by improving the instructors’ knowledge of modern dentistry, the teaching methods, the physical plant and the clinical instruction and experience 4) To provide a method and protocol for professional exchange. This would include students, faculty and current dental professionals 5) To improve public health through education.
Northwestern University Dental School, Operative Dentistry, Assistant Clinical Professor 1983
Northwestern University Dental School, Fixed Prosthetics, Assistant Clinical Professor 1983
Northwestern University Dental School, Oral Anatomy, Teaching Assistant; Pre-Clinical Technique 1983
Northwestern University Dental School, Fixed Prosthetics, Teaching Assistant; Pre-Clinical Technique 1983
Brief Biographical Sketch
College:
President's Honor Roll
Dean's List
Dental School:
American Student Dental Association, Associate Editor of both the Newspaper and Magazine
Fixed Prosthetic Honors
Senior Dental Outreach Program, A pilot program to service disadvantaged senior citizens in local nursing homes
Editor of the Dental School Newspaper, "The Porcelain Press"
Admissions Committee
Professionally:
Private Practice, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
President and CEO, SmilePerfect, Inc.; The Company was started to aid in the development of dental business education.
Broward General Hospital, Department of Surgery, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
North Broward Hospital, Department of Surgery, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Compendium, Editorial Board, Ascend Media, Appointed 2006
Contemporary Aesthetics, Editorial Board, Ascend Media, Appointed 2007
Zila Pharmaceutical, Oral Cancer Screening, Company Spokesperson and Advocate for Oral Cancer Screening
President and CEO, AQE, Inc.; The Company was started to aid in the development of dental education and to provide quality dental supplies at world prices for the dentists and citizens of Central Russia and the Ukraine. 1994-2003
Vice Chairman, Board of Directors, Viaduk Investment Fund, Kiev, Ukraine; Viaduk is currently involved in the privatization process occurring in the Ukraine. Viaduk manages two funds with the larger being the fifty-five million-dollar Ukrainian Opportunity Fund. The fund was closed in 2005.
Deputy Medical Examiner, Forensic Odontology, Broward County Medical Examiner's Office, Florida
John Evans Club (Life Time Member)
G.V. Black Society (Life Time Member)
Henry Wade Society (Life Time Member)
Table Clinics and Lectures
"Development of Incisal Guidance", Chicago Dental Society, Chicago, Illinois 1983
"Treatment of the HIV (+) Patient", Fort Lauderdale, Florida 1987; In 1986 my office made the commitment to treat HIV infected patients in a fee for service private practice setting. We realized early on the nature of this disease and adopted “Universal Precautions” before they were published.
"Prosthodontic Implant Marketing", South Florida Implant Study Club, Hollywood, Florida 1988
"Ortho-Prosthodontic Dental Treatment", Miami Mid-Winter Meeting, Miami, Florida 1989
"Ortho-Crown and Bridge", Florida Prosthodontic Society, Tampa, Florida 1989
"Internal and External Marketing Ideas", Florida Prosthodontic Society, Jacksonville, Florida 1990
"AIDS", North Beach Hospital, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 1989,90; The lecture was designed to educate the staff to the oral manifestations of someone with HIV infection and full blown AIDS.
"Orthodontic, Orthognathic and Prosthodontic Treatment", Miami Mid-Winter Meeting, Miami, Florida 1992
"Prosthodontic Implant Technique", Study Club, Barry Kligerman, DMD, MS, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 1992
"Master Marketing Plan", Nobelpharma-Branemark, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 1992; I was asked by the Director of Nobelpharma’s Florida Project to present my views and to offer my suggestions for their company. Thomas Andersonn, the director of the Florida Project, the newly appointed Vice-President, Bill Stough, and the regional sales managers attended this four-hour lecture. The results of this lecture started the Florida Project Advisory Board.
"An Overview of American Dentistry", Promed Dental Clinic, Ekaterinburg, Russia 1992; In 1992, the United States State Department opened a Consulate in Ekaterinburg, Russia. In conjunction with the Department of Commerce, the US was to facilitate the conversion of military production plants into non-military factories. Historically, Ekaterinburg was and is the hub of the “Soviet” military industrial complex. My role, as the first American dentist to this formerly top secret closed city, was to outfit and train a local dental office to US standards in case someone from the US government had a dental emergency.
"An Overview of American Dentistry", Ural State University, Ekaterinburg, Russia 1993
"Medcam Computer Imaging", Clinic #2 (Chernobyl Treatment Center), Ekaterinburg, Russia 1994
"American Dentistry-Eight Dentist Delegation", Joint United States-Russian Training Program for the City of Ekaterinburg and Surrounding Cities, Ekaterinburg, Russia 1994; In conjunction with Northwestern University Dental Alumni Association, I sent letters to Alumnus who graduated before 1970. The letter read that “if you would be interested in a humanitarian trip to Central Russia…” have I got the trip for you. After screening numerous applications, I assembled a team of seven dentists and myself. The travel was perfectly coordinated so that we all landed in Frankfurt within hours of each other and then flew to Ekaterinburg on a five-hour non-stop flight. For two weeks our group worked tirelessly teaching our “dentist” host and treating hundreds of Central Russian patients.
"Non-Rotational Aesthetic Abutment", Study Club, Barry Kligerman, DMD, MS, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 1994
"Traditional Implant Case Conversion to Aesthicone Design", Annual Implant Lecture, Barry Kligerman, DMD, MS, Imperial Point Hospital, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 1994
"Dentistry is Business and Patients are Customers", University Of Oklahoma Dental School, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and Dallas, Texas 1995
"All-Bond II, Dentin Bonding", Ekaterinburg Dental School, Ekaterinburg, Russia 1995
"Dentin Bonding, Resorbable Membranes in Periodontics, Current Concepts in Endodontics, and Orthognathic, Orthodontic and Prosthodontic Treatment Planning", Lecture and Clinical Demonstration, Ural State Medical Academy, Ekaterinburg, Russia 1995
"All-Bond II, Dentin Bonding", Lecture and Clinical Demonstration, Novouralsk, Russia 1995
"Bisco One-Step", Lecture and Clinical Demonstration, Ural State Medical Academy, Ekaterinburg, Russia 1995
"Guidor Graft Surgery", Lecture and Clinical Demonstration, Ural State Medical Academy, Ekaterinburg, Russia 1995
"Update in Adhesive Dentistry", Lecture and Clinical Demonstration, International Dental Training Center Annual Lecture, Ekaterinburg, Russia 1995
"New Endodontic Technique- The NT Method", Lecture and Clinical Demonstration, International Dental Training Center Annual Lecture, Ekaterinburg, Russia 1995
"Update in Clinical Dentistry", Lecture and Clinical Demonstration, Novouralsk, Russia 1995
"Dentistry is Business and Patients are Customers", Dade-Broward Osseointegration Study Club, Washington Medical Center, Hollywood, Florida 1996
"Dentin Bonding, Resorbable Membranes in Periodontics, Current Concepts in Endodontics, and Orthognathic, Orthodontic and Prosthodontic Treatment Planning", Lecture and Clinical Demonstration, All Ukrainian Dental Seminar, Kiev, Ukraine 1996
Orthognathic, Orthodontic and Prosthodontic Treatment Planning", Lecture and Clinical Demonstration, All Byelorussia Dental Seminar, Minsk, Byelorussia 1996
"Dentin Bonding, Resorbable Membranes in Periodontics, Current Concepts in Endodontics, and Orthognathic, Orthodontic and Prosthodontic Treatment Planning", Lecture and Clinical Demonstration, Three-Week Multi-City Tour: Perm, Ekaterinburg and Bratsk, Russia 1996
"Guidor Graft Surgery in Conjunction with Biogran", Lecture and Clinical Demonstration, Regional Dental Clinic, Ekaterinburg, Russia 1997
"Dentistry is Business and Patients are Customers", Malmo, Sweden 1998
"Dentistry is Business and Patients are Customers", Gold Coast Academy of General Dentistry, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 1999
"The New Patient WOW", TranscenDENTAL Study Group, Tampa, Florida 2000
“Adjunctive Screening Technology for Oral Abnormalities”, Gulf Coast Dental Hygiene Association, Edison Community College, Fort Meyers, Florida 2005
“Adjunctive Screening Technology for Oral Abnormalities”, American Dental Association, Annual Session, Las Vegas, Nevada 2006
"Oral Cancer"
2nd Annual Oral Cancer Symposium, Tuft’s University, 2007
Publications
"Oral Dysplasia Detected with Adjunctive Screening Technology”
W. Balanoff, DDS, MS, FICD, Mentor, 2007
"Extraction, Immediate Placement, Immediate Load of Implants in an Irradiated Mandible",W. Balanoff, DDS, MS, FICD, R.L. Brandt, DDS, MSc
Clinical Implant Dentistry and Related Research, Vol 9, Number 2, 2007
"The Role of Technology in Periodontal Evaluation and Case Acceptance",W. Balanoff, DDS, MS, FICD, Cris Duval, RDH
Dental Economics 2007
Awards
"Outstanding Clinical Professor of the Year, Post Graduate Prosthodontics", Nova Southeastern University, College of Dental Medicine, Post Graduate Prosthodontics 2004
