Biography:
Dr. Gustavo Vicentis Oliveira Fernandes is an Associate Professor and Assistant Director in Periodontics at the A.T. Still University - Missouri School of Dentistry & Oral Health. He received a Dentist Degree (2008), a Master's Degree in Medical Sciences (2011), a PhD in Dentistry (2016), an Integrated Master's Degree in Dentistry (2018), with specialties in Implantology and Periodontology, and a postgraduate degree in Advanced Implant Dentistry (University of Florida). He is a member of several societies, including the International Team for Implantology - ITI (Switzerland), a Full Member of the Brazilian Society for Research in Dentistry - SBPqO (Brazil), a Full Member of the Brazilian Academy of Dentistry (AcBO), and a full member of the Portuguese Society of Periodontology and Implantology. In 2012, he began teaching at the Universidade Salgado de Oliveira (Brazil), where he was the chair of Periodontology until 2018. He is the Coordinator of the Postgraduate Course in Periodontology at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa (2019-present). His current research interests focus on the area of biomaterials, which involves material surfaces (implants, grafts, tissue regeneration), with in vitro and in vivo tests, mainly in animal and human trials.
