Editor Profile

Ziad Nawaf AL Dwairi

University/Organization: Jordan University of Science and Technology

Country: Jordan

 Biography

Professor Ziad N. Al-Dwairi works as Vice Dean and Director of Dental Teaching Clinics at Faculty of Dentistry/ Jordan University of Science and technology. He is Professor of Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics and Implant Dentistry at Jordan University of Science and Technology, holds PhD in Prosthodontics, Queens University/Belfast, UK in 2001, Fellowship of The International Academy of Dento Facial Esthetics (FIADFE) in 2012 and Fellowship of the International College of Dentists FICD/2015, Fellowship of The Academy of Dentistry International/2016(FADI).

He is the President of Jordanian Section of International Association for Dental Research. He is Jordan’s Representative at OSAP (Organization for Safety and Asepsis Procedures).

He worked as vice president of the Restorative Dentistry Committee/ Jordan Medical Council and currently Member of the National Committee for contentious medical education/Jordan Medical Council and member of the advisory team of Dooox (https://www.dooox.de/Advisory-Team).

He is a former member of University Council/Jordan University of Science and Technology and worked as Chairman of the Prosthodontics Department, Faculty of Dentistry/Jordan University of Science and Technology and a Former Dean Assistant/ Faculty of Dentistry/ Jordan University of Science and Technology.

He holds several International prizes and honors as follows: 1. The senior prize The Elida Gibbs Travel Award 2000 from the Irish Division of International Association for Dental Research (IADR). 2. The Procter and Gamble Research award 2000. Oral and Dental Research Trust, London. 3. (BSSPD research Prize 2001). British Society for the study of Prosthetic Dentistry First Research Prize. 4. Certificate of recognition from IADR and AADR 2002, Get a member Campaign. 5. Member of the Advisory Group For Dental Ethics Manual, FDI. 6. Executive Committee of African and Middle East Federation of IADR. 7. Oral presenter at the 3rd Asian Family Health Research Award, Iran-Tehran 2007. 8. The first research prize in Prosthodontics from Society of Arab Dental Faculties (SARDF) 2010. 9. Fellowship of the International Academy for Dento-Facial Esthetics FIADFE/2012. 10. Fellowship of the International College of Dentists FICD/2015. 11. Fellowship of the Academy of Dentistry International FADI/2016.

He is currently involved in teaching undergraduate and graduate students in all field of Prosthodontics in addition to involvement in advanced programs for MFDS Trainees, High specialty trainees and Advanced clinical trainees in Prosthodontics.

He supervised several MSc students as a main and a co advisor and as an examiner for more than 27 theses in all disciplines of Prosthodontics with more than 44 publications in high impact international journals. In addition he works as a reviewer for 32 International Peer reviewed Journals and on editorial board of 15 International Journals.

He was a Member of the advisory group formed by FDI for publishing the Dental Ethics Manual in 2007 and carried out its translation into Arabic Language to be available to all Arabic natives.