Dr. Simonas Grybauskas
Lithuania
Simonas Grybauskas acquired his Dental and Medical degrees and was certified for oral and maxillofacial surgeryl in Lithuania. After numerous fellowships worldwide he acquired positions of Consultant in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Vilnius University and Lithuanian University of Health Sciences and he accepted the invitation to become a Visiting Professor at Ferrara University (Italy). At present Dr. Grybauskas devotes most of his time to orthognathic and reconstructive surgery. Main focus of research at present is virtual surgical planning and enhancement of accuracy in the surgical field. Dr.Grybauskas is dedicated to the development of orthognathic surgery in the Baltic States and was the host and organizer of the first and the second Baltic Sea Conference in Orthognathic Surgery and Orthodontics in 2009 and 2015.
Dr. Dalia Latkauskiene
Lithuania
Dalia Latkauskienė, DDS, Specialist in Orthodontics, Phd
Dalia Latkauskienė graduated cum laude from Kaunas University of Medicine, Department of Dentistry in 1999. After graduation, she continued her studies in Orthodontics at the same university. She obtained her specialist in orthodontics with honors in 2002. Dalia Latkauskiene has applied for Phd degree in 2004 and also continued as a lecturer for postgraduate programs in orthodontics in 2006-2007. She defended her Phd thesis „Herbst- effects on jaws and dental arches in growing Class II patients“ in 2013. Dalia Latkauskienė is currently working as clinical instructor for postgaduate orthodontic students in Lithuanian University of health sciences.
Dalia Latkauskienė is an international speaker. She has presented lectures, seminars and continuing education courses on crowned Herbst appliance, mixed dentition treatment, aligner treatment, adult orthodontics, multidisciplinary treatment and combined orhodontic-orthognatic treatment (together with maxillo-facial surgon S. Grybauskas DDS, MD, Phd) to dental and orthodontic organizations as well as conferences mostly in European Union, Russia and some other Eastern European countries. Dalia Latkauskienė has held in-office courses for local and foreign participants on the topics listed above.
She is author and co-author of several papers in international peer-reviewed journals.
Since 2002, Dalia Latkauskienė has been in full-time private practice. Currently she is practising in multidisciplinary clinics in capital and orthodontic center in Kaunas.
Dalia Latkauskienė is Diamond II Invisalign provider.
DR. NATALYA BORCHENKO
Ukraine
Dr. Natalya Borchenko is a graduate of Odessa National Medical University, Ukraine, where she also obtained her Orthodontic and Dentofacial Orthopedics degree and PhD degree. For 14 years she runs her private orthodontic practice in Odessa. She had numerous fellowships worldwide, mainly devoted to cleft care, orthognathic surgery and TMJ disorders.
Her main focus of interest is orthodontic management of orthognatic patients and TMD disorders. Natalya is member of the Ukrainian, European, Italian Orthodontics societies, active member of BSCOSO, representative of Ukraine in EuroCleft projects. She is an active lecturer in Ukraine and runs as well an educational program for orthodontists, encouraging development of functional orthodontics in Ukraine.