Lifestyle Orthodontics

Professor Darendeliler received his dentistry training from the University of Istanbul and his PhD from the University of Gazi in Turkey. He did his specialist training in orthodontics at the University of Geneva in Switzerland and at the Higher Education Council in Turkey.

From 1990 to 1991, Professor Darendeliler was a visiting assistant professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After being appointed research and post-graduate director at the University of Geneva in 1993, he spent six months at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles as a research professor in 1996. He has been a professor of orthodontics since 1997. He has lectured widely in Europe, North America, South America, Asia, Australia, and the Middle East. His research interests include orthodontic tooth movement, root resorption, obstructive sleep apnoea, temporary anchorage devices, sequential aligners, self-ligating brackets, orthopaedic treatment modalities, magnetic fields and forces, and dentofacial orthopedics.

He currently holds the posts of research collaborator and visiting instructor in orthodontics and pedodontics at Geneva University.

Saad completed his undergraduate dental training at the University of Otago in New Zealand. He was then accepted in Waikato Hospital where he was involved in the management and treatment of complex maxillofacial injuries and head and neck oncology cases. He then completed the primary examinations for the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons where he received commendations in all subjects examined. After another 3 years in private practice in Auckland he was accepted into the Orthodontic program at the University of Sydney.

In his final year of study he was awarded the Sam Buckley travelling fellowship. He was admitted as a member to the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons in the specialist stream and also successfully completed the MOrth examinations for the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh. His areas of interest in Orthodontics include the early management of Class III malocclusions, adult cosmetic orthodontic treatment and the use of Temporary Anchorage Devices to facilitate and expedite orthodontic treatment.

He is currently in specialist private practice in Sydney and is an honorary associate in the orthodontic department at University of Sydney.