Award Recipients

Listed below are the 2026 recipients in the separate AO award categories:

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Nobel Biocare Branemark Osseointegration Award:

Peter K. Moy, DMD

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William R. Laney Award:

Sandra Al-Tarawneh, DDS, MS, FACP
Comparing Single-Tooth Implant Placement With and Without Allogeneic Soft Tissue Augmentation: A Randomized Clinical Trial

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Distinguished Awards:

Hom-Lay Wang, DDS, MSD, PhD
Distinguished Researcher Award

Istvan Urban, MD, DMD, PhD
Distinguished Speaker Award

Lyndon F. Cooper, DMD
Distinguished Educator Award

Dennis P. Tarnow, DDS
Master Clinician Award

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AO/OF Research Grant - Basic Science:

Patricia Miguez, DDS, MS, PhD, University of North Carolina
Predictable Oral and Craniofacial Bone Regeneration via a Phytochemical-based Triple-agent Biomaterial

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AO/OF Research Grant - Translational and Clinical Science:

Jia Chang, DDS, PhD, UCLA
Norepinephrine-targeting antidepressant medication and dental implant health

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AO/OF Research Grant - Restorative Dentistry:

Gulce Cakmak, DDS, PhD, University of Bern
Printed Fixed Partial Dentures with Titanium Base-Free Multi-Unit Abutment Connection: Printability of the Screw Access Channel, Fit, and Screw Stability Compared with Milled Fixed Partial Dentures with Titanium Bases as a Function of Printing Orientation

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2026 Student Travel Grant:

Hussain Aljubran
University of Pennsylvania

Abdusalam Alrmali
University of Michigan

Tiago Guimaraes Araujo
University of Pittsburgh

Charles Banh
American Denturist University

Sahar Baniameri
University of Michigan

Shalom Benzaquen
University of Rochester

Amanda Beatriz Rodriguez Betancourt
University of Illinois Chicago

Qasim Omer Butt
University of Michigan

Jen Chen
University of Pennsylvania

Nathália Dantas Duarte
São Paulo State University (UNESP) Brazil

Oumaima Finnaoui
International University of Rabat-Morocco

Pablo Galindo-Fernandez
University of Michigan

Liza Harutyunyan
UCLA

Khushboo Kalani
University of Michigan

Aminollah Khormali
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

Kubra Kundak
University of Pittsburgh

Nursima Lacin
University of Pittsburgh

Adrian Lara
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Yun Lee
Indiana University

Pin-Ying Li
UCLA

Wenwen Liu
University of Michigan

Haipei Luan
University of Pittsburgh

Diandra Luz
Harvard University

Martha Dayanna Acosta Molina
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Yuki Nakamura
Fukuoka Dental College - Fukuoka, Japan

Chehak Nayyar
Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal, India

Layla Nemat
Loma Linda University

Saravanan Sampoornam  Pape
Kalinga Institute of Dental Sciences - Odisha India

Aonjittra Phanrungsuwan
University of Texas Houtson

Jessica Poon
Harvard University

Hamoun Sabri
University of Michigan

David Seiler
Air Force Post Graduate Dental School

Jinlong Shao
Shandong University - Shandong China

Sarvagya Sharma
Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals - Chennai India

Samin Sirous
UCLA

Negin Soghli
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

Yumna Subhani
UCLA

Chen Lin Tsai
University of Michigan

Elaheh Vahab
University of Michigan

Riccardo Federico Visconti
IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute and Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy