Dr. Hisham Badawi

He holds a PhD in Orthodontics and Medical Health Sciences from the University of Alberta and an MSc from the Eastman Dental Institute, University of London, and he is a Fellow of the Royal College of Dentists of Canada. He served as a tenure-track assistant professor at the University of Manitoba before his doctoral research. That research produced OSIM, the Orthodontic Simulator, which measures the three-dimensional forces and moments that orthodontic appliances apply to teeth. He has served as a consultant, lecturer and adviser to several companies in the orthodontic industry. He holds four granted US patents in electronic dental charting.

His biomechanics research is the foundation of BioLign, the clear aligner system he invented, which the practice designs and makes in its own Calgary lab. Every treatment plan is his own: the practice uses machine-learning clinical decision support with the clinician in the loop as the sole author of every prescription.