Ramon Gomez Meda

Founder and Director of MEDA Training Center, A Coruña, Spain. Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Prosthodontics at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (LSUHSC) School of Dentistry, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Director of two-year Master Program in Implants and Implant Prosthesis at Universidad Alfonso X El Sabio (UAX), Madrid, Spain. PhD in Oral Pathology and Health from University of Sevilla. Specialist in periodontology, implantology, and aesthetic multidisciplinary treatments with practice limited to these areas.

Over 27 years of combined clinical, teaching, and research experience. Expert in aesthetic implant dentistry, prevention and treatment of aesthetic complications in implantology, vertical and horizontal bone augmentation, simultaneous mucogingival procedures with guided surgery, immediate implant placement and loading, digital planning for guided surgery, full-arch rehabilitation from FP-1 to hybrid denture, management of failing dentition, and long-term outcomes analysis. Known for systematic perio-prostho approaches integrating periodontal, surgical, and prosthetic principles. Research focuses on long-term outcomes of aesthetic implant therapy, complication management, and predictable protocols for complex cases.

Recipient of Thesis Award from the Autonomous Community of Galicia for Academic Excellence. Author and co-author of numerous publications on aesthetic complications in implant dentistry and their prevention. International lecturer presenting extensively throughout Europe, Americas, and worldwide on topics including aesthetic implant surgery, prevention and treatment of aesthetic complications with long-term outcome analysis, socket preservation and reconstruction, immediate implant and loading protocols, phenotype evaluation and augmentation techniques, prosthetic material selection, abutment design in aesthetic implant dentistry, and functional considerations in implant therapy. Co-instructor with Dr. Jonathan Esquivel for comprehensive hands-on workshops teaching from single implant to full-arch rehabilitation with live surgery demonstrations. Faculty at major implant congresses throughout Europe presenting master cases and long-term outcome analysis. Maintains private practice at MEDA Institute in Ponferrada (León), Spain, with focus on multidisciplinary oral rehabilitation, advanced regenerative surgery, implant placement with hard and soft tissue management, and aesthetic prostheses.

DDS from University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. PhD in Oral Pathology and Health from University of Sevilla (thesis received Autonomous Community of Galicia Award for Academic Excellence). Postgraduate training in Periodontics and Implantology (Madrid). Postgraduate training in Occlusion and Temporomandibular Dysfunction (Valencia). Postgraduate training in Orthodontics with Prof. David Suarez Quintanilla at University of Santiago de Compostela. Clinical stays at various colleges, hospitals, and clinics throughout Europe and Americas.