Helder Nunes Costa

Orthodontist, researcher, and academic. Associate Professor of Orthodontics, Egas Moniz University, Lisbon, Portugal. Clinical Director and CEO, CMO Clinic — an interdisciplinary dental clinic in Barreiro, Portugal (co-founded 1997). CEO, CMO Education — a certified specialist training academy for advanced interdisciplinary education in occlusion medicine and orthodontics, Barreiro (since 2016). Faculty Member, Teaching Staff, and Member of the Scientific Advisory Board, VieSID (Vienna School of Interdisciplinary Dentistry, Vienna, Austria) — the international postgraduate institute in occlusal medicine directed by the successors of Prof. Rudolf Slavicek.

Researcher, Center for Interdisciplinary Research Egas Moniz (CiiEM), Lisbon. Part-time Researcher, Research Institute of Occlusion Medicine and Research Center of Brain and Oral Science, Kanagawa Dental University, Yokosuka, Japan (2007–2013) — the research hub of Prof. Sadao Sato, the originator of the MEAW technique and the Sadao Sato Occlusal Concept. Author and co-author of multiple peer-reviewed international publications on orthodontics, occlusal medicine, and interdisciplinary treatment. Reviewer for international orthodontic and dental journals. Invited international lecturer (Europe, Asia, South America) on orthodontics, occlusal medicine, and interdisciplinary treatment planning integrating CBCT, condylography, and cephalometric analysis.

GDC Specialist in Orthodontics (UK, 2007). OMD Specialist in Orthodontics (Portugal, 2009). DDS, Egas Moniz School of Health Sciences, Lisbon (1996). MSc in Dental Sciences (Orthodontics), Donau Universität Krems, Austria (2007 — under Prof. Rudolf Slavicek). PhD, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon (2012). PhD in Orthodontics, Kanagawa Dental University, Yokosuka, Japan (2013).