Shayne Callis

Shayne graduated BDS with distinction in 1985 at The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (Wits) and was the recipient of awards for Periodontology, Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery (Lester Brown award), Conservative Dentistry (Bronze medal of South African Dental Association) and Pharmacology (Jan Breyer award). He graduated M Dent in the field of Periodontics and Oral Medicine (Wits) in 1991 and maintained a private practice in Johannesburg and a post graduate teaching position at Wits until 2001. He has served on the committees of the South African society for periodontics and the South African society for dental implantology and was the president of the latter society for a 2 year term. He attained the Australian Dental Certificate in 2000 and has been in full time specialist  practice in Balwyn since 2002. His clinical interests are in the management of periodontitis, both surgical and non-surgical and dental implants. He was a clinical demonstrator in the post graduate clinic at Melbourne University from 2004 to 2019, and has also served as a post graduate examiner at Melbourne University.  He is a fellow of the International Team for Implantology and is a member of Australia New Zealand Academy of Periodontists, the Australian Society for Periodontics and the Australian Osseointegration Society.