Our Faculty

Tony Rotondo is a renowned prosthodontist in Brisbane, Australia, specializing in aesthetic dentistry, dental implants, and interdisciplinary care. He completed his Bachelor of Dental Science at the University of Queensland in 1984 and a postgraduate residency in Prosthodontics at UCLA in 1996. Tony has been practicing for over two decades, offering expert services at his clinic on Edward Street.

In addition to his clinical work, Tony is an active educator, teaching continuing education programs at the University of Queensland and the University of Sydney, and conducting private courses internationally. He is a member of several professional organizations, including the Australian Dental Association and the International College of Prosthodontics. Tony has held leadership roles such as President of the Australian Society of Aesthetic Dentistry.

He is also a seasoned speaker, having presented at numerous conferences and symposiums worldwide. He co-runs a "Mini-residency in Prosthodontics" program for general practitioners, providing advanced training in the field. Tony's contributions to dental education and his commitment to high-quality patient care have established him as a leader in prosthodontics.

Michael Mandikos is a registered specialist in Prosthodontics. Michael received his Bachelor of Dental Science Degree with First Class Honours, from the University of Queensland and in 1998 he completed a three-year Residency Program at the State University of New York at Buffalo (USA), graduating with a Certificate in Prosthodontics and Masters Degree in Biomaterials. He has researched composite resin materials and published research papers in Australian and international journals on clinical and dental materials topics, as well as many clinical technique articles in local dental magazines. Michael has been a Visiting Specialist Prosthodontist to the University of Queensland Dental School and the Royal Australian Air Force. He is a Reviewer for three dental Journals and is a product evaluator for several dental companies.

Michael has presented continuing education programs at dental meetings throughout Australia and Southeast Asia, and also in Greece, Antarctica and the USA. He maintains a Private Practice limited to Implant and Restorative Dentistry in Graceville in Brisbane’s Inner West, and also teaches at the Australian Dental Centre of Excellence in Brisbane.

Harry Hughes graduated from UQ Dental in 1952. He served four years short service in the Royal Australian Navy Dental Service before proceeding to the University of Toronto, Canada where he completed a DDS degree graduating with Honors. He continued to the UK where he intended to study for the FDS, RCS, but found that Oral Surgery was not his thing, so he spent some four years in private practice. Returning to Australia he felt guilty at not achieving more and applied to the University of Michigan School of Dentistry in Ann Arbor, Michigan to study Fixed Prosthodontics. In those days, UM was recognized as the number #1 dental school in the world, so he was very pleased to gain admittance. On completion of his MS degree he returned to Australia and entered specialist private practice in Brisbane CBD.

In 1972, he was invited back to Ann Arbor from private practice to spend one year as a visiting teacher at the dental school. The Australian Dental Journal commented that such an appointment from private practice and not from acadaemia, was most unusual. An offer of an appointment as Associate Professor of Prosthodontics at UM with indeterminate tenure resulted, but with a young daughter and a very shaky marriage, he declined the offer. In 1982 the offer of visiting teacher was repeated and he spent another very pleasant sojourn in Ann Arbor before returning to his private practice.

Harry commenced part-time teaching at the University of Queensland Dental School in the mid 1990’s and was appointed part-time Associate Professor of Prosthodontics and ran the department as well as his practice until the appointment of Professor Bickel. As he was now 75 years of age and because of deep differences with Professor Bickel, he decided to resign from the school and close his private practice, and to retire.

Associate Professor Hughes lectures with Dr. Mandikos and Dr. Rotondo in the very popular Prosthodontist Masters Series and has written a Manual of Prosthodontics which is used in the program.
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Didier Dietschi received his dental degree from the University of Geneva, Switzerland. He then completed further research and study to achieve his M.D. and PhD degrees. He is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Geneva having been on faculty since 1984 and is an Adjunct Professor at CASE Western University , Cleveland, USA. Didier has extensively studied in-vivo and in-vitro behaviour of adhesive restorations, and his academic and postgraduate teaching is in chemical and conservative treatment of discolourations.

Didier has published over 70 papers on clinical and scientific aspects of adhesive and aesthetic restorations. and co-authored the book “Adhesive Metal-free Restorations: current concepts for the esthetic treatment of posterior teeth” by Quintessence Publishing (1997), which was translated into 7 languages. Didier maintains a part-time private office, dedicated to Restorative Aesthetic Dentistry, and Perio-Implant Dentistry.
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