Rate My Professor Adam Hamilton

Adam Hamilton, BDSc, FRACDS, DCD, MRACDS, FAANZP, is the Discipline Lead in Prosthodontics and Senior Lecturer at the University of Western Australia Dental School, Oral Health Centre of WA. He earned his Bachelor of Dental Science from the University of Western Australia and his Doctorate in Clinical Dentistry in Prosthodontics from the University of Melbourne. He holds Fellowships from the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons, the Academy of Australian and New Zealand Prosthodontists, the International Team for Implantology, and the Academy of Osseointegration, along with Membership in the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons specialist stream in Prosthodontics. Previously, he was Assistant Professor and Director of the Division of Regenerative Sciences and Implant Dentistry at Harvard School of Dental Medicine's Department of Restorative Dentistry and Biomaterial Sciences, and he continues as a lecturer in its advanced graduate implant dentistry program. He also completed a Fellowship in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Florida’s Center for Implant Dentistry via an ITI scholarship. Hamilton maintains a clinical practice focused on prosthodontic and surgical implant treatment.

His research interests center on implant placement and loading protocols, the impact of digital technology in prosthodontics and implant dentistry, and digital workflows for implant rehabilitation of edentulous patients. Key publications include 'Consensus Report of Group 1 of the 1st Global Consensus for Clinical Guidelines for the Rehabilitation of the Edentulous Maxilla: Number of Implants, Timing of Implant Placement and Loading' (Clinical Oral Implants Research, 2026), 'Current State of Evidence for Implant Placement and Loading in Partially Edentulous Patients: A Systematic Review' (2026), 'Guidelines for Digital Interocclusal Records: Part 1 – Dentate and Partially Dentate Patients' (Forum Implantologicum, 2026), and 'A Special Issue on Digital Dental Medicine, Digital Transformation and Artificial Intelligence: Discussing Their Impact in Re-Shaping the Future of Oral Healthcare' (Australian Dental Journal, 2025). Awards include ITI Australasia Educator of the Year (2025), ITI Australasia Study Club of the Year (2025), 2025 Early Career Research Awards Commendation, and the Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry Hickey Scientific Writing Award (2025). He serves on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Periodontics and Restorative Dentistry and Australian Dental Journal.