Dr. Mani Alikhani, DMD, MSc, Ph.D., is a Professor and Dean of CTOR Academy, and faculty at Harvard School of Dental Medicine and The Forsyth Institute (Boston).
Dr. Cristina Teixeira, DMD, MSc, Ph.D., is Professor and Executive Dean of CTOR Academy, and the former Chair of the Department of Orthodontics at New York University College of Dentistry (New York).
As collaborators, their research focus on craniofacial skeletal form, growth and adaptation, tooth movement, and bone and cartilage response to mechanical stimulation. They are co-founders of CTOR (orthodonticscientist.org), a state-of-the-art research and education center dedicated to translating scientific advances in Dentofacial Orthopedics and Orthodontics into clinical applications to improve patient care. Their research work, supported by NIH and different international research foundations, produced many patented innovations in clinical orthodontics. Dr. Alikhani and Dr. Teixeira serve as reviewers for several scientific journals and are editorial board members of PLOS ONE, Seminars in Orthodontics, Frontiers in Craniofacial Biology, Journal of Tissue Science & Engineering, Orthodontics and Craniofacial Research, and Innovation. They have co-authored numerous peer-reviewed articles, chapters, and books including the Mechanotherapy in Orthodontics book series. Dr. Alikhani’s clinical focus is to treat severe skeletal and dental deformities in patients seeking non-surgical treatment. Dr. Teixeira’s clinical expertise is in early interceptive Orthopedics treatment. As clinicians/scientists, they use advanced biological and mechanical concepts in their daily clinical practices. Dr. Alikhani and Dr. Teixeira have private orthodontic practices in New York and New Jersey.