Miguel Stanley, DDS
Founder & Clinical Director · White Clinic
Full-mouth rehabilitation and revision dentistry with ceramic implants, Slow Dentistry, and a digital CAD/CAM workflow
About
Miguel Stanley, DDS founded White Clinic in Lisbon in 1999 after implant training with Dennis Tarnow at NYU and postgraduate implant work at the Branemark Centre in Madrid. He built his practice around complex rehabilitation, ceramic implants, biological dentistry, and digital workflows, later publishing on fully digital smile-design and CAD/CAM planning. Outside the chair, he co-founded the Slow Dentistry Global Network, co-founded the Missing Link dental AI platform, serves as Vice President of the Digital Dentistry Society, holds an adjunct associate professorship at UPenn, and sits on the Harvard School of Dental Medicine Innovation Society board.
What to Know
Signature approach
Stanley focuses on complex rehabilitation and revision dentistry for patients whose implants, crowns, bridges, bite, or materials need a full rethink. Planning starts with 3D Cone Beam CT, moves through Digital Smile Design and CAD/CAM workflows, and favors ceramic implants and biocompatible restorations. He also layers photobiomodulation, ozone, and Er:YAG laser into surgical protocols when they support healing.
What sets them apart
- Visible influence in modern dentistry. Stanley was named to Incisal Edge's 32 Most Influential People in Dentistry and serves as Vice President of the Digital Dentistry Society.
- Academic and innovation roles. He is an adjunct associate professor at UPenn School of Dentistry, sits on the Harvard School of Dental Medicine Innovation Society board, and co-founded Missing Link for AI-supported dental communication.
- Public longevity bridge. His TEDx talk, National Geographic documentary, lectures, and podcast center dentistry as part of broader health, with smile design as one part of that larger frame.
Before You Book
- Choose him for complex cases. Stanley is the right ask for full-mouth rehabilitation, revision dentistry, ceramic implants, and biological dentistry strategy; routine hygiene and smaller cases may route through the broader White Clinic team.
- Confirm personal availability. His teaching, speaking, and international roles can affect scheduling, so ask which visits he personally handles before planning travel.
- Plan for multiple appointments. Full-mouth rehabilitation can span diagnostics, surgery, prototypes, final prosthetics, and follow-up over weeks or months.
Expertise
Focus areas
Protocols & technologies
Credentials
Education
DDS, Dentistry
Instituto Superior de Ciencias da Saude — Sul (Egas Moniz) (1998)
Postgraduate Degree, Implant Dentistry
Branemark Centre — CEOSA, Madrid (2001)
Implant Surgical Training, Implant Surgery
New York University College of Dentistry (with Dr. Dennis Tarnow) (1999)
Years in practice
28
Affiliations
Thought Leadership
Books
- Saude, no Caminho para a Felicidade · Grupo Leya, 2012
- PRF in Facial Esthetics · Quintessence Publishing, 2020
Publications
- Fully digital workflow, integrating dental scan, smile design and CAD-CAM · BMC Oral Health, 2018
- Immediate loading of single implants in the anterior maxilla · International Journal of Dentistry, 2017
- Vitamin D Deficiency and early implant failure · PubMed / Vitamin D Deficiency: Causes and Treatments, 2021
- CAD Software and its influence on complex treatment planning · Springer, 2023
- In-office photobiomodulation therapy to enhance clinical treatment · Inside Dentistry, 2022
Media Appearances
- The New Boundaries of Dentistry (documentary) · National Geographic
- TEDxMarvila: Biohacking Your Teeth — How Your Teeth Are Connected to Your Longevity · TEDx · 2025-03-01
- Miguel Stanley, Ronaldo's dentist, uses AI to fight diseases · ECO News · 2025-03-05
- Oral health and longevity: How your teeth could be shortening your lifespan · Longevity.Technology · 2025-02-14
- The Lisbon Dentist: From TV Shows to Global Recognition · People of Lisbon · 2025-03-06
- Biting into Healthcare (podcast host) · Buzzsprout / Apple Podcasts / Spotify
Notable Collaborators
- Richard J Miron · PRF in facial esthetics, vitamin D and implant failure research
- Christian Coachman · Digital Smile Design, interdisciplinary guided dentistry
- Dennis Tarnow · Implant surgical training
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