Experiencia
- Licenciado en Medicina (1989) y en Odontología (1992) ambos por la Universidad de Barcelona (UB)
- Es profesor visitante en los Departamentos de Implantología de la Universidad Europea de Madrid (UEM) y la Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC)
- Co-fundador y miembro del BORG desde 2005, ha participado en numerosos artículos y ponencias de ámbito internacional sobre estética y rehabilitaciones orales multidisciplinares, así como también en estudios colaborando con universidades de Barcelona, Madrid, Kyoto, Turín, New York y Murcia.
Premios y reconocimientos
- Ganador Mesa Clínica, SEPA 2005 (Barcelona)
- Ganador (Ex-Aequo) Comunicaciones Libres, SEPES 2005 (Almería)
MD, DDS.
Publicaciones científicas
- 2020 - 'Clinical Considerations on Strategies That Avoid Multiple Connections and Disconnections of Implant Abutments' Canullo, Tallarico, Gracis, Vela, Rodriguez, Covani THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PERIODONTICS & RESTORATIVE DENTISTRY, Volume 40, Number 1, 2020 Link to article here
- 2019 - The Effect of Tapered Abutments on Marginal Bone Level: A Retrospective Cohort Study’ Marconcini, Giammarinaro, Covani, Mijiritsky, Vela, Rodríguez JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE 2019/8 Link to article here
- 2019 - Chapter on Book, various authors - ‘The State of the Art of the Implant-Abutment Design to Maximize the Peri-Implant Tissue Potential’ Rodríguez, Vela BOOK - ‘IMPLANTS IN THE AESTHETIC ZONE . A GUIDE FOR TREATMENT OF THE PARTIALLY EDENTULOUS PATIENT’ Editors: Schoenbaum, Todd R. - Patient Editors, 2019 Link to book here
- 2019 - ‘Examen histológico humano de la respuesta de los tejidos al tallado vertical y provisionalización inmediata(BOPT). Fundamento biológico’ Rodríguez, Vela, Segalà, Pérez, Pons, Loi PERIODONCIA Y ODONTOLOGÍA RESTAURADORA, 2019/12 Link to article here
- 2017 - ‘Cutting-Edge Implant Rehabilitation Design and Masnagement: A Tapered Abutment Approach’ Rodríguez, Vela, Segalà COMPENDIUM OF CONTINUING EDUCATION IN DENTISTRY. Volume 38, Number 7, 2017 Link to article here
2016 – ‘Arrangement of Peri-implant Connective Tissue Fibers Around Platform-Switching Implants with Conical Abutments and Its Relationship to the Underlying Bone: A Human Histologic Study’
Rodríguez, Navajas, Vela, Fortuño, Jiménez , Nevins
THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PERIODONTICS & RESTORATIVE DENTISTRY. Volume 36, Number 4, 2016
Link to article here
2016 – ‘Disposición de las fibras de tejido conectivo periimplantar alrededor de implantes con cambio de plataforma con pilares cónicos y su relación con el hueso subyacente: Un estudio histológico humano’
REVISTA INTERNACIONAL DE ODONTOLOGÍA RESTAURADORA Y PERIODONCIA, 2016
Link to article here
2016 – ‘Five Keys to more predictable esthetic restoration of anterior implants’
Vela, Castro-Hoyle, Segalà, Jiménez, Pérez, Rodríguez
ADVANCED IMPLANT AESTHETIC Issue , 2016
Link to article here
2015 – ‘Anatomical and radiological approach to pterygoid implants: a cross-sectional study of 202 cone beam computed tomography examinations’
Rodríguez, Lucas-Taulé, Elnayef, Altuna, Gargallo-Albiol, Peñarrocha-Diago, Fernández-Alfaro
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEONS 2016, 45; 636-640
Link to article here
2014 – ‘Finite Element Analysis Relative to the Crestal Position of a 3.0-mm-Diameter Implant’
León, Carrascosa, Rodríguez, Ruiz-Magaz, Pascual, Nart
THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PERIODONTICS & RESTORATIVE DENTISTRY. Volume 34, Number 3, 2014
Link to article here
2014 – ‘Anatomical Study of the pterygomaxillary area for implant placement: cone beam computed tomographic scanning in 100 patients’
Rodríguez, Rambla, De Marcos Lopez, Méndez, Vela, Jiménez
THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ORAL & MAXILLOFACIAL IMPLANTS. Volume 29, Number 5, 2014
Link to article here
2012 – ‘Soft Tissues Remodelling Technique As A Non-Invasive Alternative To Second Implant Surgery’
Vela, Méndez, Rodríguez, Segalà, Gil.
THE EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ESTHETIC DENTISTRY. Volume 7 Number 1 Spring 2012
Link to article here
2012 – ‘Histomorphogenesis Around Implants’.
Rodríguez, Vela, Méndez, Segalà
Rodríguez, Vela, Méndez, Segalà
CHAPTER OF THE BOOK ‘CRESTAL BONE PRESERVATION’ Published by Quintessence
2012 – ‘Effect of platform switching on collagen fiber orientation and bone resorption around dental implants. A preliminary histological animal study’
Rodríguez, Vela, Calvo-Guirado, Nart, Stappert.
Rodríguez, Vela, Calvo-Guirado, Nart, Stappert.
THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ORAL & MAXILLOFACIAL IMPLANTS. Volume 27, Number 5, 2012
Link to article here
2012 – ‘Crestal Bone Changes On Platform-Switched Implants and Adjacent Teeth When the Tooth-Implant Distance Is Less Than 1.5mm’s’
Vela, Méndez, Rodríguez, Segalà, Tarnow.
Vela, Méndez, Rodríguez, Segalà, Tarnow.
THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PERIODONTICS & RESTORATIVE DENTISTRY. Volume 32, Number 2 , 2012
Link to article here
2012 – ‘Modified surgical protocol for placing implants in the pterygomaxillary region: clinical and radiological study of 454 implants’
Rodríguez, Méndez, Vela, Segalà
Rodríguez, Méndez, Vela, Segalà
THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF & MAXILLOFACIAL IMPLANTS Volume 27, Number 6, 2012
Link to article here
2011 – ‘The effect of abutment dis/reconnections on peri-implant bone resorption: A radiologic study of platform-switched and non-platform-switched implants placed in animals’
Rodríguez, Vela, Méndez, Segalà, Calvo-Guirado, Tarnow
Rodríguez, Vela, Méndez, Segalà, Calvo-Guirado, Tarnow
CLINICAL ORAL IMPLANTS RESEARCH 24, 2013 / 305–311
Link to article here
2011 – ‘Implant Positioning When Replacing the Four Maxillary Incisors. A Platform-Switched Treatment Option’
Vela, Méndez, Rodríguez, Segalà, Gil.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PERIODONTICS & RESTORATIVE DENTISTRY. Volume 31, Number 4, 2011
Link to article here
2009 – ‘Biomechanical Repercussions of Bone Resorption Related to Biologic Width: A Finite Element Analysis of Three Implant-Abutment Configurations’
Rodríguez, Vela, Segalà, Rodado, Méndez, Mata
Rodríguez, Vela, Segalà, Rodado, Méndez, Mata
THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PERIODONTICS & RESTORATIVE DENTISTRY. Volume 29, Number 5, 2009
Link to article here
2009 – ‘The Effect of Interimplant Distance on The Height of the Interimplant Bone Crest When Using Platform-Switched Implants’
Rodríguez, Vela, Segalà, Calvo, Cambra, Méndez, Tarnow.
Rodríguez, Vela, Segalà, Calvo, Cambra, Méndez, Tarnow.
THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PERIODONTICS & RESTORATIVE DENTISTRY. Volume 29, Number 2, 2009
Link to article here
2008 – ‘Alternatives To Maxillary Sinus Lift: Posterior Area Of The Atrophic Maxilla Rehabilitation By Means Pterigoideal Implants’
Rodríguez, Vela, Méndez, Segalà
Rodríguez, Vela, Méndez, Segalà
REVISTA ESPAÑOLA DE CIRUGÍA ORAL Y MAXILOFACIAL. 2008;30,6
Link to article here
2007 – ‘Platform Switching: Clinical and Biomechanical Outcomes’
Vela, Rodríguez, Segalà
EDI JOURNAL Issue3/2008 Vol.4
Link to article here
2006 – ‘Modificación de Plataforma: Concepto y Beneficios’
Vela, Rodríguez, Rodado, Segalà.
LABOR DENTAL CLÍNICA Diciembre 2006 Vol. 7
Link to article here
2006 – ‘Benefits of an Implant Platform Modification Technique to Reduce Crestal Bone Resorption’
Vela, Rodríguez, Rodado, Segalà
IMPLANT DENTISTRY. Vol. 15, Number 3, 2006
Link to article here
2020 – ‘Clinical Considerations on Strategies That Avoid Multiple Connections and Disconnections of Implant Abutments’
Canullo, Tallarico, Gracis, Vela, Rodriguez, Covani
THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PERIODONTICS & RESTORATIVE DENTISTRY, Volume 40, Number 1, 2020
Link to article here
2019 – The Effect of Tapered Abutments on Marginal Bone Level: A Retrospective Cohort Study’
Marconcini, Giammarinaro, Covani, Mijiritsky, Vela, Rodríguez
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE 2019/8
Link to article here
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE 2019/8
Link to article here
2019 – Chapter on Book, various authors – ‘The State of the Art of the Implant-Abutment Design to Maximize the Peri-Implant Tissue Potential’
Rodríguez, Vela
BOOK – ‘IMPLANTS IN THE AESTHETIC ZONE . A GUIDE FOR TREATMENT OF THE PARTIALLY EDENTULOUS PATIENT’ Editors: Schoenbaum, Todd R. – Patient Editors, 2019
Link to book here
2019 – ‘Examen histológico humano de la respuesta de los tejidos al tallado vertical y provisionalización inmediata(BOPT). Fundamento biológico’
Rodríguez, Vela, Segalà, Pérez, Pons, Loi
PERIODONCIA Y ODONTOLOGÍA RESTAURADORA, 2019/12
Link to article here
2017 – ‘Cutting-Edge Implant Rehabilitation Design and Masnagement: A Tapered Abutment Approach’
Rodríguez, Vela, Segalà
COMPENDIUM OF CONTINUING EDUCATION IN DENTISTRY. Volume 38, Number 7, 2017
Link to article here
2016 – ‘Arrangement of Peri-implant Connective Tissue Fibers Around Platform-Switching Implants with Conical Abutments and Its Relationship to the Underlying Bone: A Human Histologic Study’
Rodríguez, Navajas, Vela, Fortuño, Jiménez , Nevins
THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PERIODONTICS & RESTORATIVE DENTISTRY. Volume 36, Number 4, 2016
Link to article here
2016 – ‘Disposición de las fibras de tejido conectivo periimplantar alrededor de implantes con cambio de plataforma con pilares cónicos y su relación con el hueso subyacente: Un estudio histológico humano’
REVISTA INTERNACIONAL DE ODONTOLOGÍA RESTAURADORA Y PERIODONCIA, 2016
Link to article here
2016 – ‘Five Keys to more predictable esthetic restoration of anterior implants’
Vela, Castro-Hoyle, Segalà, Jiménez, Pérez, Rodríguez
ADVANCED IMPLANT AESTHETIC Issue , 2016
Link to article here
2015 – ‘Anatomical and radiological approach to pterygoid implants: a cross-sectional study of 202 cone beam computed tomography examinations’
Rodríguez, Lucas-Taulé, Elnayef, Altuna, Gargallo-Albiol, Peñarrocha-Diago, Fernández-Alfaro
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEONS 2016, 45; 636-640
Link to article here
2014 – ‘Finite Element Analysis Relative to the Crestal Position of a 3.0-mm-Diameter Implant’
León, Carrascosa, Rodríguez, Ruiz-Magaz, Pascual, Nart
THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PERIODONTICS & RESTORATIVE DENTISTRY. Volume 34, Number 3, 2014
Link to article here
2014 – ‘Anatomical Study of the pterygomaxillary area for implant placement: cone beam computed tomographic scanning in 100 patients’
Rodríguez, Rambla, De Marcos Lopez, Méndez, Vela, Jiménez
THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ORAL & MAXILLOFACIAL IMPLANTS. Volume 29, Number 5, 2014
Link to article here
2012 – ‘Soft Tissues Remodelling Technique As A Non-Invasive Alternative To Second Implant Surgery’
Vela, Méndez, Rodríguez, Segalà, Gil.
THE EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ESTHETIC DENTISTRY. Volume 7 Number 1 Spring 2012
Link to article here
2012 – ‘Histomorphogenesis Around Implants’.
Rodríguez, Vela, Méndez, Segalà
Rodríguez, Vela, Méndez, Segalà
CHAPTER OF THE BOOK ‘CRESTAL BONE PRESERVATION’ Published by Quintessence
2012 – ‘Effect of platform switching on collagen fiber orientation and bone resorption around dental implants. A preliminary histological animal study’
Rodríguez, Vela, Calvo-Guirado, Nart, Stappert.
Rodríguez, Vela, Calvo-Guirado, Nart, Stappert.
THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ORAL & MAXILLOFACIAL IMPLANTS. Volume 27, Number 5, 2012
Link to article here
2012 – ‘Crestal Bone Changes On Platform-Switched Implants and Adjacent Teeth When the Tooth-Implant Distance Is Less Than 1.5mm’s’
Vela, Méndez, Rodríguez, Segalà, Tarnow.
Vela, Méndez, Rodríguez, Segalà, Tarnow.
THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PERIODONTICS & RESTORATIVE DENTISTRY. Volume 32, Number 2 , 2012
Link to article here
2012 – ‘Modified surgical protocol for placing implants in the pterygomaxillary region: clinical and radiological study of 454 implants’
Rodríguez, Méndez, Vela, Segalà
Rodríguez, Méndez, Vela, Segalà
THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF & MAXILLOFACIAL IMPLANTS Volume 27, Number 6, 2012
Link to article here
2011 – ‘The effect of abutment dis/reconnections on peri-implant bone resorption: A radiologic study of platform-switched and non-platform-switched implants placed in animals’
Rodríguez, Vela, Méndez, Segalà, Calvo-Guirado, Tarnow
Rodríguez, Vela, Méndez, Segalà, Calvo-Guirado, Tarnow
CLINICAL ORAL IMPLANTS RESEARCH 24, 2013 / 305–311
Link to article here
2011 – ‘Implant Positioning When Replacing the Four Maxillary Incisors. A Platform-Switched Treatment Option’
Vela, Méndez, Rodríguez, Segalà, Gil.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PERIODONTICS & RESTORATIVE DENTISTRY. Volume 31, Number 4, 2011
Link to article here
2009 – ‘Biomechanical Repercussions of Bone Resorption Related to Biologic Width: A Finite Element Analysis of Three Implant-Abutment Configurations’
Rodríguez, Vela, Segalà, Rodado, Méndez, Mata
Rodríguez, Vela, Segalà, Rodado, Méndez, Mata
THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PERIODONTICS & RESTORATIVE DENTISTRY. Volume 29, Number 5, 2009
Link to article here
2009 – ‘The Effect of Interimplant Distance on The Height of the Interimplant Bone Crest When Using Platform-Switched Implants’
Rodríguez, Vela, Segalà, Calvo, Cambra, Méndez, Tarnow.
Rodríguez, Vela, Segalà, Calvo, Cambra, Méndez, Tarnow.
THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PERIODONTICS & RESTORATIVE DENTISTRY. Volume 29, Number 2, 2009
Link to article here
2008 – ‘Alternatives To Maxillary Sinus Lift: Posterior Area Of The Atrophic Maxilla Rehabilitation By Means Pterigoideal Implants’
Rodríguez, Vela, Méndez, Segalà
Rodríguez, Vela, Méndez, Segalà
REVISTA ESPAÑOLA DE CIRUGÍA ORAL Y MAXILOFACIAL. 2008;30,6
Link to article here
2007 – ‘Platform Switching: Clinical and Biomechanical Outcomes’
Vela, Rodríguez, Segalà
EDI JOURNAL Issue3/2008 Vol.4
Link to article here
2006 – ‘Modificación de Plataforma: Concepto y Beneficios’
Vela, Rodríguez, Rodado, Segalà.
LABOR DENTAL CLÍNICA Diciembre 2006 Vol. 7
Link to article here
2006 – ‘Benefits of an Implant Platform Modification Technique to Reduce Crestal Bone Resorption’
Vela, Rodríguez, Rodado, Segalà
IMPLANT DENTISTRY. Vol. 15, Number 3, 2006
Link to article here
- ‘Benefits of an Implant Platform Modification Technique to Reduce Crestal Bone Resorption’. Vela Rodríguez Rodado Segalà. IMPLANT DENTISTRY. Vol. 15, Number 3, 2006
- ‘OsseoGuard™Case Study: Treatment Of Buccal Defect And Extraction Sockets Before Implant Placement’. Vela. EYE ON 3I (Biomet3i Publication 2007
- ‘Modificación de Plataforma: Concepto y Beneficios’ Vela, Rodríguez, Rodado, Segalà. LABOR DENTAL CLÍNICA Diciembre 2006 Vol. 7
- ‘Platform Switching: Clinical and Biomechanical Outcomes’. Vela Rodríguez Segalà. EDI JOURNAL Issue3/2008 Vol.4
- ‘Alternatives To Maxillary Sinus Lift: Posterior Area Of The Atrophic Maxilla Rehabilitation By Means Pterigoideal Implants’. Rodríguez Vela Méndez Segalà. REVISTA ESPAÑOLA DE CIRUGÍA ORAL Y MAXILOFACIAL. 2008;30,6
- ‘Immediate Implant Placement and Immediate Loading After a Complicated Tooth Extraction’. Vela. COSMETIC DENTISTRY 3_2008, and reedition on IMPLANTS 1_2008.
- ‘Protocol For The Aesthetic Rehabilitation Of Four Maxillary Incisors’. Vela. EYE ON 3I (Biomet3i Publication ‘Clinical Perspectives: Case Presentations’ Vela del&Castillo Sonick. CLINICAL PERSPECTIVES (Biomet3i Publication Volume 7, Issue 1 2008
- ‘The Effect of Interimplant Distance on The Height of the Interimplant Bone Crest When Using PlatformSSwitched Implants’. Rodríguez Vela Segalà Calvo Cambra Méndez Tarnow. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PERIODONTICS & RESTORATIVE DENTISTRY. Volume 29, Number 2, 2009
- ‘Biomechanical Repercussions of Bone Resorption Related to Biologic Width: A Finite Element Analysis of Three ImplantS Abutment Configurations’. Rodríguez Vela Segalà Rodado Méndez Mata. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PERIODONTICS & RESTORATIVE DENTISTRY. Volume 29, Number 5, 2009
- ‘Implant Positioning When Replacing the Four Maxillary Incisors. A PlatformSSwitched Treatment Option’. Vela Méndez Rodríguez Segalà Gil. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PERIODONTICS & RESTORATIVE DENTISTRY. Volume 31, Number 4, 2011
- ‘Histomorphogenesis Around Implants’. Rodríguez Vela Méndez Segalà CHAPTER OF THE BOOK ‘CRESTAL BONE PRESERVATION’ PUBLISHED BY QUINTESSENCE
- ‘Soft Tissues Remodelling Technique As A NonSInvasive Alternative To Second Implant Surgery’. Vela, Méndez, Rodríguez, Segalà, Gil. THE EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ESTHETIC DENTISTRY. Volume 7 Number 1 Spring 2012
- ‘Crestal Bone Changes On PlatformSSwitched Implants and Adjacent Teeth When the ToothSImplant Distance Is Less Than 1.5mm’s’. Vela Méndez Rodríguez Segalà Tarnow. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PERIODONTICS & RESTORATIVE DENTISTRY. Volume 32, Number 2 , 2012
- ‘Effect of platform switching on collagen fiber orientation and bone resorption around dental implants. A preliminary histological animal study’ Rodríguez Vela CalvoAGuirado Nart Stappert. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ORAL & MAXILLOFACIAL IMPLANTS. Volume 27, Number 5, 2012
- ‘The effect of abutment dis/reconnections on periSimplant bone resorption: A radiologic study of platformSswitched and nonSplatformSswitched implants placed in animals’ Rodríguez Vela Méndez Segalà CalvoAGuirado Tarnow&&CLINICAL ORAL IMPLANTS RESEARCH. (Publication scheduled: 2013
- ‘Modified surgical protocol for placing implants in the pterygomaxillary region: clinical and radiological study of 454 implants’ Vela Méndez Rodríguez Segalà.&THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF & MAXILLOFACIAL IMPLANTS (Publication Scheduled: November 2012
