The executive committee of the World Federation of Orthodontists (WFO) and the annual awards committee are delighted to announce the winners for the 2025 annual awards. The winners (not in order of merit) in the following categories are:
2025 WFO Annual Awards
Lee W. Graber Orthodontics Changing Lives Award
Athanasios E. Athanasiou Best Orthodontic Master’s Thesis Award
Roberto Justus “Rising Star” Travel Scholarship Award
Allan R. Thom Orthodontic Art Competition
Lee W. Graber Orthodontics Changing Lives Award
This award, named for former WFO President Dr. Lee W. Graber, is presented to WFO Fellows who provide a story that demonstrates a patient’s “changed life” due to orthodontic treatment.
2025 Winners
Lee W. Graber Orthodontics Changing Lives Award
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Submitted by
Dr Miguel Hirschhaut
Venezuelan Orthodontic Society
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Athanasios E. Athanasiou Best Orthodontic Master’s Thesis Award
Named for former WFO President Dr. Athanasios E. Athanasiou, this annual award is presented to WFO Fellows who have excelled in their completed Master’s thesis from a WFO affiliate-recognized orthodontic specialty training program.
2025 Winners
Athanasios E. Athanasiou Best Orthodontic Master’s Thesis Award
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Thesis: “Bone- and tooth-borne maxillary protraction with miniscrews and Class III elastics: A pilot case-control study”
Thesis: “The Use of Teleorthodontics & Artificial Intelligence in Orthodontic Screening: A crossover randomised controlled trial”
Thesis: “Effect of bio-aging on properties of conventional acrylic and 3D printed resins”
Roberto Justus “Rising Star” Travel Scholarship Award
This annual award, named for former WFO President Dr. Roberto Justus, is presented to fellows aged 38 and under who have excelled in the field of orthodontics and deserve support to present their work internationally.
2025 Winners
Roberto Justus “Rising Star” Travel Scholarship Award
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Allan R. Thom Orthodontic Art Competition
This annual award, named for former WFO President Dr. Allan R. Thom, is presented to patients of WHO Fellows or student members who have related a story of orthodontics in the form of a two-dimensional art piece in any medium.
2025 Winners
Allan R. Thom Orthodontic Art Competition
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Emilia Oh (9 yo)
submitted by Dr. Seow Yian San
Association of Orthodontists (Singapore)
Zian Uel Zamora (12 yo)
submitted by Dr. Abdelhakim El Gheriani
Emirates Orthodontic Society
Bernado Gentil (15 yo)
submitted by Dr. Ricardo Cruz
Brazilian Association of Orthodontics and Facial Orthopedics (ABOR)
Stephanie Halim (18 yo)
Dr. Benny Soegiharto (IAO)
Indonesian Association of Orthodontists
Lucas Pelosi Melo (26 yo)
submitted by Dr. Ricardo Cruz
Brazilian Association of Orthodontics and Facial Orthopedics (ABOR)
Shawn Tan (37 yo)
submitted by Dr. Seow Yian San
Association of Orthodontists (Singapore)
A huge congratulations to all the worthy winners for the 2025 awards. Their awards will be presented at the WFO President’s breakfast meeting at the AAO Annual Session in 2026 in Orlando, Florida. Submissions for the 2026 awards will be open soon! Please refer to WFO Awards for further information on these awards.
