Prof. Howard Gluckman is a specialist in Oral Medicine and Periodontics, an implantologist, author and international lecturer based in Cape Town, South Africa. Over a career spanning more than three decades, he has become one of the leading international voices in immediate implant dentistry and Partial Extraction Therapy (PET). In 2024 he received the DentalXP Morton Amsterdam Award in Miami in recognition of his contribution to the field.

He graduated in dentistry from the University of the Witwatersrand in 1990 and went on to complete a four-year postgraduate MChD in Oral Medicine and Periodontics at the University of Stellenbosch, with distinction (Cum Laude). In 2019 he was awarded his PhD Summa Cum Laude by the University of Szeged, Hungary, for his thesis 'Past, Present and Future of Partial Extraction Therapies', under the supervision of Prof. Katalin Nagy. He played a pivotal role in developing the postgraduate Implantology Diplomas at the University of Stellenbosch and the University of the Western Cape, and currently serves as Adjunct Professor at the University of the Western Cape and Visiting Professor at the University of Sarajevo.

Prof. Gluckman runs a full-time private practice in Cape Town and is the Co-Founder and Director of the Implant & Aesthetic Academy (IAA), a private postgraduate training institute offering accredited implant and aesthetic courses to clinicians from around the world. He has since extended the Academy's reach with the launch of the Implant & Aesthetic Academy UK in London.

His research and clinical work have helped shape Partial Extraction Therapy, including the socket shield, pontic shield and root submergence techniques. He has authored more than 50 peer-reviewed articles in journals including the International Journal of Periodontics & Restorative Dentistry, the Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry, the International Journal of Esthetic Dentistry and Clinical Implant Dentistry and Related Research. He has contributed chapters to leading textbooks, among them Horizontal and Vertical Bone Augmentation for Dental Implant Therapy (Quintessence, 2024), Next-Generation Biomaterials for Bone and Periodontal Regeneration (Quintessence, 2019) and Platelet Rich Fibrin in Regenerative Dentistry (Wiley, 2017), and served as an implant section editor of Understanding Platelet-Rich Fibrin (Quintessence, 2021).

His special interests include immediate implant placement and loading, soft tissue aesthetics and periodontal plastic surgery, autogenous and three-dimensional bone augmentation, and the palatal bone block technique.

Prof. Gluckman is a Diplomate of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists, Past President of the South African Society for Dental Implantology, a Board Member of the Southern African Association of Osseointegration and Secretary of the South African Society of Periodontics. He is a Scientific Board Member and Expert Panellist for DentalXP and an Honorary Fellow and Ambassador of the Clean Implant Foundation. He sits on the editorial boards of several journals, including the International Journal of Esthetic Dentistry, Compendium, the Journal of Esthetic and Restorative Dentistry and the South African Dental Journal, and lectures extensively around the world.