{"id":21835,"date":"2025-05-12T17:45:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T15:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.apolonija.hr\/our-team\/tomislav-lauc\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T12:07:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T11:07:20","slug":"tomislav-lauc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.apolonija.hr\/en\/our-team\/tomislav-lauc\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomislav Lauc"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prof. Prim. Dr. Sc. Tomislav Lauc is the director of the Apolonija Dental Clinic. He graduated in 1997 from the Faculty of Dentistry in Zagreb, and the following year enrolled in postgraduate studies in orthodontics at the Faculty of Dentistry in Zagreb and in anthropology at the Faculty of Science in Zagreb. He obtained his master&#8217;s and doctoral degrees in the field of orthodontics, and passed his specialist exam in orthodontics in 2006.      <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania in 2023 he obtained the title of Master in Business of Orthodontics.  <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He is a permanent court expert in the field of dentistry. The Ministry of Health awarded him the title of Primarius in 2024.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He teaches the Dental Anthropology course at the Department of Anthropology at the Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb, and the course 3D diagnostic methods in dental implatology at the postgraduate study at the Faculty of Dentistry in Zagreb.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He is the President of the Croatian Society of Orthodontists (HLZ) and a member of the specialization board of the European Academy of Dento-Maxillo-Facial-Radiology. Since 2025, he has been a member of the most renowned orthodontic society, the Angle Society of Europe (ASE), as the only orthodontist from Croatia, the American Association of Orthodontists, and a number of international professional societies. He was a member of the Supervisory Board of the Croatian Medical Association (HLZ) and the Executive Board of the Croatian Dental Society (HSD).  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He is the author of 35 original scientific and review papers in international scientific journals and 55 conference proceedings. He is the co-author of 6 scientific books. He is a member of editorial boards and reviewer of several scientific journals. He was the president or member of 45 organizational or scientific committees of international scientific or professional conferences.     <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He has been awarded several scientific prizes, including the prestigious international Ambassador of Excellence award and the American Dahlberg Award. 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