Dr. Andre Hugo

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Dr. Andre Hugo

Dr. Andre’ Hugo qualified as an orthodontist at the University of the Witwatersrand in 1983, where his undergraduate dental training was also completed in 1978 with distinctions in orthodontics and prosthetic dentistry. Dr. Hugo was awarded the Bronze medal of the DASA for the best final-year dental student in orthodontics.

Dr. Hugo has been a member of SASO (South African Society of Orthodontics) and in full-time private practice for the past 38 years and has been involved in postgraduate orthodontic training at his alma mater.

Dr. Hugo developed a lingual orthodontic technique, in conjunction with Dr. Ziegfried Weber, which they have presented at lectures and one and two-day hands-on courses in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Brussels, Innsbruck, Salzburg, and Hamburg.

Dr. Hugo has co-authored articles published in the European Journal of Orthodontics and the International Journal of Dentofacial Orthopedics. Dr. Hugo has produced a lingual manual for teaching purposes, with contributions by Professor Johan Reyneke and Dr. Ziegfried Weber.

Numerous orthodontic auxiliaries have been developed by Dr. Hugo and are published in a chapter of Professor Kim Mizrahi’s textbook, “Orthodontic Pearls”.

Periodontally accelerated osteogenic orthodontics (PAOO) has proven to be a very exciting and viable option in Dr. Hugo’s practice. Together with Dr. Andreas Siebold, lectures on this topic have been presented at SASO, SASPIO (South African Society for Periodontics, Implantology, and Oral Medicine), and Nomads.

Together with Dr. Hermann Kluge MFOS (Maxillofacial and Oral Surgeon) lectures have been presented at SASO and SASMFOS (South African Society of MFOS) on the advantages of PAOO and utilizing the Rapid Acceleratory phenomenon in Orthognathic Surgical Orthodontics.

Dr. Hugo has a special interest in technology and has collaborated with Christopher Kerr-Peterson MBA (GSB), Bcom PPE (UCT), BA Art Direction (AAA), who has developed a comprehensive, integrated orthodontic treatment and practice management system.

Aligner treatment is a special interest of Dr. Hugo and he has completed the prestigious TAIF (The Aligner Intensive Fellowship), an Advanced Invisalign course.

Dr. Hugo’s other interests include African wildlife, reading, snorkeling, motorcycling, and flying.

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