Dr. Eckhart has authored and illustrated 40 professional articles and has lectured nationally and internationally 125 times to dentists, dental hygienists, and orthodontists.
He is recognized as an expert in Invisalign, having achieved the highest status of Elite Premier Provider (which is the top 1% in North America), having started over 600 people with Invisalign. He is also a certified Invisalign Teen provider, which is permitted only to orthodontists, and which addresses the problems unique to teenagers. He is the leader of several Invisalign Study Clubs, and he continues to teach general dentists the principles of using Invisalign, and has brought innovations to the field as well.
http://www.invisalignteen.com
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Dr. Eckhart is also recognized by orthodontists around the world as the creator of the MARA overbite corrector, which helped make the headgear obsolete.
http://www.aoalab.com/index/aoalab-products-mara
Also, Dr. Eckhart was the guest editor of the California Dental Association Journal specializing in dentistry’s role in treating snoring and sleep apnea, and is recognized by both dentists and physicians locally as being an expert in this field. He holds a credential from the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine.
http://www.aadsm.org/FindaDentist.aspx
Articles about the Overbite Corrector:
AOAppliances - 1997
Clinical Impressions - 1998
Clinical Impressions - January 2001
AOAppliances - 2003
WJO Article - 2003
Chapter in Textbook - 2006
Articles about Snoring Treatment:
Clinical Impressions - January 1993
CDA Journal - August 1998
Compendium - May 2001
Snore Textbook - Part 1
Snore Textbook - Part 2
Other Articles by Dr. Eckhart:
Int. J. Ortho & Orthogn. - April 1992
Clinical Impressions - 1993
Clinical Impressions - August 1994
JCO - October 1998
Others writing about the Overbite Corrector:
Bogdan article
AJO (Kulbersh) - March 2003
AOA Newsletter (Simon) - 2001
The Functional Orthodontist (Rondeau) - 2002
JCO (McNamara) - 2008
Lecturer
South Africa
Denver
South Africa