The founder

Dr. Besnik Shehu

Specialist in oral surgery, European Master in Implantology

There are no shortcuts in the route he took: degree in Prishtina, three years practising in Germany, specialist training in oral surgery in Tirana and a three-year European master in implantology with modules in six countries. The certificates are further down the page, so every claim here can be checked.

250 hours European master programme in implantology
6 modules at university clinics in six countries
3 languages at the clinic: Albanian, German, English

Dr. Besnik Shehu, specialist in oral surgery and implantologist, at his clinic in Drenas

The route

Qualifications, with dates

Every line here can be checked. No title has been dressed up.

20 June 2013

Qualified as a dentist

University of Prishtina, Faculty of Medicine, department of dentistry. Licensed to practise in 2014.
2015 to 2018

Practising in Germany

Three years in two German dental practices, which is where the fluent German in the surgery comes from.
April 2019

The clinic opens in Drenas

The clinic starts with the same approach it still runs on: treatment without pain and a calm welcome.
February 2023

Specialist in oral surgery

Al Dent University, Tirana.
20 September 2025

European Master in Implantology

A three-year programme, six modules, 250 hours. EAO diploma, awarded in Monaco.

Dr. Shehu does not hold a doctorate. The correct description is therefore "Dr. Besnik Shehu, specialist in oral surgery, European Master in Implantology".

The European master

Six modules, six countries

The programme of the European Association for Osseointegration runs for three years and is taken at university clinics in different countries. The diploma was awarded on 20 September 2025 in Monaco.

Malmö Sweden
Groningen Netherlands
Frankfurt Germany
Zürich Switzerland
Madrid Spain
Lisbon Portugal

Documents

Certificates

The diplomas and training certificates, exactly as they were issued.

EAO Master Diploma in Implant Dentistry

European Association for Osseointegration

Class of 2023, 250 hours. A three-year programme with six modules at European university clinics.

Monaco, at the EAO annual meeting, 20 September 2025
EAO, Module 6: extensive bone defects

EAO and Universidade de Lisboa

Live Learning Module 6, 18.75 hours. Extensive horizontal and vertical defects, and implant placement after augmentation.

Lisbon, Portugal, 26 to 28 June 2025
EAO, Module 5: the aesthetic zone

EAO and Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Live Learning Module 5, 20 hours. Immediate placement, compromised wall with augmentation, immediate loading.

Madrid, Spain, 14 to 16 November 2024
EAO, module on the aesthetic zone

EAO and University of Zürich

21.5 hours. Single-unit gaps, edentulous spaces, horizontal defects and GBR with soft tissue grafts.

Zürich, Switzerland, 23 to 25 May 2024
Oral surgery and implantology in atrophic sites

Aesthetic Dental Leader Academy and NEUROMED

Advanced course for cases where the bone has resorbed and the implant requires specific preparation.

Naples, Italy, June 2026
University expert in advanced orthodontics

Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia (UCAM), through PgO UCAM Albania

Completed postgraduate studies for the title "University expert in Advanced Orthodontics".

Tirana, Albania, February 2024
Mini-master in orthodontics

Dental Leader Corsi, under the patronage of Università dell'Aquila

Orthodontics from the basics through to advanced functional and fixed therapy. Twelve theory and practical sessions.

Tirana, Albania, 2022
Direct and indirect veneers

Dental Leader Corsi

Intensive professional course on direct and indirect veneers.

Tirana, Albania, December 2021
CGF, concentrated growth factors

Berlin School of Health Sciences and Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro

Seminar on the use of CGF in dentistry, held at Aldent University.

Tirana, Albania, 7 May 2021