Dr Sonia Leziy

Dr. Leziy completed her dental degree (DDS) at McGill University, her residency (McGill University/Jewish General Hospital), and a post-graduate degree in Periodontics at the University of British Columbia. She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Dentists of Canada, a Fellow of the ICOI, and a member of the Canadian Academy of Periodontists, the American Academy of Periodontists, and the American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry. She has chaired and moderated scientific programs for several organizations. Dr. Leziy maintains positions on several editorial boards. She is the implant editor for the journal Inside Dentistry (Aegis publishing). Dr. Leziy is a key-opinion clinician with Straumann and 3Shape. Among her articles published in numerous peer-reviewed journals on implant esthetics and surgical protocols, she has also contributed 4 textbook chapters published by Quintessence Publishing (2008, 2011) and by Wiley Publishing (2018), and Quintessence Publishing (2022). Dr. Leziy has been involved in several clinical trials involving dental implant design advances. Her Elatus Dental Bio-architecture hands-on courses focus on soft tissue grafting advances using tissue allografts (dermal ‘ARC’ protocol) as well as guided implant surgery and restoration. She has developed a line of instruments to complement her grafting protocol- marketed by pronorthmedical.ca. Dr. Leziy lectures internationally on a broad range of topics including implants, managing/preventing disease around implants, digital workflows, and advanced esthetics/periodontal plastic surgery. She was recognized among the top 100 clinicians in continuing education by Dentistry Today from 2007 to the present. She was the Lucy Hobbs Award winner (mentorship category) in 2012, the 2013 co-recipient of the Seattle Study Club Saul Schluger Award along with her partner Dr. Brahm Miller, recipient of the 2022 Distinguished Lecturer Award from the American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry, and recipient of the 2022 Distinguished Lecturer Award from the Greater NY Academy of Prosthodontics. She maintains a full-time private practice in Nanaimo, British Columbia.