Edlira Baruti Papa Short Bios Edlira Baruti Papa was born in 1975 in Tirana Albania. She graduated in Dentistry from Faculty of Medicine of Tirana, Albania in 1998. Specialized in Orthodontics and holds a PhD in Orthodontics from Istanbul Universitetsi Dishekimligi Fakultesi Ortodonti Ana Bilim Daligi, Turkey in 2005. Pedagogue and lecturer of Orthodontics at American University of Tirana in 2010-2014. Pedagogue and lecturer at the Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Medical Sciences of Tirana in 2015-2018. From 2005, owner of Edlirdent Orthodontics Clinic and consultant in several dental clinics in Tirana. Also works as orthodontist of the Maxillo-Facial unity of Salus Hospital in Tirana. Speaker in and outside Albania in important events. Author and coauthor of several articles in Albanian and international magazines concerning orthodontics. Co-inventor of the Baruti-Demiraqi approach, a PAOO enhancement technique with hard and soft tissue grafting protocol. Awarded Top 100 Doctor in Dentistry in 2022 by the Global Summits Institute GSI. Cofounder and member of the National Comity of Albanian Orthodontic Association (AOA), Balkan Association of Orthodontic Specialist BAOS, European Federation of Orthodontics EFO, World Federation of Orthodontists WFO Currently Vice President of the Albanian Association of Orthodontists and Vice President of the Disciplinary Council of the Order of Dentists of the Tirana District.