About Malo Dental

Dr. Paulo Maló

Dr. Paulo Maló is the formal founder of MALO CLINIC, the world-leader in Implantology and Fixed Oral Rehabilitation. He graduated from the University of Lisbon in 1989 with a degree in Dental Medicine. In 1993, his team of medical and clinical research specialists began the development of the All-on-4 technique. It was successfully implemented in 1998 and further developed to become one of the most significant advances in the world of implant dentistry.

Throughout the years, he continually received multiple distinctions and awards for his innovative breakthroughs in the field of dentistry, including his skills in management, leadership, and entrepreneurship. Dr. Maló Paulo also directly trains and educates fellow doctors through his own global dental network – an international center of excellence in advanced education for dental professionals. Dr. Paulo Malo’s global dental network is now considered the largest dental network with presence in 18 countries and 50 cities around the world.

Dr. Paulo Malo’s Background

Dr. Paulo Malo received his dental degree from the Faculty of Dental Medicine at the University of Lisbon in 1989. He founded the MALO CLINIC in 1995 where he developed several innovative techniques, protocols and products, such as the NobelSpeedy™ implant and the All-on-4® Treatment Concept which allows the placement of fixed teeth in a single day on total edentulous patients, without the need of bone grafting.

With a PhD in Oral Biology, Dr. Paulo Malo is a visiting professor for several universities, has published numerous scientific journal articles and is co-author of several textbooks. Dr. Paulo Malo lectures regularly in international conferences and has also received several distinctions and awards for his medical breakthroughs and his management, leadership and entrepreneurial skills.

In 1995, Dr. Paulo Maló founded the MALO CLINIC in Lisbon, Portugal and together with his medical and research team, successfully implemented the All-on-4 implant technique, an innovative approach that was acclaimed by the medical community as one of the most significant breakthrough in the field of implant dentistry. Enormous success in the years that followed led to rampant growth, which gave way for Dr. Paulo Malo’s training recognition as being the world’s leading training center for Implantology and Fixed Oral Rehabilitation.

For over 20 years now, Dr. Malo Paulo has developed and created a totally unique clinical environment and continuously generated strategic partnerships with existing dental centers as well as opening new clinic locations around the globe.

Dr. Malo received multiple distinctions and awards for his medical breakthroughs as well as management, leadership and entrepreneurial skills. His team has fully developed the Dr. Paulo Malo’s All-on-4 Protocol surgical technique and the brilliant fixed prosthesis called the MALO DENTAL Bridge™, both recognized as remarkable advances in full-mouth rehabilitation worldwide. In addition, he has also developed the NobelSpeedy® Immediate Function Implant and the new Zygoma Protocol.

Malo Dental Protocol Evolution

Dr. Paulo Malo’s All-on-4 Protocol is a revolutionary approach in Full-mouth Rehabilitation which was developed by Dr. Paulo Maló with his medical and clinical research team. It allows the rehabilitation of totally edentulous (and soon to be edentulous) patients with the placement of only 4 titanium dental implants in each jaw, utilizing a quick and minimally invasive surgical technique (the All-on-4 Surgical Protocol). The 4 implants act as a stable foundation for the Bridge, which allows the installation of a fixed set of dentition, which closely mimics a set of natural teeth. The technique stabilizes bone levels, thus keeping the jaws healthy. By uniquely tilting the two posterior implants at an angle of 45°, patients with low or even no bone conditions are allowed to have implants without the need for any bone grafting (transplant) procedures. This results to a fixed or non-removable natural-looking set of teeth, which is indistinguishable from a natural dentition.


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Dr. Paulo Malo’s Dental Network around the World

Dr. Paulo Malo formally established MALO CLINIC in 1995 and currently forms his own global dental network. Huge success in the years following the development and implementation of the All-on-4 technique led to exponential growth of the company. With Dr. Paulo Malo’s global dental network now having its presence in 18 countries, and 50 cities worldwide, it is considered the largest network of dental clinics around the world, as well as an international center of excellence in advanced education for dental professionals.

Dr. Paulo Malo and Bangkok Smile in South East Asia

Over the years, travelers who seek excellent medical and dental care outside their countries choose South East Asia, particularly Thailand, for the very reason that the Land of Smiles offers the most amazing medical and dental holiday. One can avail of highly qualified doctors who were educated from western countries and explore all the mystical and breath-taking places scattered around Bangkok or Phuket at the same time.

According to Dr. Paulo Maló with his own global dental network – the largest network of dental clinics in the world, “Thailand continues to be a popular destination when it comes to medical, cosmetic, and dental tourism, and it would be shame if we don’t make its presence in the country.”

And from there, Dr. Paulo Malo finally marked his presence in South East Asia through an alliance with the Bangkok Smile Dental Group. But why Bangkok Smile? Again, according to Dr. Paulo Maló, “Dr. Bob (Dr. Sermsakul Wongtiraporn) and his Bangkok Smile Dental Group share the same core values with our very own, on top of having the most outstanding dental professionals and the best clinic locations in Thailand.” And so on August 18, 2016, Bangkok Smile Dental Clinic formed an exclusive partnership with Dr. Paulo Malo and was made public with a formal Signing Ceremony held at Bangkok Smile’s Sukhumvit 5 branch, inside the MedAsia Healthcare Complex.