Obrad Zelic (

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: ''Oбрад Зелић'') is a regular

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of parodontology and oral medicine at the

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's Faculty of

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and a guest professor at faculties in

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, and

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. He was the first to graduate in the class of 1970, and became a docent before his 33rd birthday in 1979. The BULLETIN OF THE SERBIAN MEDICAL SOCIETY listed him as having been awarded The Serbian Medical Society's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009 (Награда за животно дело). He is "President of the Association of Dentists of Serbia" ( је на свечаном отварању председник конгреса и Удружења стоматолога Србије, проф.др Обрад Зелић. ...).

Research

He was the chief

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on 6 scientific projects, and is now: An associate on the Serbian Ministry of Science and Technology project titled “THE ETIOLOGY, RISK FACTORS AND THERAPY OF DISEASES OF THE PARODONTIUM” no. 1552 The head of the project dubbed "REGENERATIVE TREATMENT OF PROGRESSIVE PERIODONTITIS USING DIFFERENT ALOPLASTIC MATERIALS," on which he is working together with colleagues from Germany, Canada and the US. He was made honorary doctor of sciences at the University of Yerevan's Medical School in 1995. PhD Obrad Zelic is a major innovator in the introduction of new healing preparations. He is the maker of a

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for the new anti-septic solution for healing the inflammation of the mouth cavity and gullet – Ozosept (1993) and Ozosept-Gel (1999). The Ozosept solution (patent no. P-252/1993, registration no. 48539/1998) has become part of everyday clinical and ambulance practice in our country and most countries of this region. He headed (1989–2001) the design of and pre-clinical and clinical studies on the production of the first

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made in

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(Aldovit-1).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zelic, Obrad 1946 births Serbs of Croatia Serbian dentists Living people Academic staff of the University of Belgrade