Team

Alexander Englund is a medical physicist at Konekta. He graduated in 1996 and received his license in 1999, in conjunction with the National Board of Health and Welfare's decision to make this a licensed profession. Alexander has been working as a medical physicist since 1997, primarily focusing on radiation protection and radiology. He has been involved in dental care since 1997.

Ali Saleh (Dentist & Specialist) specialist at Konekta, obtained his dental degree from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm in 2013 and has since worked in general dental care within, among other things, the Public Dental Service. He has taught endodontics at the dental school in Huddinge and conducted research on endodontic treatment complications at the Karolinska Institutet, which led to a Master's degree in Odontology in 2017. Today, Ali works as a specialist dentist in endodontics at GHP Specialistdentläkarna in Stockholm. Ali believes that in the role of a specialist it is important to share one's expertise, as by helping each other grow, in the long run we can help our patients in the best possible way.

Anders (Dentist & Specialist) is a specialist at Konekta and Research and Develop leader at public dental care and has worked in previous roles at Public Dental Care in Gothenburg, among other things, as: Chief research and education, head of collaboration research and education, operations manager specialist dental care. Anders has obtained a dental degree at the University of Gothenburg and has the following educations at the same university: docent in endodontics, doctor of odontology, endodontics, specialist dentist in endodontics

André Wikholm is a specialist dentist in orthodontics at Konekta, he has worked as a dentist in Örebro and Gävle in public dentistry. Since 2017, he has been working in private dental care as a specialist dentist and business area manager. André works with all types of orthodontics but has a particular passion for aligners and has, among other things, been the Invisalign Diamond Provider for several years, a title that means starting more than 150 aligner cases per year. As one of the few Scandinavian orthodontists, André is part of Invisalign's Masters Plan, a training program for specially qualified aligner orthodontists. André is happy to answer all kinds of orthodontic questions and is helpful with therapy planning in tricky aligner cases.

Anna is a lead dentist and specialist within periodontology 

Birgitte Hinge is a radiation physicist/medical radiation physicist from Denmark. She graduated as a civil engineer, MScEE, Aalborg University, in 1992 and then studied to become a hospital physicist specializing in diagnostic radiology (2005). Today she works as a medical-physical expert, Region Midtjylland (2006) and since 2007 has her own company Medico Consult.

Cinar (Dentist, Maxillofacial Radiologist) is a specialist dentist in odontological radiology at Konekta, employed at Boneprox and since 2011 employed at Karolinska Institutet. She graduated as a dentist in 2007 and then did her specialist training both at Karolinska Institutet.

Haitham completed his training as an oral surgeon in 2016. He has previously worked at the Sundsvall Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic and the Plastic & Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic at USÖ, as well as at the maxillofacial surgery clinic at Mälarsjukhuset in Eskilstuna. Today, he has been working as a private oral surgeon for many years.

PhD & Senior Dentist in Oral Pathology and Dentistry, Doctor in Oral Medicine and Pathology

Joel Bergqvist (ear, nose, throat doctor) is a specialist in ear, nose and throat diseases at Konekta. He took his basic education in medicine at the University of Southern Denmark and became a registered doctor in 2014. Since 2016, he is a doctoral student at Sahlgrenska Academy and runs a project that investigates a potential connection between chronic inflammation in the upper and lower respiratory tract. Today he works at Sahlgrenska University Hospital and has a broad knowledge of acute ear, nose and throat care. Joel has always had a great interest in education and today has several teaching assignments through the university with a focus on everything from hearing and balance disorders to emergency airway management.

Magdalena has been a specialist in Orofacial Medicine since 2018 and a doctoral student at the Department of Oral Surgery and Medicine at Malmö University since 2022. She leads a project on breast cancer – drug treatment – MRONJ.

Her focus is primarily on patients treated with radiation to the head and neck area due to malignancy and also patients who have or are currently being treated with low- or high-dose antiresorptive drugs due to osteoporosis, metastatic solid cancers, and multiple myeloma.

Maria Bankvall (Dentist/Odont Dr) is a specialist in oral medicine at Konekta. She obtained her doctorate in 2017 at the Odontologist in Gothenburg and now works part-time as a dentist with a focus on oral medicine and pathology but also other orofacial medicine issues and part-time at the Department of Oral Diagnostics and Surgery at Karolinska Institutet. Maria has an international involvement in the European Association of Oral Medicine (EAOM) and the World Workshop on Oral Medicine (WWOM). To read more about Maria, visit her website: https://ofmcentrum.se/

Maria Jarkander (Dentist and Specialist) is a specialist in Pedodontics and is available to send consultations to at Konekta. She qualified as a dentist at the Karolinska Institutet in 1997. After that, she worked as a general dentist and completed Pedodontics Specialist at the Eastman Institute in 2011. Maria has a long past in Public Dentistry, but since 2018 she has been working in the private sector.

Marcus Borg (Dentist and Specialist) is available in Konekta and is a specialist in Oral prosthetics and lives in Linköping. He did his basic training in Malmö and specialist training in Jönköping/Linköping and became a specialist in 2011 and today works for GHP at Vrinnevisjukhuset in Norrköping.

Marcus Dagnelid is a specialist in oral prosthetics and has been a dentist for 20 years. Throughout his career, he has had the privilege of working with product development for various implant companies. His focus has been on guided surgery, CAD/CAM-driven treatment workflows, and various loading concepts. Marcus also has a keen interest in Practice Management, that is, how to run and develop clinical operations. This interest has led him to establish two private specialist centers focused on offering dental care in all dentological disciplines; Team Dagnelid in Mölndal and the former Dagnelid Clinic. Additionally, Marcus is a frequently sought-after lecturer, both nationally and internationally, on topics such as tooth- and implant-supported prosthetics, ceramic materials, implant surgery, digital workflows, and Practice Management.

Mats Säll is a maxillofacial radiologist on Konekta, employed at Boneprox since 2019, and has previous experience as a maxillofacial radiologist at St. Olav's Hospital and as a specialist and facial radiologist at St. Olav's Hospital. Mats obtained his dental degree and odontological master's degree at Umeå University and completed his specialist training at the University of Oslo.

Nicole Winitsky (Dentist and Specialist) is a specialist dentist at Konekta. Nicole has been working as a specialist dentist in Prosthodontics at Folktandvården Eastman Institute since 2012. She has been a dentist since 1997 in both private and public dentistry. She has a broad knowledge of both therapy planning and execution of patients in need of prosthetic treatment. She wants her consultations to help you treat your patients in a safe and predictable way in your clinic instead of referring them away. This will develop you as a dentist and will benefit both you, your patients and your clinic. In addition to her clinical work, Nicole researches implants in the maxillary front at Karolinska Institutet. Nicole is a frequently engaged lecturer at both national and international symposiums, meetings and courses.

Pelle Pettersson (Dentist and Specialist) is a prosthetic specialist dentist at Konekta. His special interest for 35 years has been abrasion cases/comprehensive dental and implant-supported prosthetics. The extensive therapy planning these cases required has meant that he has become very familiar with the Swedish Social Insurance Agency's action codes. He took his basic education in 1980 and his specialist degree in 1992. In 1986, Pelle helped start the Brånemark Clinic and then stayed there for 10 years. Has also worked with Per-Ingvar Brånemark in various contexts for 30 years. For 10 years he was a teacher at the Odontologien in Gothenburg and, in addition to that, has lectured in national and international contexts for just over 35 years, resulting in approximately 450 occasions. Pelle has broad clinical experience with all-ceramic constructions and has worked with it for 25 years. In addition, he has 17 years of clinical experience in implant surgery. Has worked at a private specialist clinic for 20 years in Mölndal and in the field of implants internationally in the USA and Japan.

Peter (Dentist and Specialist) is a specialist at Konekta and at the Endodontic Clinic. He has many years of experience in specialist endodontics in public and private dentistry. Became a specialist in 2006. In parallel with clinical activities, Peter has worked at the University of Gothenburg as a lecturer.

Peter completed his dental studies in 1986 and did his AT (practical training) at FTV in Gnesta, and has since remained loyal to Sörmland throughout his career. He worked for 18 years at the Public Dental Service (Folktandvården), the last four of which were at the Prosthetics Clinic in Nyköping. Since 2004, he has been running his own practice with Praktikertjänst in Nyköping.

Peter is passionate about continuing education and has been a member of the Swedish Dental Association's course activities since 2006, and the chairman of the North East Course Committee since 2017.

Throughout his long career as a dentist, he has served as an Insurance Dentist at the Social Insurance Agency until 2008 and has been a Trusted Dentist in Nyköping Municipality for the past three years, where he gives his opinions on subsidized dental care.

Sahar Talebi graduated from the SBMU Dental School in Tehran in 2005 and has since been practicing as a general dentist with a particular focus on cosmetic treatments – crowns, bridges, and veneers. She has continually participated in courses and further education since then. Sahar further pursued a 3-year Master of Science degree in Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology from 2010 to 2013. Today, she works as a radiology consultant at the University of Copenhagen, specializing in CBCT scans.

Sahar places great emphasis on taking the time to listen to her patients and explain procedures, and she is particularly adept at treating patients with dental anxiety.

Sarah Vaderlind is a specialist dentist in Occlusal Physiology. She has been working clinically with patients since she became a specialist in 2019. Sarah possesses the ability to explain and advise on complex occlusal physiology issues in a pedagogical and comprehensible way. A challenge within the field of occlusal physiology is that many dentists find the subject difficult and complicated. Given this, it is important to be able to convey the relationships between anatomy, physiology, and pathology in a simple way so that general dentists and specialists in other areas can manage these patients in their practices as much as possible. Today, Sarah works at a specialist clinic in Stockholm.

Sigurd Svalestad is both a dentist and a physician, graduating from the University of Bergen in 1998 and 2006, respectively. He became a specialist in medical radiology in 2015. Svalestad has extensive clinical experience in both fields, from public university hospitals as well as private practices in medical radiology and dental health. He also has significant leadership experience from the Armed Forces.

Svalestad is currently on leave from his position in the Armed Forces, where he is the Chief Physician in Radiology and head of the Armed Forces' dental care. During this period, he completed an MBA course in Strategic Management at the Norwegian School of Economics. Additionally, Svalestad is the senior physician at the neuroradiology section at Haukeland University Hospital and a consultant for Evidia AS.

Sophia Arledal (Dentist, Maxillofacial Radiologist) is a specialist dentist in odontological radiology at Konekta and employed at Boneprox. Sophia has worked as a dentist since 1998 and as a specialist since 2016. Since 2006, she has been working at KI and trains dentists, dental hygienists and future specialists in radiology, but is most passionate about the clinical work as a radiologist, which is still a lot of fun and requires full concentration.

Stefan trained at Linköping University and is currently a specialist in anesthesia and has been a senior physician since 2005. Until 2008, he worked at Ullevål Hospital with postoperative care, cardiac surgery, and other anesthesia practices. Between 2008 and 2021, he worked at private clinics. Since 2021, he has been the Senior Physician at Akershus University Hospital.

In addition, he is the CEO of Anestesispesialisten.no and Anestesisspecialisten.se, which rent out anesthesia personnel and mobile anesthesia equipment in Norway and Sweden. More information about the company can be found at www.anestesispesialisten.no.

Stefan has a long-term interest in the efficient management of complex operations and quality development. He continuously works with the digitalization of service deliveries to ensure capability and quality in delivery.

Specialist dentist in endodontics. 

Robin Radamson is a specialist dentist in prosthetics at Konekta. He has been working as a dentist at various specialist clinics in prosthetics since 2014 and has been working as a senior dentist in the Region Örebro County since 2023. Robin has a keen interest in complex occlusal rehabilitations, digital workflows, and material development. At the same time, ceramic replacements have their limitations, and not all patients are suitable candidates for implants, so in some cases, traditional prosthetic approaches may still be more appropriate.

The goal of the consultation is to provide a holistic view and concrete guidance for both minor and major cases so that they can be carried out at the home clinic in as predictable and straightforward a manner as possible.

Ali Faham has been working as a dentist since 2006, within the Public Dental Service as a general dentist, hospital dentist, and dental officer in medical dental care.

He received specialist training in Periodontology at the Eastman Institute in Stockholm and, after graduation, worked as a senior dentist at the Eastman Institute as well as at the Dental Institution in Jönköping.

Currently, Ali works as a specialist dentist in private practice in Stockholm. In addition to this, he conducts courses and lectures for dental hygienists, general dentists, and prospective specialists in periodontology.

Andreas Dawson has been a dentist since 2007 and has since then worked in occlusal physiology at a specialist clinic, parallel to his work as a general dentist. For several years, Andreas taught and conducted research in occlusal physiology at Malmö University. He earned his PhD in 2013 and became a specialist dentist in occlusal physiology in 2016.

Andreas worked for 5 years as a senior dentist at the Public Dental Service in Östergötland. Since two years ago, he has been running his own clinic, Hel & Fin Tand, in Linköping.

Johan Kämpe has been a specialist in dental radiology since 2020 and has been working at the Academic Hospital in Uppsala since 2015, where he also completed his specialist training. He graduated from the University of Gothenburg in 2013.

Susan has been practicing medicine since 2010 and has specialized in otorhinolaryngology since 2018. Over the years, she has developed a keen interest in laryngology and esophageal diseases, and is deeply committed to medical education. Susan currently serves as a senior physician in public healthcare, where she also conducts research on the side effects of radiation therapy for head and neck cancer. Her focus is on the impacts on spasmodic contraction of the masseter muscle, pain, and quality of life, contributing new insights and improvements in the treatment of these conditions.

Anna is a specialist dentist in endodontics. She has been working as a dentist since 1997 after graduating from Karolinska Institutet and has experience in both public dental care and private dental practice. Anna has also been a lecturer in endodontics at the dental program in Huddinge. She has many years of clinical experience in endodontic treatments and works full-time as a specialist dentist at a private clinic in Stockholm.