License number: 1586
Education
DDS, University of Montevideo, Uruguay (1981)
Professional activity
Practice limited to Orthodontics, Badalona and Barcelona (Spain)
Memberships
Active member of the Sociedad Española de Ortodoncia (SEDO).
Member of the World Federation of Orthodontics (WFO).
International member of the American Association of Orthodontics (AAO).
Member of the Asociación Iberoamericana de Ortodoncistas (AIO).
Member of the European Orthodontic Society (EOS).
Founding member of the Lingual Study Group in USA.
Member of the Director Board of the American Lingual Orthodontics Association (ALOA).
Diplomate Member of the European Society of Lingual Orthodontics (ESLO).
Member of the Société Française d’Orthodontie Linguale (SFOL).
Member of the Associazione Italiana Ortodonzia Linguale (AIOL).
Member of the Sociedad Española de Disfunción Craneomandibular (SEDC).
Member of the Sociedad Española de Odontopediatría (SEOP).
Member of the International Committee of the JLOA (Japanese Lingual Orthodontics Association) meeting, Tokyo, Japan, 2005.
Founding member of WSLO (World Society of Lingual Orthodontics).
Member of honor of the Ukrainian Society of Lingual Orthodontics (USLO).
Member of honor of the Bulgarian Society of Lingual Orthodontics.
Member of honor of the Brazilian Society of Lingual Orthodontics (ABOL).
Cargos
President of the SIAOL (Sociedad Iberoamericana de Ortodoncia Lingual) (2001-2013).
Chairman of the 3rd International Congress of the World Society of Lingual Orthodontics (WSLO) (2007-2009).
6th President of the ESLO (European Society of Lingual Orthodontics) (2002-2004).
President of the Scientific Committee of COEC (Catalonian Dental Society) (2004- 2014)
Member of the Directors Board of COEC (1999-2014)
Vice President of the Scientific Committee of AIO (Iberoamerican Association of Orthodontists) (2004-2010).
AIO Delegate at the WFO (World Federation of Orthodontics) from (2004-2010).
Member of the Editorial Committee of Orthodontics – The art and practice of dentofacial enhancement Journal (2010).
Member of ESLO Board of Directors (European Society of Lingual orthodontics) from 2012.
Member of Organizing Committee of 11th ESLO Congress (2014), Italy.
President of the Scientific Committee of 11th ESLO Congress (2014), Italy.
Editor-in-Chief of Tribuna Books Ripano Lingual Orthodontic Journal (2013-2015).
Educational activity
Course director and lecturer at post-graduate courses in Orthodontics, in LADENT, S.L. from 1991.
Lecturer at courses and conferences in Germany, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, South Korea, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Spain, USA, France, Guatemala, India, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Mexico, Monaco, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Great Britain, Dominican Republic, Romania, Taiwan, Uruguay, Venezuela.
Scientific activity
Author of CSW, CLO and SARDAC Techniques.
Echarri omega forming pliers (registered patent).
Inclination and torque accessory design for Slot Machine.
Bracket holder for lingual brackets with horizontal slot for Slot Machine.
Microimplant Treatment Planning Software “Microimplant EVO”.
Microscrew System.
Echarri Cephalometric templates (manufactured by Scheu Dental)
CA© POWER GRIP Set (manufactured by Scheu Dental)
The Model Maker (MM) (manufactured by Adenta)
The Set-up Model Maker (SUM) (manufactured by Adenta)
The Occlusal Plane Reference (OPR) (manufactured by Adenta)
The Surgical Model Accuracy Device (SMAD) (manufactured by Adenta)
The Accurate Bonding Positioner (ABP) (manufactured by Adenta)
Alicate CA© TIP 3 (manufactured by Scheu Dental)
Alicate CA© TIP 4 (manufactured by Scheu Dental)
PST Set (Progressive Stripping Therapy Set) (manufactured by Scheu Dental)
Publications
Editor, author and co-author and collaborator in 33 books on different topics in orthodontics.
Author and co-author of more than 160 articles published in orthodontic journals in Spain, USA, Germany, Canada, Lebanon, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, Poland, France, Korea, Japan, Thailand, India, Chile, Uruguay, Venezuela, Ecuador and Argentina.
Otros
Saint Apolonia Medal, granted by COEC (2014).