Biography
Alan Arthur Lowe completed his predental training
at the University of Saskatchewan between 1966 and 1968. In 1972, he
graduated with a D.M.D. from the University of British Columbia in
Vancouver and commenced orthodontic training at the University of
Toronto. After completing a Diploma in Orthodontics in 1975 and a Ph.D.
in 1976 entitled "The Neural Control of Tongue Posture", he was
appointed as an Assistant Professor of Orthodontics at the University
of British Columbia in Vancouver. Dr. Lowe became an Associate
Professor in 1979, Chairman of Orthodontics in 1980, a Fellow of the
Royal College of Dentists of Canada in 1981, a full Professor in 1984
and served as Head of the Department of Clinical Dental Sciences from
1989 to 1996. Currently, he is Professor and Chair, Division of
Orthodontics in the Department of Oral Health Sciences in the Faculty
of Dentistry at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Lowe completed
two six month study leaves as Visiting Professor in the Department of
Orthodontics in Osaka, Japan and the Department of Child Dental Health
in Bristol, England. He has maintained a private orthodontic specialty
practice in Vancouver since 1976.
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