Many years ago, Michael von Kunhardt asked himself the question: "What do I really want, what is my calling?" Today, he is known as a mental expert on Sat1 breakfast television and for his weekly radio contributions on the subject of well-being and motivation, eg, on Radio RPR1. The mental coach of successful professional athletes, national teams, and Olympic champions is also an often-booked speaker and coach, providing inspiration and development for managers of numerous DAX 40 corporations and medium-sized companies. He is a winner of the German Speaker Slam, has been one of the top 100 speakers at Speakers Excellence for many years, and contributes his expertise as a jury member at national and international speaker competitions. Michael Von Kunhardt achieves his special authenticity through his own ongoing courageous and committed work. As a field hockey player, he is a multiple German champion, world runner-up with the over-45 national field hockey team, and winner of the world championship bronze as a player with the over-50 and over-55 national field hockey teams. The founder of the "von Kunhardt Academy" encourages people to take responsibility for themselves and to actively and gratefully shape their lives.

Prof. Wagner is a specialist in OMF surgery, plastic surgery and the science of oral medicine, in particular questions of tumor biology, in plastic surgery with cleft lip and palates, functional tumor reconstruction as well as fundamentals of implantology and bone replacement.

Michael P. Waliszewski, DDS, MsD, received his DDS from Marquette University School of Dentistry in 2002. He subsequently completed his postgraduate training in prosthodontics at the University of Washington in 2005. Upon graduation, he returned home to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as a clinical assistant professor at Marquette. While his transition to full-time private practice was complete by 2015, he maintained a part-time teaching position until 2022. He remains a full-time clinician who manages the real-world everyday issues of prosthodontics.

1973: Geburt. 1995-2000: Studium der Zahnheilkunde an der Freien Universität Berlin. 2000: Assistenzzahnarzt in Privatpraxen. 2001-2003: dreijährige postgraduale parodontologische Ausbildung im DFG geförderten Graduiertenkolleg (Sprecher: Prof. Dr. Dr. J.-P. Bernimoulin) "Ätiopathogenese und Therapie der Parodontitis" an der Charite'-Universitätsmedizin in Berlin. 2004: Assistenzzahnarzt an der Klinik für Parodontologie, Endodontologie und Kariologie der Universitätskliniken für Zahnmedizin in Basel. 2005: Promotion (Prof. Dr. Norbert Suttorp) und Ernennung zum "Spezialisten für Parodontologie" der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Parodontologie (DGParo). 2006: Ernennung zum Oberarzt für Parodontologie an der Klinik für Parodontologie, Endodontologie und Kariologie an den Universitätskliniken für Zahnmedizin Basel (Leiter Prof. Dr. R. Weiger). Seit 2010: Ernennung zum Leiter des Weiterbildungs-Programmes in Parodontologie (Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Parodontologie - SSP/Schweizerische Zahnärztegesellschaft -SSO). 2010-2011: Forschungsaufenthalt in der Oralchirurgie an der Universität Birmingham (Leiter: Prof. Dr. Dr. T. Dietrich). 2012: Habilitation an der Universität Basel. 2014: wissenschaftliche Schwerpunkte: Diagnostik und (chirurgische) Therapie parodontaler Erkrankungen, orale Mikrobiologie, Tabakkonsum und parodontale Gesundheit.

Hom-Lay Wang, DDS., MSD., Ph D, Professor and Director of Graduate Periodontics at the University of Michigan.He has co-editor two textbooks, published more than 50 book chapters/invited reviews and more than 750 peer-reviewed scientific articles. Dr. Wang serves as a Co-Editor-in-Chief for Clinical Implant Dentistry and Related Research, an Associate Editor for The IJOMI and IJOI.Dr. Wang is the recipient of many awards/honors including AAP Outstanding Educator Award (2017), AAP Distinguished Scientist Award (2017),AAP Master Clinician Award (2019), AAP Distinguished Service Award (2021), and AAP Clinical Research Award (2021).

Konrad Wangerin studied medicine and dentistry at the Universities of Münster and Cologne and in Munich at the Technical University and Ludwig Maximilians University, Germany. His specialization in Maxillofacial Surgery followed from 1979 to1982 at the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich and at the Christian-Albrecht University of Kiel, Germany. Afterwards he became Senior registrar and finished his PhD 1988 in Kiel. In 1990 he moved to the Department of Plastic, Maxillofacial, and Reconstructive Surgery at Marienhospital Stuttgart, Germany, became Chief Surgeon in 1991, and in 1994 was appointed as Adjunct Professor of the Medical Faculty of the University of Kiel and Medical Director at Marienhospital. By 1994 he had operated the first intraoral mandibular distraction worldwide and invented several intraoral distractors for the mandible and maxilla, gaining huge experience in distraction work and lecturing and operating around the world. In 2002 he was awarded an Honorary Degree from the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. After his retirement in 2011, he continued as Senior Director in the Medius Clinic Ostfildern-Ruit, and since 2014 he has worked in the private office for maxillofacial and oral surgery together with Dr Roman Beniashvili, at Schorndorf, near Stuttgart.

Robert Wassell is a Teaching Fellow and Honorary Consultant in Restorative Dentistry at Newcastle University. where he established the Restorative MSc and MClinDent programmes as well as undergraduate/postgraduate occlusion teaching. He also contributes to TMD teaching and research. He has an MSc in Conservative Dentistry from the Eastman Dental Institute UK.