Michael A. Pikos, DDS, is an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery at Ohio State University College of Dentistry and Nova Southeastern University College of Dental Medicine and a clinical associate professor at the Department of Periodontology and the Department of Prosthodontics at the University of Florida College of Dentistry. He is the author of Bone Augmentation in Implant Dentistry (Quintessence, 2019), serves on the editorial boards of several journals, and has lectured extensively on dental implants in North and South America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Dr Pikos is the founder and CEO of the Pikos Institute and maintains a private practice limited to implant surgery in Trinity, Florida.

Prof Nelson R. Pinto is Professor in the Department of Periodontology and Implantology at Universidad de Los Andes in Santiago, Chile, and Founder of the Research Center for Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering. He is visiting faculty in the Department of Periodontology at Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, and in the Advanced Education Program in Implant Dentistry at Loma Linda University in California. His main accomplishment is the development of Natural Guided Regeneration Therapy (NGRT), and his research in this area was recognized in 2012 by the World Union of Wound Healing Societies (WUWHS) and in 2016 with the Journal of Wound Care & WUWHS Award for Best Contribution to Clinical Research for 2012 to 2016. In 2018, he received the Punyaarjan Humanitarian Service Award for his professional dedication to chronic wound healing and helping change patients’ lives through NGRT.

Roberto Pistilli, MD, DDS, is a maxillofacial surgeon executive at the San Camilo Folanini Hospital in Rome, Italy. He directs annual dissection courses of the neck and oral cavity at Miguel Hernandez de Elche University in Spain and is an adjunct professor teaching postgraduate courses at Bologna Univeristy as well as Genoa University. Dr Pistilli is a member of many professional associations and currently serves as the President of the Roman Academy of Oral Surgery and Implantology; the Vice President of the Italian Academy of Osseointegration; and the Vice President of Bone, Biomaterials, & Beyond Academy. He is the author of the two-volume series of Anatomia e chirurgia del cavo orale (EditaliaMedica, 2020 and 2022). Dr Pistilli maintains a private practice limited to oral and maxillofacial surgery in Ladispoli, Italy.

Prof Dr Bjarni Pjetursson received his DDS from the University of Iceland in 1990. From 1990 to 2000 he worked as a general dentist in his private clinic in Iceland. In 2000 he started his postgraduate training in Periodontology and Implant Dentistry at the University of Bern, Switzerland. He received his specialist certificate (EFP & SSP) and Masters of Advanced Studies in Periodontology and Doctorate in Dentistry from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Bern. From 2003 to 2005 he did his postgraduate training in Prosthodontics at the University of Bern. From 2005 he was Assistant Professor and Senior Lecturer at the Department of Periodontology and Fixed Prosthodontics, University of Bern, and from 2009 to 2014 the Dean of the Faculty of Odontology, University of Iceland. Presently he is a Professor and Chairman of the Department of Reconstructive Dentistry, University of Iceland, and a Titular Professor at the Division of Fixed Prosthodontics and Biomaterials at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. Prof Dr Pjetursson is a board member of EAO, an ITI Fellow, Associate Editor of the International Journal of Prosthodontics, and member of the editorial board of Clinical Oral Implants Research. He has published extensively in and given over 700 lectures in 50 countries around the world. His research interests are clinical studies in implant dentistry and evidenced-based evaluation of different treatment modalities in implant and prosthetic dentistry.

Obtaining his Master’s Degree in Dental Technology in 1996, Udo Plaster is continuously on the search for a more holistic and accurate way of applying his expertise and experience with the patient as the focus. As an international lecturer and author of numerous publications, innovator of dental technologies, Plaster shares his knowledge, contributes to the improvement of interdisciplinary communication between the dentist and the dental technician and is committed to the well-being of the patients. Good communication between all 3; the patient, the dentist, the technician are essential elements for obtaining successful results.

Dr. Waldemar D. Polido is an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, with a MS and PhD from the PUCRS School of Dentistry in Porto Alegre, Brazil. He completed a residency in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. Dr. Polido is an engaged ITI Fellow, and has contributed as an author and co-author to the ITI Online Academy, Treatment Guides, Consensus Conferences and Forum Implantologicum, as well as lectured in several ITI national and international events. Dr. Polido co-authored the recently launched book SAC 2nd Edition - Risk Assessment in Implant Dentistry. His main professional interests are in advanced and complex implant surgeries, orthognathic surgery and digital technology. He is currently a Clinical Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Co-Director of the Center for Implant, Esthetic and Innovative Dentistry, at the Indiana University School of Dentistry, in Indianapolis, USA.

Dr Massimiliano Politi, DMD, is an attending physician at the Orthognatodontics Unit of the Dental Clinic of the IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi in Milan, Italy and is completing a PhD in orthodontics from the University of Milan. Dr Politi devotes most of his time to research in the field of 3D diagnostics and maintains a private practice limited to orthodontics.

Dr Oliver Pontius maintains a private office limited to Endodontics in Bad Homburg, Germany. He is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Postgraduate Endodontic Program at the University Diderot, Paris VII, France. Dr Pontius received his DMD degree from the University of Heidelberg, a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study in Endodontics and a Master of Science in Endodontics from Boston University. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Endodontics, a specialist member of the American Association of Endodontists, the European Society of Endodontology, and the German Society of Endodontology. He is also an active member of the European Academy of Esthetic Dentistry. Dr Pontius lectures worldwide.

Prof Alessandro Pozzi, he received his dental Degree Summa cum Laude in 1997. Since 1997, he has been practicing in his International center for Oral rehabilitation in Rome, Italy. Currently entitled as Full Professor in oral Sciences by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MIUR) and he is Adjunct Associate Professor at the Goldstein Center for Esthetics and Implant Dentistry of Augusta University, USA. Guest Lecturer in the Continuing Education in Implant Dentistry at the UCLA University, Los Angeles. Specialized cum Laude in Orthodontics, Gnatology and TMJ dysfunction and formally trained in the inter-related areas Oral surgery and Prosthodontics. He is considered a global expert and authority in Implant Dentistry and advanced technologies as computer assisted guided surgery and prosthetics, dynamic navigation surgery and robotics. Researcher and scientist, widely published, he has been carrying on clinical researches on the cutting edges technologies to integrate the digital workflow in the clinical practice. As a researcher, he has been selected to receive the 2013 Judson C. Hickey Scientific Writing Award in the Clinical Report Category. Recently, he has received the prestigious accolade of Fellow of the American Academy of Osseointegration (AO). Active member of the Italian Academy of Esthetic Dentistry. Co-Author with PK Moy and John Beumer of the textbook Fundamental of Implant Dentistry, Quintessence Publishing, adopted by several universities worldwide to train their students and doctors in Implant dentistry. Member of the Editorial Board of the Clinical Implant dentistry and Related Research Journal and of the International Journal Oral Implantology. He has been lecturing in the most prestigious congresses and academies since 2010. He holds international training courses on digital implant dentistry and esthetics in his International Center for Oral Rehabilitation based in Rome Italy.

Private Practice Limited to Endodontics
White River Junction, Vermont

Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Endodontics
Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

Clinical Instructor, Department of Restorative Dentistry and Biomaterials Sciences
Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Boston, Massachusetts

After completing his M.D., Prof. Angelo Putignano received a postgraduate certificate for Doctor of Dental Surgery at the University of Ancona in Italy. Following this, he became the professor in Restorative Dentistry for Marche Polytechnic University’s School of Dentistry. And concurrently, he is the head of the Operative Dentistry and Endodontics department, and Dean for the School of Dental Hygiene at Marche Polytechnic University. Being an active member of both the Italian Society of Operative Dentistry and the European Academy of Esthetic Dentistry, Prof. Putignano has continued to demonstrate excellence within multiple fields of dentistry. He is also the founding member of the Italian Academy of Esthetic Dentistry. Prof. Putignano has brought his knowledge to multiple publications, co-authoring such textbooks as Adhesive Dentistry: The Key to Success and Indirect Conservative Restoration of Posterior Teeth. When not lecturing on adhesive and esthetic restorations or contributing to dental literature, he runs his own private practice limited to Restorative Dentistry in Ancona, Italy.

Graduated from the School of Dentistry of Araraquara – UNESP;
Specialist in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Traumatology by the Araçatuba School of Dentistry – UNESP;
Specialist in Implant Dentistry;
Master’s and PhD in Dentistry, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Traumatology Concentration Area, School of Dentistry of Araçatuba – UNESP;
Postdoctoral student in Biomaterials at the Institute of Chemistry of Araraquara – UNESP;
Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Traumatology I and II and Implantology at the University of Araraquara – UNIARA;
Professor and Vice-coordinator of the Master’s Degree in Dental Sciences, Area of Implant Dentistry – UNIARA;
Coordinator of the Graduate Center of the Center for the Treatment of Oral and Facial Deformities of Araraquara – CEDEFACE.

Prof Marc Quirynen graduated as a dentist in 1980 from the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, where he went on to complete training in periodontology and obtain his PhD. In 1990, he was appointed as a professor at Catholic University and is currently Chairman of the Department of Periodontology. His research focuses on simplification and optimization of periodontal therapy, and over the past decade, he has explored platelet concentrates in soft and hard tissue regeneration. Prof Quirynen has published over 450 papers in international peer-reviewed journals and serves on several editorial boards, including for the Journal of Clinical Periodontology and Clinical Oral implants Research. His most inspiring lectures deal with the clinical benefits of L-PRF and the prevention of peri-implantitis.