Ina Köttgen, Dr med dent, MSc, maintains a joint private practice with Dr Christopher Köttgen in Mainz, Germany, limited to functional diagnostics, periodontology, implantology, and restorative dentistry. She is a member of several professional organizations, including the German Society for Periodontology.

Doctor Stefen Koubi graduated from the University of Marseille, France, in 1998. He has held the position of Associate Professor in the Restorative Department of Marseille University since 2008 and received his PhD in 2011. He maintains a private practice in Marseille and in Paris. His main areas of interest are esthetic rehabilitation for cosmetic or functional reasons (worn dentition). He has been invited to many prestigious esthetic academies to lecture on simple ways to achieve high-quality esthetic dentistry. He is an invited professor in many esthetic postgraduate programs. Dr Koubi received the Gold Molar title from the students of his university (best teacher of the year) in 2012, and the title of Best French Speaker the same year. Since 2012 he has been a member of Style Italiano community in charge of indirect topics. He founded in 2013 L'Institut de la facette, a private training center focused on smile design for worn dentition and cosmetic rehabilitations. He is the author or co-author of many scientific articles and case reports on esthetic dentistry.

e-mail: krammer@quintessenz.de

Professor emeritus at the University of Geneva. Past president of the University Clinics of Dental Medicine and past Director of the Department of Preventive Dental Medicine and Primary Dental Care and Chairman, Division of Cariology and Endodontology, University Clinics of Dental Medicine (CUMD). Focused on noninvasive restorative treatments, adhesive restorations of vital and devital teeth, lasers in dentistry, CAD/CAM manufacturing, 3D printing, digital 3D smile design, dental photography, novel caries diagnostic methods, personalized dental prevention, AI-empowered monitoring concepts and artificial intelligence in dentistry in general. Under my 9-years presidency from 2009 to 2018, the new revolutionary facility of the University Clinics of Dental Medicine of the University of Geneva with 90 clinical and 32 preclinical workstations was designed, constructed and successfully opened: https://youtu.be/7xdL4EH3g08. I also introduced the first structured dental continuing education program in Switzerland, "Master of Advanced Studies (MAS) in Microinvasive esthetic dentistry", the only dental MAS in Switzerland awarded with full accreditation by the aaq: https://www.unige.ch/formcont/cours/mas-microinvasive-aesthetic-dentistry-2019 Together with Prof. Irena Sailer, we recently developed and introduced at the University of Geneva Switzerland's first and only Master of Advanced Studies (MAS) in Digital dental technologies https://www.unige.ch/medecine/fr/enseignement1/formationcontinue/mas/digital-dental-technologies/ Under my leadership and coming from nowhere, the University Clinics of Dental Medicine of the University of Geneva reached 23rd place in the QS World University Ranking in 2018: https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2018/dentistry. Together with Prof. Albert Feilzer, I have been serving as co-director of several PhD theses at the Academic Centre for Dentistry (ACTA), Amsterdam. ACTA is rated 2nd best in the QS World University Ranking in 2022: https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2022/dentistry. The goal of modern dentistry is anti-aging and lifelong oral health. This vision is now becoming real by implementing AI-empowered early diagnosis and regular monitoring, individualized prevention, microregenerative procedures, as well as painless noninvasive early interventions.

Hilal is a dental technician who practices in Bodrum/ Turkey. He qualified from Istanbul University in 1999, and gives presentations and courses both nationally and internationally on dental ceramics, implant supported restorations and smile design. You can reach him at “@detailmacro” on Instagram, Hilal Kuday on Facebook and Hilal Kuday YouTube channel.

Prof. Dr. Sebastian Kühl is a specialist in Oral Surgery. He is Vice Clinical Director of the Department of Oral Surgery, University Center for Dental Medicine Basel UZB, Switzerland. Since 2018, he has been Founder and Head of the Competence Center for Implantology at the UZB, and President of the Swiss Society for Oral Surgery and Stomatology (SSOS).

Studium der Zahnmedizin in Berlin bis 1999. Promotion 2000 – (Thema: ECC in der kinderärztlichen Praxis). Nach allgemeinzahnärztlicher Praxiszeit wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter der Abteilung für Prothetik und Alterszahnmedizin der Charité Berlin 2000-2003. Kieferorthopädisches Masterprogram 2002-2004 an der Danube Universität Krems. Ab 2003 (Weiterbildungsassistent in der Abteilung für Kieferorthopädie– Humboldt Universität Berlin “Charité“ und im Anschluss in privater Praxis in Berlin-Zehlendorf. 2006 Gebietsbezeichnung „Facharzt für Kieferorthopädie“. 2007-2011 Tätigkeit in kieferorthopädischen Praxen in Deutschland und England. Niederlassung in privater Praxis in Groß-Gerau 2011. Teilnahme am Mc Laughlin Program 2014-2015 und dem lingualen Master für Kieferorthopädie Valencia 2018-2019. Verschiedene Veröffentlichungen z.B. zu Themen Klasse II Behandlung und interdisziplinäre Behandlung und über 100 Fortbildungen im In- und Ausland.

Dr. Purnima Kumar is the William and Mary K. Najjar Endowed professor of Dentistry and Chair of the Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry.  She received her dental degree from Annamalai University and MS in Periodontology from Dr. MGR Medical University in India.  She later received her Certificate in Periodontology and Doctor of Philosophy in Molecular Microbiology from The Ohio State University.  Dr. Kumar previously served as professor of periodontology and chair of the oral biology PhD program at The Ohio State University College of Dentistry and James Cancer Center.  

Dr. Kumar is the Principal Investigator of Oral Microbial Ecology Laboratory at the University of Michigan that has been continuously funded through the NIH for over 15 years. She also collaborates extensively with the oral healthcare industry to develop therapeutics for microbial modulation. 

She is a Fellow of the Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) program, the American Association of Dental, Oral and Craniofacial Research and the American and International College of Dentists.  She has authored over 100 papers and book chapters and serves as the Co-Editor of Clinical Advances in Periodontics, and Associate Editor of the Journal of Periodontology, Periodontology 2000, Nature Scientific Reports and Microbiome. She is an active clinician, teacher, researcher and administrator, has mentored several pre-dental, dental, master’s, doctoral and post-doctoral students and junior faculty colleagues and has served on several grant review panels for the NIH. She serves as the Chair of the Continuing Education Oversight Committee for the AAP and is a member of the AAP’s Taskforce for Future Science. She is a member of the Council of Scientific Affairs of the ADA and is their official spokesperson on e-cigarettes and vaping. Dr. Kumar has served on various committees of IADR and is presently the Vice-President of the Periodontal Research Group. She also serves on several task forces for women in science, women in surgery and women in STEM, and volunteers for groups that empower women locally and nationally.

She is a Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology and actively participates in patient care limited to periodontics and implant surgery.