Arun K. Garg, DMD, is a nationally recognized dental educator and surgeon who for over 20 years served as a full-time Professor of Surgery in the Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and as Director of Residency Training at the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine. One of the original discoverers of platelet-rich plasma, he has written and published nine books as well as a dental implant marketing kit, which have been translated into multiple languages and distributed worldwide. He has been a featured speaker at dozens national and international dental association conventions and meetings, including the American Academy of Periodontology, the American College of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, and the International Congress of Oral Implantologists. Dr Garg is also the founder of Implant Seminars, a leading dental continuing education company that offers a variety of class-based, hands-on, and live patient programs in the United States and abroad. He is most passionate about his Garg Foundation in the Dominican Republic, which offers state-of-the-art dental treatment to the community free of charge.

Mia L. Geisinger, DDS, MS, is a professor and director of Advanced Education in Periodontology in the Department of Periodontology in the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Dentistry. She is a diplomate in the American Board of Periodontology and a fellow in the International Team for Implantology. She has served as the president of the American Academy of Periodontology Foundation, the chair of the American Dental Association’s Council on Scientific Affairs, and on multiple national and regional organized dentistry committees. She currently serves as an AAP District III Trustee, as a Board member for the ADA’s Science and Research Institute, and on numerous AAP and ADA committees and task forces. She has authored over 50 peer-reviewed publications and lectures nationally and internationally on topics in periodontology and oral health care.

David Gerdolle was born in Epinal (France) in May 1970, and is gratuated from the Dental University of Nancy (1993). He has then achieved a number of Postgraduate Diplomas from the Universities of Paris and Gothenburg, in Oral and Osteo-articular  Biology, Implantology, Prosthodontics and Adhesive Dentistry.

David has been member of the teaching staff of the University of Nancy between 1993 and 2005, and he is running a private practice in Vevey-Montreux since 2006. His practice is dedicated to conservative and minimal invasive dentistry. David is currently directing a Postgraduate Certificate at the University of Paris, and is also involved in research programs on resin composites in the University of Nancy.

He is lecturing world while in seminars and congresses, he is also giving hands-on courses and performing live demonstrations on patients in the field of adhesive and minimally invasive dentistry. As an author or an co-author, David has published widely in scientific national and international journals on this topic.

David speaks french, english, spanish and german.

Verena Gesing, physiotherapist and manual therapist, has been intensively involved with the topic of "trigger points" for many years, both practically and theoretically. She is co-editor and co-author of the reference book "Handbuch Physiotherapie". Furthermore, she regularly publishes articles in professional journals. Verena Gesing works as an instructor in "Physiotherapy" and as a professional freelance physiotherapist.

Prof Shahram Ghanaati is a specialist in oral and maxillofacial surgery with a triple doctorate in medicine, dentistry, and science (MD, DMD, PhD) from Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz and Frankfurt. Today he leads the Head and Neck Oncology section at the University Cancer Center at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt and is an associate professor in the Clinic of Oral, Cranio-Maxillofacial and Plastic Surgery there. In 2009, he founded the FORM-Lab (Frankfurt Orofacial Regenerative Medicine), a research laboratory that performs basic science and clinical studies focusing on understanding the biomaterial-based regeneration process. In his research, Prof Ghanaati has participated in the development of over 10 biomaterials from the bench to the clinic. He has worked with Dr Joseph Choukroun, the inventor of platelet-rich fibrin (PRF), to develop advanced preparation protocols, and in 2016 he and his team established the so-called LSCC (low-speed centrifugation concept) for PRF-derived blood concentrates. Furthermore, he has presented more than 150 lectures at national and international congresses and has given more than 200 courses and workshops on GTR and GBR in implantology as well as on regenerative concepts and blood concentrates. Prof Ghanaati has published more than 170 peer-reviewed publications in the field of regenerative and reconstructive medicine and is a Fellow of the European Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.

William Giannobile, DDS, MS, DMSc, is dean of the Harvard School of Dental Medicine and a professor in the Department of Oral Medicine, Infection, and Immunity. He has produced over 300 manuscripts, textbook chapters, and patents focused on periodontology, regenerative medicine, and oral health research and is coeditor of nine books focused on clinical, translational research, periodontology, and regenerative medicine. He is a consultant to the US Food and Drug Administration for dental devices and has received numerous awards, including the American Dental Association Norton Ross Award for Excellence in Clinical Research. In addition to his administrative and teaching responsibilities, he practices periodontics and implant dentistry at the Harvard Dental Center.

President of The International Federation of Esthetic Dentistry (IFED) (2018–). “Dentist of the Year” Award given by The Spanish Dental Council – Spanish Dental Association. Madrid, December 2018. Professor and Chairman of Prosthodontics, University of the Basque Country in Bilbao. Board Member of The European Association for Osseointegration (2007–2011). President of The International College of Prosthodontics (2007–2009). President of International College of Dentists (European-Section) (1999–2001). President of The European Academy of Esthetic Dentistry (1991–1993). President of The Spanish Society of Prosthodontics (1990–1992). Scientific Program Chairman of The International Quintessence Symposiums, I, II and III in Esthetic, Restorative and Implant Dentistry (Madrid 2012, Barcelona 2014, Barcelona 2017). Private Practice. Prof. Jaime A. Gil is the director of the Department of Esthetic Dentistry and Full Mouth Rehabilitation on Teeth and Implants at the Albia Dental Institute in Bilbao.

Alfonso Gil is receiving a 5-year post-graduate education in Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics and Dental Material Sciences from the University of Zurich. He obtained his DDS Degree from the University of the Basque Country (2013). His Master of Science and Advanced Periodontology Implantology Certificate from the University of Southern California (USC) (2013-2016) were followed by a Certificate in Advanced Surgical Implant Dentistry from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) (2016-2017). He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology. He obtained his PhD with highest honors from the University International of Catalunya in November 2019. His research focuses on the treatment of peri-implant disease, soft tissue augmentation of teeth and implants and fixed prosthodontics.

Dr Giordani has specialized in maxillofacial and periodontal surgery, and implantology. After graduating from the Universidade Paulista (UNIP), São Paulo, Brazil, he took a fellowship in Belgium, on “Implants and Periodontal Plastic Surgery” with Dr Eric Van Dooren, collaborating with him to the present day. Dr Giordani is treating cases in an interdisciplinary fashion, working with specialists all over the world. He lectures internationally on soft tissue management, periodontology, and implantology in prosthetic treatments. His main focus is treatment for gummy smile, esthetic crown lengthening, root coverage, gingival grafts, and immediate implants. He works closely with the Dentcof team and Ateliê Oral, one of the most successful dental clinics in São Paolo.

Education and Professional Activities
Dr. Giro is a periodontist (Certificate, Masters and PhD degrees) from Sao Paulo State University/Forsyth Institute (USA) and has a Post-doctoral Fellowship in Periodontics from Sao Paulo State University and Implant dentistry from Guarulhos University. She is associate professor of the graduate Program in Dentistry at Guarulhos University (Brazil).

Research Interests
Her main research field is the bone biology around dental implants with great emphasis in the systemic factor that influence wound repair and bone metabolism. Other areas of research interest are gingival tissue graft incorporation and bone metabolism biomarkers, host response in peri-implantitis, gene expression of immune response associate with peri-implantitis and periodontitis.

Other highlights
She has received some important awards, including the Young Research Award from Latin America Federation of International Association of Dental Research (2007), 5 Award in Plenary poster presentation in Periodontics from the Brazilian Division of IADR (2004, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009), the IAP Clinical Research Award (2015), the Lester Burket Award in Basic Science Category, by the American Academy of Oral Medicine (2010). Further, Dr. Giro has an ISI h-index of 11