Dr. Mark Thomas Sebastian passed his state examination and doctorate at the Private University of Witten-Herdecke in 1993. His assistant time lasted until 1996 with study visits to Brazil, USA and South Africa. From 1996 he was a junior partner specializing in periodontology and implantology in the practice of Dr. Josef Schmidseder, Munich, one of the first German pioneers in esthetic dentistry. From 1996–2001 he was a scientific editor in the "European Journal of Aesthetic Dentistry". During this time he gave lectures on plastic periodontal surgery and published the book "Periodontology – State of Science, American Academy of Periodontology". In 1999 he founded his own practice in Munich with a focus on esthetic restorative dentistry, periodontology and implantology. Since 2000 he has been a scientific member of the editorial team of the journal “Quintessenz Zahnmedizin” published by Quintessence Publishing, Berlin. He is one of the founding members of the first European “Seattle study club SSC” in Tegernsee, 2008. The German Society for Esthetic Dentistry DGÄZ named him in 2014 as a “Specialist in Esthetic Dentistry and Function”. He completed the master's degree in the function of the chewing organ with Professor Slavicek, Vienna, in 2015. Since then, he has lectured for orthopedic surgeons on the connection between dentistry, orthopedics and bruxism. Since 2016 he has been a member of the "Invisalign Academic Aesthetic Advisory Board". Since then he has held international lectures and courses on splint orthodontics, esthetic dentistry and function.

Dietmar Seidenspinner, Physiotherapeut seit 1981; seit 2001 Referent bei der rehab Akademie; 2001–2006 Studium B. Sc. und M. Sc. Physiotherapie an der Universität Marburg / FH Fulda; seit 2005 Lehrbeauftragter der Universität Marburg / FH Fulda; 2011–2015 wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter im Fachbereich Medizin / Studiengang Physiotherapie der Universität Marburg; Forschungsprojekt: EMG-gestützte apparative isokinetische Muskelfunktionsanalyse bei Patienten mit einem patellofemoralen Schmerzsyndrom.

Kumar C. Shah, BDS, MS, is a professor of clinical dentistry and a board-certified prosthodontist and maxillofacial prosthodontist in the Division of Advanced Prosthodontics at UCLA. He earned his dental degree from the National University of Singapore and his Master of Science degree and a certificate in prosthodontics at The Ohio State University, after which he completed maxillofacial prosthetics fellowship training and a translational science certificate at UCLA. Dr Shah is the Director of the Graduate Prosthodontics residency program at UCLA, Advanced Prosthodontics and Implantology Preceptorship Programs as well as Director of the Faculty Group Dental practice at UCLA. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontics, a Fellow of the Academy of Prosthodontics, Fellow of the American College of Prosthodontists, and Fellow of the International Team for Implantology (ITI). He has been on Board of Directors for several nonprofit dental organizations. In addition to being a coeditor of both editions of Fundamentals of Implant Dentistry, Vol 1, he is also a member of the editorial review board of the Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry and has been an ad-hoc reviewer in multiple peer-reviewed journals. Dr Shah currently practices in the UCLA faculty group dental practice. He practices all areas of restorative and esthetic dentistry (fixed and removable prosthodontics), including full-mouth rehabilitation and reconstruction with a special emphasis on implant prosthodontics.

Yair Sharav, DMD, MS, is a professor in the Department of Oral Medicine at The Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Dental Medicine in Jerusalem. Dr Sharav is responsible for establishing the Orofacial Pain Clinic at Hadassah Medical Center in 1974—the first of its kind in Israel—and directing it as well as the Center for Pain Research at The Hebrew University for over 25 years. He has also served variously as a past dean of the School of Dental Medicine at The Hebrew University and a former head of the Department of Oral Diagnosis, Oral Medicine, and Radiology at Hadassah Medical Center. Internationally, he was a visiting professor at Toronto University and a visiting scientist at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr Sharav's work has contributed widely to the knowledge and understanding of the diagnosis, treatment, and mechanisms of orofacial pain.

Hagay is Chair of the Endodontics division at the Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), Netherlands, and maintains a private practice specialising in Endodontics. Hagay's PhD thesis was titled "New insights into the root canal wall". Since 2000, he has been actively involved in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching at ACTA. His research interests are the outcomes of root canal treatments with CBCT evaluation, root canal filling materials, and the effects of endodontic procedures on the root canal walls. He has supervised over 35 Masters and PhD students. Hagay has published over 45 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals on various aspects of Endodontology.

Graduated in Dentistry from FOAr-UNESP. Professor at the Postgraduate Program in Dentistry, Implantology and Periodontics, Guarulhos University (UNG). PhD, Master’s, and Specialist in Periodontology from FOAr-UNESP. Professor at the Oral Surgery and Periodontology Department at FORP-USP. Periodontist and Implant Dentist at Private Practice, Guarulhos, São Paulo, Brazil.

Seit 2008 freiberuflich tätig als Mediatorin, Fortbildnerin in mediativer Kommunikation und Konfliktmanagement, Trainerin für Teamentwicklung, Coach für verschiedenste Berufsgruppen.

Seit 2015 Mediationsbeauftragte der Evangelischen Schulstiftung in der EKBO mit den Arbeitsschwerpunkten: Fortbildungen für Pädagogen in Mediation und mediativer Kommunikation, Mediation und Moderation von Konfliktgesprächen mit Schüler- und Pädagogenteams, Beratung und Coaching, Betreuung/ Vernetzung und Ausbildung von Konfliktlotsen und Mediatoren.

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