Ronald Ordinola Zapata, DDS, MS, PhD, is currently an associate professor of endodontics at the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry. He earned his DDS degree from Inca Garcilaso de la Vega University in Lima, Peru, before pursuing advanced training in endodontics at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. In 2014 he moved to the United States to continue this endodontic training, completing a 2-year advanced education in general dentistry at Larkin Community Hospital in Miami and an endodontic residency program at the IB Bender Endodontic Division of the Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia. Dr Zapata has published over 70 scientific papers and lectures internationally. He also serves at the associate editor of the International Endodontic Journal and is a member of the scientific advisory committee for the Journal of Endodontics.