Prof. Dr. Kathrin Becker completed her dental studies at the Universities of Greifswald and Göttingen from 2005 to 2013, concluding with her doctoral degree in 2014. In parallel, from 2007 to 2014, she studied Applied Computer Science at the Georg-August-University Göttingen, earning a Bachelor's degree in 2010 and a Master's degree in 2014. After stints in the USA and Switzerland, she began her career in 2014 as a research associate at the Clinic for Orthodontics of the University Hospital Düsseldorf. Since 2018, she has been a specialist in orthodontics, and in 2019, she completed her habilitation on "Computer-Aided Analysis Methods for the Automated Calculation of Bone Remodeling on Titanium Implants" at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf. Since 2020, she has served as the senior physician at the Clinic for Orthodontics of the University Hospital Düsseldorf, responsible for the training assistants and the orthodontic director of the interdisciplinary cleft consultation. Prof. Dr. Kathrin Becker assumed the W3 Professorship for Orthodontics at the Charité on October 1st, which also includes the leadership of the Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics at the Charité Center for Dental, Oral, and Maxillofacial Medicine at the Campus Benjamin Franklin.

DDS: University of Copenhagen 1990 Orthodontist: University of Copenhagen 1998 Visiting clinician: Mayo Clinic Rochester, USA 2000 Beni Solow Award for best published paper 2002 Ph.D: University of Copenhagen 2004 Active Member Angle Society of Europe 2014 Postgraduate course in Cranio-Mandibular function 2014 Consulting Orthodontist, University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, 2004-2013 Private practise limited to orthodontics and oral surgery since 2001.

Edmond Bedrossian, DDS, a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, graduated from the University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry and completed his oral and maxillofacial surgery residency at Alameda Medical Center. He is an expert in implant dentistry and has lectured internationally, as well as authored numerous articles, book chapters, and books. Today, he practices in San Francisco, California, and serves as Director of Implant Surgical Training for the Oral and Maxillofacial Residency Program and the dental school at University of the Pacific.

E. Armand Bedrossian, DDS, MSD, is a Diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontics and practices in San Francisco, California. He graduated from the University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry and completed a 3-year masters program in prosthodontics at the University of Washington. He has authored various publications on prosthodontics, implant dentistry, and the treatment of completely edentulous patients.

Katrin Bekes is Professor and Chair of the Department of Pediatric Dentistry at the University Clinic of Dentistry, Medical University of Vienna, Austria. She is currently President of the German Society of Pediatric Dentistry, Vice President of the Austrian Society of Pediatric Dentistry, and is also involved in the European and International Society of Pediatric Dentistry. Prof. Bekes founded the only competence center for patients with MIH in Austria. She has published and lectured widely on molar incisor hypomineralization and related fields.

Being a dentist from Kyiv, Ukraine, he is one of the most well-known international lecturers and trainers. Graduated in 2004 from Ukrainian Medical Dental Academy. Founder of Belograd Academy and Dental Clinic, co-founder of BG Dental LabHe visited more than 40 countries with practical courses and lectures as speaker. Doctors from more than 84 countries took part in the BeloGrad Academy project. Maxim Belograd is the first lecturer from the CIS who provided courses on 5 continents and successfully presented his educational programs. Dr. Belograd is an expert in a field of advanced microscope, esthetic, restorative dentistry and endodontics.

Prof Urs Belser graduated from the Dental Institute at the University of Zurich in Switzerland. He received postgraduate specialty training in reconstructive dental medicine (board-certified specialist) at the University of Zurich and was an Assistant Professor and then Senior Lecturer in the Department of Fixed Prosthodontics and Dental Materials there (Prof Dr Peter Schärer, MS) from 1976 to 1980. He was also a Visiting Assistant Professor from 1980 to 1982 in the Departments of Oral Biology (Prof Dr A.G. Hannam) and Clinical Dental Sciences (Prof Dr W. A. Richter) in the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of British Columbia in Canada. Between 1983 and 2012, Prof Belser acted as the Professor and Head of the Department of Fixed Prosthodontics and Occlusion at the University of Geneva School of Dental Medicine, serving as the president of the Swiss Association of Reconstructive Dentistry from 1984 to 1988. He was the recipient of the Scientific Research Award of the Greater New York Academy of Prosthodontics in 2002, President of the European Association of Prosthodontics (EPA) from 2002 to 2003, and Visiting Professor at Harvard University in the Department of Restorative Dentistry and Biomaterials Sciences (Prof Dr H. P. Weber) in 2006. Since 2012 he has been Guest Professor in the Department of Oral Surgery (Prof Dr D. Buser) and Department of Reconstructive Dentistry (Prof Dr Urs Braegger) at the School of Dental Medicine at the University of Bern. In 2013 he became an Honorary Fellow of The International Team of Implantology (ITI). Between 2013 and 2017 he served as editor-in-chief of Forum Implantologicum (ITI), and in 2014 he became a lifetime honorary member of the American College of Prosthodontists (ACP) and received the Lecturer of the Year Award. In 2018 he was presented the Morton Amsterdam Interdisciplinary Teaching Award (together with Prof Dr D. Buser). Prof Belser’s research is focused on implant dentistry, with special emphasis on esthetics and the latest developments in the field of CAD/CAM technology and high-performance dental ceramics, as well as on adhesive reconstructive dental medicine.

Anne Benhamou is teaching in Dental Implant Therapy and Bone and Soft Tissue Reconstruction at Paris VII University, Department of Oral Implantology. She practises in her private clinics in the centre of Paris and London. She is the Fondator and President of the SNIF (Symposium National d’Implantologie au Féminin). Her clinical research emphasises on esthetic management in Dental Implant Therapy.

Rafael Benoliel, BDS, is director of the Center for Orofacial Pain and Temporomandibular Disorders and associate dean for research at the Rutgers School of Dental Medicine. Dr Benoliel served as a faculty member at The Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, where he was also appointed chair of the Department of Oral Medicine. He served as research associate at the Unit of Neuronal Gene Expression at the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research. Dr Benoliel has published extensively on the subject of orofacial pain; lectures extensively at national and international meetings; serves on the editorial board of several leading journals; and has served on many scientific committees including the Classification Committees of the International Headache Society and the Research Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders.

Dr. Benting has developed content for Spear Digest and for several Spear Study Club modules. He developed, and continues to present, the Restoring the Edentulous Arch workshop with fellow Resident Faculty member Dr. Darin Dichter. Dr. Benting maintains a prosthodontic referral practice in Phoenix. He is a past president of the Arizona section of the American College of Prosthodontists and currently serves on the ACP Board of Directors. He served as an adjunct faculty member in the prosthodontic clinic at the Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health and at the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry. Dr. Benting earned a B.S. from University of South Dakota in 1994, D.D.S. from University of Minnesota in 1999 and certificate in prosthodontics with a Master of Science in 2002, also from Minnesota. He is also a diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontics and a fellow of the ACP.

Dr. Rafael Beolchi majored in Dentistry from the University of São Paulo, Brazil, in the year 2000. He has maintained a private practice since 2001, working mainly in aesthetic dentistry and oral rehabilitation. In 2009 he received his Master's degree on Biomaterials from the Institute of Energetic and Nuclear Research, from the same University.

He teaches around the world, focusing on advanced handling of dental materials with an easy step-by-step approach that simplifies the procedure and has presented several lectures and workshops addressing those topics in North, Central & South America, Europe, Africa and Asia, in more than 60 countries.

Dr. Beolchi is currently based in Portugal, where he finished his second Master’s degree, in Dental Medicine, working as a dentist and as consultant for esthetic products and materials for the Dental industry, applying his clinical and scientific knowledge in the development of new and better dental products.

He is the author of several articles in Portuguese, Spanish and English, about the topics of direct placed esthetic restorations and lightcuring, topics on which he still maintains his activity as a researcher until today. He also the author of book chapters on the same fields and collaborates on studies with several other institutions around the world.

Tord Berglundh is professor and chair at the Department of Periodontology at the Institute of Odontology, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Prof Berglundh graduated (DDS) in 1978 in Gothenburg and received his degree in odontology and his certificate as specialist in periodontics in 1992. He received his PhD in 1993. He was appointed associate professor in 1994 and then full professor in periodontology in 2002 at the University of Gothenburg, where he has served since 1981. Prof Berglundh is co-editor of the textbook Clinical Periodontology and Implant Dentistry and associate editor of the journals Clinical Oral Implants Research and the EFP’s Journal of Clinical Periodontology. He is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Dental Research and serves as a referee on several other journals. He has received numerous scientific awards and produced about 230 scientific publications within the field of dental implants, periodontal and peri-implant diseases, immunology, genetics, tissue integration, and regeneration.

Ken Berley, DDS, JD, is a dentist and lawyer who has focused his dental practice on the treatment of sleep-disordered breathing and temporomandibular disorders. He is also the president of a consulting firm offering in-office training on dental sleep medicine (DSM) and consent forms and documents to assist DSM practice. Dr Berley is a Diplomate of the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine and regularly lectures in the areas of risk management and the development of a successful DSM practice. He has been published in Sleep Review magazine and other journals associated with sleep-disordered breathing, and he provides consulting services for various insurance companies and actively defends and advises dentists wo are facing legal charges.