Dr. Robert E. Lamb received his D.D.S. in 1967 from the University of California in San Francisco and his M.S.D. and certificate in Periodontics in 1972 from the University of Washington.

His honors include O.K.U. Honorary Dental Fraternity, Orban Award from the American Academy of Periodontology, Saul Schluger Endowed Visiting Professorship at the University of Washington, membership in the Studiengruppe für Restaurative Zahnheilkunde, honorary membership in the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ästhetische Zahnheilkunde, and honorary memberships in the Indian Academy of Osseointegration and the International Academy of Advanced Interdisciplinary Dentistry.

He has taught in the Department of Periodontics at the University of the Pacific since 1972 and is a Visiting Professor in Graduate Periodontics at the University of Washington.

Dr. Lamb was an active member of the American Academy of Periodontology, the Academy of Osseointegration, the California Society of Periodontics, the American Dental Association, the California Dental Association, the San Mateo County Dental Society, the Studiengruppe für Restaurative Zahnheilkunde, the Deutschen Gesellschaft für Parodontologie, the European Federation of Periodontology, the International Academy of Periodontology, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ästhetische Zahnheilkunde, the European Association for Osseointegration, the European Dental Association, the Indian Academy of Osseointegration, and the International Academy of Advanced Interdisciplinary Dentistry.

Dr. Lamb has published in periodontal textbooks and various dental journals and lectures extensively both nationally and internationally while maintaining a private practice limited to periodontics and implantology in Foster City, California. Dr. Lamb is also the founder and owner of the Interdisciplinary Dental Education Academy (IDEA) in Foster City, California.

Dr. France Lambert graduated from the University of Liege in Periodontology, where she continued to obtain a PhD in the same subject. She has also completed a fellowship program in oral implantology at the prestigious Harvard School of Dental Medicine as well as the University of Washington. She is currently Head of Clinic in the Periodontology and Oral Surgery Departement at the University of Liege. Her clinical work is focused exclusively on implantology, mucogingival surgery and periodontics. Her scientific research areas target different aspects of the use of biomaterial and dental implants.

Professor Lang received his dental degree at the University of Berne in 1968 and his Dr. Med. dent. In 1970. After obtaining a Master of Science in Periodontology at the University of Michigan, USA, Professor Lang  returned to the University of Berne to earn his PhD in 1978. Currently Professor of Implant Dentistry at the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR PR China, in the area of oral rehabilitation. Author of over 520 refereed publications and conference proceedings, Professor Lang holds four honorary doctorates as well as honorary memberships of 10 national societies and received Honour’s including the “Prix Louis Metzger” (1968) from the Swiss Dental Association (SSO) and the “Basic Science in Periodontal Disease Award” (1992) from the International Association for Dental Research. Former President of the International Team of Implantology (ITI) and the Swiss Society of Periodontology (SSP). Professor Lang is editor-in-chief of Clinical Oral Implants Research. Professor Lang actively participates in clinical research related to implant dentistry, periodontology, aetiology and pathogenesis of peri-implant infections risk evaluations wound healing and oral microbiology.

Burton Langer, DMD, MScD, was one of the first periodontists trained in osseointegration by Professor Per-Ingvar Brånemark. He has lectured extensively throughout the world and has written over 50 articles and chapters for ten textbooks. He is the recipient of the 1992 Isador Hirschfeld Award for Clinical Excellence, the 1997 American Academy of Periodontology Master Clinician Award, and the 2015 Robert Eskow New York University College of Dentistry/Implant Dentistry Award. Dr Langer was named an honorary member of the American College of Prosthodontists in 2016.

Born in Bordeaux in 1960, Dr Jean-François Lasserre graduated from the University of Bordeaux in 1983. After a postgraduate degree (DEA) in anthropology, he was appointed lecturer in 1994 in the Department of Prosthetics at the Faculty of Dental Surgery of Bordeaux. In 2003, he defended his doctoral thesis on dental wear in present and past populations, with in particular the development of a wear simulator to study composites and ceramics. He taught occlusodontics for more than 15 years, and later devoted himself to teaching and research in the fields of esthetics and ceramic restorations. He is the author of numerous national and international articles and frequently lectures in these fields. As a hospital practitioner, he is also a freelance practitioner in Bordeaux specializing in esthetic dentistry, implantology, and prosthetics. He is the founder of ‘Symbiose,’ a research and training group in esthetic dentistry. Responsible for the international relations of his faculty, he was appointed Associate Professor at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy (UMP) of Ho Chi Minh City as well as Honorary Professor at the Hanoi Medical University of Vietnam. He is also an Associate Professor at the Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.