Priv.-Doz. Dr. Julian Schmoeckel Master of Science in Pediatric Dentistry, Chief Clinical Dentist in the Department of Preventive Dentistry and Pediatric Dentistry at the University of Greifswald with a focus on student education including Master's degree courses and clinical research as well as author and speaker in the field of pediatric dentistry

Educated as dental technician from 1979 – 1983 in Hamburg; Examination for the grade of master, April 22nd, 1992 in Munster, NRW. Working as practical technician for one year Working in commercial laboratories in Bielefeld from 1985-1988 Self-employed since 1989 in Bielefeld; Journalist for “Quintessenz der Zahntechnik”; Advisory function, Product development, Marketing concepts, Product photography (Dental, Food, Lifestyle), Presentations; Foundation of an institution for further education in 1988; National and international lectures; External consultant in Germany, Italy, Poland, Hungary, England, Benelux, Bosnia, USA, Canada, Russia, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and South Africa Numerous publications; Inventor of FB Analyzer, Tribos V-shade, Denture Art, Carrara Paint

Dr. Schupp graduated in dentistry in 1985 from the University of Münster and continued his studies here as a postgraduate student of orthodontics under the direction of Prof. Dr. U Ehmer. Collaboration in the orthodontic private practice of Dr. DE Toll followed and since 1990, he has been in private practice as an orthodontics specialist in Cologne, Germany. In his office, over 6000 patients have been treated with aligner orthodontics. He is certified in Manual Medicine and Osteopathy for Orthodontics. Dr. Schupp is a founding member and past president of the German Board of Orthodontics and Orofacial Orthopedics, and a board member of the German Society of Aligner Orthodontics (DGAO). He is also founder and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Aligner Orthodontics (JAO) and an advisory board member for the periodical Manuelle Medizin. He has published various articles concerning orthodontics, function, and pain therapy. He has written the books Funktionslehre in der Kieferorthopädie and Kraniomandibuläres und Muskuloskelletales System, as well as the first edition of Aligner Orthodontics, published in 2016 (Quintessence Publishing) and translated in several languages. Dr. Schupp is also visiting professor at the Capital University, Beijing, China.

Frank Schwarz is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Oral Surgery and Implantology at the Centre for Dentistry and Oral Medicine (Carolinum), Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany. He serves as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Clinical Periodontology and Editorial Board Member for Periodontology 2000, Clinical Oral Implants Research and Clinical Implant Dentistry and Related Research. He is a Member of the Board of Directors of the European Association for Osseointegration – EAO, Executive Board Member of the Osteology Foundation, and Past President of the German Association of Oral Implantology (DGI). He was awarded the André Schröder Research Prize in 2007, the Miller Research Prize in 2012 and the Jan Lindhe Award in 2017.