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Daniel Buser, DDS, Prof em Dr med dent, is one of the most experienced international implant surgeons, with 35 years of surgical experience. He is past professor and chairman in the Department of Oral Surgery at the University of Bern in Switzerland and past president of the European Association for Osseointegration, the Swiss Society of Oral Implantology, the Swiss Society of Oral Surgery and Stomatology, and the International Team for Implantology (ITI). He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the ITI Honorary Fellowship and the Morton Amsterdam Award. He has authored and coauthored over 400 publications and is editor of 30 Years of Guided Bone Regeneration (Quintessence, 2021), which was recently published in its third edition. Dr Buser is cofounder of the Buser & Sculean Academy, which offers continuing education courses in periodontology and implant dentistry, and lectures nationally and internationally.

Ueli Grunder, DMD, is a past president of the Swiss Society of Oral Implantology and the European Academy of Esthetic Dentistry. He has published numerous papers and the book Implants in the Esthetic Zone (Quintessence, 2015), which has been translated into 11 languages. He lectures extensively nationally and internationally on the surgical and prosthetic aspects of implant dentistry. Dr Grunder maintains a group private practice in Zollikon-Zürich, Switzerland.

The coverage of recessions around teeth is a very successful surgical treatment. The published evidence suggests that periodontal plastic surgeons can very predictably perform these procedures. However, how does reality present? What are the measurement methods and indexes used to support the external evidence? During this lecture, we will look very critically at the evidence we used to support our enthusiasm about the coverage of recession procedures. Second, we will try to answer the raised question in the title of this lecture. Third, the entire thought process will be supported by clinical cases.

1992 – 2012: Private Practice, together with Dr med dent MA Marco Imoberdorf, and until 2011, together with Dr med dent Peter Velvart, Rennweg, Zürich, Switzerland. 2013 – 2021: Private Practice, together with Dr med dent Christian Ramel (reconstructive dentistry), Dr med dent MA Marco Imoberdorf (reconstructive dentistry), Dr med dent Karin Wolleb (reconstructive dentistry), and Dr med dent Frank Paqué (endodontology practice), Rennweg, Zürich, Switzerland. Successor: PD Dr med dent Sven Mühlemann. 2021 – present: Presentations, workshops, and courses in reconstructive dentistry, including implantology and adhesive techniques

Education
1979 – 1985: Studies in General Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zürich, Switzerland (DMD graduate). 1986 – 1988: Assistant in Private Practice, Switzerland. 1988 – 1990: Postgraduate program in reconstructive dentistry, Department of Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics and Dental Material Sciences, Center for Dental and Oral Medicine and Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Zürich, Switzerland. Director: Prof Dr P. Schärer. 1990 – 1992: Assistant Professor and Senior Lecturer, Department of Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics and Dental Material Sciences, Center for Dental and Oral Medicine and Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Zürich, Switzerland. Director: Prof Dr P. Schärer. 2001 – 2020: Postgraduate Instructor for aesthetic dentistry and implantology, Department of Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics and Dental Material Sciences, Center for Dental and Oral Medicine and Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Zürich, Switzerland. Director: Prof Dr med dent C. Hämmerle

Licenses, certifications, and titles
1985: Federal Board Examination for Dentists (DMD graduate) and Diploma for Dental Medicine, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zürich, Switzerland. 1986: Dr med dent (doctor medicinae dentium), University of Zürich, Switzerland. 1993: Certification as specialist in reconstructive dentistry (SSO). 2001: Certification as specialist in reconstructive dentistry, aesthetics, and function (EDA)

Membership of professional and scientific organizations
Schweizerische Zahnärzte-Gesellschaft (SSO), Swiss Society of Reconstructive Dentistry (SSRD), European Dental Association (EDA), Swiss Society for Implantology (SGI-SSIO), European Academy of Esthetic Dentistry (EAED): Active Member, Academy of Osseointegration (AO), International Team for Implantology (ITI): Fellow; Editorial Board Member and Reviewer for: International Journal of Periodontics and Restorative Dentistry, International Journal of Esthetic Dentistry

Peter Schupbach studied natural sciences at the Federal Technical High School of Switzerland and did 1979 his degree as Doctor of Science. He spent over 20 years at the Dental Institute of the University of Zurich as a head of a histological group. He has a PhD in biology and was lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine of the University Zurich for "Oral Biology and Pathophysiology". He is member of several international organizations and author or co-author of over 70 peer-reviewed publications in the fields of implantology, bone augmentation, tissue regeneration, oral microbiology and oral pathophysiology. He is an international lecturer in implantology. Today he is owner of Schupbach Ltd, a histology and research laboratory for biomaterials in Switzerland. He is associate Professor at the School of Dentistry, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta and since 2008 he is adjunct Professor of Periodontics at the School of Medicine, Robert Schattner Center, University of Pennsylvania, USA. He also is a consultant for the "The International Journal of Periodontics and Restorative Dentistry" and faculty member of the "Global Institute for Dental Education" (gIDE, Los Angeles, US).