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- Dr. Jens Ove Andreasen (Copenhagen, Denmark) DDS, Odont. Dr.h
- Dr. David Clark, DDS
- Dr. Shimon Friedman, DMD
- Dr Markus Haapasalo, PhD
- Dr. Manor Haas, DDS
- Dr. Ken Hargreaves, DDS, PhD
- Dr. Eric Herbranson, DDS,MS,FICD
- Dr. Wm. Ben Johnson, DDS
- Dr. Sonia Leziy,
DDS, Dipl Perio, FCDS(BC), FRCD(C)
- Prof. Dr. Pierre Machtou
Dr. Jens Ove Andreasen (Copenhagen, Denmark) DDS, Odont. Dr.h
 Dr. Andreasen received his dental degree from the Royal Dental College, Copenhagen, in 1959. He did his postgraduate training in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University Hospital in Copenhagen, where he now is an associate Professor. Dr. Andreasen has authored more than 250 publications and 10 textbooks, covering topics such as dental traumatology, tooth replantation and autotransplantation, tooth eruption and tooth impaction. Dr. Andreasen has received 3 honorary doctorate degrees and has been invited to lecture in 42 countries
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Dr. David Clark, DDS
 Dr. Clark founded the Academy of Microscope Enhanced Dentistry, an international association formed to advance the science and practice of microendodontics, microperiodontics, microprosthodontics and microdentistry. He is a course director at the Newport Coast Oral Facial Institute in Newport Beach, California. He is co-director of Precision Aesthetics Northwest in Tacoma Washington, and an associate member of the American Association of Endodontists. He lectures and gives hands-on seminars internationally on a variety of topics related to microscope-enhanced dentistry. He has developed numerous innovations in the fields of micro dental instrumentation, imaging, and dental operatory design. Dr. Clark has authored several landmark articles about microscope dentistry including Aesthetic Dentistry, Sealants, The Role of Ultrasonics in Three Dimensional Shaping and Restoration of Non Vital Teeth, Micro-Imaging and Practice Management, and Crack Diagnosis.
Dr. Clark is proud to join with CRA (Clinical Research Associates) in The "Update Series" lectures and also to participate in the important research at their world class facility in Provo, Utah.
Dr. Clark is the editor in chief for the 2005 launch of The Journal of Microscope Dentistry. He is one of the pioneers of the microscope in restorative dentistry and was the first to install ceiling tracks to facilitate the use of a microscope in more than one operatory. He recently published a completely new approach to diagnosis and treatment of cracked teeth, based on a new nomenclature and classification system for enamel and dentinal cracks observed at 16x in The Journal of Esthetic and Restorative Dentistry. He is also developing new techniques and materials to better restore endodontically treated teeth, including the Endo-Restorative Casting.
Dr. Clark is a 1986 graduate of the University of Washington School of Dentistry. He maintains a microscope-centered restorative practice in Tacoma, Washington USA.
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Dr. Shimon Friedman, DMD
 Dr. Friedman received his DMD degree from the Hebrew University and Hadassah Faculty of Dental Medicine of Jerusalem, Israel in 1975, and completed his specialization in Endodontics at the same university in 1983. He spent 5 years (1975-1980) teaching part-time, and then 11 years (1981-1991) teaching full-time, carrying out research and practicing Endodontics in Jerusalem. During these years he spent one year as visiting professor at Temple University School of Dentistry in Philadelphia working with Dr. M. Trope and co-workers. He served as Chairman of the Israel Endodontic Society for 3 years (1985-1988), and as Israel’s representative to the European Society of Endodontology and the International Federation of Endodontic Associations. He was promoted through the academic ranks to Senior Lecturer.
In 1992, Dr. Friedman responded to an invitation from the University of Toronto to head the Endodontics Department and assumed a full-time position as Associate Professor at the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto. In 1993 he established the first and, thus far, the only Graduate Endodontics Program in Canada. He was promoted to full professor in 1996.
He is currently a member of several societies, including the American Association of Endodontists, Canadian Academy of Endodontics and Ontario Society of Endodontists. He has served on several editorial boards of journals, including the International Endodontic Journal, Oral Surgery, Oral Pathology, Oral Medicine, Radiology and Endodontics, Endodontics & Dental Traumatology, Practical Periodontics and Aesthetic Dentistry and Alpha Omegan. He is Co-chief Editor of the CD-ROM Visual Endodontics& Traumatology, and Associate Editor of Endodontic Topics.
Dr. Friedman has published 108 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals, in addition to 7 textbook chapters and over 60 research abstracts. He has presented over 160 national and international lectures and addresses. His main research interests include the areas of: outcome of endodontic treatment procedures and its predictors, efficacy of root canal medicaments and filling materials, epidemiology, laser applications in Endodontics, internal bleaching, apex locators, microscopic Endodontics and anatomy. His main clinical interests include the non-surgical and surgical management of persistent disease affecting root-filled teeth.
Dr. Friedman is presently Head of Endodontics and Director of the M.Sc. Program in Endodontics at the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, and maintains a private practice limited to Endodontics in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Dr. Markus Haapasalo, PhD
 Dr. Haapasalo received his dental degree from the Faculty of Dentistry of the University of Helsinki, Finland in 1978. He received his PhD (Dr odont.) from the University of Helsinki in 1986 on the microbiology of endodontic infections, and completed his specialization in endodontics in 1987. He has taught and practiced endodontics in private practice and at the university. He has been a visiting scientist at the University of British Columbia in 1990–1991 and 1993.
Since 1995, he has been a Professor of Endodontics and, since 1999, the Head of the Endodontic Department and director of the Postgraduate Program in Endodontics (from 2001) at Dept. of Endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry in Oslo, Norway. Fall 2004 he started in a new position as the head of the Division of Endodontics, Department of Oral Medical and Biological Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia, Canada.
Dr. Haapasalo has authored or co-authored ca. 80 scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals. His main interest is in the field of endodontic medicaments, disinfection and microbiology. He is the editor-in-chief of Endodontic Topics and an associate editor of Journal of Endodontics. He serves on the Editorial Board of International Endodontic Journal, and as a referee in several other scientific journals. He is also an editor-in-chief of an international endodontic multimedia program, "Visual Endodontics & Traumatology". Dr. Haapasalo has received teaching awards and is actively lecturing about endodontics world-wide.
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Dr. Ken Hargreaves, DDS, PhD
 Dr. Hargreaves received his DDS from Georgetown University School of Dentistry, his PhD in physiology from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, MD, and his certificate in Endodontics from the University of Minnesota. Ken was a senior staff fellow at the Pain Clinic of the Neurobiology and Anesthesiology Branch of the NIDCR for five years, and then associate professor of Endodontics and Pharmacology at the University of Minnesota for seven years. He joined the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in 1997, as professor and Chair of the Department of Endodontics, with a joint position in the Department of Pharmacology. He has maintained a private practice limited to endodontics and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Endodontists. His area of research focuses on the pharmacology of pain and inflammation. The research approach of Ken and his colleagues include clinical trials, animal studies and in vitro tissue studies. Ken has received an NIH MERIT Award for pain research and two IADR Distinguished Scientist Awards (for Pulp Biology in 1999 and Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics in 2000). He has published more than 100 articles and, with Harold Goodis, co-edited Seltzer and Bender’s Dental Pulp, and with Steve Cohen and Karl Keiser, co-edited the 9 th edition of Pathways of the Pulp.
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Dr. Eric Herbranson, DDS,MS,FICD
 Dr. Eric Herbranson is co-founder and Executive Director of Brown & Herbranson Imaging, a company that develops dental and human anatomy education software. He is also the developer of the Xmount series of microscope camera mounts. With over 30 years in practice, Dr. Herbranson is a dedicated clinical endodontist. He has made a significant contribution over the last 20 years as clinical assistant professor at the University of the Pacific School of Dentistry where he lectures to students and special interest groups on endodontics, technology in dentistry, and microscope photography. Dr. Herbranson’s study of physics and 40 years experience in film and digital imaging provide him with an educated understanding of macro and microphotography, and affords him a unique vision of endodontic education and image production. With his innovative approach and advanced imaging skills, Dr. Herbranson developed the unique processes and methodology for capturing images of human and dental anatomy now used as the basis for Brown & Herbranson Imaging’s educational technology.
Dr. Herbranson is the co-author of the chapter on tooth anatomy in Pathways of the Pulp, the top selling textbook on endodontics. Dr. Herbranson is a frequent speaker and educator at universities and conferences on the subjects of integration of new technology into dentistry, the use of software and computers in presentations, and surgical operation microscope photography.. Dr. Herbranson earned a Bachelor of Science from La Sierra College, a Doctoral of Dental Surgery from Loma Linda University, and a Masters of Science in Endodontics from Loma Linda University.
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Dr. Manor Haas, D.D.S., Cert. Endo., F.R.C.D.(C)
 Dr. Haas maintains a private practice in Toronto, limited to endodontics and microsurgery. He is a endodontic consultant and senior member of the Pediatric Dental Department at the Hospital for Sick Children and an Assistant Professor in the Discipline of Endodontics at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Dentistry where he instructs and lectures in the undergraduate and graduate divisions.
Dr. Haas obtained his dental degree from the University of Toronto in 1997, and specialized in Endodontics at the Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 2002. He has given numerous continuing education courses to various dental organizations nationally and internationally.
Dr. Haas has accumulated a decade of experience in incorporating magnification into daily dental practice, including general dentistry.
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Dr. Wm. Ben Johnson, D.D.S.
 Dr. Johnson is an Endodontist, inventor, entrepreneur, educator, philanthropist and friend to dentists worldwide. After developing Thermafil, a novel root filling technique that is now widely accepted, he established Tulsa Dental Products in 1988 and embarked on a unique journey of modernizing Endodontic treatment. He used the same design elements of Thermafil to develop ProFile .04 and .06 nickel-titanium hand and engine-driven root canal instruments. More recently, he was instrumental in the design of the ProTaper series of rotary files. For nearly fifteen years, he has traveled more than 250 days per year bringing new endodontic concepts to all corners of the world. In many countries, particularly in Asia and South America, Dr. Johnson was the only North American Endodontics lecturer ever seen. Thus, the Endodontic progress made in these countries to date can be largely credited to his efforts and influence.
Among several distinguished awards Dr. Johnson has received are the 2004 President’s Award from the American Association of Endodontists and the 2000 Louis I Grossman Award from the French Endodontic Society. The American Association of Endodontists named him Philanthropist of the Year, and he received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Tulsa in 1996. The Oklahoma Bar Association honored Dr. Johnson as Inventor of the Year in 1994.
Dr. Johnson is a member of numerous dental organizations, including the Oklahoma Dental Association, American Association of Endodontists, Pierre Fauchard Academy, the American College of Dentists and the International College of Dentists. He is past president of the Oklahoma Association of Endodontists, the Southwest Society of Endodontists, and the Tulsa County Dental Society. He has been published in several dental journals and textbooks and is a world-renowned lecturer on endodontic innovations.
Widely respected for his support of dental schools and research endeavors, Dr. Johnson has donated funds to many schools and numerous projects across North America and beyond, quietly, without fanfare, and often requesting to remain anonymous. His gifts to the American Association of Endodontists were unprecedented and unmatched by any other individual or company. These contributions have helped bring Endodontic teaching, research and treatment to higher levels.
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Dr. Sonia Leziy, DDS, Dipl Perio, FCDS(BC), FRCD(C)
 Sonia Leziy received her dental degree from McGill University. Her post-graduate degree in periodontics was completed at the University of British Columbia, Canada. Dr. Leziy is a Fellow of the Royal College of Dentists of Canada, a Fellow of the ICOI, and a member of the British Columbia Society of Periodontists, the Canadian Academy of Periodontists and the American Academy of Periodontists. Dr. Leziy is past president of the British Columbia Society of Periodontists. She is a clinical associate professor and sessional lecturer at the University of British Columbia and co-mentors the Vancouver Prosthodontic, Periodontic and Implant Study Group Seminars. Dr. Leziy is a member of the Nobel Biocare Global Scientific Planning Committee and a NobelKnowledge web expert panel member. She lectures internationally on the subject of implants and advanced aesthetics/periodontal plastic surgery. Dr. Leziy maintains a full-time private practice in the Imperio Group with Dr. Brahm Miller, prosthodontist and fellow periodontists Dr. Priscilla Walsh and Dr. Andrea Csiszar, specializing in implant surgery and restoration.
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Prof. Dr. Pierre Machtou
 Prof. Dr. Machtou graduated 1967 at the Paris 7 University. He completed his habilitation and became a full professor at the same University in 1997. He is the past scientific director and general secretary of the French Endodontic society. He is a member of numerous national and international endodontic and dental
societies, such as AAE, ESE, Pierre Fauchard Academy, and is a Fellow of the International College of Dentists.
Pierre Machtou serves as the associate Editor of Endodontic Practice and was scientific advisor of the IFEA World Congress in Paris 1992. He lectured and held seminars extensively in many countries worldwide. He is the author of 70 articles and 6 book chapters. He has limited his practice to Endodontics since 1978.
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