Dr. Pascal Magne is currently the Director of the Center for Education and Research in Biomimetic Restorative Dentistry (CER BRD) in Beverly Hills.
In 1989, he became lecturer at the Geneva School of Dental Medicine, while practicing and receiving training in fixed prosthodontics. He pursued two doctorates, in 1992 (DMD) and in 2002 (Ph.D.). The latter while co-authoring the book Bonded Porcelain Restorations in the Anterior Dentition–A Biomimetic Approach, with Professor Urs Belser (translated into 12 languages). He would add to his research on dental innovations at the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry in 1997-1999. He has been widely published, resulting in many awards.
Pascal was recruited as a full-time tenured faculty of the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry at the University of Southern California School in 2004, as the Don and Sybil Harrington Professor of Esthetic Dentistry. At USC, Dr. Magne spearheaded a multitude of curricular innovations in the areas of biomimetics, minimally invasive dentistry, and bonding techniques. His scholarly activity during his years there yielded over 100 peer-reviewed publications and many continuing education programs nationally and internationally. In 2021, Dr. Magne published the second edition of his bestselling book entitled Biomimetic Restorative Dentistry.
Marco Gresnigt graduated cum laude from the University of Groningen in 2005. In January 2012, he received his doctorate in adhesive attachment of facings.
At the University Medical Center Groningen, he is head of restorative dentistry and biomaterials. He also conducts research in the field of restorative/adhesive dentistry and teaches aesthetic and reconstructive dentistry. Several PhD students are supervised by him and he publishes in peer reviewed international journals.
Marco lectures and teaches internationally in the field of aesthetic and adhesive dentistry. Both in the field of clinical treatments and research, he has won multiple awards including the prestigious EAED Presentation Award, International Smile award and LiSi World Award. Marco is the current president of BeNeLux chapter of the international Bio-Emulation group and honorary ambassador of SlowDentistry.
Carline van den Breemer was born on January 3th 1988 in Soest, the Netherlands. After finishing secondary school in 2006 at the Baarnsch Lyceum she studied Educational Sciences at the University of Groningen. After one year she switched to Dentistry.
During her study she was vice-president of the board of the dental student faculty association T.M.F.V. Archigenes and participated in several education committees. She obtained her qualification in 2013. Subsequently she started her PHD research on ‘Immediate Dentin Sealing in posterior restorations’, which she succesfully defended in 2018.
She combined this with working in a private dental practice, first in Groningen and now in Maarssen, Utrecht. She continues working at the Dentistry Faculty in Groningen as a teacher and researcher.
In 2015, I started studying dentistry at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. During my master’s degree, I developed a special interest in conducting research on minimally invasive adhesive dentistry and therefore applied for the MD-PhD programme in 2020. While working on my master’s, I published two scientific articles in high impact dental journals on ‘Deep Margin Elevation’. In 2022, I graduated from the University of Groningen and continued my research.
Immediately after my graduation, I also started working two days a week at the ‘Buijs Tandartsen’ dental practice in Groningen. This dental practice shares my passion in performing highly aesthetic minimally invasive treatments for oral rehabilitation using an operating microscope. My joy and passion come from restoring dental tissue and thereby mimicking nature as closely as possible.
I plan to complete my PhD in early 2024 and thereby contribute to dental knowledge on Deep Margin Elevation.
Prof. Dr. Marco Aurélio de Carvalho is a dentist in charge of biomimetic and aesthetic dentistry at the Brazilian Center for Aesthetic Dentistry in Goiania, Brazil. He is also a part-time research professor at the postgraduate dental program (PPGO) and the graduate program of the Evangelical University of Goias (UniEvangelica), Anapolis, Brazil. He currently teaches restorative dentistry, integrated clinics, scientific writing, dental materials – biomechanical testing and didactic materials. Marco is in charge of the Dental Multiuser Research Laboratory at UniEvangelica and supervises several MSc students. He has published more than 30 peer-reviewed papers, written 3 book chapters and serves as a reviewer for several prestigious dental research journals.
Marco would like more and more dentists to learn about and apply the bio-emulative approach in restorative dentistry, which is why he has joined Summit Research to collaborate with this research community.
Prof. Dr. Marco Aurélio de Carvalho
Cirurgião-Dentista (FO-UFG) CRO-GO 11348
Especialista em Prótese Dental (FOAr-Unesp)
Mestre e Doutor em Clínica Odontológica – Prótese Dental (FOP-Unicamp)
Pós-doutorado FO-UFG
Professor PPGO na UniEvangélica – Anápolis – GO
Dentista no Centro Brasileiro de Odontologia Estética -CBOE – Goiânia -GO
Doctor of Dental Surgery (FO-UFG), Prosthodontist (FOAr-Unesp),
MSc, Ph.D. in Dental Prosthesis (FOP-Unicamp)
Visiting Scholar at the University of Southern California – Los Angeles – CA – USA
Postdoctoral Researcher at FO-UFG
Professor at UniEvangélica
Dentist at CBOE – Goiânia – GO – Brazil
Gerardo Durán Ojeda graduated from Universidad del Mar, Iquique, Chile in 2010. During 2016 he received is Masters degree in Restorative Dentistry and also he Specialized in Oral Rehabilitation from the University Andrés Bello, Viña del Mar, Chile.
At Universidad Arturo Prat, in Chile, he coordinates the Biomaterials in Dentistry program since 2013, were he conducts basic research in restorative dentistry. Today, he is PhD candidate from the Faculty of Dentistry at the National University of Cordoba, in Argentina.
Gerardo is a member of the Academy of Dental Materials, and several other societies in the field of Cosmetic and Restorative Dentistry, and he owns a private practice in Iquique, Chile.
Elisa D. Aboucauch Grassi was born in Foz do Iguaçú – PR, Brazil, in 1993. She graduated in dentistry from the State University of Londrina in 2017, worked for two years in private practice and, in 2019, decided to study for a master’s degree in restorative dentistry (with a focus on prosthetics) at the State University of São Paulo (UNESP), with the theme Deep Margin Elevation (DME). This theme inspired her to start her PhD research in 2021, the same year she became teacher at the Braz Cubas University in Mogi das Cruzes-SP.
In 2023 she was awarded a FAPESP scholarship and then an international scholarship to conduct research for one year (2024) at the University of Groningen, developing studies linked to DME and and Immediate Dentin Sealing (IDS). Her research is focused on the field of Restorative Dentistry science, especially in the topic of adhesion, and mechanical properties, following topics: Composite Resin Cervical Margins, Biomimetics, Biomechanic Behavior, Dental Ceramics, CAD/CAM, Indirect Restorations and Adhesion.
Mariëtte Grykien is in 2016 afgestudeerd aan de Radboud Universiteit te Nijmegen. Na haar opleiding heeft ze werkervaring opgedaan in meerdere praktijken in de regio Amsterdam. Om zich verder te verdiepen in verschillende deelgebieden binnen de tandheelkunde heeft ze postacademische opleidingen gevolgd, in zowel binnen- als buitenland.
Hoge kwaliteit, duurzaamheid, minimaal invasieve- en esthetische tandheelkunde staan in haar werk centraal. Ze voert restauratieve en esthetische behandelingen uit met behulp van een microscoop of loepbril.
Ze kijkt met een brede blik naar de patiënt en het gebit; om problemen te voorkomen en duurzame oplossingen aan te bieden. Daarnaast let ze op het functioneren van het gebit als geheel en legt ze zich toe op het zo natuurgetrouw mogelijk restaureren van tanden en kiezen waarbij zo min mogelijk gezond tandweefsel wordt opgeofferd.
Naast haar werkzaamheden in de stoel is zij mede-organisator, hostess en docent voor de cursussen van Summit Dentistry.
Jelte Hofsteenge graduated from the University of Groningen in July 2019.
In September 2019, he started his Ph.D. on the influence of cusp capping on the restoration of vital premolars and molars. At the University of Groningen, Jelte conducts research on restorative/adhesive dentistry and teaches aesthetic and reconstructive dentistry. He published multiple studies in international journals.
Jelte practices dentistry at the private practice JouwTandarts in Leeuwarden where he performs general dentistry.
Joyce Jonker: “After completing my VWO, I subsequently started studying dentistry at the University of Groningen in 2018. While writing my master’s thesis, my interest in conducting research arose.
Simultaneously with my master’s, I therefore applied for the (D)MD/PhD program with the topic of the lithium disilicate cantilever etch bridge, consistent with my master’s thesis topic. At the end of my fifth year of study, I published the first scientific paper.
I am currently a final year student and expect to graduate in 2024 and then combine working as a dentist with conducting research. In 2026, the (D)MD/PhD program is expected to be completed with multiple studies contributing to dental knowledge about the lithium disilicate cantilever etch bridge.”
Maurits de Kuijper (May 17, 1989) studied Dentistry at the University of Groningen and completed the study in 2014. In 2015, he started a PhD program on the direct and indirect restoration of endodontically treated elements, on which he received his PhD in 2021. In the same year, his thesis entitled ‘Direct composite versus glass-ceramic endocrowns for mechanically compromised molar teeth’ won him the NWVT Hamer-Duyvensz Prize and the NTVT Debut Prize for the article ‘Fracture strength of different types of direct and indirect restorations in the functional recovery of endodontically treated molars’.
Maurits regularly publishes and reviews for international peer-reviewed journals and lectures on the restoration of endodontically treated elements and restorative dentistry in general. As of September 2018, he supervises students in the fabrication of crown and bridge work at the Center for Dentistry and Oral Health within the University Medical Center Groningen.
Maurits also works at Mondzorgcentrum Winschoten and the Center for special dentistry of the Martini Hospital in Groningen. His areas of interest are restorative and adhesive dentistry.
Priscilla Lazari-Carvalho graduated from the University of Sao Paulo State – UNESP, Brazil, in 2010. In 2013, she received her Master’s in Science in Prosthodontics from the State University of Campinas (Unicamp), studying bilayered zirconia crowns. During the year of 2015 she was a visiting scholar at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, under the supervision of Dr Pascal Magne. In 2017, Dr Lazari-Carvalho received her PhD in Prosthodontics from Unicamp, Brazil, studying about the biomimetic restoration of endodontically treated teeth (ETT). In 2022 Dr Lazari-Carvalho finished her post-doctoral fellowship in the endodontic division of Federal University of Goias, where she went further in her studies on biomimetic approach to restore ETT, testing the effect of immediate dentin sealing and deep margin elevation prior to endodontic (re)treatment.
Currently Dr Lazari-Carvalho is full-time faculty at the postgraduate program in dentistry (PPGO) and graduation program at Evangelical University of Goias (UniEvangelica), Anapolis, Brazil. Her activities involve teaching and mentor MSc students and research groups with graduate students in prosthodontic and operative fields. Her most recent research fields involve finite element analysis, several bond strength, fracture, and fatigue resistance tests. During her academic carrier, she has published 20 papers in relevant peer-reviewed journals and four book chapters, most of them about the prosthetic rehabilitation of endodontically treated teeth and implant supported prosthesis.
Eric W. Meisberger completed his dental education at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany, graduating cum laude in the year 2005.
At the Center for Dentistry and Oral Medicine of the UMC Groningen, Eric Meisberger has played a role as Clinical Lecturer within the Restorative Dentistry and Biomaterials section since 2006. Within this framework, he focuses on imparting knowledge and skills to future dental professionals, with an emphasis on Crown and Bridge education.
At the Center for Special Dentistry at the Martini Hospital in Groningen, Eric has specialized in endodontic treatments by referral. His knowledge of these complex treatments contributes to the quality of care for patients with special dental needs.
Eric has also gained experience as a dentist in a practice for General Dentistry and referral practice for endodontic treatments (EndoGroningen). At the same time, he has published several articles in international journals as a clinical researcher. With a balanced approach to knowledge transfer and clinical application, Eric seeks to contribute to the evolution of dentistry.
Mari Miura Sugii was born in São Paulo, Brazil. She received her bachelor’s and master’s degree in dentistry at the University of Campinas.
During her master, she already researched in the field of restorative dentistry sponsored by the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP). Following her master, she specialized in orthodontics at São Leopoldo Mandic School.
In 2015 she started a Ph.D double degree program between University of Campinas and University of Groningen, Netherlands. The research was mostly conducted at the Biomedical Engineering Department and sponsored by FAPESP and the Abel Tasman Talent Project. She was awarded her doctorate title in 2019 for the thesis “Quaternary ammonium compounds to prevent oral biofilm formation”. Ever since, she works at a private dental practice and as a teacher and researcher at the University Medical Center Groningen.
Floor Vosmeijer started studying biomedical and health sciences at the Free University (VU) in Amsterdam in 2013 to transfer after two years to study Dentistry at the University of Groningen (RuG). During her studies, she worked in the department of restorative dentistry and biomaterials, where she was involved in creating new teaching units and research.
In 2022, she graduated with a multicenter study on the quality of posterior ceramic restorations using Immediate Dentin Sealing as her thesis research. As a follow-up to the thesis research and from the broader research background, she started a PhD entitled: ‘Influence of operator factors on the clinical performance of partial adhesive restorations’ in 2022.
Furthermore, Floor supervises undergraduate dental students within pre-clinical education at the RuG, where – through her enthusiasm for the profession – she tries to inspire and motivate starting students. She also works at Tandartspraktijk Polder in Emmeloord and TSP Groningen as a general dentist.
Michael Wendler graduated from the Universidad de Concepción, Chile, in 2009. He specialized in Prosthodontics and Implantology at the University of Córdoba, Argentina, in 2013, and then obtained his doctorate in Dentistry summa cum laude from the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, in Germany.
He is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Restorative Dentistry, University of Concepción, Chile, where he leads the research group in the fields of Dental Biomaterials and Prosthodontics. He has published over 30 peer-review papers in high-rated journals in his field and has won several prices, including the Voco Dental Challenge in 2015 and the Hereaus-Kulzer Travel Award in 2017. His main research interest is the mechanical and clinical behavior of restorative materials.
In parallel to his teaching to under- and postgraduate students in Concepción, Michael works at his private dental clinic in the fields of Prosthodontics and Adhesive Dentistry, where he continuously seeks for high-quality and comprehensive treatments for his patients.
Dr. Lucas Zago Naves is dentist, docent and researcher at University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG). He also is research staff member at Bio_Emulation Group.
Education:
2014 FAPESP, Post Doctoral, Dental Materials
2011 Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Dental Materials
2009 Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Master’s degree, Dental Materials
2006 Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Doctor of Dentistry Science, Dentistry
Dr. Pascal Magne is currently the Director of the Center for Education and Research in Biomimetic Restorative Dentistry (CER BRD) in Beverly Hills.
In 1989, he became lecturer at the Geneva School of Dental Medicine, while practicing and receiving training in fixed prosthodontics. He pursued two doctorates, in 1992 (DMD) and in 2002 (Ph.D.). The latter while co-authoring the book Bonded Porcelain Restorations in the Anterior Dentition–A Biomimetic Approach, with Professor Urs Belser (translated into 12 languages). He would add to his research on dental innovations at the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry in 1997-1999. He has been widely published, resulting in many awards.
Pascal was recruited as a full-time tenured faculty of the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry at the University of Southern California School in 2004, as the Don and Sybil Harrington Professor of Esthetic Dentistry. At USC, Dr. Magne spearheaded a multitude of curricular innovations in the areas of biomimetics, minimally invasive dentistry, and bonding techniques. His scholarly activity during his years there yielded over 100 peer-reviewed publications and many continuing education programs nationally and internationally. In 2021, Dr. Magne published the second edition of his bestselling book entitled Biomimetic Restorative Dentistry.
Marco Gresnigt graduated cum laude from the University of Groningen in 2005. In January 2012, he received his doctorate in adhesive attachment of facings.
At the University Medical Center Groningen, he is head of restorative dentistry and biomaterials. He also conducts research in the field of restorative/adhesive dentistry and teaches aesthetic and reconstructive dentistry. Several PhD students are supervised by him and he publishes in peer reviewed international journals.
Marco lectures and teaches internationally in the field of aesthetic and adhesive dentistry. Both in the field of clinical treatments and research, he has won multiple awards including the prestigious EAED Presentation Award, International Smile award and LiSi World Award. Marco is the current president of BeNeLux chapter of the international Bio-Emulation group and honorary ambassador of SlowDentistry.
In 2015, I started studying dentistry at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. During my master’s degree, I developed a special interest in conducting research on minimally invasive adhesive dentistry and therefore applied for the MD-PhD programme in 2020. While working on my master’s, I published two scientific articles in high impact dental journals on ‘Deep Margin Elevation’. In 2022, I graduated from the University of Groningen and continued my research.
Immediately after my graduation, I also started working two days a week at the ‘Buijs Tandartsen’ dental practice in Groningen. This dental practice shares my passion in performing highly aesthetic minimally invasive treatments for oral rehabilitation using an operating microscope. My joy and passion come from restoring dental tissue and thereby mimicking nature as closely as possible.
I plan to complete my PhD in early 2024 and thereby contribute to dental knowledge on Deep Margin Elevation.
Prof. Dr. Marco Aurélio de Carvalho is a dentist in charge of biomimetic and aesthetic dentistry at the Brazilian Center for Aesthetic Dentistry in Goiania, Brazil. He is also a part-time research professor at the postgraduate dental program (PPGO) and the graduate program of the Evangelical University of Goias (UniEvangelica), Anapolis, Brazil. He currently teaches restorative dentistry, integrated clinics, scientific writing, dental materials – biomechanical testing and didactic materials. Marco is in charge of the Dental Multiuser Research Laboratory at UniEvangelica and supervises several MSc students. He has published more than 30 peer-reviewed papers, written 3 book chapters and serves as a reviewer for several prestigious dental research journals.
Marco would like more and more dentists to learn about and apply the bio-emulative approach in restorative dentistry, which is why he has joined Summit Research to collaborate with this research community.
Prof. Dr. Marco Aurélio de Carvalho
Cirurgião-Dentista (FO-UFG) CRO-GO 11348
Especialista em Prótese Dental (FOAr-Unesp)
Mestre e Doutor em Clínica Odontológica – Prótese Dental (FOP-Unicamp)
Pós-doutorado FO-UFG
Professor PPGO na UniEvangélica – Anápolis – GO
Dentista no Centro Brasileiro de Odontologia Estética -CBOE – Goiânia -GO
Doctor of Dental Surgery (FO-UFG), Prosthodontist (FOAr-Unesp),
MSc, Ph.D. in Dental Prosthesis (FOP-Unicamp)
Visiting Scholar at the University of Southern California – Los Angeles – CA – USA
Postdoctoral Researcher at FO-UFG
Professor at UniEvangélica
Dentist at CBOE – Goiânia – GO – Brazil
Gerardo Durán Ojeda graduated from Universidad del Mar, Iquique, Chile in 2010. During 2016 he received is Masters degree in Restorative Dentistry and also he Specialized in Oral Rehabilitation from the University Andrés Bello, Viña del Mar, Chile.
At Universidad Arturo Prat, in Chile, he coordinates the Biomaterials in Dentistry program since 2013, were he conducts basic research in restorative dentistry. Today, he is PhD candidate from the Faculty of Dentistry at the National University of Cordoba, in Argentina.
Gerardo is a member of the Academy of Dental Materials, and several other societies in the field of Cosmetic and Restorative Dentistry, and he owns a private practice in Iquique, Chile.
Elisa D. Aboucauch Grassi was born in Foz do Iguaçú – PR, Brazil, in 1993. She graduated in dentistry from the State University of Londrina in 2017, worked for two years in private practice and, in 2019, decided to study for a master’s degree in restorative dentistry (with a focus on prosthetics) at the State University of São Paulo (UNESP), with the theme Deep Margin Elevation (DME). This theme inspired her to start her PhD research in 2021, the same year she became teacher at the Braz Cubas University in Mogi das Cruzes-SP.
In 2023 she was awarded a FAPESP scholarship and then an international scholarship to conduct research for one year (2024) at the University of Groningen, developing studies linked to DME and and Immediate Dentin Sealing (IDS). Her research is focused on the field of Restorative Dentistry science, especially in the topic of adhesion, and mechanical properties, following topics: Composite Resin Cervical Margins, Biomimetics, Biomechanic Behavior, Dental Ceramics, CAD/CAM, Indirect Restorations and Adhesion.
Jelte Hofsteenge graduated from the University of Groningen in July 2019.
In September 2019, he started his Ph.D. on the influence of cusp capping on the restoration of vital premolars and molars. At the University of Groningen, Jelte conducts research on restorative/adhesive dentistry and teaches aesthetic and reconstructive dentistry. He published multiple studies in international journals.
Jelte practices dentistry at the private practice JouwTandarts in Leeuwarden where he performs general dentistry.
Joyce Jonker: “After completing my VWO, I subsequently started studying dentistry at the University of Groningen in 2018. While writing my master’s thesis, my interest in conducting research arose.
Simultaneously with my master’s, I therefore applied for the (D)MD/PhD program with the topic of the lithium disilicate cantilever etch bridge, consistent with my master’s thesis topic. At the end of my fifth year of study, I published the first scientific paper.
I am currently a final year student and expect to graduate in 2024 and then combine working as a dentist with conducting research. In 2026, the (D)MD/PhD program is expected to be completed with multiple studies contributing to dental knowledge about the lithium disilicate cantilever etch bridge.”
Maurits de Kuijper (May 17, 1989) studied Dentistry at the University of Groningen and completed the study in 2014. In 2015, he started a PhD program on the direct and indirect restoration of endodontically treated elements, on which he received his PhD in 2021. In the same year, his thesis entitled ‘Direct composite versus glass-ceramic endocrowns for mechanically compromised molar teeth’ won him the NWVT Hamer-Duyvensz Prize and the NTVT Debut Prize for the article ‘Fracture strength of different types of direct and indirect restorations in the functional recovery of endodontically treated molars’.
Maurits regularly publishes and reviews for international peer-reviewed journals and lectures on the restoration of endodontically treated elements and restorative dentistry in general. As of September 2018, he supervises students in the fabrication of crown and bridge work at the Center for Dentistry and Oral Health within the University Medical Center Groningen.
Maurits also works at Mondzorgcentrum Winschoten and the Center for special dentistry of the Martini Hospital in Groningen. His areas of interest are restorative and adhesive dentistry.
Priscilla Lazari-Carvalho graduated from the University of Sao Paulo State – UNESP, Brazil, in 2010. In 2013, she received her Master’s in Science in Prosthodontics from the State University of Campinas (Unicamp), studying bilayered zirconia crowns. During the year of 2015 she was a visiting scholar at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, under the supervision of Dr Pascal Magne. In 2017, Dr Lazari-Carvalho received her PhD in Prosthodontics from Unicamp, Brazil, studying about the biomimetic restoration of endodontically treated teeth (ETT). In 2022 Dr Lazari-Carvalho finished her post-doctoral fellowship in the endodontic division of Federal University of Goias, where she went further in her studies on biomimetic approach to restore ETT, testing the effect of immediate dentin sealing and deep margin elevation prior to endodontic (re)treatment.
Currently Dr Lazari-Carvalho is full-time faculty at the postgraduate program in dentistry (PPGO) and graduation program at Evangelical University of Goias (UniEvangelica), Anapolis, Brazil. Her activities involve teaching and mentor MSc students and research groups with graduate students in prosthodontic and operative fields. Her most recent research fields involve finite element analysis, several bond strength, fracture, and fatigue resistance tests. During her academic carrier, she has published 20 papers in relevant peer-reviewed journals and four book chapters, most of them about the prosthetic rehabilitation of endodontically treated teeth and implant supported prosthesis.
Eric W. Meisberger completed his dental education at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany, graduating cum laude in the year 2005.
At the Center for Dentistry and Oral Medicine of the UMC Groningen, Eric Meisberger has played a role as Clinical Lecturer within the Restorative Dentistry and Biomaterials section since 2006. Within this framework, he focuses on imparting knowledge and skills to future dental professionals, with an emphasis on Crown and Bridge education.
At the Center for Special Dentistry at the Martini Hospital in Groningen, Eric has specialized in endodontic treatments by referral. His knowledge of these complex treatments contributes to the quality of care for patients with special dental needs.
Eric has also gained experience as a dentist in a practice for General Dentistry and referral practice for endodontic treatments (EndoGroningen). At the same time, he has published several articles in international journals as a clinical researcher. With a balanced approach to knowledge transfer and clinical application, Eric seeks to contribute to the evolution of dentistry.
Mari Miura Sugii was born in São Paulo, Brazil. She received her bachelor’s and master’s degree in dentistry at the University of Campinas.
During her master, she already researched in the field of restorative dentistry sponsored by the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP). Following her master, she specialized in orthodontics at São Leopoldo Mandic School.
In 2015 she started a Ph.D double degree program between University of Campinas and University of Groningen, Netherlands. The research was mostly conducted at the Biomedical Engineering Department and sponsored by FAPESP and the Abel Tasman Talent Project. She was awarded her doctorate title in 2019 for the thesis “Quaternary ammonium compounds to prevent oral biofilm formation”. Ever since, she works at a private dental practice and as a teacher and researcher at the University Medical Center Groningen.
Floor Vosmeijer started studying biomedical and health sciences at the Free University (VU) in Amsterdam in 2013 to transfer after two years to study Dentistry at the University of Groningen (RuG). During her studies, she worked in the department of restorative dentistry and biomaterials, where she was involved in creating new teaching units and research.
In 2022, she graduated with a multicenter study on the quality of posterior ceramic restorations using Immediate Dentin Sealing as her thesis research. As a follow-up to the thesis research and from the broader research background, she started a PhD entitled: ‘Influence of operator factors on the clinical performance of partial adhesive restorations’ in 2022.
Furthermore, Floor supervises undergraduate dental students within pre-clinical education at the RuG, where – through her enthusiasm for the profession – she tries to inspire and motivate starting students. She also works at Tandartspraktijk Polder in Emmeloord and TSP Groningen as a general dentist.
Michael Wendler graduated from the Universidad de Concepción, Chile, in 2009. He specialized in Prosthodontics and Implantology at the University of Córdoba, Argentina, in 2013, and then obtained his doctorate in Dentistry summa cum laude from the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, in Germany.
He is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Restorative Dentistry, University of Concepción, Chile, where he leads the research group in the fields of Dental Biomaterials and Prosthodontics. He has published over 30 peer-review papers in high-rated journals in his field and has won several prices, including the Voco Dental Challenge in 2015 and the Hereaus-Kulzer Travel Award in 2017. His main research interest is the mechanical and clinical behavior of restorative materials.
In parallel to his teaching to under- and postgraduate students in Concepción, Michael works at his private dental clinic in the fields of Prosthodontics and Adhesive Dentistry, where he continuously seeks for high-quality and comprehensive treatments for his patients.
Dr. Lucas Zago Naves is dentist, docent and researcher at University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG). He also is research staff member at Bio_Emulation Group.
Education:
2014 FAPESP, Post Doctoral, Dental Materials
2011 Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Dental Materials
2009 Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Master’s degree, Dental Materials
2006 Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Doctor of Dentistry Science, Dentistry
