Professor Dr. med. Dr. med. dent. Bilal Al-Nawas is Chairman of the Department of Oral, Maxillofacial and Plastic Surgery at the J. Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany. He has been Adjunctive Associate Professor at Kyung Hee University School of Dentistry, Seoul, Korea since 2009. Professor Al-Nawas’ major clinical and scientific focus in dental implantology is on clinical studies and basic research. His clinical field of work is compromised patients with risk factors or local bone deficiency, as well as tumor and cleft reconstructions. He has published over 200 publications in peer-reviewed journals. He sits on the ITI Board of Directors and the ITI Research Committee, is an ITI Fellow and ITI Education Delegate of the ITI Section Germany. He was twice awarded “Best Teacher at the Medical Faculty”. He is Past President of the International Federation of Dental Anesthesiology Societies (IFDAS) and Secretary General of the German Society of Implantology (DGI).

Prof. Dr. med. dent. Stefan Wolfart is the Director of the Clinic for Prosthodontics and Biomaterials at Aachen University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH Aachen University, and holder of the chair of the same name. After completing his Abitur (1988) and civil service (1989–1990), Stefan Wolfart studied dentistry at Philipps University in Marburg (state examination 1995, Dr. med. dent. 1998). During his studies, he was accepted into the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, 1993). Following a brief period in private practice near Cologne (1997), he worked as a research assistant at the Department of Prosthodontics, Propaedeutics and Dental Materials at the Schleswig-Holstein University Hospital, Campus Kiel (1998–2008), where he was appointed Senior Physician in 2000. He completed his habilitation in May 2006 and was appointed to the W3 Professorship for Prosthodontics and Biomaterials at the Faculty of Medicine of RWTH Aachen University in October 2008. His main clinical and research interests include dental implantology and implant prosthodontics, dental esthetics, the clinical evaluation of new all-ceramic restorations, and the related improvement in patients’ quality of life. He is an EPA recognized Specialist (European Prosthodontic Association), a certified Specialist in Prosthodontics of the German Society for Prosthodontics and Biomaterials (DGPro, 2001), a certified Specialist in Implantology of the German Society for Implantology (DGI), and a Fellow of the International Team for Implantology (ITI). Since 2025, he has served as Editor-in-Chief of the journal Implantologie.