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Miguel Peñarrocha Diago, DDS, MDS, PhD, is Professor and Chairman of Oral Surgery and Director of the Department of Stomatology at the University of Valencia, Spain. Dr. Peñarrocha Diago initially graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Valencia, Spain, in 1979 and went on to complete specializations in Stomatology and Neurology. He gained his PhD from the University of Valencia in 1987 and his MDS in Oral Surgery and Implantology from the University of Barcelona in 2000. He was appointed Professor of Oral Medicine at the University of Valencia in 1992 and Professor of Oral Surgery in 2000. Dr. Peñarrocha Diago is a Fellow of the European Board of Oral Surgery, the European Federation of Oral Surgery Societies. He has undertaken diverse research projects with public funding and has also participated in 20 research projects in collaboration with public institutions and private companies. Dr. Peñarrocha Diago is President of the Spanish Society of Oral Surgery.He is a regular speaker at national and international conferences and a reviewer for various leading journals. He has published 310 articles in indexed journals and edited or authored 14 books.

Ugo Covani, DDS, MDS, is Full Professor of Implant Dentistry at the University of Pisa, Italy, where he is Director of the Master's Degree in Oral Implantology. He is also Chairman of Istituto Stomatologico Toscano at Versilia General Hospital, Lido di Camaiore, Italy. Dr. Covani has been a Visiting Professor in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, USA since 1997. Prior to taking up his present post, he was a Consultant Surgeon in the Department of Dentistry, San Raffaele Hospital in Milan (1995-2000) and Associate Professor and Head of Oral Pathology and Medicine at the University of Genoa (2001-8). Dr. Covani is a Past-President of the Italian Society of Oral Surgery (Società Italiana di Chirurgia Orale) (1994-6) and also a