Daniel R. Cullum, DDS, maintains a private oral and maxillofacial surgery practice and Implants Northwest LIVE training center in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, specializing in immediate and minimally invasive dental implant reconstruction. A Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and visiting lecturer at Loma Linda University and UCLA, he has written book chapters and peer-reviewed journal articles related to implant reconstruction and speaks internationally.

Douglas Deporter, DDS, is Professor, Discipline of Periodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He and his colleagues at the University of Toronto developed a shorter implant design that revolutionized implant dentistry in the 1980s, allowing more patients to be eligible for predictable implant therapy. Dr. Deporter has published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles on the subjects of periodontics and dental implants and is an invited speaker at international conferences.