Anton Sculean DMD, MS, PhD

Dr. Anton Sculean is a Professor and Chairman of the Periodontology Department and currently Executive Director of the School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern. He got his DMA at Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary (1990) and his MS at the Universities of Münster, Germany, and Royal Dental College. Aarhus, Denmark. He received his Habilitation (PhD) at the University of Saarland, Homburg, Germany. He was Head of the Department of Periodontology and Programme Director, of EFP accredited postgraduate program, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands (2004-2008).

Sculean was appointed Professor and Chairman of the Department of Periodontology, University of Bern (2008). Currently, he serves as Executive Chairman, of the School of Dental Medicine, at the University of Bern. He received many research awards, including the Anthony Rizzo Award of the Periodontal Research Group of the International Association for Dental Research, and the IADR/Straumann Award in Regenerative Periodontal Medicine. He has received honorary doctorates - Semmelweis University and Victor Babes University in Timisoara, Romania.

He has authored over 260 publications in peer-reviewed journals, and 14 chapters in periodontal textbooks, and has delivered over 300 lectures nationally and internationally. He is the editor of Periodontal Regenerative Therapy. He serves on the editorial board of various dental journals, as editor, associate editor, or editor-in-chief. Professor Sculean presided over the Periodontal Research Group of the IADR(2009-2010) and currently presides over the Swiss Periodontology Society and is a member of the executive committee of the European Periodontology Federation.