Rivail Almeida Brandao Filho holds a degree in Dentistry from the Federal University of Bahia (1994), a Specialization in Orthodontics and Facial Orthopedics from PUC-Minas (1998), and a Master's degree in Dentistry from the Federal University of Bahia (2006). He is currently an assistant professor at the State University of Bahia, professor of the specialization course in Orthodontics and Facial Orthopedics at the Federal University of Bahia, and completed a doctorate with a sandwich period at Harvard Medical School Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital (USA). He has experience in the field of Dentistry, with an emphasis on Orthodontics, working mainly on the following topics: orthodontics, speech articulation disorders, orofacial pain, and TMD.