Interviewed by Christer Dahlin, Pamela K. McClain tells how she actually started with dental hygiene and later on was inspired to save teeth. Despite being the daughter of the famous Robert Schallhorn, she never felt any pressure to follow his path to become a periodontist. However, once she got passionate about this field, nothing could stop her from making a significant contribution and becoming one of the world's most influential periodontists. 

In his interview with Pamela K. McClain, Gerald Bowers tells how he happened to start as a periodontist in the Navy and became more and more interested from then on. He mentions the crucial role of the mentors he has met along the way, the need for regenerative therapy for wounded soldiers in the army, and how all this led him to his pivotal clinical trials that formed the basis for future bone grafting procedures in periodontal regeneration.

In her interview with Anton Sculean, Lisa Heitz-Mayfield talks about how she came to do her postgraduate training in Malmö, Sweden, and how she had to make her own way as she was the only postgraduate student there at the time. She also talks about her mentors, who greatly influenced her critical and scientific thinking, and how she became involved in research on periodontal regeneration.

In his conversation with William Giannobile, Robert Schallhorn explains why he became a dentist and later on a periodontist. He moreover talks about important turning points in his life that led him to his exciting path up to the presidency of the American Association of Periodontology. Furthermore, you will get to know how he managed the balancing act between practitioner and researchers as well as what motivated and drove him.

In his conversation with Pamela K. McClain, Maurício Araújo explains why he travelled to Sweden to join a programme before he even was accepted and how he managed to get into the programme. He further talks about how he manages to be researcher, educator, pracitioner and dad at the same time and what kind of motivation he thinks is the best motivation. Curtain up for Maurício Araújo and his "Legends of Oral Regeneration".

In his conversation with Ronald Jung, Mariano Sanz had a clear message for the next generation “Sow before you can harvest". In this podcast, Mariano talks about his passion for oral tissue regeneration, why he almost didn’t become a dentist and who his companions were. Curtain up for Mariano Sanz!

Listen to Friedrich Neukam and learn how he found his way into implant dentistry and what it took for implant treatment to become established in dentistry. Find out why a conference in Toronto had a lasting influence on his path, which companions played an important role in his career and what his advice for the next generation is.

Listen to Wilfried Wagner and learn how his career developed, who his companions were, how crucial mistakes were for his scientific progress and what he recommends to the next generations. Find out why empathy with patients is of the highest importance to him and what he has experienced during his 25 years as chair of oral and maxillofacial surgery at the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz and director of the clinic for maxillofacial surgery. 

Listen to Massimo Simion and learn how he started his exceptional career; and how it came about that - in addition to his many scientific publications – his photos were also published in the renowned National Geographic magazine.  

Find out more about how Jan Lindhe’s career took its course and and why he claims that they actually wrote their famous books for their own entertainment.