Anton Sculean

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Education

The EFP's work in education includes a set of curricular guidelines for undergraduate dental education, a three-year accredited programme for postgraduate education in periodontology, and some continuing education tools for reference and consultation of dental professionals all along their careers. Besides, this area is the home of the 'EFP Alumni' section.

Secretary general

Anton Sculean is professor and chair of the department of Periodontology, and currently the head of the Dental Research Center of the School of Dental Medicine at the University of Bern, Switzerland.

Professor Sculean has been a recipient of many research awards, among others the Distinguished Scientist Award of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR), the Anthony Rizzo Young Investigator Award of the Periodontal Research Group of the IADR, the IADR/PRG Award in Regenerative Periodontal Medicine, the Distinguished Teacher Award of the European Orthodontic Society, and the honorary membership of the American Academy of Periodontology. He has been awarded honorary doctorates by the Victor Babes University in Timisoara, Romania, the Semmelweis University in Budapest, Hungary, and the Carol Davila University in Bucharest, Romania.

Professor Sculean has authored more than 520 articles in peer-reviewed journals, 40 chapters in periodontal textbooks and has delivered more than 650 lectures at national and international meetings. He is currently editor-in-chief of Periodontology 2000, the N° 1 ranked journal in dentistry, oral surgery and medicine.