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Dr Atsushi Saito is the Professor and Chair of the Department of Periodontology, Tokyo Dental College and has previously been a visiting scientist at the School of Dental Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, New York, United States. He is an Executive Director and Chair of Ethics Committee and Conflict of Interest Committee of the Japanese Society of Periodontology, a Board Certified Instructor and Board Certified Periodontist of the Japanese Society of Periodontology. Professor Saito is currently active in research in periodontal microbiology and immunology, and periodontal regeneration. He has published extensively in these fields... read more »

Dr. Shogo Takashiba is the Professor and Chair of the Department of Pathophysiology - Periodontal Science, Okayama University and Director of the Department of Periodontics and Endodontics at the Okayama University Hospital. He received his D.D.S., and Ph.D. from Okayama University, Japan and was the Visiting Scientist (Periodontology) at the Eastman Dental Center in Rochester, New York, United States. Professor Takashiba has presented at many international conferences and his research has been published in numerous international and national peer-reviewed journals... read more »