Bernhard has been in the dental business for over 25 years, during 10 years with focus on preventive care and periodontal treatment, the last 15 years on endodontics.

Since over 10 years, he has been actively training clinicians on the use of endodontic products, ranging from instrumentation and warm vertical obturation to the use of the dental microscope.

Based on his education as mechanical engineer, Bernhard can easily explain the technical aspects and use of endodontic products during hands-on sessions and give the dentists a chance to experience the use under his guidance.

He has learned how to teach from many courses, including at the University of Pennsylvania Wold Congresses, many courses by Dr. Gilberto Debelian, Dr. Helmut Walsch, Dr. Isabelle Portenier, Klaus Lauterbach and many others, all leaders in their field.

From 2017 to 2021, Bernhard has achieved a new record with over 100 hand-on courses given by himself.

Martin Trope was born in Johannesburg, South Africa where he earned his BDS degree in dentistry in 1976. From 1976 to 1980, he practiced general dentistry and endodontics. In 1980, he moved to Philadelphia to specialize in Endodontics at the University of Pennsylvania.

After graduating as an endodontist, he continued at the University of Pennsylvania as a faculty member until 1989 when he became Chair of Endodontology at Temple University, School of Dentistry.

In 1993, he accepted the JB Freedland Professorship in the Department of Endodontics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Dentistry. Named in honor of one of the founding fathers of Endodontics, the Freedland Professorship recognizes significant contributions to the specialty.

Dr. Trope is currently clinical professor, Department of Endodontics, School of Dental Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He is in private practice in Philadelphia, PA.

Some of Dr. Trope’s past achievements include:

• Director of the American Board of Endodontics
• Editor-in-chief of both journals, Dental Traumatology and Endodontic Topics
• Member of the Editorial Board of Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology
• Member of the Advisory Board of Esthetic Dentistry
• The Louis I. Grossman Award for publication of significant research (April 2002)

Dr. Trope frequently does research in the following subjects:

• Dental trauma
• Clinical outcomes
• New diagnostic tests for pulpal and periapical disease
• Material development for root canal filling.

Dr. Trope has created Next Level Endodontics drawing on his extensive academic background and “real world” experience in private practice.

Post Graduate Endodontics, University of Pennsylvania, USA (2012)

Certificate in Endodontics and Restorative Dentistry, University of Paris René Descartes, France (2010)

Certificate in Prosthodontics, University of Paris René Descartes (2010)

Master1 – Cellular Biology, University of Paris René Descartes (2009)

DDS, University of Paris René Descartes (2009)

Part time faculty at University of Paris René Descartes, France, clinical instructor (2015 – today)

Part time Endodontist in private practice under Microscope in Paris, France (2015 – today)

Many publications including his latest book with Dr. Khayat about endodontic microsurgery published in Quintessenz.

Dr. Isabelle Portenier has a diploma in dental medicine from the University of Zürich. She received her doctorate at the University of Zürich, and a PhD in endodontic microbiology and her specialisation in Endodontics at the University of Oslo. She was associate professor at the endodontic department at the University of Bergen, Norway.

Dr. Isabelle Portenier has 25 years clinical experience in Switzerland and Norway and 15 years of experience in university teaching and research.

To date, she works in her private practice specialised in endodontics in Nyon, Switzerland, and holds a position as clinical instructor at the Endodontic Department of University of Oslo, Norway. She is a member of the research committee of the European Society of Endodontology.

Dr. Shabani was born in North Macedonia.

He graduated as a dental technician in Tetovo, North Macedonia. In 2011, he graduated in medicine and dentistry at the University of Pristina, Kosovo.

He has been active as a general dentist since 2012 in Switzerland. Dr. Shanbani`s main areas of activity are endodontology, restauration, prosthetic and surgery.

He is a lecturer in Switzerland and abroad in the field of Endodontic and the operating dental microscope and a member of several dental and endodontic associations.

Dr. Shabani has developed a great number of videos filmed under the microscope, with a focus on endodontic treatment.