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Prof Jepsen received his dental and his medical degrees from the University of Hamburg in 1981 and 1986, respectively, and a MSc in Periodontology from Loma Linda University, California, USA, in 1992. He received his diploma from the American Board of Periodontology in 1999. He became an elected member of Leopoldina (the German National Academy of Sciences) in 2005. He was also elected and invited to become chair of the Department of Periodontology, University of Bern, Switzerland in 2007. From 2008 to 2015, he was speaker of the Clinical Research Unit 208 “Aetiology and Sequelae of Periodontal Diseases“ at the University of Bonn. It is the first (and, so far, only) clinical resarch unit in dentistry to be funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). He has served on the executive committee of the European Federation of Periodontology (EFP) as chair of its research committee (2004-2010), as a board member (2012-2017), and as president (2015-2016). He was also co-chair of the organising committee for the AAP/EFP World Workshop on the Classification of Periodontal and Peri-implant Diseases and Conditions (2017), and scientific chair of EuroPerio9 (2018). Prof Jepsen has lectured and published extensively, has received numerous awards, and is associate editor of the Journal of Clinical Periodontology and an editorial-board member of Clinical Oral Implants Research, the European Journal of Oral Implantology, and the Chinese Journal of Dental Research.
Dentine Hypersensitivity: An Enigma no more!
A symposium on the aetiology, prevalence and impact of dentine hypersensitivity on daily lives, including different management options for various case studies, with a focus on the most recent advances in the treatment of dentine hypersensitivity.
Learning objectives
- Understand the causes and mechanism of dentine hypersensitivity
- Appreciate the prevalence of dentine hypersensitivity
- Comprehend the impact of dentine hypersensitivity on quality of life
- Understand the different management options.