Mark Bartold is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Adelaide and formerly Professor of Periodontics and Director of the Colgate Australian Clinical Dental Research Centre, University of Adelaide. He is a past President of the International Academy of Periodontology, the Asian Pacific Society of Periodontology, and Division of Periodontics of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons. He is an Editorial board member of 10 international dental journals, an Associate Editor of the Journal of Periodontal Research, Periodontology 2000 and Clinical & Experimental Dental Research and Editor of the Australian Dental Journal and Journal of the International Academy of Periodontology. He has received numerous awards for his research contributions the most recent being the Straumann/IADR Award for Periodontal Regenerative Medicine and the IADR Distinguished Scientist Award for Research in Periodontal Disease. His research interests are on the use of periodontal stem cells for periodontal regeneration and periodontal/systemic health interrelationships. Professor Bartold has authored over 320 scientific articles. In addition to his ongoing research and lecturing interests he works half time in private specialist periodontal practice in Adelaide.