BiographyGUNNAR BERGENHOLTZ, LDS, ODONT DR (PhD),ODONT DR HC

Professor Emeritus

The Sahlgrenska Academy

Goteborg University

Sweden

Gunnar Bergenholtz is Professor Emeritus of the

Sahlgrenska Academy at Goteborg University. He was

a graduate of the Royal School of Dentistry, University

of Umea, in 1964. After 6 years in general dental

practice, he became a certified specialist in endodontics

by the National Board of Health and Welfare in Sweden

in 1973. For 5 years (1984–1989) he was Professor and

Chairperson of the Department of Endodontics at the

University of North Carolina, School of Dentistry,

where he was also the first holder of the Jacob B.

Freedland chair. From 1989 to 2004 he chaired the

Department of Endodontology and Oral Diagnosis at

Goteborg University. In the period 1993–1997 he

served as Dean of the Faculty of Odontology.

He has been a member and co-chair of the Board for

Medical Research, Swedish Research Council (1998–

2003). He holds Honorary Doctorships with the

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and Malmo Uni-

versity. Over many years he has also been actively involved

with the European Society of Endodontology both as a

President and Executive Director. From 2001 to 2003 he

served on the Board of Directors for the IADR and as

Chairman of the Local Organizing Committee for its

81st General Session in Goteborg in 2003.

Gunnar’s primary research focus has been on defence

mechanisms of the dentin–pulp complex to bacterial

elements. He is principle author and co-author of

scientific publications, clinical reviews and textbook

chapters relating to endodontics, oral medicine and

pulp biology. Together with Drs Preben Horsted-

Bindslev and Claes Reit he co-edited Textbook of

Endodontology.

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