Dr. Gunnar Bergenholtz is Professor Emeritus and former Chairperson of the Department of Endodontology/Oral Diagnosis at the Sahlgrenska Academy of Göteborg University. He graduated from the Royal School of Dentistry, Umeå University in 1964 and received a certificate in endodontics in 1973 from the Swedish Board for Health and Welfare. He has also been actively involved with the European Society of Endodontology. He holds Honorary Doctorships with the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and Malmö University. His scientific publications primarily relate to clinical endodontics and pulp biology with a focus on defense mechanisms of the dentin-pulp complex to bacterial elements. Together with Drs Preben Hörsted-Bindslev and Claes Reit he co-edited the Textbook of Endodontology.
Dr. Bergenholtz's review presentation focuses on the general response patterns of the dental pulp to microbial exposures and injuries occurring under clinical conditions.
