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Dr Pedro Diz Dios MD, DDS, PhD, EDiOM, FDSRCS (Edin) Professor, Consultant and Head of the Special Needs Unit at the School of Medicine and Dentistry, Santiago de Compostela University (Spain). He is a member of the International Association of Disability & Oral Health (IADH) Curriculum Working Group and IADH Scientific Committee, and Honorary Visiting Professor at the UCL‐Eastman Dental Institute (UK). He has written and edited 10 books, over 40 book chapters and over 220 papers cited on MEDLINE. He is the Editor in Chief of Special Care Dentistry Journal, an Associate Editor of Oral Diseases Journal and of Medicina Oral Cirugía Oral Patología Bucal, and an Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Disability and Oral Health.

Dr Navdeep Kumar BDS, FDSRCS (Eng), PhD, Cert RDP, Cert Surg & Pros Implantology Consultant in Special Care Dentistry, Honorary Senior Lecturer and Divisional Clinical Director RNENT & EDH, at the University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Over the last 20 years Dr Navdeep Kumar has been committed to special care dentistry (SCD) and has acquired an extensive range of clinical, teaching and research experience in the area to ensure the delivery of high‐quality oral care for people with an impairment or disability. She has considerable expertise in the clinical management of the medically compromised patient and the management of oral complications of systemic diseases. She has an integral role in training others with an interest in SCD, examining in this field, and is actively involved in the promotion of oral care for this vulnerable cohort, contributing to the development of national and international guidelines and numerous publications in this area.