Dr Igor Blum qualified with DDS honours from Semmelweis University, Budapest, in 1995. Following graduation, he completed an MSc in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery in 1997 and a PhD in Restorative Dentistry at the University of Manchester in 2002. Whilst doing his PhD in Manchester Igor also completed a Dr med dent degree at the Goethe University of Frankfurt, Germany in 2002.

Subsequently Igor completed vocational training and spent several years in general dental practice whilst working part time at the Manchester Dental Hospital. In 2004 he completed the membership examination of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

In 2005 Igor was appointed Clinical Lecturer in Restorative Dentistry at the University Dental Hospital of Bristol where he also completed the 5-year higher Specialist Clinical Training Programme in Restorative Dentistry. Following successful completion of the Intercollegiate Specialty Fellowship Examination he was appointed Consultant/Hon. Senior Lecturer in Restorative Dentistry at King’s College Hospital. and

In 2018 Igor was appointed as Reader/Hon. Consultant in Primary Dental Care & Advanced General Dental Practice and Director of Dental Outreach Education at King’s College London. This was followed by appointment as Clinical Lead and Consultant in Restorative Dentistry at King's College Hospital Dental Institute.

Igor has lectured widely, both nationally and internationally. He is the author of over 60 papers in peer-reviewed journals, five book chapters, and he is Editor-in-Chief of the Primary Dental Journal, the international flagship publication of the Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK). Igor was awarded a Fellowship ad Eundem by the Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK) as recognition for his services to dental education and raising standards of dentistry in the UK.

He is editorial board member for the Journal of Dentistry and the Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry. In addition, he is an examiner for postgraduate dental qualifications at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and acts as external examiner at various Universities, nationally and internationally.

Igor is Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK) and he is Visiting Professor at the College of Dentistry, University of Florida (USA) and at the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Debrecen (Hungary).

Clare McIlwaine started her career in dentistry as a dental nurse in 1996. After 8 years in the dental nursing profession, she went on to study Dental Hygiene and Therapy at King's College London. In 2009 she joined the Peninsula Dental School, University of Plymouth, and in 2013 lead the implantation of the BSc Dental Therapy and Hygiene programme, placing Inter-Professional Education at the core of the curriculum.

Clare is currently the Programme Director for the new BSc Dental Therapy and Hygiene course at King's College London. Clare is passionate about shared teaching, learning and assessment, and actively advocates IPE and teamwork within dental education and the profession.

Ms Nyblom qualified as dental assistant in 1977 and as registered dental hygienist from Luleå Healthcare college 1981.

Following several years in private and public oral health care as an employ and also as an independent practitioner. The final years of 1990s holding a position as public dental clinic coordinator.

In 2000 Ms Nyblom underwent basic research training at Skaraborgs Institute. In 2004 the study Caries risk grouping of children in Falköping, a register study on children and adolescents who had been examined and risk evaluated at four public clinics, was completed.

 Ms Nyblom has during her professional life been engaged in the Swedish Dental hygienist association (SDHA) and by that the dental hygienist’s professional development. To begin with as chairman of the Gothenburg chapter of SDHA. In 2002 she entered the board of the SDHA and became the president in 2008, a position she still holds.

Ms Nyblom is international director in the International Federation of Dental Hygienists (IFDH) and during 2010-2013 she chaired the Education and research committee in IFDH.

The SDHA became a member of the European Dental Hygienist Federation (EDHF) in 2011, since 2012 Ms Nyblom is the president of the EDHF.

To raise awareness about the dental hygienist role and striving to harmonise dental hygienist education in Europe has been the main focus as president. 2020 EDHF published the Common Education Curriculum for dental hygiene in Europe in the European Journal of Dental Education in Europe.