Dr Dalton Marques earned his degree in dentistry from Universidade Federal do Paraná in Brazil. He holds specialist qualifications in implantology and restorative dentistry from the same institution. He also obtained a master’s degree in periodontics and a PhD in implantology from the São Leopoldo Mandic dental school in Campinas in Brazil. Dr Marques currently lectures in the specialisation course in implantology at the Latin American Dental Research and Teaching Institute in Curitiba in Brazil. He is also director of the International Team for Implantology study club in Curitiba.