Dr. Serge Dibart is Professor and Chair of the Department of Periodontology at the Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine. A graduate of Tufts and Boston Universities, he was a research associate in Dr. Sigmund Socransky's laboratory at the Forsyth Research Institute and the senior periodontist at Boston's Children's hospital prior to his Boston University appointment. He has been working on surgically accelerated orthodontics for the past 15 years. He has developped PiezocisionTM in 2009 as a minimally invasive alternative to the existing surgical procedures. He lectures extensively nationally and internationally. He has published in peer reviewed journals and is the author of 4 books (Wiley-Blackwell editors). He is a diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology and maintains a private practice limited to Periodontics and Implant Dentistry in Boston, MA