Rate My Professor Ove Peters

Peters' career includes faculty positions in Heidelberg, Germany; Zurich, Switzerland; and the University of California, San Francisco. Previously, he was a tenured Professor and Chair of the Department of Endodontics at the Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, University of the Pacific, where he founded the postgraduate endodontic program. Major awards include the Hans Genet Award from the European Society of Endodontology, the Louis I. Grossman Award from the American Association of Endodontists, and the Distinguished Scientist Award in Pulp Biology from the International Association for Dental Research. He is a Fellow of the International College of Dentistry and the American College of Dentistry. Key publications feature "Current Challenges and Concepts in the Preparation of Root Canal Systems" (2004), "Present status and future directions: Canal shaping" (2022), and "Applying artificial intelligence to detect and analyse oral and maxillofacial bone loss—A scoping review" (2023). As Associate Editor of the International Endodontic Journal and Academic Editor of PLOS One, Peters has profoundly impacted endodontic technology, instrumentation, and clinical outcomes.