Dr Cosmin Dima graduated in dentistry from the Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Bucharest in Romania in 2001, was certified in implantology in 2004 and completed his PhD in surgery on the topic of bone regeneration around implants in 2019. He is the managing director of the Dental Progress Clinic in Bucharest. Besides the Snake technique, he has invented the periosteal membrane surgical technique for bone augmentation. Dr Dima is co-founder and educational director of the Digital Dentistry Society in Romania and a member of the Society of Esthetic Dentistry in Romania, European Society of Cosmetic Dentistry and International Congress of Oral Implantologists. In 2020, he received the World’s Top 100 Doctor in Dentistry lifetime achievement award from the Global Summits Institute.