Dr. Sheldon Dov Sydney has been a practicing gum specialist (periodontist) and educator for over thirty-five years. He is Board Certified and Clinical Associate Professor of Periodontics at the University of Maryland School of Dentistry. Dr. Sydney is former Chief Resident at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia and President of The Maryland Association of Periodontists. He is also one of the first periodontists in the world to lead a hospital-based department devoted to the relationship between periodontal disease and general body health. In addition to authoring four editions of Ignore Your Teeth And They'll Go Away, The Complete Guide to Gum Disease, Dr. Sydney's original scientific articles have been published in the profession's leading periodicals as well as being the recipient of three prestigious international journalism awards. He has lectured to dental students and colleagues in more than 20 countries worldwide. Dr. Sydney's contributions to dentistry have earned him fellowships in the profession's most respected honor societies including both the American and the International Colleges of Dentists