In his conversation with William Giannobile, Robert Schallhorn explains why he became a dentist and later on a periodontist. He moreover talks about important turning points in his life that led him to his exciting path up to the presidency of the American Association of Periodontology. Furthermore, you will get to know how he managed the balancing act between practitioner and researchers as well as what motivated and drove him. Curtain up for Robert Schallhorn and his "Legends of Oral Regeneration".