Dr. Xavier-Fructuós Ruiz graduated from dentistry at the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC) in Barcelona, Spain. He also obtained the European Master in Endodontics 3-year full time program and the Master’s Degree in Dental Research from the same university. In 2018 he was a visiting doctoral researcher at ACTA (Amsterdam, The Netherlands). He is currently developing his studies for the PhD.

In 2017 Xavier-Fructuós Ruiz received the best clinical case presentation award at the Biennial Congress of the European Society of Endodontology (ESE, Brussels, Belgium). In 2018 he won the best scientific article published in 2017 at the XXII National and IX International Congress of the SEOC (Seville, Spain). Furthermore, in 2020 he obtained the Journal of Endodontics Publication Award 2019 for the best published systematic review and the Honorable Mention in 2021 from the American Association of Endodontists (AAE).

Dr. Ruiz is an associate professor at UIC and has contributed as an author of scientific publications related to endodontics in national and international journals with high-impact factor. He is an active member of the Spanish Association of Endodontics (AEDE), a specialist member of the European Society of Endodontology (ESE) and an international member of the AAE. Furthermore, Dr. Ruiz is Key Opinion Leader of Dentsply Sirona and combines his work in a private practice limited to Endodontics in Barcelona (Spain) with lectures in national and international congresses.