Mathieu Vandendael graduated in 2005 from the VUB. He didn’t sit down after. He started working in his father’s practice in July 2005 and began a specialization in esthetic dentistry that he finished in 2007. After that he started a year-long specialization in endodontics and became a resident from 2008 to 2010 in the endodontics service from the VUB. In 2011 he completed his specialization with one in microsurgery and started teaching students. A year later he became responsible for the clinic in endodontics and in 2014 he got promoted to chief of the service of endodontics.