Juan Manuel Bailón Rivera graduated in Dentistry from the University of Granada in 2002 and has practised exclusively as an orthodontist since 2016 at his own clinic in Atarfe, Granada, as well as at Clínica Dental Alfonso J. Fernández. He has completed extensive postgraduate training in orthodontics, aligners and mini-implants in Spain, the United States and Colombia, including a clinical residency at UCLA and an Expert Master's in Invisible Orthodontics. An Ormco Spark Key Opinion Leader (KOL) since 2024, he lectures on several postgraduate aligner programmes and has been a collaborating lecturer on the Master's Degree in Orthodontics at the University of Granada since 2026.