PROSEC gGmbH (PROgress in Science and Education with Ceramics) is an interdisciplinary and international expert network for science and continuing education focused on ceramic or alternative metal-free restorations and professional networking across universities, practices, and laboratories. In order to sustainably improve workflows and quality of care, the team concept of dentists and dental technicians is a crucial pillar of our philosophy.
Synergy of expertise and study support
Our expert group is composed of nationally and internationally renowned scientists, clinicians, dental technicians, and prophylaxis specialists. Uniting these groups is their clinical, technical, and scientific interest in using ceramic or non-metallic dental materials to sustainably improve prosthetic rehabilitations and thus oral health. The network of professional experts aims to be a scientific and practice-oriented pacemaker for such dental materials through the targeted promotion of studies and literature reviews.
Coordinated international networking
PROSEC initiates interdisciplinary networking across the fields of dentistry, dental technology, and materials science. The network assists in demonstrating the clinical advantages of ceramic and non-metallic dental materials and in creating reliable evidence-based standards for users and patients. We develop workflows for successful collaboration, allowing partners to communicate openly in an international context. The dialogue is conducted on a scientific basis and based on many years of clinical experience.
Strategic expansion and cooperation
PROSEC will continuously expand its expert network by incorporating competent partners from universities, dental practices, and laboratories in order to support the expert committees with new international contributions toward implementing their strategic tasks and goals. The consistent establishment and use of metal-free solutions is a living process that will constantly change and require expansion of the expert network. Evidence-based decision-making aids resulting from interdisciplinary cooperation will help guarantee sustainable care and therapeutic results.
Recommendations for action and knowledge transfer
PROSEC gGmbH aims to promote new ceramic and other non-metallic options for prosthetic restorations across systems. To this end, we develop evidence-based recommendations for users. In continuing education courses, scientifically based competencies in indication, planning, and therapy with metal-free restorations are conveyed. Professional and scientific exchange occurs at PROSEC-supported symposia and workshops. New developments and technologies are accompanied by the initiation of publications.
From 1994 to 1999, Prof. Dr. Florian Beuer studied at the Dental School of the Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Germany, where he gained his license to practice (DDS) in 2000. From 2000 to 2001, he worked as an employed dentist in a private practice. In 2002, he became assistant professor in the Department of Prosthodontics of the Ludwig Maximilian University and made his Dissertation (Dr. med. dent.) in the same year. He became Specialist in Implantology (German Society for Implantology) in 2005. From 2007 to 2008, he worked as a Visiting Professor at the Pacific Dental Institute in Portland, Oregon (Director: John A. Sorensen DMD, PhD). His habilitation (Priv. Doz., PhD) was in 2009 at the LMU. From 2009 to 2015, he was the Vice President of the "Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ästhetische Zahnheilkunde (DGAEZ)". In 2010, he became an Expert in Prosthodontics after a further education at DGPro. Since 2011, Prof. Buer is a board member of the Team AG Ceramics. In the same year, he became the editor of the "Teamwork Journal of Continuing Dental Education". Since 2014, he was full Professor at Ludwig Maximilians University until 2015, when he became the Chairman of the Department of Prosthodontics at the Charité University of Medicine Berlin. He is also a Board Member of the German Society for Implantology (DGI).He gained his Master of Medical Education MME (University of Heidelberg) in 2015.
Christoph H. F. Hämmerle, Prof Dr med dent, is the department chairman of the Clinic of Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics in Dental Materials Science and the Division of Implant Dentistry at the University of Zurich in Switzerland. He currently serves or has served as a board member of several scientific organizations, notably the European Association for Osseointegration, Osteology Foundation, Swiss Society for Reconstructive Dentistry, Continental European Division of the International Association for Dental Research, International Team for Implantology Switzerland, and Dental Campus Association. Dr Hämmerle has published more than 300 scientific articles and has lectured internationally.
Prof. Wagner is a specialist in OMF surgery, plastic surgery and the science of oral medicine, in particular questions of tumor biology, in plastic surgery with cleft lip and palates, functional tumor reconstruction as well as fundamentals of implantology and bone replacement.
Dental Technician Luc Rutten is a lab owner specializing in ceramics and esthetic implantology. He specifically uses the latest digital technologies as well as analog skills. He has gained international renown through numerous international lectures, publications and advisory board activities and is internationally renown for his through numerous international lectures, publications and advisory board activities.
Dental Technician Patrick Rutten is a lab owner specializing in ceramics and esthetic implantology. He specifically uses the latest digital technologies as well as analog skills. He has gained international renown through numerous international lectures, publications and advisory board activities.
Ronald Jung is trained in oral surgery, prosthodontics and implant therapy. He is currently Head Division of Implantology at the Clinic of Reconstructive Dentistry, Center of Dental Medicine, University of Zürich. In 2006 he worked as Visiting Associate Professor at the Department of Periodontics at the University of Texas Heath Science Center at San Antonio, USA (Chairman: Prof. Dr. D. Cochran). 2008 he finalized his "Habilitation" (venia legendi) in dental medicine and was appointed at the University of Zürich. In 2011 he became his PhD doctorate degree of the University of Amsterdam, ACTA dental school, The Netherlands. In 2013 he worked as Visiting Associate Professor at the Department of Restorative Dentistry and Biomaterials Sciences at Harvard School of Dental Medicine in Boston, USA. In 2015 he has been promoted to full Professorship for Implantology at the University of Zurich. He is an accomplished and internationally renowned lecturer and researcher, best known for his work in the field of hard and soft tissue management and his research on new technologies in implant dentistry. He is currently Treasurer of the EAO, Past President of the Swiss Society of Reconstructive Dentistry, member of the Board of Directors of the Osteology Foundation and active Member of the EAED.
Dr. Tholey is a qualified dental technician and successfully completed his studies in dental technology in Osnabrück in 2005. He was department head / project manager Research & Development at VITA Zahnfabrik for 10 years and since 2015 Dr. Tholey has been in charge of our technical service (hotline, application technology, courses).
Prof. Nebe has been Head of the Cell Biology Department at Rostock University Medical Center since 2013. Her research focuses on cell-biological aspects of biosystem-material interaction, cellular acceptance of plasma-chemically and topographically modified biomaterials, regulation of cell physiology in three-dimensional implant scaffolds and the cell-structure-cell function relationship, cellular adhesion.