Implantologie

June 2, 1968: Born in Kempten im Allgäu; 1990–1995: Studied dentistry at the Philipps University of Marburg; 1993: Accepted into the German National Academic Foundation; 1996: Doctoral studies at the University of Marburg; 1997: Assistant dentist in a dental practice near Cologne; 1998: Completed his doctorate on the subject of “Temperature development in dentine during dental preparation”; Since January 1998: Research assistant at the Clinic for Dental Prosthetics, Propaedeutics and Materials Science at the University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel; April 2000: Appointment as senior physician; May 2001: Appointment as “Specialist for Prosthetics” by the German Society for Dental Prosthetics and Materials Science; 2006: Completion of the implantology curriculum (DGI); May 2006: Completion of habilitation (topic: “Evidence-based assessment of dental esthetics to improve quality of life”); Oct 2008: Appointment at the RWTH Aachen University to the W3 Professorship Clinic for Dental Prosthetics and Biomaterials, Center for Implantology; Since Oct 2008: Director of the Clinic for Dental Prosthetics and Biomaterials, Center for Implantology at the University Hospital Aachen; Since Nov 2008: Clinical focus for many years on dental implantology and implant prosthetics. In addition to implantology and implant prosthetics, Prof. Wolfarts’s research focuses on dental esthetics, the clinical testing of new all-ceramic materials, and the associated improvement in quality of life. He is a certified implantologist of the German Society of Oral Implantology (DGI) and an ITI Fellow (International Team for Implantology); Sep 2014: His book “Implant Prosthodontics – A patient-oriented concept” was published by Quintessence Publishing.

Frank Schwarz is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Oral Surgery and Implantology at the Centre for Dentistry and Oral Medicine (Carolinum), Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany. He serves as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Clinical Periodontology and Editorial Board Member for Periodontology 2000, Clinical Oral Implants Research and Clinical Implant Dentistry and Related Research. He is a Member of the Board of Directors of the European Association for Osseointegration – EAO, Executive Board Member of the Osteology Foundation, and Past President of the German Association of Oral Implantology (DGI). He was awarded the André Schröder Research Prize in 2007, the Miller Research Prize in 2012 and the Jan Lindhe Award in 2017.

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e-mail: urban@quintessenz.de