Markus Hürzeler
New trends in implant therapy
- D.M.D. degree in 1984 from the University of Zürich.
- Specialist in Periodontics from the Swiss Society of Periodontology in 1989.
- Certificate in Prosthodontics from the German Society of Prosthodontics in 1991.
- Visiting Associate Professor on the Department of Periodontology, at the University of the Houston, Texas, Dental Branch, from 1991 to 1993.
- Docent (PhD) degree from the Department of Prosthodontics at Albert-Ludwigs University in Freiburg, Germany, in 1996.
- Private practice in periodontics and implant therapy together with his partner Dr. Zuhr in Munich, Germany.
- Professor of Dentistry from the Medical Department of Albert-Ludwigs University in Freiburg Germany since 2002.
- In 2008, he founded the Huerzeler/Zuhr Education Center with his partner Dr. Zuhr in which they teach their concepts and philosophy in today’s dentistry.
- Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Texas, in Houston since 1993.
- Associate Professor at Albert-Ludwigs University in Freiburg, Germany, Department of Preventive Dentistry and Periodontology since 1997.
- Active member of the European Academy of Esthetic Dentistry (EAED).
- More than 150 scientific publications within the field of implants, periodontology, and tissue regeneration.
- Lectures and gives courses regularly, both nationally and internationally, on topics related to periodontics and implant therapy.
- In 2012 he published with his partner Dr. Zuhr the worldwide known book: Plastic-Esthetic Periodontal and Implant Surgery – A Microsurgical Approach.
Nationality: Germany
Scientific areas: Implantology
22 of november, from 14h30 until 19h00
Auditório A
Conference summary
Implant therapy experienced a tremendous change over the last decade. 10 years ago, it became more and more obviously that dental implant can create a lot of problems. The development of mucositis and periimplantitis came more and more in our focus. The prevention of these diseases got under way. Today, we have a greater awareness of what we have to do to establish a stable clinical situation around dental implants.
Nonetheless, we have to pay close attention to the patients’ wishes and expectations during the implant therapy. Implant therapy is still a long lasting and painful therapy. But patients would rather go through a simple therapeutic concept than a complicated treatment. Therefore, we need to work specifically on these requirements and expectations of our patients. We need to develop a simplified concept of implant therapy for our patients. So that they will still get the functional and the esthetic outcome what they are already used to, but in addition the costs, the time of the treatment and the morbidity needs to be reduced.
In this lecture, the inclusion of the digital possibilities into our daily business will be discussed. Furthermore, the new technology together with other clinical changes, which will also be addressed during this class, will help us to satisfy the patient’s wishes of today’s implant therapy.