Markus B Hürzeler received his DMD degree in 1984 from the University of Zürich, his certificate as specialist in Periodontics from the Swiss Society of Periodontology in 1989, and the certificate in Prosthodontics from the German Society of Prosthodontics in 1991. Then, he spent two years at the University of Texas School of Dentistry at Houston as a Visiting Associate Professor in the Department of Periodontology from 1991 to 1993. After returning to Freiburg, Germany he obtained in 1996 the Docent (PhD) degree from the Department of Prosthodontics at Albert-Ludwigs University in Freiburg, Germany. He then moved to Munich, Germany, where he has been working ever since in private practice together with his partner Otto Zuhr limiting his activity to periodontics and implant therapy. In 2002 he became Professor of Dentistry at the Medical Department of Albert-Ludwigs University in Freiburg Germany. In 2008, he founded the Hürzeler/Zuhr Education Center with his partner Otto in which they teach their concepts and philosophy in today’s dentistry. Since 1993 he has been Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Texas, Houston, and since 1997, he has been an Associate Professor at Albert-Ludwigs University in Freiburg, Germany, Department of Preventive Dentistry and Periodontology. He is the president-elect of the European Academy of Esthetic Dentistry (EAED). Markus has produced more than 150 scientific publications within the field of implants, periodontology, and tissue regeneration, and he lectures and gives courses regularly, both nationally and internationally, on topics related to periodontics and implant therapy. In 2012 he published with his partner Otto the worldwide renowned book “Plastic-Esthetic Periodontal and Implant Surgery — A Microsurgical Approach”.
Qualifications: DMD PhD