PROSEC Scientific Board

The Scientific Board of PROSEC gGmbH is comprised of experienced and competent experts from science, dental practices and dental laboratories. They are characterized by their outstanding experience and competence in the field of ceramic and metal-free restorations. The focus of their efforts is the optimization of dental workflows in order to sustainably improve the quality of care. The PROSEC Scientific Board is divided into working areas of science and application.

Science Committee

The responsibilities of the Science Committee include the development of new quality standards for all ceramic or metal-free rehabilitations. Function, esthetics, patient benefit, material compatibility, practical suitability and the advantages of CAD/CAM-supported fabrication in combination with manual fabrication methods are always taken into account.

Clinical Concepts Committee

The Clinical Concepts Committee is responsible for the practical training of users in the laboratory and practice. The treatment or production protocol is documented in step-by-step  guidelines. Specific recommendations for action are developed where evidence-based decisions are not yet possible.

Networking and organization

The tasks of the Scientific Board also include representing PROSEC in the scientific community, initiating, promoting and supporting scientific activities, projects and studies, preparing and conducting the annual meetings with the chairs of the expert committees, the PROSEC Partner Meetings and the PROSEC Partner Workshops.

Between meetings, the chairpersons perform the functions of the Scientific Board.

Chairpersons of the PROSEC Scientific Board

The Scientific Board elects the Chairpersons of PROSEC and the Technical Director of the PROSEC network from among its members.

Prof. Dr. Florian Beuer

Chairman
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Prof. Beuer is a certified specialist in implantology and dental prosthetics and a member of the Executive Board of the Working Group for Ceramics (AG Keramik), and has been an educational consultant on the Executive Board of DGI since 2015.

 Prof. Dr. Amélie Mainjot

Vice Chairman
Science Committee

Prof. Mainjot graduated from the University of Liège (Belgium) and completed a 3-year postgraduate program in Oral Rehabilitation. She holds a Master of Science in Dental Materials Technology from the University of Paris and a PhD jointly awarded by the University of Paris and the University of Liège. After her PhD, she spent 3 years as a researcher and lecturer at the University of Paris while continuing clinical activities in Liège. She later progressed to Full Professor at the University of Liège, where she now heads the Dental Biomaterials Research Unit (d-BRU), which she co-founded.

Dr. Michael Tholey

Vice Chairman
Clinical Concepts Committee

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).

PROSEC Scientific Board

The members of the Scientific Board are appointed and recalled by the PROSEC shareholder meeting by a simple majority.

Prof. Dr. Ronald Jung

Clinical Concepts Committee

Prof. Jung specializes in crown-bridge prosthetics, partial prosthetics and dental materials science and is professor of implantology and head of the implantology department at the University of Zurich.

Dr. Sven-Marcus Beschnidt

Clinical Concepts Committee

As one of Germany’s top medical practitioners, Dr. Sven-Marcus Beschnidt excels in microsurgery, implantology and esthetic dentistry.

Prof. Dr. Barbara Nebe

Science Committee

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.

Luc Rutten

Clinical Concepts Committee

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.

Patrick Rutten

Clinical Concepts Committee

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.

Prof. Dr. Sigmar Schnutenhaus

Clinical Concepts Committee

PD Dr. Sigmar Schnutenhaus’ main areas of practice are periodontology and implantology, in each of which he completed a Master’s degree. He looks back on more than twenty years of experience working in implantology.

PROSEC Honorary Founding Member

PROSEC Honorary Founding Member saw the trend towards metal-free, ceramic restoration solutions in implantology early on. They also saw the need to underpin these new technologies with reliable research and structured training in order to establish them successfully in practice. This is why they encouraged the formation of PROSEC and were involved in setting up the expert network as a founding member. They have played a major role in its success.

PROSEC is grateful for their valuable contributions and looks forward to their future support as an honorary advisors!

Prof. Dr. Dr. Wilfried Wagner

Vice Chairman until March 2021 and member of the Science Committee.

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.

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Jörg Strub

Chairman of the Scientific Board until January 2025.

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Jörg R. Strub received a doctoral degree from and later qualified as a professor at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. He was awarded his honorary degree (Dr. h.c.) at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. He worked as a professor and medical director at the Department of Prosthetic Dentistry at Albert-Ludwig University, Freiburg, Germany, and has been a professor emeritus since 2016. Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Jörg R. Strub continues to work as a consultant for businesses.

Prof. Dr. Christoph Hämmerle

Member of the Scientific Board and the Science Committee until January 2025.

Prof. Christoph Hämmerle’s group deals scientifically and clinically with solidly attached reconstructions on teeth and implants. The main focus is on the development and evaluation of all-ceramic reconstructions.