PROSEC Scientific Board
The Scientific Board of PROSEC gGmbH is comprised solely of experienced and competent experts from science, dental practices and laboratories. They are distinguished by their excellent experience and competence in the field of ceramic and metal-free restorations. Their efforts are focused on optimizing workflows between dentists and dental technicians in order to sustainably improve quality of care. The PROSEC Scientific Board is structured with separate foci in the fields of Science and Application.
Science Committee
The tasks of the Science Committee include the development of new quality standards for all-ceramic or metal-free rehabilitations. Additionally, the panel will consistently monitor aspects such as function, esthetics, patient usage, biocompatibility, practice suitability, and the advantages of CAD/CAM-supported production in interaction with manual fabrication.
Application Committee
The Application Committee handles the practical education of users in the laboratory and dental practice. The panel develops and documents step-by-step treatment or production protocols as guidelines, and issues specific, actionable recommendations for situations in which evidence-based decisions are not yet possible.
Networking and organization
The responsibilities of the Scientific Board include representing PROSEC in the scientific community, the initiation, promotion, and supervision of scientific activities, projects, and studies, and the preparation and implementation of annual meetings with the chairpersons of the expert committees, the PROSEC Partner Meetings, and the PROSEC Partner Workshops.
Between meetings, the chairpersons execute 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. Dr. h.c. Jörg Strub
Chairman
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. Florian Beuer
Vice Chairman
Science Committee
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.
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.
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 and is internationally renown for his through numerous international lectures, publications and advisory board activities.
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.
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Christoph Hämmerle
Science Committee
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.
Prof. Dr. Sigmar Schnutenhaus
Clinical Concepts Committee
Prof. 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
Prof. Dr. Dr. Wilfried Wagner saw the trend towards metal-free, ceramic restoration solutions in implantology early on. He 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 he encouraged the formation of PROSEC and was involved in setting up the expert network as a founding member. He has played a major role in its success.
PROSEC is grateful for his valuable contributions and looks forward to his future support as an honorary advisor!
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.