Markus B. Hürzeler received his D.M.D. degree in 1984 from the University of Zurich, his certification as a specialist in Periodontics from the Swiss Society of Periodontology in 1989, and the certificate in Prosthodontics from the German Society of Prosthodontics in 1991. He then spent two years at the University of Houston, Texas, Dental Branch, 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 Dr. Zuhr, limiting his activity to periodontics and implant therapy.
In 2002, he became Professor of Dentistry from the Medical Department of Albert-Ludwigs University in Freiburg, Germany.
In 2008, he founded the Hürzeler/Zuhr Education Center with his partner Dr. Zuhr, in which they teach their concepts and philosophy in today’s dentistry. Since 1993, he is Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Texas, in Houston, and since 1997, he is an Associate Professor at Albert-Ludwigs University in Freiburg, Germany, Department of Preventive Dentistry and Periodontology. He is also an active member of the European Academy of Esthetic Dentistry (EAED).
Dr. Hürzeler 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 Dr. Zuhr the worldwide known book “Plastic-Esthetic Periodontal and Implant Surgery – A Microsurgical Approach”.
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