Prof. Wismeijer studied dentistry at the University of Nijmegen Dental School from 1979-1984. After graduating he joined the Department of Oral Function and worked in de section of special dental care and Maxillofacial Prosthodontics. He received his Ph.D. in 1996 on the subject of overdentures on dental implants; “The Breda Implant Overdenture Study”. In that year he left Academia. From 1985 till 2006 he worked at the Amphia teaching Hospital in Breda in the department of Oral Surgery and Maxillofacial Prosthodontics.
In 1985 he started a general dental practice which since 1990 is a referral practice for Oral Implantology. In 2006 he accepted the position of Professor of Oral Implantology and Prosthetic Dentistry at ACTA Amsterdam which he combined with his referral practice. He has served in many academic leadership positions including the head of the section of Oral Implantology and Prosthetic Dentistry at ACTA. He is the author of numerous high impact international publications and recipient of multiple prestigeous research grants. His research is focused on “CAD/CAM treatment optimization”, “Digital Dentistry, treatment evaluation and workflow”,” implant surface and bone substitute optimization” “peri-implantitis” as well as “ the evaluation of different implant-based treatment modalities”. He has been president of the Dutch Prosthodontic Association and the Dutch Association for Gnathology. He is an ITI fellow since 1993. and served in many leadership positions including leadership of the education group, membership in the research group and the ITI Board.
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The Rendered Reality of Digital Implant Dentistry. A Fake Reality?