• Designation: Retired Maxillofacial Prosthodontist (since 01-03-1958)

• Former affiliation: University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands, dept. Oral Maxillofacial Surgery

• Professional Biography :

- graduated from Dental School in Groningen, The Netherlands, April 16th 1982, and defended his PhD-thesis ('the effect of fluoridated toothpastes on plaque covered enamel in vivo') Groningen, January 13th 1988.

- former assistant professor Dental School University Groningen (1982-1991).

- maxillofacial prosthodontist since1984 (NVGPT-registered since 2000)

- former head of the UMCG Center for Special Dental Care and Maxillofacial Prosthetics (2003-2023).

- former chair training program Maxillofacial Prosthodontics UMCG (2003-2025).

- chair of the NVGPT Dutch National MFP - Training Program Committee (2013-)

- former board member NVPT/NVGPT (Dutch Prosthetic Society) (1992-2002)

- past president International Society for Maxillofacial Rehabilitation (ISMR) (2013-2016)

- board member COBIJT (National Organization Representing Special Dental Care) (2023-)

- honorary member Dutch Society for Gnathology and Prosthetic Dentistry (NVGPT)

- honorary member British Society of Prosthodontics (BSSPD)

- rewarded with the J.G. Schuiringa Award (2000)

- (co)author of several articles on maxillofacial rehabilitation and implant dentistry

- participated in the organization of several conferences and workshops on maxillofacial rehabilitation.

- fields of interest concern e.g. the dental/prosthetic treatment of Head-and-Neck Oncology patients and patients with congenital or acquired orofacial defects, and prosthodontic (implant-)treatment in general.