Prof. Dr. med. dent. Irena Sailer is Chair of the Division of Fixed Prosthodontics and Biomaterials at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. She is also Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Preventive and Restorative Sciences at the Robert Schattner Center, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA. Irena Sailer received her dental education and Dr. med. dent. degree from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Tübingen, Germany. Prof. Sailer is a specialist in prosthodontics (Swiss Society for Reconstructive Dentistry) and holds a certificate of focused activities in dental implantology (WBA) from the Swiss Society for Dentistry.

Irena Sailer is a Member of the EAO Board of directors, President elect of the European Academy of Esthetic Dentistry, President of the Swiss ITI Section und Fellow of the Greater New York Academy of Prosthodontics.

Irena Sailer is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Prosthodontics. She is also the author or coauthor of more than 150 peer reviewed scientific manuscripts, 6 book chapters and the monograph “Color in dentistry – a clinical guide to predictable esthetics” together with Dr. Stephen Chu, Dr. Rade Paravina and Mr. Adam Mieleszko. She holds several patents on esthetic coatings of dental/medical devices and on a digital dental splint.