Bjarni Pjetursson

Bjarni Pjetursson

Reykjavik, Iceland
Periodontist, Prosthodontist
Professor and Chairman of the Department of Reconstructive Dentistry and Vice Dean, University of Iceland, titular professor at the Division of Fixed Prosthodontics and Biomaterials, University of Geneva
ITI Fellow

Professor Dr Bjarni E Pjetursson, received his DDS from University of Iceland in 1990. From 1990 to 2000 he worked as a general dentist in his private clinic in Iceland. In 2000 he started his postgraduate training in Periodontology and Implant Dentistry at the University of Bern, Switzerland. He received his specialist certificate (EFP & SSP) and Masters of Advanced Studies in Periodontology and Doctorate in Dentistry (Dr. med. dent) from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland. From 2003 to 2005 he did his postgraduate training in Prosthodontics at the University of Berne, Switzerland. In 2014 he received his PhD from Faculty of Odontology, University of Iceland. From 2005 he was Assistant Professor and Senior lecturer at the Department of Periodontology and Fixed Prosthodontics, University of Berne and from 2009 to 2014 he was an honorary professor at the University of Hong Kong. From 2014 to 2019 he was the Dean of the Faculty of Odontology, University of Iceland. From 2014 to 2020 he was a EAO board member and from 2019 to 2021 an associate editor of International Journal of Prosthodontics
Presently, he is a Professor and Chairman of the Department of Reconstructive Dentistry and Vice Dean, University of Iceland and a Titular professor at the Division of Fixed Prosthodontics and Biomaterials, University of Geneva. Dr. Pjetursson is a ITI Fellow , EAO member and member of the editorial board of Clinical Oral Implants Research and International Journal of Prosthodontics. He has published extensively in resent years. He has also given over 800 lectures in 50 countries around the world. His research interests are clinical studies in implant dentistry and evidenced based evaluation of different treatment modalities in implant- and prosthetic dentistry. Professor Pjetursson´s passion apart from dentistry is horse breeding and his farm Hjardartun has been nominated as the Breeding farm of the year in Iceland in 2020 and 2021.

Reykjavik, Iceland

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