Academy Author Profile

Henny Meijer became a dentist in 1988 after graduating from the Dental School in Groningen, the Netherlands. He finished his thesis “A biomechanical study on bone around dental implants in an edentulous mandible” at the University of Utrecht in 1992.

From 1992-2006, he worked as a prosthodontist at the University Medical Center Groningen. Since 2006, he is professor in implant prosthodontics. Henny Meijer works full-time in the field of implant dentistry. Besides treating patients he focuses on research and education. From 1999 to 2009, he was a member of the board of the Dutch Society of Oral Implantology and since 2010 he is honorary member of this society. Since 2012 he is a member of the Certification Committee of the European Association for Osseointegration.

He lectures internationally with emphasis on prosthetics, on topics such as dental implant restorations in the aesthetic region, short implants in the posterior region and overdenture therapy in maxilla and mandible.