Matthias Kern

Graduation from Dental School in Freiburg, Germany in 1985. Assistant Professor in the Department of Prosthodontics, University of Freiburg 1985-1991. Dr. med. dent. thesis 1987. 1991-1993 Visiting Research Associate Professor, University of Maryland at Baltimore, USA (Grant of the German Society of Research). 1995 Dr. med. dent. habil. thesis, Vice Chairman of the Department of Prosthodontics, University of Freiburg. 1997 Professor and Chairman of the Department of Prosthodon¬tics, Propaedeutics and Dental Materials, Christian-Albrechts University at Kiel, Germany. In Dec 2011 Dr. Kern received the Schweitzer Research Award of the Greater New York Academy of Prosthodontics (GNYAP). Dr. Kern served as President of the German Society for Prosthetic Dentistry and Biomaterials (DGPro) from June 2012 until September 2016. Dr. Kern serves in the Editorial Board of more than 10 peer-reviewed scientific journals and has published more than 500 scientific articles.

In Dec 2011 Dr. Kern received the Schweitzer Research Award of the Greater New York Academy of Prosthodontics (GNYAP).

In March 2020 Dr. Kern received the IADR Distinguished Scientist Award for Research in Prosthodontics and Implants 2020. In March 2024 Dr. Kern was appointed honorary member of the DGPro.

In 2018, his book "Resin bonded fixed debtal prostheses" was published in its first English edition and in 2022 the 5th edition of the three-volume German textbook "Curriculum Prothetik".