Specialist dentist for reconstructive dentistry SSO
WBA for Oral Implantology SSO
WBA for General Dentistry SSO

Dr. Jürg Eppenberger offers all dental services from a single source thanks to his in-depth training and professional experience. Over the years, he has made a name for himself throughout the country thanks to his special expertise in the fields of reconstructive dentistry (e.g. restoration of defective or destroyed teeth) and dental implants. He is the author of over 50 specialist articles in newspapers, gives lectures for dentists and the general public, teaches surgical courses for dentists and organizes continuing education congresses attended throughout Switzerland. 

Core competencies

Aesthetic dentistry
Prosthodontic dentistry
Complex overall rehabilitation
Dental implants made of titanium or ceramic
Bone augmentation, sinus lift

Career

1984
State examination in dentistry at the University of Zurich

1984 – 1985
Assistant in private practice in Lucerne (Dr. K. Eppenberger)

1985 – 1989
Assistant at the Department of Crown and Bridge Prosthetics, Partial Prosthetics and Dental Materials Science at the University of Zurich (Director: Prof. Dr. Peter Schärer, M.S.)

1988 – 1989
Head of clinic in the same department

1989 – 1990
Assistant in private practice in Winterthur, specializing in periodontal surgery, prosthetics and perioprosthetics (Drs. B. Lüscher and H. Ochsenbein)

1990 – 1991
Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA: Department of Implantology, Periodontology and Reconstructive Dentistry

1991
Practice opening in Lucerne

1985 – 2001
Active participation in scientific seminars at the Clinic for Crown and Bridge Prosthetics, Partial Prosthetics and Dental Materials Science at the University of Zurich

1995 – 2001
Board member and Vice President SSRD (Swiss Society for Reconstructive Dentistry)

1999
Examination and doctorate as a specialist SSO and specialist dentist for reconstructive dentistry

2001 – 2013
Examination expert for obtaining the title: Specialist dentist for reconstructive dentistry

2007
Founding member of Dentistry Hirslanden Klinik St. Anna, Lucerne
since 2007
Live surgery courses for dentists on implants and bone augmentation

2008
Obtaining the advanced training certificate WBA for general dentistry SSO

2003, 2007, 2011
Organization of the annual congresses of the Swiss Dental Association SSO at the KKL in Lucerne

2013
Examination and awarding of the WBA certificate of advanced training in oral implantology SSO

2018
Training and certification in digital volume tomography

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