Harry Reintsema, DDS, PhD

Title: Development of Maxillofacial Prosthodontics in an ever changing world. Going back to the future

Aims and Objectives:

• To explain maxillofacial prosthetics (MFP) in the Netherlands and its position in multidisciplinary oral/maxillofacial rehabilitation.
• The use of conventional knowledge and skills in combination with 3D technology in a team concept.
• To explain the Dutch national MFP training program under the aegis of the NVGPT (the Dutch Prosthodontic Society) as a 4-year portfolio based training program.

GDC Outcomes: B and C

Biography:
Graduated from Dental School Groningen (NL) April 16th 1982, and PhD-thesis ('the effect of fluoridated toothpastes on plaque covered enamel in vivo') RU Groningen,  January 13th 1988.

Assistant professor Dental School University Groningen (1982-1991).

Maxillofacial prosthodontist in UMCG since1984 (NVGPT-registered since 2000); retired from UMCG March 1st,2025

Head of the UMCG Center for Special Dental Care and Maxillofacial Prosthetics (2003-2023).

Chair of the NVGPT Dutch National MFP - Training Program Committee (2013-)

Board member NVPT/NVGPT (Dutch Prosthetic Society) (1992-2002)

President International Society for Maxillofacial Rehabilitation (ISMR) (2013-2016)

Board member COBIJT (National Organization Representing Special Dental Care) (2023-)

Honorary member Dutch Society for Gnathology and Prosthetic Dentistry (NVGPT)

Honorary member British Society of Prosthodontics (BSSPD)

Rewarded with the J.G. Schuiringa Award (2000)

Was (co)author of several articles on maxillofacial rehabilitation and implant dentistry and participated in the organization of several conferences and workshops on maxillofacial rehabilitation.

Fields of interest concern e.g. the dental/prosthetic treatment of Head-and-Neck Oncology patients and patients with congenital or acquired orofacial defects, and prosthodontic (implant-)treatment in general.