Hans-Peter Weber, DMD, Dr.med.dent.

Raymond J. and Elva Pomfret Nagle Professor of restorative Dentistry and Biomaterials Sciences

Dr. Weber is the Raymond J. and Elva Pomfret Nagle Professor of Restorative Dentistry and Biomaterials Sciences and serves as Chair of the Department of Restorative Dentistry and Biomaterials Sciences at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine. He holds dental degrees from the University of Berne, Switzerland (Dr. med.dent. 1976) and Harvard (D.M.D. 1990), as well as Certificates in Prosthodontics (1979) and Periodontology (1984) from the University of Berne. He received his Board Certification in Periodontology in Switzerland (1986) before accepting a Visiting Faculty position in the Department of Periodontics at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in 1987. In 1988, he joined the staff of the Harvard School of Dental Medicine as Research Assistant in the Department of Periodontology and also enrolled in HSDM’s DMD curriculum in Advanced Standings. After completing his DMD in 1990, he was appointed as Instructor in the Department of Periodontology. In 1992, he received his promotion to Assistant Professor in Periodontology and named Director of the Division of Implant Dentistry. In 1994, he was promoted to Associate Professor in Restorative Dentistry and became the chair of the Department of Restorative Dentistry, a newly formed Department that merged together the former departments of operative dentistry and endodontics with the department of prosthodontics. In 1997, he was named the Raymond J. and Elva Pomfret Nagle Associate Professor of Restorative Dentistry. In 2001, Dr. Weber was promoted to Full Professor Without Limit of Time. His current work consists of clinical research, teaching and intramural practice of comprehensive dentistry with special emphasis on all phases of implant dentistry and prosthodontics. He has published numerous articles and book chapters and is a regularly invited panelist on national and international meetings. He is a Co-Editior of” Clinical Oral Implants Research” and serves on the review boards of several other dental journals. He is an active member of many professional organizations and was awarded Honorary Membership in the American College of Prosthodontists in 2002.

Clinical / Academic / Research interests

Dr. Weber’s primary research interest and expertise is in translational and clinical research in implant dentistry and related areas. He has conducted or participated in a number of clinical trials with various designs over the years. Several have been studies to evaluate the safety and efficacy of one-stage (transmucosal) implants and the related one-stage surgical protocol in various clinical indications. A randomized controlled clinical multicenter trial on the outcome of implants placed immediately in extraction sockets is just now being completed. Two new controlled prospective trials will investigate esthetic outcomes with implants of different neck colors and the performance of ceramic versus titanium abutments functionally, biologically and esthetically.