Irena Sailer

Prof. Dr. med. dent., Head
Division of Fixed Prosthodontics and Biomaterials
Clinic of Dental Medicine
University of Geneva
19 rue Barthélemy-Menn
CH-1205 Geneva, Switzerland

Honorary Skou Professor
University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark. 

Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Preventive and Restorative Sciences, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA. 

Irena Sailer received her dental education and Dr. med. dent. degree from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Tübingen, Germany in 1997/ 1998. In 2003 Dr. Sailer received an Assistant Professorship at the Clinic of Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics and Dental Material Sciences in Zurich. From 2010 on she was an Associate Professor at the same clinic. In 2007 Dr. Sailer was a Visiting Scholar at the Department of Biomaterials and Biomimetics, Dental College, New York University, USA. Additionally, since 2009 she holds an Adjunct Associate Professorship at the Department of Preventive and Restorative Sciences, Robert Schattner Center, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA (Head: Prof. Dr. M.B. Blatz). 
Since September 2013 she is the Head of the Division of Fixed Prosthodontics and Biomaterials at the University of Geneva. In 2019 Irena Sailer received an Honorary Skou Professorship of digital dental technologies, fixed and implant prosthodontics and biomaterials at Aarhus University, Denmark.
Irena Sailer is a Specialist for Prosthodontics (Swiss Society for Reconstructive Dentistry), and holds a Certificate of focussed activities in Dental Implantology (WBA) of the Swiss Society for Dentistry. 
She is a Member of the Board of Directors of the European Association of Osseointegration (EAO), and of the Swiss Society of Reconstructive Dentistry. Furthermore, she is a member of the Education Committee of the International Team for Implantology (ITI). 
Irena Sailer is an Active Fellow of the Greater New York Academy of Prosthodontics (GNYAP), and currently the Vice President of the European Academy of Esthetic Dentistry (EAED).
Since beginning of 2019 Irena Sailer is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Prosthodontics. She is also the author or co-author of more than 140 peer reviewed scientific manuscripts, 6 book chapters and the monograph “Color in dentistry – a clinical guide to predictable esthetics” together with Dr. Stephen Chu, Dr. Rade Paravina and Mr. Adam Mieleszko (Quintessence publishing). She holds several patents on esthetic coatings of dental/ medical devices, and on a digital dental splint.