1977-1982
Undergraduate Studies in Dental Medicine (Graduation as DMD)

1982-1986
Associate in two private practices in Switzerland

1986-1988
Specialist Education in Periodontology, University of Bern, Switzerland

1988-1989
Assistant Professor, Department of Stomatology, University of California at San Francisco, USA

1989-1991
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Stomatology, University of California at San Francisco, USA

1989-1998
Assistant Professor, Clinic for Periodontology & Fixed Prosthodontics, University of Bern, Switzerland

1990
Specialist Certificate in Periodontics, Swiss Federal Office of Public Health

1997-2000
Associate Professor, Clinic for Periodontology & Fixed Prosthodontics, University of Bern, Switzerland

1998-1999
Visiting Scholar, Department of Physiology, University of Sydney, Australia

2000
Specialist Certificate in Prosthodontics, Swiss Federal Office of Public Health

2000-
Professor and Chairman, Clinic for Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics and Dental Materials Science, University of Zurich, Switzerland

2000-
Director of the Post-Graduate Program in Reconstructive Dentistry, Clinic for Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics

2001-
Director of the ITI Scholarship Program, Clinic for Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics

2006-2007
Visiting Professor, Department of Reconstructive Dentistry, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

2009-2013
Vice Dean of the Medical Faculty for the Center of Dental Medicine, University of Zurich

2013-2014
Visiting Professor, Facultad de Odontologia, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina

2013
Specialist Certificate in Implant Dentistry, Swiss Society of Odontology

2013-2019
Director for Student Affairs, Center of Dental Medicine, University of Zurich

2015-
Professor and Chairman, Clinic of Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics, Dental Materials Science and the Division of Implant Dentistry, University of Zurich, Switzerland

2016-
Director of the program “Master of Advanced Studies in Oral Implantology” of the Medical Faculty, University of Zurich

2018
Dr. honoris causa, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

2019
Visiting Professor, Rangoonwala College of Dental Sciences and Research Centre, Pune, India

2019
Visiting Professor, Peking University and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China

2019-2020
Visiting Professor, Universidad de Los Andes, Santiago, Chile

Christoph Hammerle is the Chairman of the Clinic of Reconstructive Dentistry, Center of Dental Medicine, University of Zurich, Switzerland. He is certified in prosthodontics and periodontics and holds a specialist degree in implant dentistry of the Swiss Society of Odontology. He's clinical focus is on the comprehensive treatment of complex, partially edentulous patients applying all available options of reconstructive dentistry including dental implants. His main scientific interests encompass biological and technological aspects of fixed reconstructions on teeth and implants as part of the overall restorative treatment concept. Specific areas include hard and soft tissue augmentation, imaging techniques, computer aided planning and execution of treatment, clinical application and processing aspects of ceramics, composits and hybrid materials.

Christoph Hammerle is or has been a member of various scientific organizations. Board Member of the Swiss Society for Reconstructive Dentistry, Chairman of the Committee for Specialization in Reconstructive Dentistry in Switzerland, Past President of the Osteology Foundation, Past President of the European Association for Osseointegration (EAO), Board Member of the Continental European Division of the IADR (CED), President of the Dental Campus Association. He has served on the organizing committees of several national and international conferences including: Swiss Society of Periodontology, EAO Annual Congresses, EAO Consensus Conferences, Workshops of the European Federation of Periodontology and the Osteology Foundation.

He has received an honorary doctor from the University of Athens, Greece, honorary memberships of the European Association for Osseointegration and the Osteology Foundation, and the Jerome M. and Dorothy Schweitzer Research Award of the Greater New York Academy of Prosthodontics. He has published more than 350 scientific and clinical articles and holds an H-factor of 83 (Scopus). He has lectured widely internationally.