Daniel Buser

Buser spent the majority of his professional career at the University of Bern, where he was appointed Professor and Chairman of the Department of Oral Surgery in 2000.^[5] He held this position until 2019, after which he was named professor emeritus.^[6]

Between 1989 and 1991, Buser conducted research at Harvard University in the United States, where he was exposed to emerging concepts in implant dentistry and biomaterials.^[7] He held sabbatical appointments at the Baylor College of Dentistry in 1995^[8] and the University of Melbourne from 2007 to 2008.^[9] He has also served as President of International Team for Implantology from 2009 to 2013.^[10]

Buser has also served as a Lecturer on Restorative Dentistry and Biomaterials Sciences at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine.^[6]

He received the André Schroeder Research Prize from the ITI in 1995^[11], the Daniel M. Laskin Award from the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons in 1996^[5], and the Honorary Membership Award from the American Academy of Periodontology in 1997.^[4]

He was also honored with the Brånemark Osseointegration Award by the Academy of Osseointegration in 2013^[7] and received the ITI Honorary Fellowship in 2017.^[12]

Buser is known as an early developer of guided bone regeneration (GBR)^[13], having performed one of the earliest GBR procedures in October 1988 at the University of Bern.^[14] His research defined key biological principles underlying the method, including the use of barrier membranes^[15], maintenance of regenerative space, and stabilization of the blood clot.^[3] He has also conducted anatomical research utilizing cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) to improve surgical planning and minimize complications.^[16][17]