Prof. Dr. Dieter Muessig was born 1956 in Nuernberg (Germany), graduated 1983 from the University of Erlangen, received the doctor degree in 1986; specialist in Orthodontics since 1988, senior assistant at the Department of Orthodontics at the dental school of the University Erlangen between 1989 and 1996;
1994 Habilitation and junior professorship.
1995 Guest professor at the University of North Sumatra
Since 1997 Professor and Head of the Department of Orthodontics at the University of Regensburg / Germany.
Fields of research:
" Biological mechanisms of tooth movement
" Efficiency of preadjusted orthodontic appliances, especially the MBT-System
" Orthodontic use of glas-fiber reinforced composit
Invited key-note speaker in numerous international meetings, more than 100 articles published.