1987 Dental state examination from the Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, School of Dentistry [equivalent to a D.D.S. from an accredited university in the United States]

1988 Dr. med. dent. from the Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg, Germany (Topic: “Investigations on oral health in Togo / West Africa”) [equivalent to a Ph.D. in one of the Oral and Dental Sciences offered by an accredited university in the United States]

1988 German Federal Armed Forces (captain, MC; since 1990 major, MC)

1988-1989 Dentist in a private practice, Freiburg

1989-1994 Assistant Professor, School of Dentistry, Department of Prosthodontics, University of Freiburg, Germany

1994-1997 Visiting Assistant Professor of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

1997 Certificate Equivalent in Orofacial Pain, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

1997-2003 Assistant Professor, School of Dentistry, Department of Prosthodontics, University of Freiburg, Germany

1999 Habilitation (Topic: „Temporomandibular Pain – Clinical Presentation and Impact“, Quintessenz-Verlag, Berlin 2000) / Venia Legendi [postdoctoral lecture qualification] / Associate Professor, University of Freiburg

2000 Certificate of Training in Orofacial Pain, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, USA

2001 Board Certification in Prosthodontics by the German Society of Prosthodontics and Material Sciences (DGPro)

Since June 2001 Assistant Medical Director, Dental School, University of Basel, Switzerland

2005 Professor, University of Freiburg, Germany

2008 Board Certification, German Association for Temporomandibular Function and Disorders of Prosthodontics and Material Sciences (DGFDT)

Since 2008 Interuniversity College for Health and Development Graz / Castle of Seggau, Austria

1998 founder, 1998-2004 speaker of the interdisciplinary working group for orofacial pain, German Association for the Study of Pain (<www.dgss.org>)

Member of the enlarged executive board of the German Network Evidence-Based Medicine

Clinical focus: Orofacial pain, temporomandibular disorders, stomatognathic physiology, occlusion, evidence-based dentistry

E-Mail: jens.tuerp@unibas.ch