Dr. Wael Att, born in 1975 Damascus (Syria), studied dentistry in Syria and received his DDS degree in 1997. From 1998 to 2000, he visited the residency program at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tishreen Hospital, Damascus, Syria.

In the year 2000, he joined the postgraduate training program in the Department of Prosthodontics, University Hospital of Freiburg, Germany and received the Dr. Med. Dent. degree in 2003 after completion of his dissertation. In 2003, he was appointed as an assistant professor at the same department and became a board-certified prosthodontist in 2004 from the German Society for Prosthodontics and Dental Materials (DGPro).

He was a Visiting Assistant Professor from 2005 to 2007 at The Jane and Jerry Weintraub Center for Reconstructive Biotechnology, Division of Advanced Prosthodontics, Biomaterials, and Hospital Dentistry, UCLA School of Dentistry, Los Angeles (USA).

Since 2007, Dr. Att is an Associate Professor at the Department of Prosthodontics, University Hospital of Freiburg, Germany (Chair: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. J. R. Strub) and director of the postgraduate program

In 2008, Dr. Att was officially appointed as the Director of the IADR Prosthodontics Research Group (2008 to 2011).

In 2010, Dr. Att received the Dr Med Dent Habil degree (PhD equivalent) from the University of Freiburg.

Dr. Wael Att is married and has one child.

E-Mail: wael.att@uniklinik-freiburg.de