Dr. Smidt earned his D.M.D. degree and MSc degree in Oral Microbiology from Jerusalem’s Hebrew University. He completed his graduate studies in Prosthodontics at the Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Dental Medicine. Dr. Smidt is a Senior Clinical lecturer, head of The Center for Graduate Studies in Prosthodontics at The Hebrew University-Hadassah, Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel. Dr. Smidt has published many articles in the international dental literature and has given numerous lectures nationally and internationally related to orthodontics for higher quality and esthetic results in prosthodontics, esthetics in prosthodontics and restorative dentistry and esthetics using dental implants. He is a diplomate of the Israel Board of Prosthodontics. Dr. Smidt had served as the editor of The Israel Society of Prosthodontics, and he is a past president of this Society. Dr. Smidt maintains a private practice limited to prosthodontics, aesthetic dentistry and implants in Tel Aviv, Israel.