Dr. Størksen graduated at the University of Bergen, Norway, in 1979. He started working with paediatric dentistry in Denmark. His interest in prosthetic dentistry brought him back to Norway and a position within dental health care for the elderly and handicapped. Since 1988, he has been responsible for oral and maxillofacial prosthetics at the outpatient clinic for maxillofacial surgery, Haukeland University Hospital in Bergen, Norway. He lectures in topics related to dental prosthetics with a special focus on implant dentistry.