Henny Meijer became a dentist in 1988 after graduating at the Dental School from the University Medical Center Groningen. He finished his thesis, titled “A biomechanical study on bone around dental implants in an edentulous mandible” at the University of Utrecht in 1992. From 1992-2000 he was full-time working as a prosthodontist at the Department of Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery and Oral-Maxillofacial Prosthetics at the University Medical Center Groningen. From 2001 -2006 he was working part-time as an associate professor at the Dental School in Groningen. Since 2006 he is professor in Implant Prosthodontics. Henny Meijer is full-time working in the field of oral implantology regarding treatment of patients, research and education. Since 1999 he is member of the board of the Dutch Society of Oral Implantology.