Frank Akito Spitznagel

PD Dr. Frank Spitznagel is a Senior Consultant in the Department of Prosthodontics (Director: Prof. Dr. P. Gierthmühlen) at Dusseldorf University Hospital and Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf, Germany. He completed his dental studies at the University of Freiburg in 2014 and earned his doctorate (Dr. med. dent.) in 2016 at the same institution. In 2019, he was awarded First Prize in the “Young Esthetics” competition by the German Society for Esthetic Dentistry (DGÄZ). From 2022 to 2023, he received a research fellowship from the International College of Prosthodontists (ICP). As part of this fellowship, he was a visiting scholar from July to September 2023 in the Department of Preventive and Restorative Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, USA (Chair: Prof. Dr. Markus Blatz). Dr. Spitznagel also won first place at the inaugural ITI Open Mic New Speaker Contest in September 2022 in Germany and recently became an ITI Speaker. PD Dr. Spitznagel is a certified specialist in Pros