Istvan Urban

Dr. Istvan Urban

Vertical and horizontal ridge augmentation | peri-implant soft tissue reconstruction

• DMD and MD, Semmelweis University, Budapest
• PhD in Periodontology, University of Szeged (honorary professor)
• Board member, Osteology Foundation
• Adjunct clinical associate professor, University of Michigan; lecturer, Harvard School of Dental Medicine
• Author, Vertical and Horizontal Ridge Augmentation (2017) and Vertical 2 (2022), Quintessence

Education and clinical training

Dr. Istvan Urban received his DMD and MD degrees from Semmelweis University School of Medicine and Dentistry in Budapest, Hungary, in 1991 and 1996. He completed a full-time program in Oral Surgery at St. Istvan Hospital in Budapest from 1992 to 1996 and then pursued an internship in Periodontics at UCLA.

Academic career

After graduating from the Fellowship Program in Implant Dentistry at Loma Linda University in California in 2000, Dr. Urban was appointed assistant professor there the following year, and he teaches implant dentistry in its graduate program. In 2012 he earned his PhD in Periodontology from the University of Szeged, Hungary, where he now serves as an honorary professor.

Research and teaching

Dr. Urban is a board member of the Osteology Foundation and has published numerous scientific articles and textbook chapters on bone regeneration and soft tissue reconstructive surgery around dental implants. He is an adjunct clinical associate professor at the Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine at the University of Michigan and a lecturer at Harvard School of Dental Medicine.

Publications and practice

He is the author of Vertical and Horizontal Ridge Augmentation: New Perspectives (Quintessence, 2017) and Vertical 2: The Next Level of Hard and Soft Tissue Augmentation (Quintessence, 2022). He is licensed in California and maintains a private practice in Budapest, Hungary.