Curriculum vitae Prof Oene Hokwerda

Prof Oene Hokwerda is emeritus professor in dental ergonomics at the University of Groningen , The Netherlands, where he was placed in charge of developing teaching dental ergonomics in 1965. He was also involved in designing a working stool for the dentist which is still in use and ergonomic dental equipment. He has been consultant of the Commission on Dental Practice of the FDI, chairman of the Dutch WG Dental Ergonomics and from 1991 Secretary-general and President of the European Society of Dental Ergonomics. Now he is Vice-President. The last 10 year he has overseen the practical training of dental ergonomics as part of preclinical and clinical courses of dental and dental hygiene students.