Priv.-Doz. Dr. Maria Bruhnke

Senior Lecturer (Privatdozentin) and Senior Consultant at Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin. Specialist in Prosthodontics. Dr. Maria Bruhnke stands for dentistry that unites scientific precision, research and clinical excellence at the highest level. At the heart of her work is a question that affects many patients: how can a tooth be saved when it already seems lost? Her studies on preserving and functionally restoring severely damaged teeth appear in the leading international journals and are shifting the boundary of what restorative dentistry considers worth saving. More than 25 scientific publications, 12 of them as first or last author, including in the Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry, the Journal of Endodontics and the Journal of Dentistry. At Zaritzki Fine Dentistry, she treats conservative, restorative and prosthodontic cases.

Clinical Career

Since 2026
Senior Consultant (Oberärztin), Head of Prosthodontic Admissions
Department of Prosthodontics, Geriatric Dentistry and Craniomandibular Disorders
Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Since 2024
Dentist at Zaritzki Fine Dentistry, Berlin

2024
Senior Lecturer (Privatdozentin) with teaching duties
Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin

2021-2023
Associate Senior Consultant (Funktionsoberärztin)
Department of Prosthodontics, Geriatric Dentistry and Craniomandibular Disorders
Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin

2016-2021
Research Associate Department of Prosthodontics, Geriatric Dentistry and Craniomandibular Disorders
Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin

2014-2016
Assistant dentist in a dental practice, Berlin

Academic Qualifications

2024
Habilitation
Thesis: "Limits of tooth preservation: restoring severely damaged teeth after orthodontic extrusion"
Charité-Universitätsmedizin, Berlin

2023
Research fellowship, Department of Reconstructive Oral Care Academic Centre for Dentistry
Amsterdam (ACTA), Netherlands

2018
Doctorate (Dr. med. dent.) Thesis: "Direct adhesive post-endodontic reconstruction of maxillary anterior teeth"
Charité-Universitätsmedizin, Berlin

2014
Licence to practise dentistry

2008-2013
Studies in dentistry
Charité-Universitätsmedizin, Berlin

Certifications and Awards

2021
Certification in implant prosthodontics
German Society of Implantology (DGI)

2020
Certification in implantology
German Society of Implantology (DGI)

2020
Appointed Specialist in Prosthodontics
German Society of Prosthetic Dentistry and Biomaterials (DGPro)

2017
1st Prize, 3M ESPE Health Care Academy Talent Award

Lectures

2023
"Limits of tooth preservation: restore the unrestorable"
Berlin Dental Congress (Berliner Zahnärztetag)

2022
"When are teeth hopeless? A clinical pilot study on restoring severely damaged teeth after orthodontic extrusion"
Annual Meeting of the German Society of Implantology (DGI), Hamburg

Publications

2025
"Accuracy of two static computer-assisted implant surgery systems in partially edentulous patients: A randomized clinical trial using intraoral scan data"
Journal of Dentistry

"The Effect of Implant–Abutment Contact Area on the Stress Generation of Bone-Level and Tissue-Level Implants" Applied Sciences

"Extrusion of periodontally compromised teeth: an effective strategy for periodontal and alveolar regeneration" (in German) wissen kompakt

"The Facial Aesthetic Concept^©: A New Approach to Full-Mouth Rehabilitation" (in German)
cd Cosmetic Dentistry

2024
"Orthodontic extrusion: possibilities and challenges" (in German)
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"Replantation of root segments: preserving alveolar volume" (in German)
wissen kompakt

2023
"Evaluating the prospective crown-root ratio after extrusion and crown lengthening procedures in vitro"
Scientific Reports

"Implant or tooth? A cost-time analysis of managing 'unrestorable' teeth"
Journal of Dentistry

"Forced Orthodontic Extrusion to Restore the Unrestorable: A Proof of Concept" International Journal of Periodontics & Restorative Dentistry

"Root-analogue implants compared to forced orthodontic extrusion: a retrospective analysis of clinical, radiological and esthetic outcomes after restoration"
Clinical Oral Investigations

"Health economic evaluation of forced orthodontic extrusion of extensively damaged teeth: up to 6-year results from a clinical study"
Clinical Oral Investigations

"Forced orthodontic extrusion to restore extensively damaged anterior and premolar teeth as abutments for single-crown restorations: Up to 5-year results from a pilot clinical study"
Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry

"Implant surgery with dynamic real-time navigation" (in German)
Zeitschrift für Zahnärztliche Implantologie

"Accuracy of fully guided dental implant placement: A prospective clinical in-vivo investigation using intraoral scan data"
International Journal of Computerized Dentistry

2022
"Implant or Tooth? A Prospective Clinical Study on Oral Health-Related Quality of Life for Patients with 'Unrestorable' Teeth"
Journal of Clinical Medicine

"Mechanical Properties of New Generations of Monolithic, Multi-Layered Zirconia" Materials

"Long-term Survival of Adhesively Luted Post-endodontic Restorations"
Journal of Endodontics

"Tooth preservation of deeply destroyed teeth by forced orthodontic extrusion: A case series"
Quintessence International

"Dynamic navigation for dental implant placement in single-tooth gaps: A preclinical pilot investigation"
Journal of Dentistry

"Implant restoration of the single-tooth gap" (in German)
Zahnärztliche Mitteilungen

"Functional and structural aspects in periodontal furcation treatment: a novel approach"
Quintessence International

"The Tissue Master Concept" (in German) In: Regenerative Zahnheilkunde
Spitta Verlag

2020
"Forced Orthodontic Extrusion: A Practical Therapy Method for Apparently Hopeless Teeth? A Case Report"
International Journal of Prosthodontics

2019
"Direct restoration of endodontically treated maxillary central incisors: post or no post at all?"
Clinical Oral Investigations

2018
"Direct or Indirect Restoration of Endodontically Treated Maxillary Central Incisors with Class III Defects? Composite vs Veneer or Crown Restoration"
Journal of Adhesive Dentistry

"Ceramic implants: what do we know?" (in German)
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