PhD. DMD. Andrzej Gala I graduated as a dentist from the Medical University in Kraków in 1992. Obligatory postgraduate training at the ZLO in Krakow. From 1993–2000, I worked as an assistant doctor at the Department of Prosthetic Dentistry at the Medical University in Krakow. From 2001–2005, I worked as an senior registrar and from 2005–2008 as a senior lecturer at the Department of Prosthetic Dentistry at the Dental Institute of Collegium Medicum Jagiellonian University in Kraków. In 2001, I became a specialist in dental prosthetics. I received a PhD degree at the Jagiellonian University in 2003. From 1996 and 1998, I was in attendance on a scholarship at the University in Würzburg (Germany). Publications: 49 scientific papers. I am a member of the Polish Dental Association.