Marko Jakovac was born on October 4^th, 1974, in Zagreb, where he finished primary and secondary school. He graduated in 1993 and in the same year, he entered the School of Dental Medicine at the University of Zagreb. The Ministry of Science and Technology awarded him a scholarship in 1997 due to his high-grade point average during his studies. In 1998, he graduated from the School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb and began his internship. In 1999, he passed the state exam. In the same year, he enrolled in postgraduate studies in the field of dentistry. He was admitted to the School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb as a junior research assistant in 2001. In 2002, he became an assistant and began his specialization at the Department ofProsthodontics. He received his master's degree in 2003 under the mentorship of prof. Jasenka Živko-Babić, DMD, PhD. In 2005, he passed the specialist exam. He defended his doctoral dissertation in 2008. Since 2009, he has been an assistant professor at the Department of Fixed Prosthodontics and head of the course for professional development of doctors of dental medicine called "Advanced preparation techniques in fixed prosthodontics". Since 2010, he has been the head of the post-graduate course "Aesthetics of fixed prosthodontic restorations on teeth and implants". Since 2012, he has been the holder of the undergraduate course "Preclinical and laboratory fixed prosthodontics". He won the dean's award for the best teacher in 2013 and introduced a new undergraduate course "Microscope in dental medicine". Since 2015, he has been an associate professor at the School of Dental Medicine in Zagreb, and since 2018, Vice-Dean for Postgraduate Studies. He became the head of the Department of Fixed Prosthodontics in 2021 and head of the course Fixed Prosthodontics 2. Since 2023 he is full time professor at Department of Fixed Prosthodontics.

He is the author of the book "Protokol", textbook "Preclinical and Laboratory Fixed Prosthodontics” and has written numerous chapters in other textbooks at the School of Dental Medicine in Zagreb.As an author and co-author, he wrote several scientific and professional papers. He is a mentor for more than 30 graduate theses and 5 master's degrees.

He participated in a numerous projects and grants in the Republic of Croatia. He is a lecturer and organizer at a large number of international and domestic congresses and courses for the permanent training of doctors of dental medicine. He cooperates and teaches as a KOL with the companies such as IvoclarVivadent, Carl Zeiss and DentsplySirona.

He is a founder and vice-president of the Croatian Society of Minimal Intervention in Dental Medicine, founder of the European Academy of Digital Dentistry and a member of the Croatian Prosthodontic Society, the Croatian Society for Dental Implantology, the Croatian Medical Association and the Croatian Chamber of Dental Medicine. Lastly, he is the owner of Aesthetica polyclinic and Ae Vision educational centre.

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Marko Jakovac