Ralf J. Radlanski studied medicine and dentistry at the Universities of Göttingen (Germany) and Minneapolis (MN, USA). He received his postgraduate education at the Institute of Anatomy at the University of Göttingen and he underwent a residency in orthodontics at the medical faculty of Göttingen University. In 1992 he was appointed professor and director of the Dept. of Craniofacial Developmental Biology at the Center for Dental and Craniofacial Sciences, Charité – University Medicine Berlin (Germany).[9] His scientific work is focused on the visualization of prenatal craniofacial morphogenesis,[10][11] as well as on microstructural research. Furthermore, he has contributed to practical orthodontic questions.[12] Currently, the Radlanski Collection, consisting of 50,000 serial sections of human embryos and fetuses is being digitized.
Radlanski is the author of over 100 scientific articles, has written and contributed to about a dozen textbooks[13] and has given lectures in Europe, Africa, Asia, and the USA.
The Face. Pictorial Atlas of Clinical Anatomy. Quintessence Publ. Co. Chicago 2012 (with Karl H. Wesker) ISBN978-1-85097-289-1
Oral Structure & Biology (Textbook), Quintessence Publishing, Batavia, IL, USA 2018 ISBN978-0-86715-746-8
Facial Growth – Dynamics of Orthodontics, Vol 2a, (with Frans van der Linden und James McNamara), Quintessence Publ., Chicago 2006 ISBN978-3-87652-473-3
Normal Development of the Dentition, Malocclusions and interventions - Dynamics of Orthodontics, Vol. 3 a,b (with Frans van der Linden und James McNamara), Quintessence Publ., ISBN978-3-87652-473-3
Facial Growth, Dentition and Function - Dynamics of Orthodontics, Vol. 5 (with Frans van der Linden und James McNamara), Quintessence Publ., ISBN978-3-87652-732-1