Professor Iain Chapple

Professor Iain L. C. Chapple

BDS, FDSRCPS (Glas), FDSRCS (Edin), Ph.D. CCST (Rest Dent)

He will be speaking at the LONDON ORTHODONTICS – Study club on Thursday 31 January 2013 

“Floss or die, eat well or die young, work out or burn out” – Lifestyle, periodontal inflammation and mortality

Iain Chapple is Professor/Head of Periodontology, Consultant in Restorative Dentistry at Birmingham Dental School/Hospital.  He is former Scientific Editor of the British Dental Journal, current Associate Editor of Journal of Periodontal Research, Associate Editor of Journal of Clinical Periodontology and Editorial Board member of Periodontology 2000.  He has written 7-textbooks and published over 200 manuscripts/abstracts.

Iain was elected President of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) Periodontal Research Group (PRG-2006-7), and is currently Treasurer of the European Federation of Periodontology (EFP) and UK Oral and Dental Research Trust. H co-chairs the EFP workshops (research and education).

Iain was awarded the Charles Tomes medal by the Royal College of Surgeons (2011), the Rizzo Research Award of the IADR PRG (2001). He won the British Society of Periodontology (BSP) Sir Wilfred Fish research prize (1993) and former PhD students (Roberts, Brock, Milward) also won this award. In 2010 (Dias) and 2011 (Palmer) post-doctoral fellows of the PRG won the Past Presidents Award of the IADR PRG.

Iain is clinical lead for a hospital regional specialist periodontal service (referral base >6-million) and a national oral care service for adult Epidermolysis Bullosa patients.

Iain leads the Periodontal Research Group (PRG), part of Birmingham’s MRC Centre for Immune Regulation. He has delivered annual keynote lectures/symposia at IADR, EuroPerio, and British Dental Association. The PRGs interests include:

  • Innate immunity in the pathobiology of periodontitis
  • Diagnostic biomarkes for periodontitis and associated systemic diseases
  • Periodontal inflammation and systemic inflammatory conditions
  • Periodontitis and immune senescence

If you would like to read more about Professor I Chapple and his work please follow this link

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