JUKKA H. MEURMAN

Work and research

Present appointment:

Professor of Oral infectious diseases, University of Helsinki, and Head physician in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases, Helsinki University Central Hospital

Clinical activities:

Head physician at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases, Surgical hospital, Helsinki

Private practice at Mehiläinen Doctors´ Center, Helsinki

Areas of teachning:

Ante- and post-graduate dental students, dental specialist education and teaching doctoral students, supervised 19 doctoral theses

Scientific research:

Main area of research is in the association between oral infections and general health

300 peer-reviewed original publications, 160 review articles, texbooks and textbook chapters (H index 35, citations 4299). Research database Tuhat

Special skills:

Diseases of the mouth

	(from right) Mr.  Ian K. Ritchie, President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Professor Jukka H. Meurman, honored Fellow of the RCS (Helsinki, Finland), and Professor Richard Ibbetson, Dean of the Faculty of Dental Surgery, Edinburgh.