Jukka Meurman DDS, PhD, MD

Jukka Meurman is Professor Emeritus of Oral Infectious Diseases, University of Helsinki, Finland, and Head Physician, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases, Helsinki University Hospital, Finland. He is the author or co-author of numerous peer-reviewed original research publications mainly focusing on the various aspects of oral and systemic health, and oral microbiology.

Current PubMed hits are 298 publications, Web of Science 343 entries with Hirsch index 39 and 5760 citations. Professor Meurman had a special interest in probiotics, a new research area he pioneered in the early 1990s, and oral Candida infections. He has supervised 23 doctoral theses and lectured extensively in various international forums. Currently, his research group consists of 10 registered doctoral students.