Stefan Renvert DDS

Professor Stefan Renvert received his D.D.S. degree from the University of Lund, Sweden, in 1975. In 1979 he spent one year as a visiting Professor at Loma Linda University in California, USA. He received a certificate in Periodontology in 1981 and the Odont. Dr. 1984. In 1999 he became Professor of Oral Health Sciences and Research Director at Kristianstad University, Sweden. Professor Renvert also holds a position as an Honorary Professor at Dublin Dental Hospital, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, at the University of Hong Kong and is a Guest Professor at the Blekinge Institute of Technology, Karlskrona, Sweden. 

Professor Renvert is past chairman of the Swedish Society of Periodontology and past president of the EFP. He was the Scientific Chairman for Europerio 5 in Madrid in 2005 and Chairman of the Europerio 6 meeting in Stockholm in 2009. Professor Renvert was General Secretary of the EFP during 2010 - 2016. Professor Renvert´s research early focused on outcome assessments of different treatment modalities of intra-osseous defects and diagnosis of periodontal diseases. His collaborative research efforts over the last years have resulted in numerous publications on periodontal microbiology, guided bone regeneration around implants, peri-implantitis, and the associations between periodontitis and general diseases. Professor Renvert has published over 150 papers in international and national journals. 

At present Professor Renvert´s research focuses on diagnosis and treatment of peri-implantitis and has published more than 60 articles on this subject. Professor Renvert has together with Dr. Jean Louis Giovannoli published a book on Peri-implantitis. Other research areas are to evaluate different treatment alternatives for intra-oral halitosis, periodontal disease in the elderly population, and the association of periodontal disease with cardiovascular disease.