About the Editors
BDJ Portfolio Editor-in-Chief
Professor Avijit Banerjee, BDS, MSc, PhD (Lond), LDS, FDS (Rest Dent), FDS RCS (Eng), FCGDent, FHEA, FICD, King's College London, UK
Avijit is Editor-in-Chief of the BDJ Portfolio. He is Professor of Cariology & Operative Dentistry, Hon. Consultant and Clinical Lead, Restorative Dentistry at the Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences, King’s College London/Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospitals Foundation Trust, London, UK. He holds the positions of Head of Conservative & MI Dentistry and leads the Cariology & Operative Dentistry research programme at the QS-ranked world-leading Faculty (as part of the Centre of Oral and Clinical Translational Sciences), researching, publishing and lecturing internationally about minimum intervention oral care delivery, minimally invasive dentistry, adhesive dental biomaterials, clinical trials and national primary care policy. He is a member of the British Dental Association Health & Science Committee and currently holds an Hon. Consultant Advisor position at the Office of the Chief Dental Officer, England. He has been appointed as the Chair of the Faculty of Dentists, College of General Dentistry (2024-27), chairing also its Career Pathway Board and he has been elected as President of the British Society of Oral & Dental Research (BSODR; 2025-27). He is currently the deputy national lead of the NIHR Oral & Dental Research Delivery Network (as well as the South London regional RDN lead). He is the 2024 recipient of the prestigious BDA John Tomes Medal, for his services to the oral healthcare profession and the BDA.
Editor
Professor Mona Nasser, DDS, MSc (DPH), MSc (Astro), PhD, FHEA, University of Plymouth, UK
Mona Nasser is Professor in Clinical Epidemiology and Oral Health Research at Peninsula Dental School and Director of the Plymouth Institute of Health and Care Research (PIHR), University of Plymouth. She co-leads the research group on Oral Health Services, Workforce Development, and Clinical Epidemiology and leads an AI and Robotics lab in Dentistry in Plymouth. She received her dental degree from Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (Iran) in 2005 and has held scientific and executive roles in Iran, Germany, and the UK. For the past 20 years, she has actively contributed to the Evidence-Based Medicine and Evidence-Based Dentistry communities. She is co-founder and co-convenor of the Cochrane Priority Setting Methods Group and previously served on the board of the Cochrane Collaboration. Her work on methods for research priority setting was recognised with the Bill Silverman Prize (Cochrane Collaboration). She is a non-executive director of Health Innovation SouthWest and the Oral & Dental Specialty Lead at South West Peninsula NIHR Research Delivery Network (RDN). She also serves on the editorial board of the Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and Methods journal. Her international consultancy roles include engagements with the World Health Organization and the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care. She teaches internationally on evidence-based healthcare, public health, and health policy. Her research focuses on health services research, especially tailoring health services and dental care for vulnerable populations and exploring technologies that support this aim. She also contributes to the growing evidence base in space medicine, including the effects of spaceflight environments on craniofacial and dental structures. She has led several interdisciplinary projects at the intersection of art and science. Her research has been supported by the NIHR, British Council, MPS Foundation, Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), EPSRC IAA, EU Horizon, and COST Action. Most importantly, she is very proud to be the Editor of Evidence-Based Dentistry.
Associate Editor
Dr Giusy Rita Maria La Rosa, PhD, University of Catania, Italy
Giusy Rita Maria La Rosa graduated in Dentistry from the University of Catania in 2017 and earned her PhD in Basic and Applied Biomedical Sciences from the same university in 2021. Her doctoral research principally focused on oral medicine and oral pathology. Driven by a strong interest in evidence-based practices, she completed a second-level university Master's program in Biostatistics and Epidemiological Methodology at the University of Pavia, and took part in several advanced training courses in evidence synthesis, including the Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis course held at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. She has contributed to multiple nationally and internationally funded research projects on systematic reviews, meta-analyses, network meta-analyses, and the development of clinical practice guidelines using the GRADE approach. Her current research interests include tobacco harm reduction and its effects on oral health, the application of new technologies in dentistry, and research methodology. She currently serves as Associate Editor and holds various editorial and peer-review roles for several journals in the field of dentistry and medicine.
Editorial Board
Professor Kamran Ali, PhD, MMEd, BDS (Hons), FDSRCS, FCPS, FFDRCSI, FFDTEd, FDSRCPS, Qatar University, Qatar
Kamran Ali is a Professor of Oral Surgery and Dental Education at Qatar University. He is also an honorary Professor at the University of Plymouth, Peninsula Dental School, UK. Kamran is a Principal Fellow and a National Teaching Fellow of the Advance Higher Education UK. Kamran does research in Oral Surgery and Dental Education.
Professor Chris Deery, BDS, MSc, FDS RCS Ed, PhD, FDS(Paed Dent) RCS Ed, FDS RCS Eng, FHEA, University of Sheffield, UK
Chris is the Professor of Paediatric Dentistry and an Honorary Consultant at the University of Sheffield, UK.. Where he was Dean of the School of Clinical Dentistry from 2015 to 2023. He was the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry for seven years from 2010. He has been the Chair of Dental Schools Council and the Consultants in Paediatric Dentistry Group UK. In all of these roles he is very involved in the improvement of dental education and dental care in the UK. His research interests include research in primary care, cariology premedication and research involving children.
Professor Gail Douglas, BMSc, BDS, PhD, MPH, FDS RCS(Ed), FDS(DPH) RCS(Ed), University of Leeds, UK
Gail is Professor of Dental Public Health at the University of Leeds/honorary consultant with Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust and the School of Dentistry's Director of Research and Innovation. Her dental degree was obtained at the University of Dundee, as were her Medical Psychology BMSc, MPH and PhD on the topic of secondary caries diagnosis and its health economics. Research experiences have included co-leading the FiCTION randomised clinical trial on managing children’s caries in primary care and being part of the INTERVAL trial team investigating recall intervals. Current research includes oral health initiatives for vulnerable groups. Main areas of research interest lie in caries diagnosis, prevention and treatment. She is also very involved in dental epidemiology, training and calibrating examiners for surveys and research worldwide.
Dr Fariha Hussain, BChD, PGCE, MClinDent (Pros), King’s College London, UK
Fariha has been teaching at King’s College London at undergraduate and postgraduate levels since 2008. As Deputy Programme Director for the Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics MClinDent course, she is responsible for course design, delivery and hands-on training of this Masters programme which is delivered by a blend of online and face-to-face teaching. Dr Hussain was awarded a Teaching Excellence Award in 2016. In her role as an education associate for the General Dental Council (UK), Dr Hussain has advised on quality assurance of dental education in universities and higher education institutions. She is involved in the provision of continuing professional development courses for general dentists in the UK and overseas.
Professor Zoe Marshman, BDS, MPH, DDPH, FDS (DPH) RCS, PhD, University of Sheffield, UK
Zoe Marshman joined the University of Sheffield in 2002 and currently works as a professor of dental public health and as an honorary consultant. Her main interest is person-centred dental research to improve the oral health and treatment experiences of children and their families. Zoe has experience of leading large multi-centred randomised controlled trials, integrating qualitative research into trials and conducting process evaluations. She has published widely on topics including oral health-related quality of life, oral health promotion and dental anxiety.
Professor Gerry McKenna, BDS, MFDS RCSEd, PhD, PgDipTLHE, FDS (Rest Dent) RCSEd, FHEA, FICD, FDTFEd, Queen’s University Belfast, UK
Gerry is Professor of Oral Health Services Research and Gerodontology in Queen’s University Belfast and holds a consultant position in Restorative Dentistry with the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust. He is the current President of the British Society of Gerodontology. Gerry is the former president of both the Geriatric Oral Research Group and the Irish Division within the International Association for Dental Research (IADR), and former President of the European College of Gerodontology. His research interests are focused on improving care for older people and he is a principal investigator in the Centre for Public Health in Queen’s University Belfast where he leads Oral Health research. Gerry has published widely on gerodontology and his research is supported by the National Institute for Healthcare Research (NIHR), Dunhill Medical Trust, Erasmus + and the Economic and Social Research Council.
Reint Meursinge Reynders, DDS, MS, MSc, PhD, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Reint Meursinge Reynders has a private practice exclusively for orthodontics in Milan, Italy. He started his office in 1989. He is an Associate Editor for the Springer Nature journal Systematic Reviews and is a senior scientist in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Amsterdam University Medical Centers. Reint has a special interest in evidence-based health care, peer-reviewing, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, and research integrity. He conducts research studies on clinical and meta-epidemiological issues with various groups in the USA, Italy and the Netherlands. He obtained his DDS and PhD from the University of Amsterdam. He received his orthodontic specialty degree and a MSc in oral biology from Northwestern University, Chicago. He has a MSc in evidence-based health care from the University of Oxford, UK.
Wayne Richards, BDS, MPhil, MFGDP, University of South Wales, UK
Wayne has been a general dental practitioner for 40 years as an associate, principal and foundation trainer. In the 1980s, Wayne returned to academic study in dental public health at King’s College London. The combination of general dental practice and dental public health made an interesting combination that did not fit comfortably within professional disciplines. However, the application of behavioural/public health principles to general dental practice delivery became the foundation of a practice career. For many years his research interest focused on data generated in general dental practice. Interests then became focused on the use of non-dental personnel within dental public health. Much of his historic published research is in tune with current issues in general dental practice.
Professor Analia Veitz-Keenan, DDS, FAGD, New York University, USA
Analia is Clinical Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Radiology and Medicine and Director of Evidence-Based Dentistry at New York University (NYU), College of Dentistry. She teaches Evidence-Based Dentistry (EBD) to undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as coordinating and teaching EBD activities for Faculty. In 2011, she spearheaded a partnership between NYU Dentistry and the Cochrane Collaboration, which produces the Cochrane Reviews, considered the gold standard for evidence-based healthcare. She received the 2019 ADA/AADR Evidence-based Dentistry (EBD) Accomplished Faculty Award which is presented to educators and clinicians who have made significant contributions to implementing and advancing evidence-based dentistry. She contributes regularly with commentaries in both Evidence-Based Dentistry and the Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice and is a practising general dentist in Brooklyn, New York.
Albert Yeung, BDS, MMedSci, MPHe, MPhil, MFDS RCPS, DDPH RCS, FFDRCSI (DPH), FDS (DPH) RCPS, FFPH, FCGDent, FHEA, ACIEA, NHS Lanarkshire, UK
Albert is a Consultant in Dental Public Health at NHS Lanarkshire in Scotland. He is an Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer of the University of Glasgow. He is co-editor of the Oxford Dictionary of Dentistry (Second Edition). He is a Professional Adviser to the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman. He is a past President of the British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry. He is an examiner for General Dental Council’s Overseas Registration Examination, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, and Royal College of Surgeons of England. His fields of interests include dental public health, fluorides, nutrition, paediatric dentistry and systematic reviews.
Professor Neeraj Gugnani, MDS (KGMC, Lko, India), MSc (Clinical Trials, LSHTM, UoL), PGCiLT, FAHE (UK), DAV (C) Dental College Yamunanagar, India
Neeraj Gugnani is working as Professor in the Department of Paediatric and Preventive Dentistry at DAV (C) Dental College Yamunanagar, India. He was awarded the prestigious Commonwealth Fellowship for research in cariology at University of Manchester, UK. He was also awarded the ORCA travel fellowship for ORCA congress at Lithuania, in 2011. He has completed an MSc (with Distinction) in Clinical Trials from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, UK. He is also a Fellow, Advance Higher Education, UK. His research interests include clinical trials, systematic reviews, paediatric and preventive dentistry, cariology, and periodontics. He is passionate about teaching and providing evidence-based care. Being interested in developing further, he successfully completed an MSc in Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare from the University of Alcalá, Spain. Having earned this masters, he is now pioneering the integration of AI-driven solutions for modern dentistry.
Dr Parthasarathy Madurantakam, DDS, MDS, PhD, MOrthRCS (Ed), Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
Dr Madurantakam is an Associate Professor and Director of Research in the Department of General Practice at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry, Richmond, VA, USA. After completing his dental school and residency in orthodontics from India, he earned his Membership in Orthodontics from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh MOrthRCS (Ed). He followed his passion in research with a PhD in Biomedical Engineering (special focus on bone tissue engineering). His current research interests span the spectrum from basic sciences to clinical research. He has been involved with several initiatives of the American Dental Association including the Centre for Evidence-Based Dentistry and the Council on Scientific Affairs.
Alex Park, BPharm, ProfHonsClinPharm, DMD, PhD, GCertEd, PGDipHighE, MDataSc, FDTFEd, FPS, FICD, SFHEA, GStat, The University of Western Australia, Australia
Alex Park is a Senior Research Fellow and Adjunct Associate Professor at the Centre for Optimisation of Medicines, The University of Western Australia. An Australian registered pharmacist and dentist, he has extensive expertise in pharmacy practice, interprofessional education, prescribing, telehealth, and clinical dentistry, employing both quantitative and qualitative methodologies. His research focuses on digital health, medication management, pharmacoepidemiology, and dental education. He is a Fellow of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He actively contributes to editorial and assessment roles, serving as an editorial board member for international journals in pharmacy and dentistry. His work has been recognised with multiple research and teaching awards, and he engages in professional advisory roles within dental and pharmacy regulation, policy, and clinical practice.
Dr Wahaj Anees, BDS, MFOdont, CHPE, PhD scholar, Khyber Medical University, Pakistan
I am a qualified Forensic Odontologist with an MFODONT degree (with distinction) from the University of Dundee, UK. Currently, I am pursuing my PhD in Dentistry with a specialisation in Forensic Odontology at Sao Leopoldo Mandic, Brazil, with expected completion in 2026. I am currently working as an Oral Biology Lecturer at the Khyber Medical University - Institute of Dental Sciences, Kohat, Pakistan. I have published research in international forensic journals, including work on the intersection of child abuse and dentistry, and have developed a website dedicated to educating dentists on their role in identifying and reporting child abuse cases. My expertise lies in forensic odontology, and I am committed to making meaningful contributions to the field through both research and practical application.
Dr Sruti Murali, MDS (Oral Pathology), BDS, Independent Researcher, India
Dr Sruti Murali is an accomplished Oral Pathologist and seasoned Medical Editor with advanced expertise in scientific writing, clinical research, and biomedical editing. Holding a Master’s in Oral Pathology from Ragas Dental College, she has contributed significantly to evidence-based research through original studies on salivary biomarkers in diabetes, cancer stem cell markers in oral cancers, and microbial diagnostics. Her editorial experience spans leading global firms, including Cactus Communications, EditChecks, Enago, and Wordvice, where she specialises in refining scientific manuscripts across medicine, dentistry, and life sciences. As a certified peer reviewer and SPSS-trained researcher, she merges analytical acumen with editorial precision. She has received multiple honours for her scientific contributions, including Best Presentation Awards at national and international conferences. Her work reflects a passion for making clinical research more accessible, accurate, and impactful through clear, data-driven communication.
Dr Mohammad Zakaria Nassani, DDS, SBC, PhD, Independent Researcher, UK
Dr Mohammad Zakaria Nassani is an Associate Professor and Consultant in Prosthodontics with over 20 years of experience in teaching, clinical practice, research, quality assurance, and academic leadership. He obtained his DDS from the University of Aleppo, Syria, in 1994, and earned his PhD in Prosthodontics from the University of Manchester, UK, in 2003. He also holds the Syrian Board in Removable Prosthodontics. Dr Nassani has held senior academic and administrative roles in Syria and Saudi Arabia. His areas of expertise include curriculum development, strategic planning, academic accreditation, and research supervision. His research interests span prosthodontics, restorative dentistry, dental public health, and medical education. He has authored over 85 peer-reviewed publications and regularly serves as a guest reviewer for leading dental and medical journals. In recent years, he has been actively involved in large-scale, multi-country collaborative research addressing global oral and public health challenges. He is strongly committed to evidence-based dentistry, integrating clinical expertise with research to improve patient care and educational outcomes.