Periodontal Research Group
The Periodontal Research Group (PRG) is a research group of the British Society for Dental Research. The key objectives of the PRG are:
- To provide a forum for the exchange of scientific information pertaining to all aspects of study within the field of periodontology;
- To promote the advancement of research in the physiology, pathology, immunology and microbiology of the periodontium, and of the epidemiology and clinical management of the periodontal diseases.
- To encourage interdisciplinary communication and collaboration within the field of periodontology.
- To stimulate cross-disciplinary collaboration within areas where there are biological pathways common to Periodontal and other disease processes.
- To assist the BSDR in developing its scientific programme.
- To foster links with the Periodontal Research Group of the International Association for Dental Research.
The PRG at all times operates under the rules of the BSDR and is subject to the authority of the Council of BSDR.
The current officers of the PRG are:
| Chairman: | Dr Mark Ide |
| Periodontology, Dental Institute | |
| Kings College London | |
| Floor 21 Tower Wing | |
| Guy's Hospital | |
| Great Maze Pond | |
| London | |
| SE1 9RT | |
| mark.ide@kcl.ac.uk | |
| Secretary: | Dr Francesco D'Aiuto |
| Periodontology Unit | |
| UCL Eastman Dental Institute | |
| 256 Gray's Inn Road | |
| London | |
| WC1X 8LD | |
| f.daiuto@eastman.ucl.ac.uk | |
| Senior Councillor (immediate past Chairman): | Dr Anthony Roberts |
| School of Dentistry | |
| The University of Manchester |
|
| Higher Cambridge Street | |
| Manchester | |
| M15 6FH | |
| anthony.roberts@manchester.ac.uk |