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Periodontitis

Current state of knowledge and future perspectives

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Prof. Maria Chomyszyn-Gajewska

Prof. Maria Chomyszyn-Gajewska

Professor Maria Chomyszyn-Gajewska graduated from Medical University in Warsaw, Poland. Since 1972 she worked as a clinical assistant at the Department of Conservative Dentistry, Medical University in Warsaw, and since 1974 at the Jagiellonian University, Medical College in Cracow. She has defended her PhD in 1976 and habilitation in 1996 in the field of Periodontology and Microbiology. Since 2000 she has headed the Chair and Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine at the Jagiellonian University, Medical College in Cracow. Her publication record includes 220 scientific papers, 6 book chapters and 150 conference papers at the national and international conferences. She is a promoter of 20 and a reviewer of 25 PhD dissertations, and of 15 applications for scientific academic degrees. She is a reviewer of several national and international journals (Dent Med Probl, J Stomatol, Indian J Dent Res, Oral Dis). Her research is focused on analyses of virulence factors and novel targets to therapy in periodontitis, intra- and extracellular mechanisms of fibrosis in hereditary and drug-induced gingival overgrowths, testing anti-microbial (including photodynamic) and anti-fibrotic therapies in gingival models in vitro.