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Mervi
Gursoy
Docent, Institute of Dentistry
University Lecturer, Institute of Dentistry
Docent (Adj. Prof.), DDS, PhD, Lic. Spec. in Periodontology

Contact

+358 29 450 4475
+358 50 514 8124
Lemminkäisenkatu 2
20520
Turku

Areas of expertise

Anaerobes
Oral Microbiology
Periodontology
Pregnancy

Biography

Mervi Gürsoy awarded her DDS degree by the University of Helsinki (1999), and then her PhD in periodontology (2012) as well as her qualification as a specialist in periodontology (2013) from the University of Turku.

Her doctoral thesis was “Pregnancy and periodontium – A clinical, microbiological, and enzymological approach via a longitudinal study”, and she has subsequently co-authored various research articles relating to periodontology, oral microbiology and pregnancy.

She has received the Young Researcher award from the Scandinavian Society of Periodontology (2011), the Hatton award (clinical research, senior category) from the IADR/ Scandinavian division (NOF) (2011), the second prize of the Unilever/IADR Hatton award (2012), and the IADR/Philips Oral Healthcare Young Investigator Research grant (2013).

She reviews articles for numerous scientific publications in the field of periodontology and oral microbiology.

Publications

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Den nya klassificeringen av parodontit (2022)

Tandläkartidningen
Holmstrup Palle, Bunaes Dagmar, Gürsoy Mervi, Lundberg Pernilla
(Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A2))