Professor Iain Chapple PhD, BDS, FDSRCPS, FDSRCS, CCST (Rest Dent)

Iain Chapple

School of Dentistry
Head of the School of Dentistry
Professor of Periodontology and Consultant in Restorative Dentistry

Contact details

Telephone
+44 (0)121 466 5469 (Secretary)
Email
i.l.c.chapple@bham.ac.uk
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Address
The School of Dentistry
5 Mill Pool Way
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B5 7EG
United Kingdom

Iain Chapple is Head of the School of Dentistry and Director of Research within the Institute of Clinical Sciences. He is also Professor and Head of Periodontology within the School, and Honorary Consultant in Restorative Dentistry with Birmingham Community Health Trust. He has honorary consultant contracts with University Hospital Birmingham Foundation Trust and Birmingham Children’s Hospital Trust.

Iain has published over 220 research papers in the peer reviewed scientific literature, and written and edited 9 textbooks and authored 23 book chapters in the field of Periodontology, Periodontal Medicine and Surgery, Nutrition and Molecular Methods. Iain has received major grants from the Medical Research Council, European Union, Charities and Industry. 

Iain is a committed an enthusiastic teacher of undergraduate and postgraduate students within Birmingham and internationally on various graduate programs across Europe, North America and the Asia-Pacific rim.

Iain is former Scientific Editor of the British Dental Journal, former Associate Editor of Journal of Periodontal Research, current Associate Editor of the Journal of Clinical Periodontology and Periodontology 2000. 

Iain was awarded the Charles Tomes medal of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 2012; the Distinguished Scientist Award of the International Association for Dental Research (Periodontal Research) in 2018; and the Special Citation Award of the American Academy of Periodontology in 2018.

Iain was President of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) Periodontal Research Group (PRG-2006-7), Treasurer (2007-2013) and Secretary General (2016-2019) of the European Federation of Periodontology (EFP) and is currently Treasurer of the UK Oral and Dental Research Trust. He co-chairs the EFP workshops (research and education).

Iain is clinical lead for a hospital regional specialist periodontal service (referral base of 6-million) and a national oral care service for adult Epidermolysis Bullosa patients.

Qualifications

  • Honorary fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (Dental Surgery) 2004.
  • Certificate of completion of specialist training (Rest Dent) – joint Royal Colleges 1996.
  • PhD (University of Birmingham) – 1993.
  • Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (Dental Surgery) 1989.
  • Bachelor of Dental Surgery (Newcastle) 1986.

Teaching

  • BDS
  • BSc in Dental Hygiene and Therapy
  • MSc Advanced General Dental Practice
  • International programs (doctoral programs in Europe and USA – visiting Professor)

Postgraduate supervision

Iain Chapple has research and doctoral supervision interests in the fields of periodontology, periodontal medicine and surgery, nutrition and molecular methods. He has received major grants from the Medical Research Council, the European Union and industry. Professor Chapple leads the periodontal research group, whose interests include:

Innate immunity in the pathobiology of periodontitis
Diagnostic biomarkers for periodontitis and associated systemic diseases
Periodontal inflammation and systemic inflammatory conditions
Periodontitis and immunesenescence
Micronutritional modulation of inflammation
Clinical trials in periodontal therapy

Professor Chapple also established the clinical trials team at Birmingham, which runs clinical studies on disease pathogenesis as well as diagnosis and therapy to international GCP standards. He welcomes applications from potential doctoral researchers in his areas of interest.

Other activities

  • Secretary General of European Federation of Periodontology.
  • Treasurer of UK Oral and Dental Research Trust.
  • Specialist advisor to Department of Health in Periodontology.
  • Board member of the European Nutraceutical Association.
  • Associate Editor of Journal of Clinical Periodontology.
  • Editorial Board member of Periodontology 2000.
  • Executive Committee member of European federation of Periodontology.
  • Global Expert Panel – Unilever Oral Care Research.
  • Expert advisor for Philips Oral Healthcare.
  • Expert advisor for Johnson & Johnson.
  • Consultant to PreViser.co.uk – spin out company of The University of Birmingham.
  • Executive Board member of European Nutraceutical Association.

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Sanz, M, Chapple, I & Dietrich, T 2020, 'Periodontitis and cardiovascular diseases: consensus report', Journal of Clinical Periodontology, vol. 47, no. 3, pp. 268–288. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpe.13189

Yonel, Z, Batt, J, Jane, R, Cerullo, E, Gray, LJ, Dietrich, T & Chapple, I 2020, 'The role of the oral healthcare team in identification of type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review.', Current Oral Health Reports. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40496-020-00250-w

Ademowo, OS, Sharma, P, Cockwell, P, Reis, A, Chapple, I, Griffiths, HR & Dias, IHK 2020, 'Distribution of plasma oxidised phosphatidylcholines in chronic kidney disease and periodontitis as a co-morbidity', Free Radical Biology and Medicine, vol. 146, pp. 130-138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2019.10.012

Rapson, A, Collman, E, Faustini, S, Yonel, Z, Chapple, I, Drayson, M, Richter, A, Campbell, JP & Heaney, J 2020, 'Free light chains as an emerging biomarker in saliva: biological variability and comparisons with salivary IgA and steroid hormones', Brain, Behaviour, and Immunity, vol. 83, pp. 78-86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2019.09.018

Hirschfeld, J, Higham, J, Blair, F, Richards, A & Chapple, I 2019, 'Systemic disease or periodontal disease? Distinguishing causes of gingival inflammation: a guide for dental practicioners: PART II: cancer related, infective, and other causes of gingivial pathology', British Dental Journal, vol. 227, pp. 1029-1034. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41415-019-1053-5

Hirschfeld, J, Higham, J, Chatzistavrianou, D, Blair, F, Richards, A & Chapple, I 2019, 'Systemic disease or periodontal disease? Distinguishing causes of gingival inflammation: a guide for dental practicioners: PART I: immune mediated, autoinflammatory, and hereditary lesions', British Dental Journal, vol. 227, no. 11, pp. 961–966. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41415-019-1050-8

Serban, S, Dietrich, T, Lopez-Oliva, I, De Pablo, P, Raza, K, Filer, A, Chapple, I & Hill, K 2019, 'Attitudes towards oral health in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a qualitative study nested within a randomized controlled trial', JDR Clinical & Translational Research, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 360-370. https://doi.org/10.1177/2380084419833694

Lopez-Oliva, I, De Pablo, P, Dietrich, T & Chapple, I 2019, 'Gums and joints: is there a connection? Part one: epidemiological and clinical links', British Dental Journal, vol. 227, pp. 605–609. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41415-019-0722-8

Lopez-Oliva, I, De Pablo, P, Dietrich, T & Chapple, I 2019, 'Gums and joints: is there a connection? Part two: the biological link', British Dental Journal, vol. 227, pp. 611–617. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41415-019-0723-7

Patent

Grant, M & Chapple, I Oct. 17 2019, DIAGNOSTICS OF MILD OR ADVANCED PERIODONTITIS, Patent No. WO2019197449, IPC No. G01N 33/68 . <https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2019197449>

Grant, M & Chapple, I Oct. 17 2019, GINGIVITIS DIAGNOSTIC METHODS, USES AND KITS, Patent No. WO2019197451, IPC No. G01N 33/68. <https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2019197451>

Grant, M & Chapple, I Oct. 17 2019, METHODS, USES AND KITS FOR MONITORING OR PREDICTING RESPONSE TO PERIODONTAL DISEASE TREATMENT, Patent No. WO2019197200, IPC No. G01N 33/68. <https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2019197200>

Grant, M & Chapple, I Oct. 17 2019, PERIODONTITIS DIAGNOSTIC METHODS, USES AND KITS, Patent No. WO2019197543, IPC No. G01N 33/573, G01N 33/68, G16H 50/30. <https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2019197543>

Grant, M & Chapple, I Jul. 25 2019, Periodontal disease diagnostic methods, uses and kits, Patent No. WO/2019/141525. <https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2019141525&_cid=P11-JYOAQN-14991-1>

Review article

McBain, AJ & Chapple, I 2019, 'Consumer safety considerations of skin and oral microbiome perturbation', Clinical Microbiology Reviews, vol. 32, no. 4, e00051-19. https://doi.org/10.1128/CMR.00051-19

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Expertise

Periodontal Diseases