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

Iain Chapple

School of Dentistry
Professor of Periodontology and Consultant in Restorative Dentistry
Head of Research for Institute of Clinical Sciences

Contact details

Telephone
+44 (0)121 466 5486 (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 was Head of the School of Dentistry 2016-2020. He continues to be Head of Research for the Institute of Clinical Sciences and REF2021 lead for Unit of Assessment 3. 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, Birmingham Women's and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, and the Office of the Chief Dental officer.

Iain has published over 220 research papers in the peer reviewed scientific literature, and written and edited 10 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, nationally 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 annual 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

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

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

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Cunha de Medeiros, TC, Areas e Souza, A, Coelho Prates, R, Chapple, I & Steffens, JP 2021, 'Association between tooth loss, chronic conditions and common risk factors – results from the 2019 Brazilian Health Survey', Journal of Periodontology. https://doi.org/10.1002/JPER.21-0433

Shields, A, Faustini, S, Kristunas, C, Cook, A, Backhouse, C, Dunbar, L, Ebanks, D, Emmanuel, B, Crouch, E, Kroeger, A, Hirschfeld, J, Sharma, P, Jaffery, R, Nowak, S, Gee, S, Drayson, M, Richter, A, Dietrich, T & Chapple, I 2021, 'COVID 19: Seroprevalence and vaccine responses in UK dental care professionals', Journal of Dental Research, vol. 100, no. 11, pp. 1220-1227. https://doi.org/10.1177/00220345211020270

Sharma, P, Fenton, A, Dias, IH, Heaton, B, Brown, CLR, Sidhu, A, Rahman, M, Griffiths, HR, Cockwell, P, Ferro, CJ, Chapple, IL & Dietrich, T 2021, 'Oxidative stress links periodontal inflammation and renal function', Journal of Clinical Periodontology, vol. 48, no. 3, pp. 357-367. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpe.13414

Yonel, Z, Yahyouche, A, Jalal, Z, James, A, Dietrich, T & Chapple, I 2021, 'Patient acceptability of targeted risk-based detection of non-communicable diseases in a dental and pharmacy setting', BMC Public Health, vol. 20, no. 1, 1576. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09649-7

Dukka, H, Dietrich, T, Saleh, MHA, Troiano, G, Yonel, Z, Ravidà, A, Wang, H, Greenwell, H & Chapple, ILC 2021, 'Prognostic performance of the 2017 World Workshop Classification on staging and grading of periodontitis compared with the British Society of Periodontology's implementation', Journal of Periodontology. https://doi.org/10.1002/JPER.21-0296

Grimaldi, R, Yonel, Z, Chapple, I, Butler, A, Hall, C, Reinbold, K & Mantzourani, M 2021, 'Randomised methodology development study to investigate plaque removal efficacy of manual toothbrushes', Journal of Dentistry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdent.2021.103830

Holt, H, Dietrich, T & Chapple, I 2021, 'Risk factors for developing COVID-19: a population-based longitudinal study (COVIDENCE UK)', Thorax. https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2021-217487

Stadlinger, B, Jepsen, S, Chapple, I, Sanz, M & Terheyden, H 2021, 'Technology enhanced learning: a role for video animation', British Dental Journal, vol. 230, no. 2, pp. 93–96. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41415-020-2588-1

Pasha, S, Chapple, I & Grant, M 2020, 'A mass spectrometric approach to the proteomic profiling of the Canis lupus familiaris acquired enamel pellicle on hydroxyapatite discs', Journal of Veterinary Dentistry.

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

Bardhan, A, Chapple, I, Polson, R & Heagerty, A 2020, 'Epidermolysis bullosa', Nature Reviews Disease Primers.

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

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

Sapey, E, Yonel, Z, Edgar, R, Parmar, S, Hobbins, S, Newby, P, Crossley, D, Usher, A, Johnson, S, Walton, G, McGuinness, A, Chapple, I & Stockley, R 2020, 'The clinical and inflammatory relationships between periodontitis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease', Journal of Clinical Periodontology, vol. 47, no. 9, pp. 1040-1052. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpe.13334

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

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Expertise

Periodontal Diseases