Mervi Gursoy
Docent (Adj. Prof.), DDS, PhD, Lic. Spec. in Periodontology
mervi.gursoy@utu.fi +358 29 450 4475 +358 50 514 8124 Lemminkäisenkatu 2 Turku ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8545-6821 |
Anaerobes; Oral Microbiology; Periodontology; Pregnancy
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.
- Anti-Apoptotic and Pro-Apoptotic Bcl-2 Family Proteins in Peri-Implant Diseases (2023)
- Clinical Oral Implants Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Baseline Interleukin-10, CD163 and Tumor Necrosis Factor-like Weak Inducer of Apoptosis Gingival Tissue Levels in Relation to Clinical Periodontal Treatment Outcomes : A 12-Week Follow-up Study (2023)
- Journal of Periodontology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Bioactive glass air‐abrasion promotes healing around contaminated implant surfaces surrounded by circumferential bone defects: An experimental study in the rat (2023)
- Clinical Implant Dentistry and Related Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Dietary inflammatory index in relation to salivary cytokine concentrations and periodontitis: A cross-sectional analysis (2023)
- Journal of Clinical Periodontology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Human β-Defensins in Diagnosis of Head and Neck Cancers (2023)
- Cells
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Localization and expression profiles of gingival monocyte chemoattractant protein-1-induced protein-1 (MCPIP-1) and mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma translocation protein 1 (MALT-1) (2023)
- Clinical Oral Investigations
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Membrane barriers for guided bone regeneration: An overview of available biomaterials (2023)
- Periodontology 2000
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Periodontal diseases and adverse pregnancy outcomes. Present and future (2023)
- Periodontology 2000
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Postbiotics of the Lactiplantibacillus plantarum EIR/IF-1 Strain Show Antimicrobial Activity against Oral Microorganisms with pH Adaptation Capability (2023)
- Microbiology Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Probiotics Partly Suppress the Impact of Sugar Stress on the Oral Microbiota—A Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Trial (2023)
- Nutrients
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
