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 |
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.
- Periodontitis: A multifaceted disease of tooth-supporting tissues (2019)
- Journal of Clinical Medicine
- Regulation of gingival epithelial cytokine response by bacterial cyclic dinucleotides (2019)
- Journal of Oral Microbiology
- Regulatory effects of PRF and titanium surfaces on cellular adhesion, spread, and cytokine expressions of gingival keratinocytes (2019)
- Histochemistry and Cell Biology
- Salivary Cytokine Biomarker Concentrations in Relation to Obesity and Periodontitis (2019)
- Journal of Clinical Medicine
- Molecular forms and fragments of salivary MMP-8 in relation to periodontitis (2018)
- Journal of Clinical Periodontology
- Periodontal education and assessment in the undergraduate dental curriculum—A questionnaire‐based survey in European countries (2018)
- European Journal of Dental Education
- Quorum sensing molecules regulate epithelial cytokine response and biofilm-related virulence of three Prevotella species (2018)
- Anaerobe
- Salivary biomarkers in association with periodontal parameters and the periodontitis risk haplotype (2018)
- Innate Immunity
- Voiko parodontiitti altistaa raskauskomplikaatioille? (2018)
- Suomen Hammaslääkärilehti
- A Pilot Study - Comparison between a Novel Combination of Bioactive Glass with Clodronate and Bioactive Glass Alone as a Treatment for Chronic Periodontitis (2017)
- Journal of biotechnology & biomaterials



