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Luigi Nibali

Professor Luigi Nibali

Head of the Centre for Host-Microbiome Interactions

  • Professor of Periodontology
  • Academic Lead and Director of the Postgraduate Periodontology Program

Research interests

  • Dentistry

Contact details

Biography

Professor Luigi Nibali  trained in dentistry at the University of Catania, Italy and completed his MSc and PhD in Periodontology at the UCL Eastman Dental Institute (EDI). His PhD topic was ‘Genetics of aggressive periodontitis’. From 2016, he worked part-time at the Centre for Immunobiology & Regenerative Medicine at the Queen Mary University (QMUL) as a Senior Lecturer and then Reader, continuing in private practice limited to periodontology and implant dentistry. He has been on the UK GDC Specialist list for Periodontics since 2007.

Luigi has published widely in periodontal and medical journals and received several periodontal research prizes, including the Fish Prize from the British Society of Periodontology and the Socransky Award from the International Association for Dental Research (IADR). He is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Dental Research and the Journal of Clinical Periodontology. He is also the author of two books on periodontology and dysbiosis. His clinical focus his mainly on treating complex periodontal cases, particularly deep intrabony defects and molars with furcation involvement. His main research interests are minimally-invasive periodontal treatment, genetics/microbial risk factors for periodontitis and periodontal medicine. Together with his research team, he has proposed the concepts of periodontal infectogenomics and genetic dysbiosis, as part of an attempt to gain better understanding of the relationships between microbial triggers and host response in periodontitis.

He joined King's College London in June 2019 as Academic Lead and Director of the Postgraduate Periodontology program. In 2023 he was appointed Head of the Centre for Host-Microbiome Interactions.

    Research

    periodontal medicine
    Periodontology and Periodontal Medicine

    Research into periodontal and peri-implant diseases with the aim to improve patient care and quality of life.

    pg23-pg-aq-fodocs-gut-microbiome
    Centre for Host-Microbiome Interactions

    Millions of microorganisms live in and on our bodies forming microbiomes on different surfaces. Researchers in the Centre for Host Microbiome Interactions study our relationship with these bacteria and fungi in health or in oral and systemic diseases such as periodontitis, candidiasis, oral cancer and Alzheimer’s disease.

    News

    King's College London study finds minimally-invasive non-surgical treatment has positive outcomes in treating intrabony defects

    In a new study published in the Journal of Clinical Periodontology, the team from the Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences at King’s College...

    Dental inspection hero

    Dietary restrictions could reduce gum disease

    New research from King’s College London has emerged that shows calorie restriction (500-1300 calories per day) could be used to reduce gum disease.

    perio-dietary-reserach

    Tele-dentistry a viable option for replacing in-person initial consultations, new study finds

    A study led by a team of periodontists and psychologists at King’s College London including dentistry consultants at Guy’s Hospital has found that...

    tele-dentistry

    Exploring the COVID 19 impact on delivering periodontology treatments

    Academics and undergraduate students at King’s investigate how COVID-19 has impacted periodontal practice in the UK.

    dentist teeth view

    Children with immune deficiencies more likely to have gum disease, study finds

    Researchers at King’s College London have found that children with Primary Immunodeficiencies have higher prevalence of periodontal (gum) disease.

    dentist-child-patient

      Research

      periodontal medicine
      Periodontology and Periodontal Medicine

      Research into periodontal and peri-implant diseases with the aim to improve patient care and quality of life.

      pg23-pg-aq-fodocs-gut-microbiome
      Centre for Host-Microbiome Interactions

      Millions of microorganisms live in and on our bodies forming microbiomes on different surfaces. Researchers in the Centre for Host Microbiome Interactions study our relationship with these bacteria and fungi in health or in oral and systemic diseases such as periodontitis, candidiasis, oral cancer and Alzheimer’s disease.

      News

      King's College London study finds minimally-invasive non-surgical treatment has positive outcomes in treating intrabony defects

      In a new study published in the Journal of Clinical Periodontology, the team from the Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences at King’s College...

      Dental inspection hero

      Dietary restrictions could reduce gum disease

      New research from King’s College London has emerged that shows calorie restriction (500-1300 calories per day) could be used to reduce gum disease.

      perio-dietary-reserach

      Tele-dentistry a viable option for replacing in-person initial consultations, new study finds

      A study led by a team of periodontists and psychologists at King’s College London including dentistry consultants at Guy’s Hospital has found that...

      tele-dentistry

      Exploring the COVID 19 impact on delivering periodontology treatments

      Academics and undergraduate students at King’s investigate how COVID-19 has impacted periodontal practice in the UK.

      dentist teeth view

      Children with immune deficiencies more likely to have gum disease, study finds

      Researchers at King’s College London have found that children with Primary Immunodeficiencies have higher prevalence of periodontal (gum) disease.

      dentist-child-patient