Prof. Iain Chapple is professor of Periodontology and head of the School of Dentistry at the University of Birmingham, UK. He is a former scientific editor of the British Dental Journal and the Journal of Periodontal Research and is currently associate editor of the Journal Clinical Periodontology and Periodontology 2000. He has written seven textbooks and 16 book chapters. Prof. Chapple 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). Prof. Chapple has published over 240 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, and has received major grants from the Medical Research Council, European Union, Charities and Industry.