Strong performance early in her PhD
The study was carried out at the Department of Oral Surgery and Oral Medicine, University of Oslo, and represents Ingvild’s first paper in her PhD project. Achieving both an international prize and a front-page journal feature at this early stage is an impressive accomplishment. It highlights her scientific rigor, clinical insight, and ability to communicate research at a high international level.
Her work focuses on developing a novel synthetic bone graft material based on titanium dioxide (TiO₂) to address important challenges in bone regeneration in implant dentistry.
Continuing clinical training at Sunderby Hospital
Alongside her research activities, Ingvild continues her oral surgery residency at Sunderby Hospital, Region Norrbotten, Sweden. This gives her advanced clinical training and active research involvement, strengthening the translational dimension of her work.
Sunderby Hospital is a major competence centre for healthcare in Norrbotten. It serves both as the county hospital with specialist functions and as a local hospital for the Luleå and Boden regions. The hospital provides both acute and planned care across nearly all medical specialties, employs around 2,500 people, has approximately 380 beds, and plays an important role in clinical education and specialist training. It is also one of the key healthcare institutions in northern Sweden, with extensive surgical activity and a strong clinical environment.
A long-term collaborative effort
The research builds on many years of work within our biomaterials and clinical research environment and reflects close collaboration between material scientists, clinicians, and international partners. It is an example of how new biomaterials can be advanced from laboratory development to translational and clinically relevant applications.
The recognition from both the EAO and Clinical Oral Implants Research underscores the importance of sustained collaboration between academia and clinical environments in advancing innovation in implant dentistry.
An important milestone
The front-page feature in Clinical Oral Implants Research marks an important milestone for Ingvild and for the broader research effort behind this work. It also highlights the growing international interest in biomaterial-based strategies for bone regeneration.
We warmly congratulate Ingvild on this outstanding achievement. Her success demonstrates the strength of combining clinical specialization with high-level research and represents an excellent start to her PhD journey.
Link to the full study