Academic Interests
Saliva and dry mouth. Prevention of dental erosion (acid damage) using different fluorides. Prevention and inhibition of halitosis using metal salts and antibacterial agents.
Teaching
Topics in Cariology such as dental caries diagnosis and preventive treatment strategies, diet and dental caries, saliva and saliva diagnosis, elucidation of caries-active patients.
Higher education and employment history
Bachelor of Dental Science (University of Western Australia) 1988
PhD (University of Oslo) 1999
Associate professor then Professor at the Department of Cariology and Gerodontology since 2004. Current head of department - Cariology and Gerodontology.
Vice dean of studies at Faculty of Dentistry, Oslo 2017-2020.
Honoraria
H.M. Kings gold medal for thesis, 1999
Appointments
Board member ACCF Nordic (Alliance for a Cavity Free Future)
Former board member - Tannlegeundervisningens Fond
Former Advisory board member ORCA - European Association for Caries Research
Co-President ORCA 2017 (Oslo)