University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany

Dr. Adrian Kasaj, DDS, MSc, PhD is a Professor of Periodontology in the Department of Periodontology and Operative Dentistry at the University Medical Center Mainz, Germany. In 2002 he received his Dr.med.dent degree from the University of Mainz and then continued postgraduate training in Periodontology (2002–2005) at the same university. He became a certified Specialist in Periodontology of the German Society of Periodontology (DG PARO) in 2006 and also of the European Dental Association (EDA) in 2007. In 2009 he completed his PhD thesis (Habilitation) and was appointed as an Associate Professor. He became a Visiting Professor in the Department of Periodontology at Timisoara University, Romania in 2012. In 2014 he completed the post-graduate program “Master of Science in Oral Implantology” (German Society of Implantology/Steinbeis University Berlin) and in the same year was awarded the “Doctor honoris causa” (Dr.h.c.) degree by the University of Timisoara. In 2016 he was appointed as a Professor of Periodontology at Mainz University and became an ITI fellow in 2018. He is the editor of the book “Gingival recession management” (Springer) and has published more than 100 original articles and reviews. From 2024 he serves as Editor-in-Chief of Periodontal and Implant Research.

Interests: Soft tissue substitutes in periodontal plastic surgery, adjunctive antimicrobial therapies, Biomaterials in regenerative periodontal therapy.