Pasquale Santamaria
Dr. Pasquale Santamaria qualified in Italy in 2015 and then undertook a 24-month postgraduate course in periodontology at the G. D’Annunzio University in Italy. He is a registered Dental Specialist in Oral Surgery in the UK, following completion of a full-time 3-year Master in Oral Surgery. He was awarded a research fellowship in Italy for 2 years on the role of stem cells in bone regeneration and completed a one-year International Master in Research in Dentistry at the UIC University in Barcelona. He is a PhD candidate in periodontology at King’s College London, focusing on periodontal furcation involvement. He has been recently awarded a research grant by the Oral and Dental Research Trust and GlaxoSmithKline.
Articles
Feature Article
Clinicians are often faced with the dilemma of whether to extract or maintain periodontally compromised teeth. Although extraction and implant placement may seem like an attractive quick-fix option, this article shows how the evidence for the benefits of this approach is poor. The authors make the argument for the value of periodontally compromised teeth and for the importance of increasing awareness of the potentially good long-term outcomes of questionable teeth.