Dr Vitor CM Neves

Vitor is a specialist in Periodontics, with an MSc and PhD in Translational and Regenerative Dentistry. He is qualified in Brazil and the United Kingdom and has more than a decade of experience in clinical and research settings.

Vitor is the new director of the postgraduate program in Periodontics and leads a lab focusing on developing research about stem cells, ageing and molecular biology in dentistry. In addition, Vitor is an Honorary Consultant in Periodontics at Charles Clifford Dental Hospital.

Since his arrival in the United Kingdom (2013), Vitor acquired his MSc in Regenerative Dentistry. He subsequently completed his PhD in Regenerative and Translational Dentistry at King’s College London, under the supervision of Professor Paul Sharpe. During his PhD project, he developed a self-healing dental technique based on genetic modulation and the activation of stem cells, which earned him various national and international awards.

After his PhD, he was awarded an NIHR Academic Clinical Lectureship in Periodontics at the Guy’s and St Thomas Trust, where he trained to become a specialist dentist and simultaneously developed his periodontal research focusing on ageing and glucose metabolism. His research won the Sir Wilfred Fish Prize, the most prestigious award of the British Society of Periodontology.

Vitor believes that Dentistry needs to evolve beyond the technical treatments we currently do. His research findings could shift the way dentistry is done in the future whereby patients will receive more biologically-centered approaches, potentially making current strategies obsolete. His ambition is to shape the future of Dentistry via molecular biology, genetics and epigenetics, creating affordable, industry-viable products for the general public, and helping patients to naturally grow and repair their oral tissues and organs.