Véronique Christiaens
Professor - Department of Periodontology and Oral Implantology
Ghent University
Prof. dr. Véronique Christiaens was born in Ghent, Belgium, in 1988 and obtained the degrees of Master of Science in Dentistry (2012), Master of Science in Advanced Dentistry specializing in Periodontology (2015), and Doctor of Health Sciences (2017) at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Ghent University. Véronique was appointed as Professor at Ghent University in September 2021.
Currently, Prof. Véronique Christiaens teaches periodontology, oral implantology, and multidisciplinary treatment planning at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. She is co-director of the Graduate Program in Periodontology by the European Federation of Periodontology (EFP) at Ghent University.
As a board member of the Belgian Association of Periodontology and member of the European Association of Osseointegration and the European Federation of Periodontology, she follows the latest developments in periodontology and oral implantology closely. Within these domains, she is (co)author of several publications in international journals.
