Researcharea is primarily within periodontology with a triad approach focusing on i) cellular interactions, ii) treatment impact on periodontitis and comorbidities, and lastly iii) the societal patterns and trajectories for periodontitis and periodontal treatment and its effect on general health. Ultimately, the aim is to determine the burden of periodontitis on inflammatory diseases distant from the oral cavity. Notably, based on the findings in Damgaard et al. 2015 and 2021, Christian Damgaard has experience in making research contributions that change clinical practice. Specifically, questions regarding infection in the oral cavity are now included in the quarantine screening questionnaire used routinely prior to blood donation.

Periodontology

Periodontal surgery

Regenerative periodontal surgery

Mucogingival surgery

Treatment of peri-implantitis

Periodontitis' comorbidities - systemic and oral manifestations

The influence of tobacco on periodontal diseases

Classification of periodontal diseases

Immunological aspects of periodontitis

Periodontitis' immunohistology and pathogenesis

Bacteremia

Education

2021              Leading Research, University of Copenhagen.

2017              Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (University Pedagogy), University of Copenhagen.

2015              PhD in Basic and Clinical Research in Musculoskeletal and Oral Sciences, Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen.

2014              License to practice (jus practicandi).

2011              Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS), University of Copenhagen.

2009              Bachelor of Science in Dental Surgery, University of Copenhagen.

Positions

2021-             Head of Section, Section for Oral Biology and Immunopathology, Department of Odontology, University of Copenhagen.

2019-             Associate Professor, Department of Odontology, University of Copenhagen.

2017-             Referral dentist, Specialtandlægerne i Bredgade (Copenhagen Clinic), Denmark

2016-2019     Assistant Professor, Department of Odontology, University of Copenhagen.

2015-2016     Postdoc, Department of Odontology, University of Copenhagen.

Research stays

2013              Group of Professor Thomas Van Dyke, The Forsyth Institute, Department of Applied Oral Sciences, Center for Periodontology, Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA.

Board positions

2024-             Member, Orocidin Advisory Board. Denmark.

2023-             Vice President, Scandinavian Society of Periodontology. Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland.

2023              Member, Philips Advisory Board. Denmark.

2022-             Chair, Art Advisory Board (Kunstudvalget), Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen.

2021-             President, Danish Academy of Periodontology, Denmark.

2019-             Board Member, Scandinavian Society of Periodontology. Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland.

2012-             Board Member, Danish Academy of Periodontology, Denmark.

Commissions of trust

2022-             Expert committee member: Dent2Health - Bridging oral and systemic health, Medeon, Malmö, Sweden.

2022              Assessment committee member of Associate Professor position, Department of Odontology, University of Copenhagen.

2022              Assessment committee member of PhD position, Department of Odontology, University of Copenhagen.

2021-             Local working environment committee (LAMU) member, Department of Odontology, University of Copenhagen.

2021              Assessment committee member of Assistant Professor position, Department of Odontology, University of Copenhagen.

Teaching responsibilities

More than 436 annual UR hours in 2019, which has been steadily increasing to 645 UR hours in 2022 teaching dental students at the Department of Odontology, University of Copenhagen:

2024-             Course responsible and leader, Elective course: Regenerative Periodontal Surgery,

                      2.5 ECTS

2022-             Course responsible and leader: SODK19022U Course in Advanced Periodontology 2,

0 ECTS

2022-             Course responsible and leader: SODB16065U Course in Basic Periodontology 2,

                      2.5 ECTS

2022-             Course responsible and leader: SODK19016U Course in Advanced Periodontology 1,

5 ECTS

2022-             Course responsible and leader: SODB16051U Course in Basic Periodontology 1,

2.5 ECTS

2017-2023     Course responsible and leader on the elective course: SODK19050U Periodontitis and its comorbidities – oral and systemic manifestations. (Most applied elective course for dental students 5 years in a row).

                      2.5 ECTS

Leadership roles

2022-             Head of Research Area Periodontology, Department of Odontology, University of Copenhagen.

2021-             Clinical Academic Group Coordinator, Greater Copenhagen Research Center for Systemic Low-Grade Inflammation, Greater Copenhagen Health Science Partners.

2021-             Head of Section, Section of Oral Biology and Immunopathology, Department of Odontology, University of Copenhagen.

Awards

2013              Winner of the Scandinavian Society of Periodontology Poster Presentation Competition for Young Researchers.

Funding as principal investigator (in total DKK 13,151,860)

2022-             Oral health in diabetes, Grant from Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, DKK 7,948,472.

2022-             PETRA, Grant from Direktør Michael Hermann Nielsens Mindelegat, DKK 300,000.

2022-             PETRA, Grant from Helsefonden, DKK 400,000.

2022-             PlanPerioMed, Grant from Plandent A/S, DKK 1,800,000.

2021-             PETRA, Grant from Research Account, The Danish Dental Association, DKK 28,388.

2021-             PETRA, Grant from The Danish Rheumatism Association (Gigtforeningen), DKK 1,000,000.

2016              Spread of periodontal bacteria to the circulation, Grant from Research Account, The Danish Dental Association, DKK 100,000.

2013              Spread of periodontal bacteria to the circulation, Grant from Ottilia og Christian Brorson’s Travel Grant for Young Scientists, DKK 15,000.

2012              Erythrocyte-bound and plasma-borne oral bacteria: Implications for phagocyte activation, Grant from Research Account, The Danish Dental Association, DKK 60,000.

2011              Faculty PhD Career Scholarship, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, DKK 1,500,000.

Funding by participation in collaborative projects (in total DKK 46,051,389)

2022-             Personalized medicine in oral-cardiometabolic health – the disease trajectories and genetics with PI Professor Ole Birger Pedersen, Department of Clinical Immunology, Zealand University Hospital, and Professor Søren Brunak, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, University of Copenhagen, DKK 30,000,000.

2022-             Analyses of the potential protective effect of probiotics during temporary stressful conditions in the oral cavity with PI Associate Professor Daniel Belstrøm and PhD Student Christine Lundtorp Olsen, Department of Odontology, University of Copenhagen. Grant from The Danish Dental Association, DKK 50,000.

2021-             PROBE with PI Professor Berit L. Heitmann and PhD Student Kathrine Hansen Bukkehave from The Parker Institute, The Capital Region, and Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen. Grant from Sygeforsikring ”danmark”, DKK 5,397,250.

2021-             Analyses of the potential protective effect of probiotics during temporary stressful conditions in the oral cavity with PI Associate Professor Daniel Belstrøm and PhD Student Christine Lundtorp Olsen, Department of Odontology, University of Copenhagen. Grant from Deerland Probiotics & Enzymes, Denmark, and the Innovation Fund Denmark, DKK 1,500,000.

2020-             PROBE with PI Professor Berit L. Heitmann and PhD Student Kathrine Hansen Bukkehave from The Parker Institute, The Capital Region and Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen. Grant from Steno Diabetes Center Zealand, DKK 3,801,850.

2020-             Interactions between periodontal bacteria and the immune cells with PhD Student Anne Katrine Danielsen, Department of Odontology, University of Copenhagen. Grant from Greater Copenhagen Health Science Partners salary expenses paid by Greater Copenhagen Research Center for Systemic Low-Grade Inflammation.

2020-2022     Interactions between periodontal bacteria and the immune cells with PhD Student Anne Katrine Danielsen, Department of Odontology, University of Copenhagen. Grant from The Danish Dental Association, DKK 40,000.

2019-             Clinical Academic Group, Greater Copenhagen Research Center for Systemic
Low-Grade Inflammation with PI Professors Peter Riis Hansen, Palle Holmstrup and Claus Henrik Nielsen. Grant from Greater Copenhagen Health Science Partners, DKK 3,450,000.

2018-2021     Characterization of salivary molecular biomarkers before and after non-surgical periodontal treatment with PI Associate Professor Daniel Belstrøm and PhD Student Maria Anastasia Grande Suell, Department of Odontology, University of Copenhagen. Grant from the Department of Odontology, University of Copenhagen, DKK 482,015.

2017-2018    DANHES study with PI Associate Professor Nils-Erik Fiehn from Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen. Grant from The Danish Foundation for Mutual Efforts in Dental Care, DKK 1,330,274.

Funding of equipment used in pre-graduate teaching

2023-             Anatomical models and biomaterials for elective course hands-on demonstration, Research Area Periodontology, Department of Odontology, University of Copenhagen, sponsored by Straumann Group.

2022-             6 electric toothbrushes for students to demonstrate technique on pre-graduate clinical patient treatment, Research Area Periodontology, Department of Odontology, University of Copenhagen, sponsored by Oral-B, Procter & Gamble.

2022-             6 electric toothbrushes for students to demonstrate technique on pre-graduate clinical patient treatment, Research Area Periodontology, Department of Odontology, University of Copenhagen, sponsored by Philips.

Examiner/censor

2020-             Written and oral examination: SODK19045E Exam in Master’s Thesis,

7.5 ECTS

2018-             Oral examination: SODK19041E Exam in Odontological Clinic,

10 ECTS

2018-             Written and oral examination: SODA11002E Voksenpatient – udenlandsk uddannet tandlæger

2017-             Written and oral examination: SODB16060E Exam in Bachelor’s Thesis,

5 ECTS

2016-             Written examination: SODK19022E Exam in Advanced Periodontology 2,

10 ECTS

2016-2020    Oral examination: SODB16061E OSCE (Objective Structured Clinical Exam),

10 ECTS

Supervision

2022-2023     Co-supervisor, Pre-graduate Scholar Sara Vallentin Raae Andersen, Department of Odontology, University of Copenhagen.

2022-             Principal Supervisor, PhD Student Simranjit Kaur, Department of Odontology, University of Copenhagen.

2022-             Co-supervisor, PhD Student Kathrine Hansen Bukkehave, The Parker Institute, The Capital Region of Denmark.

2021-             Principal Supervisor, PhD Student Anne Katrine Danielsen, Department of Odontology, University of Copenhagen.

2021-             Co-supervisor, PhD Student Christine Lundtorp Olsen, Department of Odontology, University of Copenhagen.

2020-             Principal Supervisor, 8 Master’s theses (10 students): SODK19045U Master’s Thesis, Department of Odontology, University of Copenhagen

7.5 ECTS

2018-2020     Co-supervisor, PhD Student Maria Anastasia Grande Suell, Department of Odontology, University of Copenhagen.

2017-             Principal Supervisor, 14 Bachelor’s theses (35 students): SODB16060U Bachelor's Thesis, Department of Odontology, University of Copenhagen.

5 ECTS

2017              Co-supervisor, 1 Bachelor’s thesis (3 students), Laboratory of Medical Mass Spectrometry, Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University

2015-2016     Principal supervisor, Pre-graduate Scholar Anne Katrine Danielsen, Department of Odontology, University of Copenhagen.

Editorial positions

2020-2021     Editorial Board Member, Frontiers in Oral Health – Oral infections and microbes.

2016-             Editorial Board Member, Acta Odontologica Scandinavica. (IF: 2.2)

2018-2020     Regional Editor, “Systemic link to oral diseases”-theme, Tandläkartidningen (Journal of the Swedish Dental Association), Tandlægebladet (Danish Dental Journal), Tidende (Norwegian Dental Journal) and Suomen Hammaslääkärilehti (The Finnish Dental Journal).

2014-             Peer-reviewer, Journal of the American College of Cardiology (IF: 24.1);

Blood, Journal of the American Society of Hematology (IF: 25.5);

British Journal of Pharmacology (IF: 9.5); Journal of Oral Microbiology (IF: 4.9);

Journal of Clinical Periodontology (IF: 8.7); Journal of Periodontology (IF: 7.0); Scientific Reports (IF: 5.0); Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology (IF: 5.8);

Virulence (IF: 5.5); BioMed Research International (IF: 2.3); PLoS One (IF: 3.8);

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica (IF: 2.2); APMIS (IF: 3.2), among others.

Post-graduate teaching

Since 2015 more than 50 national and international lectures and educative meetings for health professional associations, patient organizations, scientific congresses, and industrial companies such as Colgate-Palmolive, Dentsply Sirona, Straumann Group, Nobel Biocare, Cerus Corporation, and Bristol Myers Squibb. 

2022              Organizing Committee Member: EuroPerio10 in Copenhagen 2022 with 7,500 participants, European Federation of Periodontology.

2022              Organizing Committee Member: Peri-implantitis – from a surgical, prosthetic, and periodontal view, Annual Symposia with 800 participants, Danish Dental Association.

2022              Organizing Committee Chair: Scandinavian Society of Periodontology’s 50^th anniversary meeting with 80 participants, Tórshavn, The Faroe Islands.

2013              Organizing Committee Member: Scandinavian Society of Periodontology’s “Lifestyle and the Periodontium”-meeting with 230 participants, Copenhagen, Denmark.