The Scientific Award Committee presented Tord with this year’s award commenting, ‘Your body of work has been notable by both its prodigious volume and high quality. The committee felt that you have fulfilled the highest standards in regard to every aspect of what is required to be the recipient of this prestigious award.’
Tord explained, ‘I’m very honored and happy to receive the Astra Tech Scientific Award and on behalf of myself and my team I would sincerely like to thank the Award committee – Clark Stanford, Michael Norton, and Lyndon Cooper for being selected.’
Tord Berglundh graduated in 1978 in Gothenburg and received his specialist certificate in periodontics in 1992. In 2002, he became a professor at the department of periodontology at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg. The Astra Tech World Congress 2012 Research Competition received over 100 exciting and inspiring abstracts in the categories basic research and clinical research. Eight abstracts made the final cut and were chosen for oral presentations. The winners were then selected by the distinguished members of the scientific committee.
Francesco Pieri from Italy was the winner in the clinical research category. His winning presentation was titled ‘Rehabilitation of the atrophic posterior maxilla using short implants or sinus augmentation with simultaneous standard-length implant placement. A three-year randomised clinical trial.’
Theofilos Koutouzis from the USA was the winner in the basic research category, with a presentation titled ‘Innate immune receptor expression in peri-implant tissues of patients with different susceptibility to periodontal diseases.’