Dr. Thomas Kocher

ADJUNCT FACULTY - PROFESSOR

Thrust Areas: Development of machine-driven instruments for root-surface treatment, the epidemiology of periodontitis & the interaction between periodontitis & general chronic disease. 

Dr. Thomas Kocher is currently the Director of the Periodontics unit and the Chairman of Department of Restorative Dentistry, Periodontology, Endodontics, Preventive Dentistry and pedodontics at the Dental School of Greifswald in north-eastern Germany. He graduated from Tübingen, Germany and cleared the board examination in Periodontics at Westfalen-Lippe in 1987. He has lectured in various national and international fora and has 406 publications to his credit. He was also a part of the workgroup who framed the classification at the World Workshop for the Classification of Periodontal Diseases and Conditions.