Dr Peter Lindkvist: interview with an EAO Member

Dr Peter Lindkvist has been working as a dentist for the last 23 years. Eight years ago he and five partners started a clinic in Copenhagen, Denmark where they now work alongside a team of two other dentists, five dental hygienists and 14 clinic assistants:

“I have been working with implants since 1989 but at that time there wasn't any education available in Denmark, so I took courses in England, Sweden and Germany with a group of colleagues with this common interest. We wanted to give our patients the option of having their teeth fixed when they lost their natural teeth.

“One of the biggest developments in our field over the years has been seeing the tremendous changes in implant dentistry. When we first started we were just happy to see a successful implant, but gradually we have changed our focus to providing better aesthetic solutions. We have managed to get the implants, the fixed bridges and the crowns to look like natural teeth.

“One of the major challenges for implantology today is periimplantitis. There are lots of things we can do to help patients manage the condition but there still isn't an efficient cure. I will also be very interested to see how the surfaces of the implants will change, and maybe we will see the use of stem cells on the implant surface in the future.

“I am the president-elect of the Danish Society for Oral Implantology (DSOI), where I have been a member since 1989. I became a member of the EAO in 2008 but I have been going to the yearly congresses for almost 20 years now. I wanted to support an organisation that was working within implantology on a high scientific level to provide up-to-date information on the latest developments and practices in the field. And then of course the conferences are a wonderful platform to learn from colleagues, to share experiences and discover even more information. And I am currently on the board of the scientific committee for the 2012 EAO congress in Copenhagen. We are really looking forward to welcoming our colleagues to Denmark.”