Impact of oral health on athletic performance and wellbeing: Part 2

Ian is Professor of Periodontology and Evidence-Informed Healthcare at University College London, Eastman Dental Institute, London UK. He leads the Centre for Oral Health and Performance (www.ucl.ac.uk/cohp) which was awarded recognition by the International Olympic Committee as part of the UK Research Centre for prevention of injury and protection of athlete health. He is also in specialist practice at PerioLondon. Ian is a Cochrane Editor for Periodontal Health. His research has been awarded prizes by the European Federation of Periodontology, Royal Society of Medicine, German Periodontal Society, German Cochrane Centre and International Association for Dental Research. He was awarded the UCL Provost’s Prize for Institutional Leadership in Public Engagement in 2017 and nominated as an inspiring teacher by UCL in 2007.  Ian was a member of the International Olympic Committee, Scientific Committee for the 2014 Conference on Prevention of Injury and Illness in Monaco and a Faculty member for 2017. He has been a member of many international consensus Workshops in Periodontology and Implant Dentistry.  He is a keen road and mountain runner when not injured.

Maximilian Nicholls is currently working as a Dental Core Trainee in the Restorative Department of The Eastman Dental Hospital. He completed his Dental studies at King’s College London in 2019 and spent the following year of Dental Foundation Training in Camberwell, South London. Alongside his work as a Dentist, Maximilian is an England and Great Britain International Cross-Country and Mountain Runner. His athletic achievements include Top 10 finishes in the World and European Mountain Running Championships as a Junior, Twelfth Place at The European Championships as a Senior and Five Top 5 finishes in the English National Cross-Country Championships.