Position: Professor

Organization: Photoperiodontics, Department of Periodontology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

Biography Text: Akira Aoki, D.D.S., Ph.D., Institute of Science Tokyo Dr. Aoki received his DDS degree from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Japan in 1989, and was awarded PhD in 1996. TMDU and Tokyo Institute of Technology were merged to establish Institute of Science Tokyo (ISCT) in 2024 and currently works as Professor for Photoperiodontics at the Department of Periodontology, ISCT. He has been engaged in Er:YAG laser research since 1991. Dr. Aoki received the “Best Presentation Award” at the 3rd International Society for Lasers in Dentistry (ISLD) in 1992 and the 7th ISLD in 1998, and “T. H. Maiman Award” from Academy of Laser Dentistry (ALD), USA in 2001, the “Scientific Award” from the Japanese Society of Periodontology (JSP) in 2013, and the Outstanding Educator Award from IADR Lasers and Biophotonics Group in 2024, for excellence in laser research, clinical application, and education in dentistry. From 2003 to 2004, he was Visiting Assistant Professor at the Department of Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences, UCSF, USA. He contributes to World Federation for Laser Dentistry (WFLD) as the President.