Grzech-Leśniak Kinga

Associated Professor Department of Oral Surgery, Wroclaw Medical University, Poland.

Affiliated Assistant Professor Department of Periodontics, School of Dentistry Virginia Commonwealth University, VA, US.

Master of Science in Laser, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.

President of the Polish Society of Laser Dentistry, PTSL.

World Federation for Laser Dentistry, WFLD Executive Board, Advisor.

FDI, World Dental Federation, Dental Practice Committee member.

ITI Fellow.

EMDOLA, European Master degree in Oral Laser Applications, 2 years European Master educational  program, Wroclaw Medical University, Poland, Local Director.

Coordinator of Center of Postgraduate Education at Wroclaw Medical University, Poland.

Practitioner since 2000, she established a specialist clinic in 2006 (PerioCare), which has become one of the leading periodontal treatment centers in Poland.

Lecturer with 20 years of experience as an educator, school counselor and tutor. Versed in classroom management, behavior strategies and individualized instruction.
uthor of international book’s chapter:

• 2021: Monographs: Lasers in Implant Dentistry, The Official Publication of the American

Academy of Implant Prosthodontics, USA

• 2021:Georgios E Romanos book “Light Therapy in Dentistry: Efficacy, Uses and Limitations”, chapter titled “Laser Debonding”, Nova Science Publishers, USA
• 2018:World Federation for Laser Dentistry book “Current Clinical Applications”, chapter titled “Laser in Non-surgical Periodontal Pocket Treatment”, Universal Publishers INC, Boca Raton, Florida, USA

Author more than 90 scientific publications published in in various high-ranked journals.

Editorial Board Member for Periodontal and Lasers section in Dental and Medical Problems journal, as a Guest Editor for the special issue “Laser in Periodontics” in the MDPI Dentistry Journal, as a Guest Editor on “Light as A Cure: Photobiomodulation, from the Cell to the Clinical Application” of Photonics (IF= 2.676); and a Guest Editor on “Current Techniques in Dental Implants: Biological and Technical Problems” Applied Science (IF=2.679); as a Guest Editor on “Novel Therapeutic Approaches and Tissue Engineering in Dentistry”, Life (IF=3.817), as a Guest Editor on “Recent Advances in Laser Technology for Dental Materials and Biomedical Engineering”, Materials (IF= 3.623), another MDPI publisher.

Awards:

• 2021 Individual Award for Ministry of Health of Poland for scientific achievements about laser therapy in periodontology;
• 2021 Polish Dental Association, recognition for contribution to the “Development of Polish Dentistry” of the 70th Anniversary Polish Dental Association, PTS;
• 2021, 2020, 2019 Rector’s Individual Award for scientific workin 2020

Her professional interests include photobiomodulation, antimicrobial photodynamic therapy, nonsurgical and surgical treatment methods with different lasers on periodontal and implant tissue as well as laser debonding procedures on fixed (teeth and implants) prostheses.