Prof. Dr. Arja M. Kullaa is currently a Professor in Oral Medicine at the Institute of Dentistry, University of Eastern Finland Kuopio, Finland. She received a Ph.D. degree from the University of Kuopio, Finland, in 1986. Her research focuses on the diagnosis of oral diseases and continued investigations of salivary metabolites, immunohistochemistry; oral medicine; dental education; oral surgery; oral implantology; bone regeneration; and oral diseases. She is a member of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy and the European Association of Oral Medicine.