Solomon Nwhator is a BDS graduate of the University of Lagos, holds a PhD of the University of Helsinki and teachers undergraduate and Postgraduate Periodontology at the Obafemi Awolowo University. He is a Fellow of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria and the West African College of Surgeons. His research interests include metallophones, periodontal medicine and aggressive periodontitis. Along with his team, he reported for the first time, high aMMP-8 levels among Nigerian pregnant women and is currently investigating how this links with the preponderance of preterm birth among people of color.