Rate My Professor Owen Addison

Professor Owen Addison serves as Professor of Oral Rehabilitation and Head of the Centre for Oral, Clinical & Translational Sciences in the Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences at King’s College London. A graduate of the University of Birmingham, he obtained his BDS in 2001 and PhD in Biomaterials in 2007, followed by completion of a five-year specialist clinical training in 2012. His academic career commenced at Birmingham as a Lecturer in 2007, advancing to Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Restorative Dentistry in 2012, and Chair in Applied Biomaterials in 2015. Between 2016 and 2019, he held the ADA&C Endowed Chair in Oral Health Translational Research at the University of Alberta, Canada, prior to his appointment at King’s College London in 2019.

Owen Addison’s research spans the interface of life, physical, and clinical sciences, employing multimodal imaging techniques, including synchrotron-based methods, to examine synthetic and natural biomaterials. His work focuses on predicting and improving the clinical performance of implant biomaterials and devices. Funded by prestigious bodies such as EPSRC, NIHR, the European Commission, Wellcome Trust, NSERC (Canada), MRC, industry, and charities, his contributions have earned international recognition. Awards include the NIHR Clinician Scientist Fellowship in 2010, the IADR Innovation in Implant Sciences Award in 2013, and the IADR Distinguished Scientist Award for Young Investigators in 2016. Select publications feature “Origin of micro-scale heterogeneity in polymerisation of photo-activated resin composites” (Nature Communications, 2020, with Sirovica et al.), “Mechanisms of atomization from rotary dental instruments and its mitigation” (Journal of Dental Research, 2021, with Sergis et al.), “Iron-coated Komodo dragon teeth and the complex dental enamel of carnivorous reptiles” (Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2024, with LeBlanc et al.), and “Quantifying structural changes in organised biomineralized surfaces using synchrotron Polarisation-induced Contrast X-ray Fluorescence” (Acta Biomaterialia, 2025, with Ooi et al.). Under his leadership, early-career researchers have secured international prizes and progressed to prominent roles in academia and industry.