Rate My Professor Tino Mercado

Associate Professor Tino Mercado serves in the Department of Oral Sciences within the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Otago. He holds qualifications including DocMedDent, GCClinDent, MDSc, PhD, MRACDS, FICD, FPFA, and FITI. His academic background encompasses training in oral pathology and periodontology, with his PhD focused on the regenerative management of peri-implantitis and the treatment of recession defects around teeth and implants using autogenous and alternative tissues combined with biologically active products. Mercado's research specializations center on periodontal medicine, mucogingival surgeries, and dental implants. His publications address periodontal prognostication, correlations between periodontitis and systemic conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis and diabetes mellitus, mucogingival surgical techniques, and bone regeneration. Notable recent works include "Enamel matrix derivative and volume stable collagen xenograft for coverage of recession type I-II on mandibular lower anterior teeth: A report of five cases" published in the New Zealand Dental Journal in 2025, and "Surgical therapy for peri-implantitis using deproteinized bovine bone mineral with 10% collagen, enamel matrix derivative and doxycycline: A prospective 10-year implant survival cohort study" in the Journal of Clinical Periodontology in 2025. His Google Scholar profile reports over 1,700 citations.