Contact Details
- Phone
- +64 3 479 7012
- may.mei@otago.ac.nz
University Links
- Position
- Professor
- Department
- Department of Oral Rehabilitation
- Qualifications
- BDS MDS PhD
- Research summary
- Cariology, Biomaterials
- Teaching
- BDS Convener
- Cariology module coordinator of BDS2 and BDS3
- Memberships
- Member of International Association for Dental Research (IADR)
- Member of Academy of Dental Materials (ADM)
- Member of New Zealand Dental Association
- Secretary of IADR-ANZ division (2022-2025)
- Treasurer of IADR-APR region (2024)
- President of IADR Cariology Research Group (2023-2024)
- Clinical
- Restorative Dentistry
Research
Professor Mei's research focuses on cariology and biomaterials:
- The effect of silver diamine fluoride on mineralized tissue, collagen and biofilm
- Developing bioactive materials to prevent and arrest caries
Professor Mei's Scopus H index is 44 to date. Professor Mei is an Associate Editor of Archives of Oral Biology, and sitting on the Editorial Board of Journal of Dentistry.