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Contact Details

Phone
64 3 479 7110
Email
warwick.duncan@otago.ac.nz
Position
Professor and Director of the SJWRI, and Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Dentistry
Department
Department of Oral Sciences
Qualifications
ED MDS PhD FRACDS (Perio) FICD MRSNZ
Research summary
Periodontics and Dental Implantology
Teaching

Postgraduate supervision in Periodontics, Dental Implantology, and Forensic Dentistry

Clinical
Periodontics and Dental Implantology

Research

Professor Duncan's primary research activities involve the fields of Periodontology and Dental Implantology. His expertise is in the use of animal models for testing therapeutic strategies in these fields, including clinical, microbiological, histomorphometric, and radiomorphometric analysis of peri-implant, periodontal, and maxillofacial tissues.

Current research strategies are focused on:

  1. The regeneration of bone to support implantable titanium, titanium alloy, and zirconia devices with different modified surfaces
  2. In vivo testing of novel bone grafting materials
  3. New diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for periodontal and peri-implant diseases

He has international collaborations with universities and implant companies in Korea, South Africa, North America, and Switzerland. He is also involved in basic science and epidemiological research in the areas of clinical periodontics, dental implantology, forensics, and comparative anatomy.

Publications

Carrington, S., Choi, Y. J., Plaksina, P., Moffat, S., Duncan, W., & Choi, J. J. E. (2025). Ethnic and gender variation in dentition spacing of NZ children. Journal of Dental Research, 104(B), 1099. [Abstract] Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Li, X., Duncan, W., Choi, J., & Coates, D. (2025). Channel-pillars scaffold for bone regeneration: Structure design, manufacturing, and physicochemical properties. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 174, 107256. doi: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2025.107256 Journal - Research Article

Chen, C., Duncan, W. J., Hughes-Medlicott, N. J., Alhamdani, G., & Coates, D. E. (2025). Chitosan-based nanoencapsulation of mānuka oil for periodontal treatment. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 26, 10201. doi: 10.3390/ijms262010201 Journal - Research Other

Duncan, W. J. (2025, October). Novel sustained-delivery treatments for oral disease and bone regeneration. Verbal presentation at the Pan-Pacific Leading Dental Schools Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Li, X., Duncan, W. J., Choi, J. J. E., & Coates, D. E. (2025, September). Channelled-pillared scaffolds coated with mānuka triketone oil in bone regeneration. Verbal presentation at the Faculty of Dentistry Clinical and Research Excellence Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

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