Prof. Steven Parker

Steven Parker is Honorary Professor in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom. He has been involved with lasers in dentistry for over 30 years. He has received publication in over 70 peer-reviewed papers on the use of lasers in dentistry. He serves as associate-editor of Lasers in Medical Science. From 2010 – 2020 he worked as Contract Professor (Professore a Contratto), Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostics at the University of Genoa and was International Coordinator and Lead Faculty of the Academic Master Degree (MSc) degree (Livello II) programme in laser dentistry at the University. He was the dental consultant to the UK MHRA 2015 publication “Guidance on the Safe Use of Lasers, Intense Light Source Systems and LEDs in Medical Surgical Dental and Aesthetic Practices”.

He served as President of the Academy of Laser Dentistry in 2005-6. In 2017 he was co-Editor in Chief and co-author of the Springer textbook “Lasers in Dentistry – Current Concepts”. Steven is currently studying for a PhD in PBM at De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom.