Agneta Karsten

Agneta Karsten is a Professor/Senior Dentist at Karolinska Institutet, affiliated with the Department of Dental Medicine. Her research focuses on craniofacial development, particularly in patients with cleft lip and palate, emphasizing orthodontic outcomes, imaging techniques, and long-term clinical evaluations. She has contributed to Scandcleft trials evaluating surgical interventions and their impacts on dental and facial growth.

Her work integrates advanced imaging methods like Cone-Beam CT to assess alveolar clefts and bone grafting outcomes, aiming to optimize radiation exposure while maintaining diagnostic quality. She also investigates dental subphenotypes and genetic factors in orofacial anomalies through population-based studies.

Key research themes include surgical technique comparisons, dental arch relationships, and the reliability of clinical measurement tools. Her publications highlight longitudinal studies tracking patients from infancy through adulthood to evaluate treatment efficacy and craniofacial growth patterns.

Dr. Karsten’s contributions extend to developing European guidelines for postgraduate orthodontic education, ensuring global alignment in clinical training standards. She collaborates extensively on interdisciplinary teams addressing both clinical and methodological challenges in cleft lip/palate care.