Kristin S. Klock

Kristin S. Klock serves as Professor at the Department of Clinical Dentistry, University of Bergen, with a distinguished research profile spanning pediatric dentistry, public health, and environmental exposure studies. Her work integrates clinical dentistry with population-level health research through major national cohorts.

Her research interests manifest in four interconnected domains:

• Pediatric Dentistry: Focuses on caries development in adolescents and biomarker analysis of primary teeth for environmental exposure assessment
• Environmental Dentistry: Investigates toxic/essential trace elements in teeth as biomarkers of prenatal and childhood exposures
• Dental Public Health: Examines socioeconomic disparities in dental health across the lifespan, particularly in elderly populations
• Orthodontics: Analyzes clinical management of dental trauma and healthcare system referral patterns

Publication trends (2014-2025) reveal consistent engagement with Norway's MoBa cohort and MoBaTooth Biobank, establishing her as a key contributor to environmental epidemiology in dentistry. Her work bridges laboratory-based elemental analysis with population health outcomes, while her systematic reviews on European adolescent caries demonstrate methodological rigor in evidence synthesis.

Professor Klock actively participates in the ongoing project Dental health, dental habits and quality of life among older adults in Norway at the University of Bergen. Her collaborative network spans multiple Norwegian institutions including the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (FHI), University of Tromsø (NTNU), and Karolinska Institutet (KI), reflecting her role in national dental research infrastructure.