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Marie Nordström serves as a Lecturer and Doctoral student at Malmö University's Faculty of Odontology. Her professional identity is rooted in dental academia with a specific focus on cariology and salutogenic approaches to oral health. She maintains active research collaborations with institutions in South Africa and Taiwan, contributing to the global understanding of oral health disparities.
Dr. Nordström's research interests center on salutogenic or health-promotive factors, particularly examining how caries-free young adults from low socioeconomic backgrounds maintain good oral health. Her work investigates health inequalities, public health approaches to oral care, and global oral health challenges. She has developed particular expertise in understanding resilience factors among populations facing socioeconomic challenges, with emphasis on how individuals develop resources to maintain oral health despite adversity.
Her publication record reveals a consistent focus on understanding the mechanisms that allow individuals to maintain oral health in challenging circumstances. Her research employs both qualitative and systematic review methodologies, with recent work exploring family traditions, personal health assets, and coping strategies that contribute to positive oral health outcomes. A recurring theme across her publications is the examination of how health-promoting factors can counterbalance socioeconomic disadvantages in oral health outcomes.
As a lecturer in cariology, Dr. Nordström contributes to dental education while simultaneously advancing her doctoral research. Her work with the CAPP oral health database demonstrates her commitment to evidence-based approaches in dental public health. Her research has practical implications for developing interventions that strengthen health-promoting factors among vulnerable populations.
