Tiago Marques

Tiago Marques serves as an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Dental Medicine, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, and is a Researcher at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Health (CIIS). With an h-index of 20 and 201 Scopus citations, his academic profile demonstrates significant scholarly impact in dental research.

His educational journey includes a PhD in Volumetric changes after periodontal plastic surgery for the treatment of gingival recession from Universidad de Salamanca (awarded July 7, 2022), a Master's degree (awarded July 31, 2011), and a Bachelor's degree (awarded July 31, 2007), all from Universidade Católica Portuguesa.

Dr. Marques' research expertise centers on dental implants (100% research focus), with particular emphasis on implant placement techniques (58%), gingival recession treatment (49%), and connective tissue grafting (44%). His work increasingly incorporates digital dentistry approaches, especially intraoral scanning (35%) for implant procedures. His recent publications reveal a strong shift toward precision dental medicine, with 35 publications in 2023 alone, demonstrating growing research productivity and specialization in digital impression technologies for complete-arch prostheses.

His scholarly contributions have been recognized with the 1º Prémio "Plataforma Precision Dental Medicine" in 2023, highlighting his innovative work in advancing precision approaches in dental care.

Dr. Marques has supervised 37 students at Universidade Católica Portuguesa and actively participates in multiple research projects funded by Portugal2020, including SPRINT (Saliva for Precision Diagnosis), InDig (Innovation and digital teaching technologies), OeHMP (Oral e-Health Monitoring Platform), Oral Precise Med, and Proteger+. These projects span from 2020 to 2023, with research funding supporting his work in precision dental diagnostics and digital teaching technologies.

As part of CIIS, Dr. Marques collaborates with interdisciplinary teams across dental medicine, contributing to research that bridges clinical practice with technological innovation to improve oral health outcomes.