Professor Dr. Syarida Hasnur Safii is a Professor and Consultant Periodontist at the Universiti Malaya, where she currently serves as Deputy Dean (Clinical Services) of the Faculty of Dentistry. She is based at the Department of Restorative Dentistry and has held several key academic leadership roles, including Head of Department and Head of the Periodontology Discipline.

Professor Safii obtained her Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia before pursuing specialist training in Periodontology at King’s College London, where she was awarded the Master of Clinical Dentistry (MClinDent) and Membership in Restorative Dentistry (MRD) from The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. She later completed her PhD in Periodontology at the University of Otago, New Zealand.

Her areas of expertise include periodontology, implant dentistry, and dental education. Her research focuses on the biological and clinical aspects of periodontal and peri-implant diseases, host–microbial interactions, adjunctive antimicrobial therapies, natural products in periodontal healing, and the relationship between systemic conditions and periodontal health. She has also contributed significantly to dental education research, particularly in personalised learning, student-centred pedagogy, and the integration of machine learning in educational design.

Professor Safii has published extensively in high-impact international journals, including Clinical Oral Investigations, Journal of Clinical Periodontology, Clinical Oral Implants Research, BMC Oral Health, Archives of Oral Biology, and Pharmaceutics. She has led and co-led numerous nationally funded research grants, including projects under the Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia) and multiple internal research grants at Universiti Malaya. Her current research includes longitudinal studies on peri-implant inflammation, periodontal stability, synbiotic adjuncts in non-surgical therapy, and health economics of periodontitis management.

She actively supervises postgraduate candidates at PhD and Master’s levels in areas spanning periodontal microbiology, biomarker research, implant biology, regenerative therapies, health economics, and dental education. She also teaches extensively in the Bachelor of Dental Surgery, Master of Oral Science, and specialist doctoral programmes in Periodontology, Restorative Dentistry, and Prosthodontics.

At the international and national levels, Professor Safii contributes as an external examiner for specialist and doctoral programmes, including appointments with the The Royal College of Surgeons of England and multiple Malaysian universities. She serves as Associate Editor for BMC Oral Health and the Periodontology Journal, and is an active reviewer for numerous indexed journals. She is also an assessor for the Malaysian Qualifications Agency and international grant bodies.