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Niklaus P. Lang publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Niklaus P. Lang sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 633 publications — 75th percentile

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Niklaus P. Lang D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Niklaus P. Lang sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 158 D-Index — 96th percentile

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Medicine in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Niklaus P. Lang is affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland. Their research primarily spans the fields of dentistry and medicine, with a distinctive focus on oral surgery and periodontics as key subfields. Their work also encompasses biomedical engineering, urology, and orthodontics. The main thematic areas covered in their research include dental implant techniques and outcomes, dental radiography and imaging, oral microbiology and periodontitis research, bone tissue engineering materials, periodontal regeneration and treatments, dental health and care utilization, and dental materials and restorations.

The scientist has contributed extensively to peer-reviewed literature, with publications appearing predominantly in notable journals such as Clinical Oral Implants Research and Periodontology 2000. Other publication venues include the Journal of Materials Science Materials in Medicine, Clinical Oral Investigations, and PubMed resources.

Among the recent scholarly articles authored or co-authored by Niklaus P. Lang are the following:

  • Oral health-related quality of life of patients rehabilitated with fixed and removable implant-supported dental prostheses, 2022, Periodontology 2000
  • Implant Disease Risk Assessment IDRA-a tool for preventing peri-implant disease, 2020, Clinical Oral Implants Research
  • Peri-implantitis: Summary and consensus statements of group 3. The 6th EAO Consensus Conference 2021, 2021, Clinical Oral Implants Research
  • The effect of systemic antibiotics on clinical and patient-reported outcome measures of oral implant therapy with simultaneous guided bone regeneration, 2020, Clinical Oral Implants Research
  • Evaluation of the implant disease risk assessment (IDRA) tool: A retrospective study in patients with treated periodontitis and implant-supported fixed dental prostheses (FDPs), 2021, Clinical Oral Implants Research

Collaboration is a significant aspect of Niklaus P. Lang's work. Frequent coauthors include Nikola Saulačić, Masako Fujioka-Kobayashi, Giovanni E. Salvi, Lisa J. A. Heitz-Mayfield, and Christoph A. Ramseier. These coauthorships suggest a broad network of research partnerships in oral health and implant dentistry.

Best Publications

  • The microbiota associated with successful or failing osseointegrated titanium implants.

    A. Mombelli;M. A. C. Oosten;E. Schürch;N. P. Lang

  • Long-term evaluation of non-submerged ITI implants. Part 1: 8-year life table analysis of a prospective multi-center study with 2359 implants.

    Daniel Buser;Regina Mericske-stern;Jean Pierre Pierre Bernard;Alexandra Behneke

  • A systematic review of the 5-year survival and complication rates of implant-supported single crowns

    Ronald E. Jung;Bjarni E. Pjetursson;Roland Glauser;Anja Zembic

  • Clinical Periodontology and Implant Dentistry

    Jan Lindhe;Niklaus Peter Lang;Thorkild Karring

  • Periodontal health and gingival diseases and conditions on an intact and a reduced periodontium: Consensus report of workgroup 1 of the 2017 World Workshop on the Classification of Periodontal and Peri‐Implant Diseases and Conditions

    Iain L C Chapple;Brian L Mealey;Thomas E Van Dyke;P Mark Bartold

  • Regeneration and enlargement of jaw bone using guided tissue regeneration

    D Buser;U Brägger;N P Lang;S Nyman

  • Tissue integration of non-submerged implants. 1-year results of a prospective study with 100 ITI hollow-cylinder and hollow-screw implants.

    D. Buser;H.‐P. Weber;N. P. Lang

  • Periimplant diseases: where are we now? – Consensus of the Seventh European Workshop on Periodontology

    Niklaus P. Lang;Tord Berglundh

  • Comparison of survival and complication rates of tooth-supported fixed dental prostheses (FDPs) and implant-supported FDPs and single crowns (SCs)

    Bjarni E. Pjetursson;Urs Brägger;Niklaus P. Lang;Marcel Zwahlen

  • A systematic review of the survival and complication rates of fixed partial dentures (FPDs) after an observation period of at least 5 years

    Bjarni E Pjetursson;Ken Tan;Niklaus P Lang;Urs Brägger

  • Long‐term implant prognosis in patients with and without a history of chronic periodontitis: a 10‐year prospective cohort study of the ITI® Dental Implant System

    Ioannis K. Karoussis;Giovanni E. Salvi;Lisa J.A. Heitz-Mayfield;Urs Brägger

  • A systematic review of the success of sinus floor elevation and survival of implants inserted in combination with sinus floor elevation

    Bjarni Elvar Pjetursson;Wah Ching Tan;Marcel Zwahlen;Niklaus P. Lang;Niklaus P. Lang

  • De novo alveolar bone formation adjacent to endosseous implants

    Tord Berglundh;Ingemar Abrahamsson;Niklaus P. Lang;Jan Lindhe

  • Periodontal risk assessment (PRA) for patients in supportive periodontal therapy (SPT).

    Niklaus P Lang;Maurizio S Tonetti

  • The Relationship Between the Width of Keratinized Gingiva and Gingival Health

    Niklaus P. Lang;Harald Löe

  • Absence of bleeding on probing An indicator of periodontal stability

    Niklaus P. Lang;Rolf Adler;Andreas Joss;Sture Nyman

  • The diagnosis and treatment of peri-implantitis

    Andrea Mombelli;Niklaus P. Lang

  • Bleeding on probing. A predictor for the progression of periodontal disease

    Niklaus P. Lang;Andreas Joss;Thomas Orsanic;Francesco A. Gusberti

  • A systematic review of post-extractional alveolar hard and soft tissue dimensional changes in humans.

    Wah Lay Tan;Terry L. T. Wong;May C. M. Wong;Niklaus P. Lang

  • Critical review of immediate implant loading

    Ricardo Gapski;Hom Lay Wang;Paulo Mascarenhas;Niklaus P. Lang

Frequent Co-Authors

Urs Brägger
Urs Brägger University of Bern
Maurizio S. Tonetti
Maurizio S. Tonetti Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Andrea Mombelli
Andrea Mombelli University of Geneva
Jan Lindhe
Jan Lindhe University of Gothenburg
Christoph H. F. Hämmerle
Christoph H. F. Hämmerle University of Zurich
Marcel Zwahlen
Marcel Zwahlen University of Bern
Daniel Buser
Daniel Buser University of Bern
Anton Sculean
Anton Sculean University of Bern
Mariano Sanz
Mariano Sanz Complutense University of Madrid
William V. Giannobile
William V. Giannobile Harvard University

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