Dr Sabine Selbach

Senior Lecturer

School of Dentistry

College of Health


Sabine Selbach is a dentist who works as a Senior Lecturer in the field of Periodontics at the Adelaide Dental School since 2020. After finishing her undergraduate degree in Germany in 2005 she was awarded a prize for the best national dental board examination. For seven years she has worked as a Research Assistant and Assistant Professor at the Heinrich-Heine-University Dusseldorf, Germany, and focused her clinical training and practice on the treatment of periodontal diseases. As certified principal investigator she was instrumental in setting up and conducting a large clinical study supported by the European Union with 380.000 Euro grant money. In 2014 she defeated her thesis in the field of Oral Microbiology and Periodontics. Since 2016 she is registered as dental practitioner in Australia.

Date Position Institution name
2020 - ongoing Senior Lecturer The University of Adelaide
2007 - 2014 Assistant Professor Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Language Competency
English Can peer review
German Can peer review

Date Institution name Country Title
2015 - 2015 Australian Dental Council Australia BDS (recognition of qualification within the Australian Qualification Framework)
2011 - 2014 Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf Germany Dr.med.dent.
2000 - 2005 University of Würzburg Germany Staatsexamen Zahnmedizin

Year Citation
2022 Selbach, R. (2022). Praxisletter: Periimplantitis- Eine therapeutische Herausforderung. Deutsche Zahnaerztliche Zeitschrift, 63.
2021 Beikler, T., Bunte, K., Chan, Y., Weiher, B., Selbach, S., Peters, U., . . . Flemmig, T. F. (2021). Oral Microbiota Transplant in Dogs with Naturally Occurring Periodontitis.. J Dent Res, 100(7), 764-770.
DOI Scopus28 WoS26 Europe PMC25
2021 Selbach, S., Klocke, A., Peters, U., Beckert, S., Watt, M. R., Tong, R., . . . Beikler, T. (2021). Microbiological and clinical effects of a Proanthocyanidin-enriched extract from Rumex acetosa in periodontally healthy carriers of Porphyromonas gingivalis.. Planta medica, 89(11), 1052-1062.
DOI Scopus4 WoS3 Europe PMC2
2019 Reinhardt, B., Klocke, A., Neering, S. H., Selbach, S., Peters, U., Flemmig, T. F., & Beikler, T. (2019). Microbiological dynamics of red complex bacteria following full-mouth air polishing in periodontally healthy subjects—a randomized clinical pilot study. Clinical Oral Investigations, 23(10), 3905-3914.
DOI Scopus14 WoS10 Europe PMC9
2015 Neering, S. H., Adyani-Fard, S., Klocke, A., Rüttermann, S., Flemmig, T. F., & Beikler, T. (2015). Periodontitis associated with plasminogen deficiency: a case report. BMC Oral Health, 15(1).
DOI
2012 Selbach, R. (2012). Book review: Der perfekte Schliff- Schleifen und Schärfen von Parodontalinstrumenten. Deutsche Zahnaerztliche Zeitschrift, 67.
2008 Selbach, R., & Lang, H. (2008). Praxisletter: Periimplantitis- Eine therapeutische Herausforderung. Deutsche Zahnaerztliche Zeitschrift, 63.

Date Role Research Topic Location Program Supervision Type Student Load Student Name
2023 - 2025 Co-Supervisor Porphyromonas gingivalis triggers murine gut inflammation and metabolomic alterations The University of Adelaide DClincDent Doctorate Full Time Dr Brandon Pump
2020 - 2021 Co-Supervisor Association between Periodontal disease and changes in the gut microbiome and metabolome The University of Adelaide BDS Honours Part Time Coral Yeung

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