Royal Philips has announced the formation of the Philips Sonicare Global Clinical Advisory Board, bringing together 12 oral healthcare professionals from around the world to provide clinical, scientific, and strategic guidance for Philips Oral Healthcare.
The board includes experts in clinical practice, research, education, behavior change, digital dentistry, and oral health innovation. According to Philips, the group will advise on emerging trends, support science-based product development, and contribute to clinical exploration. The company intends for the collaboration to incorporate dental professional perspectives into its oral healthcare product planning.
“For more than 55 years, Philips has been an industry leader in oral care with a heritage rooted in health insights for improved outcomes and meaningful innovation,” said Francesco Grillo, Philips global business unit leader - oral healthcare. “As part of a broader health technology company with deep clinical expertise across consumer health and professional health systems, Philips Oral Healthcare is uniquely positioned to connect dental professional insight with solutions that support better daily oral health. The Philips Sonicare Global Clinical Advisory Board helps us build on that legacy and continue developing evidence-led innovations that meet the needs of professionals and the people they care for.”
“Oral healthcare is entering a new era, shaped by prevention, personalization, digital innovation and a deeper understanding of how people build healthier routines,” said Andrew Bower, business category leader, dental professional & strategic adjacencies, Philips Oral Healthcare. “By bringing together experts from different clinical, academic and regional perspectives, the board will help Philips Sonicare look ahead, anticipate where the profession is moving, and translate expert insight into stronger innovations and ultimately better outcomes for consumers and patients.”
The advisory board members are Purnima Kumar, University of Michigan School of Dentistry, United States; Ann Eshenaur Spolarich, Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health, A.T. Still University, United States; Koula Asimakopoulou, Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom; Iain Chapple, University of Birmingham School of Dentistry, United Kingdom; Virginie Monnet-Corti, Aix-Marseille University and AP-HM Timone Hospital, France; Tim Joda, University of Zurich Center for Dental Medicine, Switzerland; Xu Tongkai, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, China; Karolina Kopciewicz-Kozicka, Villanova Dental Clinic, Poland; Martina Kyjovská Čičváková, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University and University Hospital L. Pasteur, Slovakia; Ali Çekici, Istanbul University Faculty of Dentistry, Turkey; Sarah Balaster, a private practice periodontist in the United States; and Dagmar Else Slot, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Their areas of expertise include periodontology, oral-systemic health, the oral microbiome, pharmacology, care for medically complex patients, behavior change, patient communication, reconstructive dentistry, implantology, digital diagnostics, oral hygiene, and preventive dentistry.
Philips Oral Healthcare is part of Royal Philips, a Netherlands-based health technology company that develops personal health solutions for consumers and professional healthcare technologies for clinical settings. Royal Philips reported approximately €18 billion in sales in 2025 and employs approximately 63,700 people, with sales and services in more than 100 countries.
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