Honorary Member: Junji Tagami

Junji Tagami DDS PhD is Professor and Chair of Cariology and Operative Dentistry department and Vice President of Tokyo Medical and Dental University in Japan. Prof. Tagam was awarded the honorary membership of the IAAD in 2017. He is a well-known figure across the world of adhesive dentistry. His research on dentin characterization, mechanism and structure of caries is believed to have oriented adhesion as a means of achieving minimally invasive dentistry. As the vice president and past dean of Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Prof. Tagami has been a man of great power, influence and potential in academic dentistry.
He has supervised over 180 graduate students and postdoctoral researchers from Japan and around the world in the past 25 years, some of whom have become prominent academicians themselves in Japan, North America, Europe, Asia, South America and Australia.
Because of his contribution in dental research and education, he was awarded Honorary Degrees from King’s College of London, UK and Mihidol University, Thailand, and the distinguished scientist award, Wilmer Souder Award 2017, from the International Association for Dental Research (IADR).