Prevention, epidemiology, cariology, clinical studies, data documentation and processing, diagnostic methods, caries management, development and implementation of questionnaires for surveys with a focus on nutrition and preventive measures applied at home as well as in kindergartens and schools, fear of dental treatment, oral rehabilitation in handicapped persons, molar incisor hypoplasia.

• (1) Pieper K, Dirks B, Kessler P (1986): Caries, oral hygiene and periodontal disease in handi­capped adults. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 14, 28-30.
• (2) Pieper K, Born C, Hartmann T, Heinzel-Gutenbrunner M, Jablonski-Momeni A (2007): Association of preventive measures with caries experience expressed by outcome variables. Schweiz Monatsschr Zahnmed, 117, 1038-1044. O
• (3) Momeni A, Hartmann T, Born C, Heinzel-Gutenbrunner M, Pieper K (2007).: Association of caries experience in adolescents with different preventive measures. Int J Pub Health, 52, 393-401.
• (4) Jablonski-Momeni A, Stachniss V, Ricketts DNJ, Heinzel-Gutenbrunner M, Pieper K (2008): Reproducibility and accuracy of the ICDAS-II for detection of occlusal caries in vitro. Caries Res, 42, 79-87.
• (5) Pieper K, Weber K, Margraf-Stiksrud J, Stein S, Heinzel-Gutenbrunner M, Jablonski-Momeni A (2012): Evaluation of an intensified preventive program aiming at 6-12-year olds with increased caries risk. Journal of Public Health 20:151. DOI 10.1007/s10389-011-0483-6.
• (6) Pieper, K., Dressler, S., Heinzel-Gutenbrunner, M., Neuhäuser, A., Krecker, M., Wunderlich, K., Jablonski-Momeni, A. (2012): The influence of social status on pre-school children’s eating habits, caries experience and caries prevention behavior. Int J Pub Health, 57, 207-215, DOI 10.1007/s00038-011-0291-3.
• (7) Pieper K, Lange J, Jablonski-Momeni A, Schulte AG (2013): Caries prevalence in 12-year-old children from Germany: results f the 2009 national survey.Community Dent Health 30, 138-142.
• (8) Pieper K, Winter J, Krutisch M, Völkner-Stetefeld P, Jablonski-Momeni, A (2016): Prevention in kindergartens with 500 ppm fluoride toothpaste-a randomized clinical trial. Clin Oral Investig 20(6):1159-64. doi: 10.1007/s00784-015-1604-3. Epub 2015 Sep 23.
• (9) Schmidt, P.; Schulte, A.G.; Margraf-Stiksrud, J.; Heinzel-Gutenbrunner, M.; Pieper, K. (2022): Children’s and Parents’ Marburg Sugar Index (MSI) Values: Are They Comparable? Nutrients 14,1630. https://doi.org/10.3390/ nu14081630

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2010-10-13: Wrigley Award
2011-03-30: Hufeland Award
2011-11-04: Awarded the Tholuck Medal