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Dr Elifuraha G. Mumghamba is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Restorative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS). Dr. Mumghamba is an academician with extensive experience in clinical dentistry, teaching, research, and academic leadership. He obtained a Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) from the University of Dar es Salaam in 1985, followed by a Master of Dentistry (M.Dent. Restorative Dentistry) from the same institution in collaboration with the University of Kuopio, Finland in 1990. He later earned a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Dentistry from the University of Turku, Finland, in 2009, further strengthening his expertise in dental education, research, and clinical practice.
Throughout his academic career, he continuously advanced his professional knowledge through specialized training in university teaching, curriculum development, preventive and restorative dentistry, and academic research especially on periodontal diseases in Tanzania and also their association with systemic diseases in particular diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, chronic renal diseases and adverse pregnancy outcome, among many others. His professional development includes the University Teaching and Learning Improvement Program (1988), courses in ultra-conservative caries treatment and curriculum development at Muhimbili, personnel management at the National Institute for Productivity (DSM), postgraduate training in development research at Päijät Häme Summer University, Finland, and advanced courses in the integration of preventive and restorative dentistry, gold inlays and onlays, and adhesive dentistry through collaborations with the Universities of Kuopio (Finland) and Nijmegen (The Netherlands). These qualifications have contributed significantly to his expertise in dental education, curriculum development, clinical practice, and research.
Dr. Mumghamba is actively involved in teaching and mentoring both undergraduate and postgraduate dental students in the School of Dentistry at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS). His responsibilities include delivering lectures, supervising clinical and research training, and assessing students in periodontology under restorative dentistry. In addition to his academic duties, he provides comprehensive patient care through clinical practice at the MUHAS Dental Clinic, where he contributes to the delivery of specialized periodontal care services while supporting the clinical training of dental students.
His research interest focuses on periodontal diseases, with particular interest in their epidemiology, prevention, and control, including study design and research methods in oral health, the implementation and evaluation of primary oral health care approaches, and the promotion of oral health through education; capacity building and financing oral health in the African and Middle East Region. He has also conducted research on awareness of the causes, risk factors, and prevention of periodontal diseases among secondary school students, with the aim of informing evidence-based interventions that improve oral health knowledge and preventive practices within communities. Dr. Mumghamba has published more than thirty papers in local, regional and international peer reviewed journals. He has received WHO-AFRO Region award, Community Health Research, in 1993 based on a study on “Periodontal conditions and treatment needs in Ilala district, Tanzania”. He has been a member of the Tanzania Dental Association (TDA) and the International Association of Dental Research (IADR).
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1. Kayombo CM, Mumghamba EG. Self-Reported Halitosis in relation to Oral Hygiene Practices, Oral Health Status, General Health Problems, and Multifactorial Characteristics among Workers in Ilala and Temeke Municipals, Tanzania. International Journal of Dentistry 2017; 2017: 8682010. doi: 10.1155/2017/8682010. Epub 2017 Feb 9.
2. Kessy SF, Simon T and Mumghamba EGS. Periodontal status and treatment needs among cardiac patients at Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. Tanzania Dental Journal 2017; 20(1):1-8.
3. Kabali T, Mumghamba EG. "Knowledge of periodontal diseases, oral hygiene practices and self-reported periodontal problems among pregnant women and postnatal mothers attending reproductive and child health clinics in rural Zambia" International Journal of Dentistry. International Journal of Dentistry; 2018 Aug 7; 2018: 9782092. doi: 10.1155/2018/9782092. eCollection 2018.
4. Mlenga F, Mumghamba EG. Oral Hygiene Practices, Knowledge, and Self-Reported Dental and Gingival Problems with Rural-Urban Disparities among Primary School children in Lilongwe, Malawi. International Journal of Dentistry, Volume 2021, Article ID 8866554, 10 pages. https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/8866554.
5. Kamugisha FR, Shimba E, Mumghamba E, & Philbert R. (2025). Tooth loss, associated factors and prosthetic treatment need among patients receiving methadone maintenance therapy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Health Research, 26(1), 1567–1578. Retrieved from https://www.ajol.info/index.php/thrb/article/view/272091.
