Russell Moon is the founder and CEO of PerioSciences, which produces antioxidant-based oral care products. Moon also co-founded SkinCeuticals, a high-end skin care company based on topical antioxidants. SkinCeuticals was sold to L’Oreal in 2005.

Moon then applied the technology of topical antioxidants to the oral environment. In 2011, following intensive research, development and testing, Moon launched the PerioSciences first-to-market product line of antioxidant dental gel, toothpastes and oral rinses. PerioSciences distributes its products through dental practices and select online retailers.

Laura-Lucia Carothers was named president of PerioSciences in February of 2016 as a culmination of six years as vice president and later executive vice president. In 1996, she was the sixth employee for SkinCeuticals, where she developed the company’s marketing and public relations. Ms. Carothers continued that position when SkinCeuticals was acquired by L’Oreal. In 2010, she reunited with the management team at PerioSciences. She is a graduate of the University of Mississippi, and has experience with research and development, marketing, administration, communications and public relations.

PerioSciences established its own product development laboratory in 2008 to provide a dedicated resource for creating and testing prototype formulations. The laboratory is located in San Diego’s biotechnology corridor and is supervised by the same Stanford Ph.D. formulation chemist who developed the antioxidant compounds that created the SkinCeuticals product line in the early 1990s. This innovative laboratory provides a distinct competitive advantage by developing effective and stable compounds in a highly expedient and efficient manner. This advantage has resulted in impressive data that has been published in multiple peer-reviewed journals and is the subject of our primary patent. Our in-house resources are augmented by the Company’s external relationships with chemists and formulators through a collaborative testing and validation process.

The PerioSciences R&D team also includes medical and dental practitioners, scientific consultants and prominent university dental schools. These eminent researchers, scholars and clinicians bring a wealth of technical and practical experience that ensure the highest standards and help shape the vision for PerioSciences products.