CONSULT
24 Months
Master
Concentration Area:
ORTHODONTICS
Description: Study of the diagnosis, prevention and correction of dental malocclusions and skeletal and dentofacial discrepancies aiming to obtain and maintain normal occlusal relationships in functional, esthetic and physiological harmony with facial structures.
Research Line:
1. CLINICAL AND LABORATORIAL RESEARCH IN ORTHODONTICS
Description: Clinical studies involving the diagnosis, protocols and orthodontic treatment planning of different malocclusions, comparing the results of these approaches and observing long-term stability and relapse. Laboratorial research for testing and developing new materials or modifications to improve the physical, chemical and biological properties of different dental materials.
Dra Karina Maria Salvatore de Freitas
Practice areas:
- Treatment of Class II and Class III malocclusions
- Transversal discrepancies
- Stability and relapse
- Profile and smile attractiveness
- Self-ligating brackets and their effects
- Orthodontic-surgical treatment
- Bracket adhesion and different types of orthodontic adhesives
Dr Fabricio Pinelli Valarelli
Practice areas:
- Anterior open bite
- Dentofacial orthopedics
- Treatment of Class II and Class III malocclusions
- Profile and smile attractiveness
- Skeletal anchorage
Dra Gabriela Cristina Santin
Practice areas:
- Preventive orthodontics,
- Bracket adhesion and
- Different types of orthodontic adhesives
Dr Rodrigo Hermont Cançado
Practice areas:
- Class II treatment with mandibular protraction appliances,
- Dentofacial orthopedics,
- Orthodontic wires
Research Line:
2. OROFACIAL HARMONIZATION
Description: Clinical study of the procedures performed for orofacial harmonization alone or after orthodontic treatment and its benefits, and laboratorial study of the biomaterials used in this area.
Dra Karina Maria Salvatore de Freitas
Practice areas:
- Orofacial harmonization after orthodontic treatment,
- esthetics,
- botulinum toxin
Dra Renata Cristina Gobbi de Oliveira
Practice areas:
- orofacial harmonization,
- esthetics,
- botulinum toxin,
- facial filling
Dr Ricardo Cesar Gobbi de Oliveira
Practice areas:
- Orofacial harmonization,
- Esthetics,
- Support wires
Dra Nubia Pavesi Pini
Practice areas:
- Orofacial harmonization,
- Esthetics
Concentration area:
DENTAL PROSTHESIS
Description: Studies concerning the diagnosis, treatment planning, rehabilitation and maintenance of oral function, comfort, appearance and health of patients with clinical conditions associated with the lack of one or more teeth and oral and maxillofacial tissues using biocompatible substitutes.
Research Line:
1. CLINICAL AND LABORATORIAL RESEARCH IN DENTAL PROSTHESIS
Description: Clinical studies evaluating the effectiveness of different rehabilitation techniques and different dental materials used to restore the shape, function and esthetics of the dentition, compared with clinical studies to certify and discuss its effectiveness. Laboratorial research aims to develop new restorative materials and protocols for adhesion to the dental structure or fixation in dental implants, to promote better mechanical, chemical and biological performance, contributing to clinical success.
Dr Daniel Sundfeld Neto
Practice areas:
- Adhesion to dental ceramics,
- Adhesion to dental tissues,
- Durability of prosthetic components
Dra Nubia Pini
Practice areas:
- Adhesion to the dental structure
- De-remineralization of tissues,
- Wear and color evaluation of restorative materials,
- Applicability of the chitosan biopolymer in dental materials
Dra Fernanda Ferruzzi Lima
Practice areas:
- Fatigue of prosthetic components and restorative materials,
- Clinical research in direct and indirect restorative treatments
Dra Aline Mori
Practice areas:
- Clinical research on temporomandibular disorders and orofacial pain
- Behavior and control of waking bruxism
- Clinical research on direct and indirect restorative treatments
Concentration area:
IMPLANTOLOGY
Description: Study of the installation, planning, complications and diagnosis of diseases related to dental implants, as well as surface characteristics, biomaterials and prosthetic components that can influence the oral rehabilitation of patients with the use of osseointegrated implants.
Research Line:
1. CLINICAL, EXPERIMENTAL AND LABORATORIAL IMPLANTOLOGY
Description: Clinical, experimental and laboratorial studies involving dental implants, prosthetic components, behavior of biomaterials, influence of different surface treatments and response to peri-implant therapies.
Dra Samira Salmeron
Practice areas:
- Peri-implant diseases and bone regeneration
Dr Heldo Figueira Junior
Practice areas:
- Bone substitutes
- biomaterials
- maxillofacial traumatology
- biocompatibility
- biomimetic treatments
- surface analysis in implant dentistry
- mechanical analysis of surgical materials
- finite elements
- drug therapy
- oral lesions
Dra Polyane Mazzucatto Queiroz
Practice areas:
- Cone beam computed tomography
- Digital radiography
- Image quality
- Diagnostic imaging
- Head and neck diagnosis