Fields:
- Restorative dentistry
- Dental materials
- Cariology
Areas of Expertise:
- Dental adhesives
- Bonding to dental ceramics
- Direct restorative materials
- Adhesion to irradiated substrates (head and neck cancer)
Methodological Expertise:
- Aging protocols: thermal cycling, mechanical loading, long-term water storage
- Bond strength testing: tensile, microtensile, shear, microshear
- Microscopy: SEM/EDX for interfacial and morphological analysis
Current Projects:
- Effect of ionizing radiation on the bond strength of luting cements to dentin
- Effect of dentifrices with different fluoride concentrations on the physical properties of irradiated enamel
- Qualitative analysis of the resin/dentin interfaces in irradiated dentin