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PhD Candidates at the Department

The Department of Clinical Dentistry has around 30 PhD candidates.

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All PhD candidates are attached to one of the four research groups at the department:

Biomaterials

  • Anneli Skjold "Dental all-ceramic crowns - factors predicting clinical success"

Oral infections and inflammations

  • Kathrin Beyer "The periodontitis – rheumatoid arthritis connection: What are the pathogenic mechanisms behind the association?"

Clinical dental research

  • Synnøve Stokke Jensen "Human Primary Tooth Tissues as Biomarkers for Environmental Exposure, Nutritional Conditions and Disease"
  • Magnus Holmøy Bratteberg "Traumatic dental injuries —prevalence, severity and risk factors along the life course. A study among 16-year-old pupils in Hordaland, Western Norway"
  • Xin Feng "Radiographic analyses of maxillofacial morphology and respiratory function in orthodontic patients with hypertrophic adenoid"
  • Johannes Maria Fischer "Juvenile idiopathic arthritis with temporomandibular disorder and its correlation to clinical pain and imaging markers"
  • Zhanna Gaulen "Quality of life, employment, social relationships, and housing situation among heroin dependent poly-drug users"
  • Zrinka Hercigonja Matkovic "Orthodontic tooth movement and involvement of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors (VEGF's)"
  • Elisabeth Grut Gil "Juvenile idiopathic arthritis with temporomandibular disorder and its correlation to clinical pain and imaging markers"
  • Mohamed Ali "Biological responses to Bioceramic Materials: in vitro and in vivo studies"
  • Kjersti Gjerde "Adherence and treatment outcome of oral appliance treatment for obstructive sleep apnea"
  • Randi Lynds "Potential Benefit and Radiation Risk of Conebeam Computed Tomography in Children with Impacted Maxillary Canine"
  • Irene Ness "Oral helsekunnskap, holdninger og praksis blant foreldre med innvandrerbakgrunn i Norge"
  • Elisabeth Schilbred Eriksen "Surgical treatment of mandibularprognathism"
  • Lutango Daniel Simangwa "Oral health and oral quality of life of adolescents in a Maasai population area in Tanzania"
  • Victoria Xenaki "Safety of Nanomaterials used in Dentistry: Perception of dental health care workers on nanosafety and in vitro nanotoxicity studies"
  • Ulrik Leidland Opsahl "Acoustic pharyngometry to improve the treatment effect of oral appliances in obstructive sleep apnea patients"

Tissue engineering

  • Hassan Abdel-Raouf Ali "Induction of pluripotent stem cells from different sources: a new frontier for bone tissue regeneration"
  • Ingeborg Elisabeth Carlstrom "Tissue engineering in alveolar perimplant defects"
  • Cecilie Gudveig Gjerde Gjengedal "Jaw bone reconstruction using a combination of autologous mesenchymal stem cells and biomaterial prior to dental implant placement: Clinical and experimental studies"
  • Maryam Alizadeh Gharaei "Characterization of biological and molecular responses of conditioned medium in regenerative dentistry"
  • Øyvind Goksøyr "Incorporation of demineralised dentine matrix into bomateriaI scaffold to promote mineral tissue repair"
  • Mohamad Nageeb Hassan "Printable Customized Composite Scaffolds: Designed and Characterized for Alveolar Bone Regeneration"
  • Espen Helgeland "Development of a novel approach for temporomandibular joint cartilage regeneration"
  • Siddharth Vivek Shanbhag "Human gingival and periodontal ligament stem cells for bone regeneration: isolation, clinical-grade expansion and osteogenic differentiation"
  • Jannika Paulamäki "Development of a novel 3D printed hydrogel for tissue engineering applications"
  • Neha Rana "To assess the safety and efficacy of mesenchymal stem cell based therapy in bone regeneration procedure" 
  • Shuntaro Yamada "Effects of mechanical modulation on osteogenicity of mesenchymal stem cells and bone regeneration in a 3D environment"