Name of the research center: Orthodontic research center/ acronym ORTHO-CENTER

Director of the research center: Professor Camelia Alexandrina Szuhanek MD, PhD

Date of establishment/ acknowledgement: 05.03.2021

Research areas/ research opportunities:

The Research Center in Orthodontics was established in 2020 within the Orthodontic Discipline within the University of Medicine and Pharmacy Victor Babes Timisoara, Romania. Within the center, the full members (teachers of the Orthodontics Discipline), the associated members (doctoral students and residents), as well as internal collaborators (teachers from other disciplines) carry out their activity.

Here we study the maxillary dento anomalies in children and adolescents and develop new directions of digital diagnosis and orthodontic therapy, using the most modern trends in the field.

The center equipment:

  • 3D Scanner  Activity SmartOptics GMBH       
  • 3D Printer WithMe for dental models 
  • Audax soft for cephalometric analysis
  • compact pressure moulding unit Ministar from Scheu
  • Laptop, multifunctional printer,  Nikon photo camera
  • Dental units, light curing dental lamps, instruments.

 Research directions:

  • Research on the biomechanical behavior of dento-alveolar structures during orthodontic and surgical / orthodontic treatment.
  • Cephalometric research on dental and skeletal malocclusions
  • Planning interdisciplinary treatment in skeletal abnormalities with orthodontic and orthognathic approach.
  • Digital diagnosis, virtual treatment planning, 3D printing in orthodontics.
  • Sleep apnea- cephalometric investigations and clinical orthodontic approach
  • Interdisciplinary orthodontics.
  • Orthodontic implants
Members list:

Titular members:

Nr.

Name and surname of the titular member (didactic/ research personnel)

Didactic/ research degree

1.

Szuhanek Camelia Alexandrina

Professor MD, PhD

Head of discipline

2.

Bratu Dana Cristina

Associate Professor MD, PhD

3.

Milutinovici Raluca

Assistant Lecturer MD, PhD

4.

Nagib Riham

Assistant Lecturer MD, PhD

5.

Popa Adelina

Assistant Lecturer

6.

Popa George

Assistant Lecturer

7.

Adelina Popa

PhD student

8.

Amalia Caselean

PhD student

9.

Robert Avramut

PhD student

10.

Andra Stancioiu

PhD student

11.

Nicoleta Nicolejeviv- Stoican

PhD student

 

Associated members:

Nr.

Name and surname

Student, masters student, PhD student, postdoctoral student, auxilliary and non-teaching staff, residents from university hospitals associated/in collaboration/ in contract with VBUMFT

1.

Moldovan Madalina

Orthodontics resident

2.

Husanu Anca

Orthodontics resident

3.

Morar Adnana

Orthodontics resident

4.

Casalean Amalia

Orthodontics resident

5.

Belova Alla

Orthodontics resident

6.

Lung Iuliana-Loredana

Orthodontics resident

7.

Văduva Elena-Adriana

Orthodontics resident

8.

Năsui Ioana Roxana

Orthodontics resident

9.

Emanuela Petruneac 

Orthodontics resident

10.

Cozmîncă Diana

Orthodontics resident

11.

Helo Rawan

Orthodontics resident

12.

Marcu Patricia-Oana

Orthodontics resident

13.

Uzun Anca-Patricia

Orthodontics resident

14.

Willkovits Gabriela Diana

Orthodontics resident

15.

Boca Roxana Iulia

Orthodontics resident

16.

Budunchi Iulia

Orthodontics resident

17.

Makdah Lujain

Orthodontics resident

18.

Karahbash Ahmed

Orthodontics resident

19.

Torabi Hasti

Orthodontics resident

20.

El-Hajj-Sleiman Rahaf

Orthodontics resident

21.

Negreci Samuel

Orthodontics resident

22.

Eran Kohavy

Orthodontics resident

23.

Limbean Cristina

Orthodontics resident

24.

Alkajbaf Arman

Orthodontics resident

 

Internal collaborators:

Nr.

Name and surname
(didactic/ research personnel)

VBUMP Affiliation
(Discipline and department)

1.

Craciunescu Emanuela

University Department of Propaedeutics and Dental Materials

2

Alexa Vlad

University Clinic Preventive, Community Dentistry and Oral Health