Xianjing “Lau” Liu successfully defended his PhD thesis titled “3D Facial Shape Analysis: Unraveling environmental, genetic, and health connections through AI-driven methodological advancements.” Our warmest congratulations extend to his promotor Eppo B. Wolvius and co-promotor Gennady Roshchupkin. You can read his thesis here.
Link to the latest publication MIRACLE aimed to develop new strategies for risk identification and progression control of dental caries by leveraging insights into the healthy oral microbiome. Our research team collaborated with leading companies in oral healthcare and imaging, including DENTAID and Inspector Research Systems BV. Dental caries is a major global public health …
Our group member Xianjing Liu and colleagues have published a new article in Medical Image Analysis: AI-based association analysis for medial imaging using latent-space geometric confounder correction. In AI-based medical image analysis, it is known to be difficult to derive clinically or epidemiologically significant insights from AI-generated results, due to the complexity of visualizing non-linear …
Sierat Khan is the newest member of the Oral and Craniofacial Health group, joining as part of his thesis for the Research Master in Clinical Epidemiology. With a BSc in Medicine, he aims to integrate knowledge from both medicine and epidemiology to become a well-rounded research physician. His research will focus on the development of …
We would like to warmly welcome Yindan amongst our little group! When prompted to tell us a little about herself, here’s what she said: “I began my internship in the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery research group in September 2024 while completing my master’s thesis. I am a dentist with an MSc in Stomatology and am …
Gisselle Carbajal Rodriguez, DMD, and co-authors have had their paper “Poverty Dynamics and Caries Status in Young Adolescents” published in the well established journal Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology (Impact factor: 3.383 (2020)). Their findings reveal that both poverty at birth and intermittent poverty throughout childhood and adolescence are associated with higher odds of dental caries …
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Now available online! Our very own dr. Lea Kragt had an opportunity to lay out the research performed in our group. The SDU magazine – Scientific Dentistry United – is a media platform for scientific associations focused on the dental care professional. Give it a read!
Bone acquisition trajectory in the paediatric population is an important determinant of peak bone mass at young adulthood. Low peak bone mass is a risk factor for osteoporotic fractures later in life. Dual x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is used to measure overall bone health, yet it is not used often due to certain limitations. That is …
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Op het congres Circle of life van #QualityPracticeACTA Dental Education heeft Lea Kragt ons onderzoek in de Generation R Study naar het effect van verschillende voedingsaspecten op de gezondheid van het #kindergebit gepresenteerd. Benieuwd naar het onderzoek? Vind de samenvatting in de bijgevoegde PDF óf binnenkort te lezen in QP Tandheelkunde. https://www.ntvt.nl/tijdschrift/editie/artikel/t/caries-bij-schisispatienten-oorzaak-prevalentie-preventie-en-behandeling #gezondkindergebit#oralhealthprevention#healthystart#voeding#mondgezondheid
Li Chen started her PhD in the Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery research group in November, 2022. She is a dentist, specializing primarily in Implantology. She also has a MSc in Stomatology. Her PhD theme is “Alterations of ectodermal structures leading to dental and craniofacial manifestations”, which aims to investigate the association between craniofacial morphology and …
