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IADS SCORE Committee is proud to announce the International Dental Research Program Booklet of 2014-2015! IDRP allows dental students to attend dental research internships which consists of assisting dental research projects developed within a foreign university partner of the IDRP Network. This year we have 23 universities in 18 countries participated in our program. We have welcomed 3 new countries: Portugal, Colombia and Tunisia. IADS SCORE Committee is happy to provide such an opportunity to dental students and hopes to widen the network next year.
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IDRP Description 2014 03
Selection Process and Logistics 04
University of Coimbra (Portugal) 05
University of Monastir (Tunisia) 07
Unidad de Investigación Básica Oral (Colombia) 09
University of Foggia (Italy) 10
University of Oklahoma (United States of America) 12
Yerevan State Medical University (Armenia) 13
International Association of Dental Students
Standing Committee on Research and Education
Charles University Hradec Kralove (Czech Republic) 16
Masaryk University (Czech Republic) 20
Universidad Austral (Chile) 22
Near East University (Cyprus - North Cyprus) 24
Baskir State Medical University (Russian Federation) 26
Omsk State Medical Academy (Russian Federation) 27
Saratov State Medical University (Russian Federation) 29
Voronezh State Medical Academy (Russian Federation)33
Tehran University of Medical Sciences (Iran) 34
Istanbul University (Turkey) 37
University of Jordan (Jordan) 40
Medical University of Lublin (Poland) 41
Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta (Indonesia) 42
Qassim University (Saudi Arabia) 44
Tanta University (Egypt) 45
University of Malaya (Malaysia) 47
Mahidol University (Thailand) 48
Table of Contents
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“A vast contribution
in the future of the dental research field”
Description:
The Standing Committee on Research and Education within IADS is proud to assure the successful continuity of the Inter-
national Dental Research Program - the first worldwide dental research exchange network which aims to transfer and foster
research knowledge to the ones who desire to make a difference within their dental communities.
The students will attend dental research internships which consist of assisting a dental research project developed within a
foreign University partner of the IDRP network. The internships takes place for about 2 to 8 weeks, the students being selected
through a rigurous selection process and eventually having the facilities covered by the host university. In 2014, 20 Universi-
ties worldwide offer research internships to talented dental students and young graduates, in: Portugal, Tunisia, Colombia,
Italy, Chile, Jordan, Armenia, Poland, Czech Republic, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Indonesia, Malaysia, USA, Russian Federation, Cyprus
(North Cyprus), Turkey.
The Program is a new limestone in the dental student research activity, which purposes to enlighten talented dental students
who one day will be the ones to push dentistry towards innovative and more successful treatments.
Pavel Scarlat Görkem Şengün
IADS President IADS International Scientific Officer
IDRP network Founder
president@iads-web.org iso@iads-web.org
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Selection Process
The students have to submit the complete application
to the IADS National/Local Scientific Officers or the
Project Leader (Mentor). The University receives the
applications and has the option to select the students
who better fit the scientific project.
a) A complete application consists of:
1) Curriculum Vitae in English
2) A letter of intent ( a short description of the scientific
activities should be attached)
3) Two letters of recommendation
4) Copies of Medical Certificates and Awards.
The application materials should be written or trans-
lated in English.
Logistics
- The Program/network consists of Universities offering
dental research internships to international students
who are rigurously selected by the University.
- A team of IADS National/Local Scientific Officers are in
charge of successfully implementing and assuring the
continuity of the Program.
- The Universities have the full right of selecting the stu-
dents who better fit the dental research internship
- The student is involved in a dental research internship
for a period of time ranging from 2 to 8 weeks, and at
the completion of the internship it is granted with a
Certificate of Participation in the IDRP research intern-
ship.
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University of Coimbra (Portugal)
Area of Dentistry - Faculty of Medicine
Name of the research project:
Evaluation of bone formation using different physical forms of
porcine heterologous bone grafts in a Rabbit Cancelous Bone
Model.
Project Leader (Mentor): Fernando Guerra DMD, MSc, PhD ;
Rui Isidro Falacho DMD, MSci ; Cláudia Brites, Lab Assistant.
Description of the project: Bone grafting materials have sev-
eral clinical indications to improve tissue regeneration. There is
an increasing search for biologic modalities that may enhance
bone healing of specific sites while improving the handling
features and the ease of use.
A porcine cancellous-cortical collagenated bone mix in the
granulated physical form (Osteobiol Gen-Os®) has been used
as a gradually resorbable bone substitute to provide support in
bone neoformation and facilitate blood clotting and the sub-
sequent invasion of repairing and regenerative cells due to its
collagen content. Granules of mineral hydroxyapatite derived
from porcine cortical bone without the presence of tissue col-
lagen are also are also used as bone substitutes.
With the purpose of improving handling, simplifying the surgi-
cal technique and optimizing clinical efficacy, other physical
presentation forms have been developed (Putty, Gel, Tablet).
This research aims to assess and compare the performance of
porcine bone substitutes in the different presentations and
formulations.
What will be the student’s involvement within the research
project? The Student will have a chance to participate, ob-
serve and assist in the whole extent of the research, as well
as in the experimental procedures.
What practical skills and knowledge would the student ac-
quire during the research project? The Student will acquire
awareness on how to correctly plan and develop scientific
research, as well as a vast knowledge in the field of bone
regeneration, animal research, histological techniques,
histomorphometry and microscopy.
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Is there any special knowledge, skills of certain level of
studies required? It will be required basic knowledge in
the area of animal experimentation and histology.
Language(s) of use: English or Portuguese.
Minimum number of weeks to participate: 6-8 weeks
Hours of work per day: 4 hours
Available months: July and September
Students to be accepted: 2 students.
Contacts:
João Pedro Pires
IADS Regional Director of Europe
email address: joaopepires@gmail.com
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University of Monastir (Tunisia)
Department of Dental Medicine.
Name of the research project:
apical periodontitis (AP): a review of biological aspects
and correlation with clinic.
Description of the project:
This project is based on a scientific litterature review of
immunological and histopathological mecanisms involved
in the AP pathogenesis and an investigation of a correla-
tion with clinical aspects.
What will be the student’s involvement within the re-
search project?
The student will be involved in the critical review and
analysis of the litterature as he will share and discuss clini-
cal cases treated in our department.
What practical skills and knowledge would the student
acquire during the research project?
The student will learn how to build a detailed work plan
and set up methods to search and select references.
Is there any special knowledge, skills of certain level of
studies required?
The student should have clinical knowledge about
AP as well as biological comprehension of mecanisms
involved in AP pathogenesis.
Language(s) of use: English.
Minimum number of weeks to participate: 2-3 weeks
Hours of work per day: 4 hours
Available months: October-November
Students to be accepted: 1 students.
Contact:
Mahdi Tlili
NSO of Tunisia
nsofficer.tads@gmail.com
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University of Monastir (Tunisia)
Department of Dental Medicine.
Name of the research project:
Scientific paper writing in dental traumatology.
Project Leader (Mentor): Pr. Latifa Berrezouga
Description of the project:
This project is based on an investigation of an original
clinical report regarding an adult patient victim of a verti-
cal root fracture misdiagnosed as an apical periodontitis
on his maxillary central incisor. The extracted tooth was
studied using cone beam computed tomography and
scanning electron microscope.
What will be the student’s involvement within the re-
search project?
The student will be involved in the clinical investigation
and understanding of the report and in preparation of the
manuscript.
What practical skills and knowledge would the student
acquire during the research project?
The student will learn how to write step by step a manu-
script according to international guidelines.
Is there any special knowledge, skills of certain level of
studies required?
The student should have clinical knowledge about
dental trauma and particularly vertical root fracture and
apical periodontitis
Language(s) of use: English.
Minimum number of weeks to participate: 2-3 weeks
Hours of work per day: 4 hours
Available months: October-November
Students to be accepted: 1 students.
Contact:
Mahdi Tlili
NSO of Tunisia
nsofficer.tads@gmail.com
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Unidad de Investigación Básica Oral (Colombia)
Name of the research project:
Hollow fiber fusion bioreactor for in vitro expansion of
dental pulp stem cells.
Project Leader (Mentor): Dr. Juan Carlos Munevar.
Description of the project:
Dental pulp stem cells at a large numbers are fundamen-
tal for regenerative dentistry applications in cell based
therapeutics, so it is important to expand in vitro stem
cells in a bioreactor in order to obtain in a short time for
clinical purpose.
What will be the student’s involvement within the re-
search project?
The student will review the state of art of a research.
The student will participate in cell culture, flow cytometry
and molecular biology experiments. The student also will
participate in seminars about stem cells.
What practical skills and knowledge would the student
acquire during the research project?
Dental stem cells, regenerative dentistry and bioreactors
will be the basic knowledge.
About the skills: 1. Biomedical literature in biomedical
databases and bibliometrics research. 2. experimental
design, research laboratory skills and in vitro experiments.
Is there any special knowledge, skills of certain level of stud-
ies required?
Not really, buy minimum the student must be a 2nd year
postgraduate student.
Language(s) of use: English, Spanish, French
Minimum number of weeks to participate: 4 weeks
Hours of work per day: 6 hours
Available months: February to June and August to Novem-
ber
Students to be accepted: 2 students.
Contact:
David Diaz
davidiazz@hotmail.com
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University of Foggia (Italy)
Department of Dental Medicine.
Name of the research project:
Research of molecular markers of the oral cavity cancer in
biological fluids, such as blood and saliva, for the purpose
of early diagnosis and prognosis.
Project Leader (Mentor): Giannatempo Giovanni
Description of the project:
The squamous cell carcinoma is the most frequent malig-
nant tumor of the oral cavity (1,2). It is the eighth malig-
nancy for the man and is characterized by a low survival
rate, mainly due to the advanced stage at diagnosis and
to the high frequency of relapses and/or metastases. After
the surgery and/or radiotherapy, recurrences or metas-
tases occur in more than 50% of patients (80% of cases
within 2 years) and today the overall survival at 5 years
of the patients with OSCC is less to 50%. If the OSCC is
diagnosed at an early stage, the 5-year survival rises to 80
to 90% and costs of therapeutic services are significantly
reduced. Unfortunately, today in the majority of cases the
diagnosis is made in advanced stage (3). The development
of screening tests and/or diagnostic tests more specific
and sensitive result will give a significant improvement.
In recent years there has been a growing interest in sali-
va as a diagnostic fluid (4,5,6), due to its relatively simple
and minimally invasive collection. The collection of saliva
may also be the only practical way of doing screening of
a large number of patients as it is not invasive, it is easy,
inexpensive, convenient and reduces the risk of cross-in-
fection, which characterize the tests on blood/serum. In
this project, we aim to analyze and identify the salivary
proteome profile of patients with oral cancer in order
to identify specific biomarkers useful for discriminating
patients with OSCC from healthy patients.
What will be the student’s involvement within the
research project?
Students will help for selecting patients and analizing
saliva samples acquired from them.
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What practical skills and knowledge would the student
acquire during the research project?
skills and knowledge about the using of special machine
“Seldi Tof” that is present in italy only in the Department
of Sperimental and clinical Medicine - University of Foggia
Improvement on the knowledge of genomic and pro-
teomics, on variations in presence of cancerous and pre
cancerous lesions.
Is there any special knowledge, skills of certain level of
studies required?
Successful examination of oral pathology and pathologi-
cal anatomy, and in the case of medical students, also
have passed the examination of Dentistry.
Language(s) of use: italian / english /spanish
Minimum number of weeks to participate: 4 weeks
Hours of work per day: 6 hours
Available months: October-November-December
Students to be accepted: min 6 max 10
Contact:
Victor Palumbo
NSO of Italy
victorspalumbo@gmail.com
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University of Oklahoma, College of Dentistry, Department of Or-thodontics, (USA)
Name of the research project:
Evaluation Denver Growth Collection
Project Leader (Mentor): Dr. G. Fräns Currier and Dr. Onur
Kadioglu
Description of the project:
Denver Growth collection is one of the legacy, longitudinal
growth studies. The project will involve analysis of vari-
ous aspects of the Denver Growth Data, including but not
limited to 2D and 3D conversion as well as longitudinal
evaluation of human dento-facial growth.
What will be the student’s involvement within the research
project? Acquisition, analysis and interpretation of data.
What practical skills and knowledge would the student ac-
quire during the research project?
Management and application of 2D and 3D data with analy-
sis, including 3D model scanning methods through various
computer softwares.
Is there any special knowledge, skills or certain level of studies
required? Understanding basic statistics is preferred.
Language(s) of use: English ; Minimum number of weeks to
participate: 2 weeks ; Hours of work per day: 8 hours Available
months: September, October, November ; Students to be ac-
cepted: 2 students
Contact person:
Dr. G. Fräns Currier and Dr. Onur Kadioglu
frans-currier@ouhsc.edu, onur-kadioglu@ouhsc.edu
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Yerevan State Medical Uni-versity (Armenia)
Department of Prosthodontics
Name of the research project:
Removable partial and complete dentures
Description of the project:
The project is focused on methods of retention and sta-
bilizations of complete and partial removable dentures,
principles of design of removable partial dentures, labora-
tory stages during removable dentures fabrication.
Retention is the principle that describes how
well the denture resists the force of gravity, adhesiveness
of foods and the forces associated with the opening of
the jaws. Denture is prevented from moving in the verti-
cal plane. Stability is defined as the quality of a denture to
be firm or constant to resist displacement by functional
stresses. Stability is the principle that describes how
well the denture base is prevented from moving in the
horizontal plane, withstands horizontal forces. During our
research project we pay attention on the factors which
affected on stability and retention:
1.Anatomical factors, which include size and quality of
denture bearing area.
2. Physiological factors (viscosity of saliva).
3. Physical factors, which are adhesion, cohesion,
interfacial surface tension, atmospheric pressure and
peripheral seal.
4. Mechanical factors (implants, denture adhesives,
clasp systems).
Before designing a removable partial denture we do
surveying. Objectives of surveying are the followings:
1. To design a removable partial denture such that it’s
rigid and flexible components are appropriately posi-
tioned to obtain good retention and bracing.
2. To determine the path of insertion of a prosthesis
such that there is no interference to insertion along this
path.
3. To mark the height of contour of the area (hard and
soft tissues) above the undercut.
4. To mark the survey lines (height of contour of a
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tooth).
5. To mark the undesirable undercuts into which the
prosthesis should not extend.During laboratory stages we
study casting procedures of removable partial dentures
metal framework, stages of acrylic resin polimerisation.
The research work will include statistical, clinical, experi-
mental components of chair scientific work.
What will be the student’s involvement within the re-
search project?
The student will observe,assist and will be directly in-
volved in the research program.
What practical skills and knowledge would the student
acquire during the
research project?
The student would be acquainted with basic
procedures,new and routine techniques of making re-
movable partial and complete dentures.
Is there any special knowledge, skills of certain level of
studies required?
The student is required to have knowledge about the
partial and complete adentia and the level of jaws atro-
phy. To have basic skills regarding Prosthodontic Den-
tistry.
Language(s) of use: English and Russian
The minimum number of weeks available to partici-
pate: 3 weeks
Hours of work per day: 6
Available months: October and November 2014
Students to be accepted: 2
Contact:
Tigran Gyokchyan
National Scientific Officer - Armenia
email address: tigrangyokchyan@gmail.com
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Yerevan State Medical University (Armenia)
Department of Orthodontics
Name of the research project:
Application of self-ligating brackets in orthodontics
Description of the project:
The research work include statistical,clinical, experimental
componenets of departments scientific work,for second
research project - comparison of dental and alveolar
changes as a result of application of self-ligating braces
various types
What will be the student’s involvement within the research
project?
The students will get a chance to participate, observe and
also assist in research and the experiments
What practical skills and knowledge would the student
acquire during the research project?
The student would be acquainted with the new and routine
techniqes of orthodontic treatment and planning
Is there any special knowledge, skills of certain level of
studies required?
Basic knowledge in TMJ anatomy, knowledge in basics
of gnathology and orthodontics, Basic skills in use of
articulator
Language(s) of use: English and/or Russian
Minimum number of weeks to participate:: 3 - 4 weeks
Hours of work per day: 4-8 hoursAvailable months: May
2014
Students to be accepted: 1-2 students
Contact:
Tigran Gyokchyan
National Scientific Officer - Armenia
email address: tigrangyokchyan@gmail.com
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Charles University Prague(Czech Republic)
Name of the research project:
Cultivation of human dental pulp stem cells in media contain-
ing human blood plasma
Project Leader (Mentor): Tomas Soukup, M.D., Ph.D. Jakub
Suchanek M.D., Ph.D.
Description of the project:
Dental pulp represents rich and accessible source of stem cells,
which can be utilized anytime during the life of the patient.
Dental pulp stem cells (DPSC) cultured in vitro are greatly influ-
enced by the composition of the cultivation medium. In previ-
ous years we were able to reduce the amount of supplements
of animal origin (especially fetal calf serum) in culture medium
from the usual 20% to 2% and supplement culture medium
with recombinant growth factors. This resulted in a change of
basic biological and phenotypic properties of cultured DPSC.
We expect (and our unpublished results confirmed this) that
the addition of human plasma to the culture medium has not
only beneficial effects on basic biological properties, higher
proliferative potential and stability but also effects changes in
the phenotypic profile of DPSC. Our activities lead to achieve
higher yields during cultivation process and to prepare proto-
cols for future clinical application of stem cells in clinical dental
practice and in the other clinical fields.
The project is in full compliance with research and develop-
ment strategy of the Czech Ministry of Health, presenting
the thesis linking the basic and applied research. The proj-
ect will continue to develop unique methods and interna-
tional cooperation.
The proposed project is focused on modifying stem cell cul-
ture conditions of human dental pulp in order to sustain the
isolated cell lines characteristics of stem cells and culture
to achieve higher yields. Properties of cultured cells will be
characterized over time in correlation with cells grown in
medium containing calf (animal) serum. The examination
will focus on the growth characteristics of cells, xCEL-
Ligence growth profiles, examination of telomere length,
immunophenotyping, and differentiation potential of stem
cells.
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Optimization of culture conditions will not only maintain long-
term desirable properties of stem cells as their self-renewal and
clonogenicity, but also prevent their premature senescence and
damage. In addition, using human plasma will facilitate the trans-
fer of experimental findings to the possible therapeutic applica-
tions of stem cells.
What will be the student’s involvement within the research
project?
The students will get a chance to participate, observe and also
assist in research and the experiments.
What practical skills and knowledge would the student acquire
during the research project?
The students will acquaint with basic procedures and techniques
of experimental histology, odontology, molecular biology, tissue
engineering, stem cell culture and get the unique chance to look
to the possible future of their jobs.
Is there any special knowledge, skills of certain level of studies
required?
Advanced knowledge in cell culture, tissue engineering and
laboratory methods are required.
Language(s) of use: English
Minimum number of weeks to participate: 4 weeks
Hours of work per day: 6-8
Available months: Jan, Feb, Jun, Jul
Students to be accepted: 2
Contacts:
Iveta Shorná
IADS National Scientific Officer - Czech Republic
nso.ssscr@gmail.com
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Charles University Prague(Czech Republic)
Name of the research project:
1. The role of metals as a risk factor of civilization
diseases-a follow-up study
2. Body implant failure as a consequence of metal
intolerance
Project Leader (Mentor): Podzimek Stepan, Ph.D.
Description of the project:
1. Follow-up study. The aim of study: To assess the
health status of patiens examined and treated in the
context of their proven intolerance to metals, their
follow-up 5 to 10 years after therapeutic intervention,
verification of continuing averse effects of metals in the
mouth on their health using anamnestic, clinical (dental
and cariologic) and laboratory tests (MELISA test, test of
cancer markers).
2. In a group of 40 patients whose orthopedic implants
had failed and prevalent causes of implant failure (me-
chanical reasons, infection etc.) were excluded, immuno-
logic test to establish intolerance to metal compounds of
implant will be performed and on the basis of test results
more suitable implant material regarding to individual
susceptibility of the patient will be chosen, furthermore
levels of cytokines in lymphocyte cultures stimulated by
metal ions will be determined.
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What will be the student’s involvement within the research
project?
Following clinical examination of patient’s oral cavity and
laboratory test for dental metal materials intolerance and
other immunologic and microbiologic tests performed in
the lab.
What practical skills and knowledge would the student
acquire during the research project?
Clinical examination of patients, insight to laboratory tests
in Laboratory for oral biology
Is there any special knowledge, skills or certain level of stud-
ies required? No
Language(s) of use: English
Minimum number of weeks to participate: 2-3 weeks
Hours of work per day: 6 hours, two times a week
Available months: I-VI, VIII-1/2 X, 2/2XI-2/2 XII
Students to be accepted: 3-4 students
Contacts:
Iveta Shorná
IADS National Scientific Officer - Czech Republic
nso.ssscr@gmail.com
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Masaryk University Brno(Czech Republic)
Name of the research project:
Odontogenesis and regeneration of periodontal tissues
Project Leader (Mentor): Ivan Misek, Prof. D.V.M. Ph.D.
Description of the project:
The project is focused on tooth development and
morphogenesis of tooth anlagen as well as related
structures. It is based on signalling, proliferation, pro-
grammed cell death, differentiation and redistribution
of single cell populations within the tooth primordia
development. Although regulation of tooth crown
morphogenesis is well known and tissue engineer-
ing and tooth regeneration are becoming a realistic
possibility, information on proper morphogenetic
processes within tooth primordia, including prolifera-
tion, differentiation, distribution and death of cells is
still incomplete. Hitherto studies on cell proliferation
concentrated as a rule on the region surrounding the
enamel knot – a structure regarded as a signalling cen-
tre controlling the shape of the future crown, and on
the cervical loop, where the existence of stem cells is
affirmed. Our prospective research is focused on signal-
ling within tooth morphogenesis, proliferating process-
es and apoptosis in different eutherians (pig, reptiles).
The study is focused also on complete development of
normodont dentition using an unique pig model with
aim to characterize it as a suitable reference model of
odontogenesis.
This approach could contribute to the gen-
eralization of results obtained from studies of highly
specialized dentition of laboratory rodents (mice, rats).
The results could extend the current knowledge and
contribute to the understanding of principles and
mechanisms of odontogenesis and to the explanation
of evolution of mammalian dentition and adjacent
orofacial structures.
Current odontological research aims to analy-
sis of cell and molecular interactions, but also tends
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to integrate the knowledge in the general concept
of tissues and organs to understand development,
homeostasis, disorder of related craniofacial structures
and possible regeneration of periodondal tissues.
Therefore, the proposed research follows these strate-
gies and covers topics from molecular investigations
up to broader applications.
What will be the student’s involvement within the
research project?
The students will get a chance to participate, observe
and also assist in research and the experiments.
What practical skills and knowledge would the stu-
dent acquire during the research project?
The students will acquaint with basic procedures and
techniques of experimental embryology, odontology,
molecular biology, tissue engineering and get the
unique chance to look to the possible future of their
jobs.
Is there any special knowledge, skills or certain level of
studies required?
Advanced knowledge in developmental biology, tis-
sue engineering and laboratory methods are required.
Language(s) of use: English
The minimum number of weeks to participate: 2
weeks
Hours of work per day: 4-8 hours
Available months: August - September
How many students can be accepted to participate
within the research project? 1-2 students
Contact:
Iveta Shorná
IADS National Scientific Officer - Czech Republic
nso.ssscr@gmail.com
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Universidad Austral (Chile)LABORATORY OF POLYMERS, Institute of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Sciences
Name of the research project: Wafer Sponge ®, polim-
erical matrix of tissue regeneration (uses in periodontal
tissue, diabetic foot, and complex wounds in skin and
oral mucosa).
Project Leader (Mentor): PhD. Ignacio Moreno-Villosla-
da.PhD. Sandra Orellana Donoso
Student contributor: Nicolás Cohn Inostroza (NSO)
Description of the project:
Wafer-Sponge® (http://www.trademarkia.com/wafer-
sponge-85602695.html), new replacement for the
treatment of wounds such as diabetic foot complex
and venous ulcers, which works similar to an artificial
skin material. We want to develop in wounds of oral
cavity.
What will be the student’s involvement within the
research project?
The student may assist in tasks related to developing
new properties wafer sponge, adding a wafer sponge
natural products extracted from plants and see the
cell reaction in human fibroblasts or keratinocytes,
and quantify the Molar concentrations of this naturals
products.
What practical skills and knowledge would the student
acquire during the research project?
The student can develop chemical techniques (UV-Vis
Spectrophotometry), cell cultures in human fibroblast
or keratinocites
Is there any special knowledge, skills or certain level of
studies required?
Basic Chemistry, Basic Sciences.
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Language(s) of use: English and Spanish.
Thenumber of weeks available to participate:
Minimum: 2 weeks ; Maximum: 4 weeks.
Hours of work per day:
minimum 4 hours per day ; maximum 8 hours per
day.
Available months: March to June and August to
December.
Students to be accepted: 2 (two) students.
Special remarks:
- Motivation for the research in sciences, tissue regenera-
tion, cell cultures and chemistry.
- The student can be present the results in our Na-
tional Congress of Biomaterials and Tissue Regeneration,
see the promotional video: https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=Lr5VT5rYX3Y
- The student must submit a motivational letter.
Contact:
Nicolás Cohn Inostroza
National Scientific Officier
email: nscohn@gmail.com, iads.chile@gmail.com
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Near East University Cyprus (North Cyprus)Department of Pedriatic Dentistry
Name of the research project:
A comparative evaluation of Diagnopen with visual and
radiography for detection of occlusal and proximal caries_of
primary teeth.
Project Leader (Mentor): Prof.Dr.Serap Çetiner (Head of the De-
partment of Pediatric Dentistry) & Dt. Sıla Korun(PhD student
at Department of Pediatric Dentistry)
Description of the project: The aim of study: to determine the
effectiveness of clinical use of Diagnopen in case of a right
diagnosis to be able to make a treatment under the minimal
invasive principle.This project will be performed at Near East
University Faculty of Dentistry. Students will study on the proj-
ect by using extracted primary teeth.
What will be the student’s involvement within the research
project? Firstly they will be involved in searching about the
subject then performing the clinical and laboratory studies
with local students.
What practical skills and knowledge would the student acquire
during the research project?
They will be able to use improved technological diagnosis
techniques and detect caries by using them.
of their studies.
Is there any special knowledge, skills or certain level of
studies required? : Students should have knowledge about
diagnosing caries and have positive approach towards chil-
dren._And also students are prefered to be 4th or 5th grade
Language(s) of use: English
Minimum number of weeks to participate: 4 weeks
Hours of work per day: 4
Available months: February, March
Students to be accepted: 2
Contacts:
Ferdiye Küçük - Local Scientific Officer
email address: ferdiyekucuk@windowslive.com
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Near East University Cyprus (North Cyprus)Department of Dentomaxillofacial Radiology
Name of the research project:
Comparison of linear and angular measurements usind 2D
conventional methods and 3D CBCT images recontructed from
different volumetric rendering programs.
Project Leader (Mentor): Prof. Dr. Kaan at Department of Pediat-
ric Dentistry)
Description of the project: The aim of this study is to compare
the linear and angular measurements made on two-dimen-
sional conventional cephalometric images and three-dimen-
tional cone beam computed tomography generated cephalo-
grams derived from a 3D volumetric rendering programs.
Methods: Pre-treatment ephalometric digital radiographs
patients and their corresponding CBCT images will randomy
selected. The digital cephalometric radiographs were traced
using 2D methods and by hand-tracing printouts. CBCT and
different 3D softeares were used to generate cephalograms
from the CBCT date set that were linked to the 3D hard-tissue
surface representations. Cephalometric landmarks will be iden-
tified and measurements will be performed by two indepen-
dent observers. Inter and intra observer analyses will be done
to compare the three methods.
What will be the student’s involvement within the research
project? They will use improved radiographic techniques.
What practical skills and knowledge would the student acquire
during the research project?
The students should know how to make orthodontic traces
and basic orthodontic analysis.
Is there any special knowledge, skills or certain level of studies
required? : The students should know how to make orthodon-
tic traces and basic orthodontic analysis. The students are
prefered to be on their 4th year of studies.
Language(s) of use: English
Minimum number of weeks to participate: 4 weeks
Hours of work per day: 6
Available months: April-May
Students to be accepted: 2
Contacts:
Ferdiye Küçük - Local Scientific Officer
email address: ferdiyekucuk@windowslive.com
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Baskir State Medical University (Russian Federation) Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Ortho-dontics
Name of the research project: Treatment and rehabilitation of
children with congenital cleft lip and palate
Description of the project: The aim of this project is the imple-
mention of complex treatment of children with congenital
cleft lip and palate including postoperative curation, rehabilita-
tion and caries prevention
What will be the student’s involvement within the research
project? Clinical examination of children with congenital
pathology of maxillofacial area, asisting doctor and developing
individual preventive program.
What practical skills and knowledge would the student acquire
during the research project? Ethyology, pathogenesis and de-
velopment of congenital pathology of maxillofacial area, basic
principals of operative methodics in clinical cases of children
with congenital cleft lip and palate, most common individual
hygenic program used during postoperative period.
Is there any special knowledge, skills or certain level of studies
required? : Practical experience and theoretical knowledge of
treatment patients with congenital pathology of maxillofacial
area.
Language(s) of use: English, Russian
Minimum number of weeks to participate: 2 weeks
Hours of work per day: 6 hours
Available months: June - September
Students to be accepted: 2 students
Special remarks:
The choice will be preferably given to 4th and 5th year stu-
dent
Contact:
Andrey Baltaev
National Scientific Officer Russian Federation.
kaznachey@rams-web.ru
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Omsk State Medical University (Russian Federation)
Department of the Pediatric Dentistry
Name of the research project: Prenosological diagnostics of
dental caries in children.
Project Leader (Mentor): Professor I. M. Voloshina
Description of the project: The research is aimed to study the
efficiency of various diagnostic methods of dental caries in
children. This study will involve both traditional and creative in-
novative techniques of the caries diagnostic developed at the
Department of the Pediatric Dentistry of the OSMA.
What will be the student’s involvement within the research
project? Assisting in clinical examination of patients with caries
in the Department of the Pediatric Dentistry. Participation in
the prenosological diagnostics of dental caries in children with
using clinical, instrumental, laboratory and functional methods.
What practical skills and knowledge would the student acquire
during the research project? Studying and comparing various
diagnostic methods of caries in children. Acquainting with
innovative developments of the Department of the Pediatric
Dentistry of the OSMA and specificity of the organize of the
pediatric dental treatment. Assisting dentist in the clinical
cases.
Is there any special knowledge, skills or certain level of stud-
ies required? : The students must follow the require ments
which are determined by the standards of studying at the
dental faculty.
Language(s) of use: English, Russian
Minimum number of weeks to participate: 2 weeks
Hours of work per day: 6 hours
Available months: February-June
Students to be accepted: 1-2
Special remarks: The choice will be preferably given to 4th
and 5th year student
Contact:
Andrey Baltaev
National Scientific Officer Russian Federation.
kaznachey@rams-web.ru
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Omsk State Medical University (Russian Federation)Department of the Therapeutic Dentistry
Name of the research project: Study of the diagnostic prob-
lems of fissure caries.
Project Leader (Mentor): Head of Department, professor L.M.
Lomiashvili
Description of the project: The aim of research is to reveal the
most effective diagnostic technique of fissure caries
Methods: cavities’ investigation by using caries-marker, DentEst
system, electric pulp test system, x-ray, fluorescent intraoral
video camera «SOPRO LIFE».
What will be the student’s involvement within the research
project? Assisting in clinical examination of patients with fis-
sure caries by using standard and modern diagnostic methods,
working with fluorescent intraoral camera Sopro-Life and Den-
tEst system. Processing and statistical analysis of the results.
What practical skills and knowledge would the student acquire
during the research project? Studying modern methods of
fissure caries diagnosics, the principles of using intraoral
camera Sopro-Life, DentEst system. Furthermore, students will
be given an opportunity to learn the techniques of minimally
invasive preparation treatment of cavities on phantoms and
assisting dentist in the clinical cases.
Is there any special knowledge, skills or certain level of stud-
ies required? : The students must follow the require ments
which are determined by the standards of studying at the
dental faculty.
Language(s) of use: English, Russian
Minimum number of weeks to participate: 2 weeks
Hours of work per day: 6 hours
Available months: September-December; February-March
Students to be accepted: 1-2
Special remarks: The choice will be preferably given to 4th
and 5th year student
Contact:
Andrey Baltaev
National Scientific Officer Russian Federation.
kaznachey@rams-web.ru
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Saratov State Medical University(Russian Federation)Department of Pedodontics and Orthodontics
Name of the research project:
Chairside diagnosis of risk of developing periodontal diseases
during orthodontic treatment
Project Leader (Mentor): Head of Department, Associate Profes-
sor, D.E. Suetenkov
Description of the project: To obtain and analyze the immedi-
ate results of a chairside diagnostics of inflammatory periodon-
tal diseases utilizing BANA-test
What will be the student’s involvement within the research
project? Assisting dentist in registration of clinical changes,
documentation, mathematical and statistical analysis of the
results.
What practical skills and knowledge would the student acquire
during the research project? Etiology, pathogenesis and treat-
ment of inflammatory periodontal diseases; evaluation of oral
hygiene status by common oral hygienic indexes, processing
and statistical analysis of the results.
Is there any special knowledge, skills or certain level of stud-
ies required? : Experience in diagnostics of inflammatory
periodontal disease, professional oral hygiene, processing and
statistical analysis of the results and treatment planning of
periodontal disease of adolescents.
Language(s) of use: English, Russian
Minimum number of weeks to participate: 2 weeks
Hours of work per day: 6
Available months: May, June, September, October, No-
vember.
Students to be accepted: 2-3
Special remarks
Available only for students of 4th and 5th year of studying.
Contact:
Andrey Baltaev
National Scientific Officer Russian Federation.
kaznachey@rams-web.ru
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Saratov State Medical University(Russian Federation)Department of Pedodontics and Orthodontics
Name of the research project:
Determination of efficiency of light-activated disinfection in
treatment of gingivitis among teenagers
Project Leader (Mentor): Head of Department, Associate Profes-
sor, D.E. Suetenkov
Description of the project: To investigate the efficiency of light-
activated disinfection produced by “Photosan” technology in
clinical cases of inflammatory periodontal diseases’ treatment
What will be the student’s involvement within the research
project? Assisting dentist in registration of clinical changes,
documentation, mathematical and statistical analysis of the
results.
What practical skills and knowledge would the student acquire
during the research project? Etiology, pathogenesis and treat-
ment of inflammatory periodontal diseases; evaluation of oral
hygiene status by common oral hygienic indexes, processing
and statistical analysis of the results, basic knowledge of “Pho-
tosan” system.
Is there any special knowledge, skills or certain level of studies
required? : Knowledge in Periodontology and public dentistry.
Language(s) of use: English, Russian
Minimum number of weeks to participate: 2 weeks
Hours of work per day: 6
Available months: May, June, September, October, Novem-
ber.
Students to be accepted: 2-3
Special remarks
Available only for students of 4th and 5th year of studying.
Contact:
Andrey Baltaev
National Scientific Officer Russian Federation.
kaznachey@rams-web.ru
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Saratov State Medical University(Russian Federation)Department of Pedodontics and Orthodontics
Name of the research project:
Developing program of dental diseases’ prevention for patients
with cerebral palsy
Project Leader (Mentor): Head of Department, Associate Profes-
sor, D.E. Suetenkov
Description of the project: Development of complex dental
preventive program for patients with cerebral palsy.
What will be the student’s involvement within the research
project? Assisting in clinical examination of children with cere-
bral palsy, obtaining and analyzing results of clinical patient’s
examination, development of complex dental healthcare
preventive program.
What practical skills and knowledge would the student acquire
during the research project? Clinical examination and diag-
nostics of patients with somatic diseases. evaluation of oral
hygiene status by common oral hygienic indexes, processing
and statistical analysis of the results.
Is there any special knowledge, skills or certain level of studies
required? : Knowledge of public dentistry.
Language(s) of use: English, Russian
Minimum number of weeks to participate: 2 weeks
Hours of work per day: 6
Available months: May, June, September, October, Novem-
ber.
Students to be accepted: 2-3
Special remarks
Available only for students of 4th and 5th year of studying.
Contact:
Andrey Baltaev
National Scientific Officer Russian Federation.
kaznachey@rams-web.ru
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Saratov State Medical University(Russian Federation)Department of Pedodontics and Orthodontics
Name of the research project:
Researching the properties of polyelectrolyte coatings for the
surface modification of orthodontic microimplants.
Project Leader (Mentor): Head of Department, Associate Profes-
sor, D.E. Suetenkov
Description of the project: Researching the properties of poly-
electrolyte coatings for the surface modification of orthodontic
microimplants.
What will be the student’s involvement within the research
project? The student will carry out laboratory procedures of
physical and chemical properties of the new coatings and
composites based on chitosan, antiseptics and metals. The
student will work with the atomic force microscope.
What practical skills and knowledge would the student acquire
during the research project? The experience of the experi-
ment in the laboratory
Is there any special knowledge, skills or certain level of studies
required? : Theoretical training on the courses of Orthodontics.
Language(s) of use: English, Russian
Minimum number of weeks to participate: 2 weeks
Hours of work per day: 6
Available months: May, June, September, October, Novem-
ber.
Students to be accepted: 3-4
Special remarks
Available only for students of 4th and 5th year of studying.
Contact:
Andrey Baltaev
National Scientific Officer Russian Federation.
kaznachey@rams-web.ru
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Voronezh State MedicalUniversity (Russian Federation)Department of general Dentistry
Name of the research project:
Comparative parameters of composites named Filtek Ultimate
and estet X Hd
Project Leader (Mentor): Head of department, Professor, A.V.
Sushenko
Description of the project: The aim of the project- is to initiate
a young specialists into material; show pluses and minuses of
these composites.
What will be the student’s involvement within the research
project? The role of the student - assistant of a dentist. Student
will observe the process of treatment, help doctor to choose
the color, to evaluate consistence,polish, glint.
What practical skills and knowledge would the student
acquire during the research project? This project discloses
reasons of physico- chemical process; mechanical facts of
composites; shows us how student can use it in their future
work.Language(s) of use: English, Russian
Minimum number of weeks to participate: 4 weeks
Hours of work per day: 5-6 hours
Available months: July,August
Students to be accepted: 3-4
Special remarks:
It’s preferably to have students of 4th and 5th year of study-
ing.
Contact:
Andrey Baltaev
National Scientific Officer Russian Federation.
kaznachey@rams-web.ru
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Tehran University of MedicalSciences (Iran)
Department of Orthodontics
Name of the research project:
Mechanical properties of ”Z-Spring” in removable orthodontic
appliances:an in-vitro study
Project Leader (Mentor): Dr Allahyar Geramy, DDS, MS
Departmentof Orthodontics,Dental School, Tehran University of
Medical Sciences, North Kargar St., Tehran, Iran
Description of the project:
Different sizes of ”Z-Springs” for the mesio-distal width of the
artificial teeth will be fabricated and inserted in acrylic blocks.
The blocks will be loaded in the universal testing machine to
assess the force production manner. Load-deflection rate of the
”Z-Springs” will be drawn using a real-time computer software
program.
What will be the student’s involvement within the research proj-
ect?: Students will make the Z-springs, make the blocks, attend
the lab and work on the statistical methods.
What practical skills and knowledge would the student acquire
during the research project?: The skill of making Z-Springs; The
measuring techniques of force production manner; Sufficient
knowledge about using universal testing machine
Is there any special knowledge, skills of certain level of studies
required? English Language skill ; Passing at least pre-clinical
course on Orthodontics; Elementary knowlege of statistics to
work with SPSS to analyse the data.
Language(s) of use: English
Minimum number of weeks to participate: 4-6 weeks
Hours of work per day: 4 hours
Available months: November-October; April-May
Students to be accepted: 2 students
Contacts:
Sara Ehsani, IADS Local Scientific Officer - Tehran, Iran email
address: sara.e136@gmail.com
Sajjad Ashnagar, Regional Coordinator & National Training Of-
ficer, email address: sajjadashna@yahoo.com
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Tehran University of Medical
Sciences (Iran)
Department of Prosthodontics
Name of the research project:
Evaluation of efficacy of Zirconia burs in Zirconia cores prepara-
tion in comparison with diamond burs
Project Leader (Mentor): Dr. Marzieh Alikhasi, DDS, MS
Description of the project: During the preparation of Zirco-
nia cores, two types of burs are used : new Zirconia burs and
diamond burs. The hypothesis is that Zirconia burs are more
efficient in this process, because diamond burs produce sparks
and damage the zirconia cores. During this in-vitro project, stu-
dents are involved to compare the efficacy of these two types
of burs in zirconia core preparation and this comparison will be
evaluated using Scanning Electron Microscopic (SEM) observa-
tion and universal testing machine (Biaxial test).
What will be the student’s involvement within the research
project?: Preparation of Zirconia cores, Working with universal
testing machine, Working with SEM, Analysis of Data, Writing
manuscript
What practical skills and knowledge would the student acquire
during the research project?: How to work with Diamond and
zirconia burs; How the zirconia restorations (CAD/CAM and
copy milling) would be made.; How to work with SEM; Suffi-
cient knowledge about using universal testing machine
Is there any special knowledge, skills of certain level of stud-
ies required? English language Skill, Passing at least pre-
clinical course on Fixed prosthodontics, Research method-
ology, Elementary knowlege of statistics to work with SPSS
to analyse the data.
Language(s) of use: English
Minimum number of weeks to participate: 4-6 weeks
Hours of work per day: 4 hours
Available months: November-October; April-May
Students to be accepted: 2 students.
Contacts:
Sara Ehsani
IADS Local Scientific Officer - Tehran, Iran
email address: sara.e136@gmail.com
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Tehran University of MedicalSciences (Iran)
Department of Prosthodontics
Name of the research project:
Computer assisted implantology (CAI); a prerequisite educational
method in predictable implant surgery
Project Leader (Mentor): Abbas Azari (DDS, MSc),Associate Profes-
sor of Prosthodontics, Department of Prosthodontics
Description of the project:
In this project we aimed to learn how to use the principle of CAI
in routine implant surgery. Students will be actively involved in
using raw DICOM images of CT/CBCT, converting them, seg-
menting the anatomical purposes sites, diagnosis and treat-
ment planning, using the socalled Dr.james, using the dedicated
implant/abutment selection and positioning, finding the best
implant positioning and dispersionm etc.
What will be the student’s involvement within the research proj-
ect?: Basic principles of CAI technology; Basic principles of im-
plantology; Principle of DICOM management in Implant surgery;
Dicom Conversion in implant Pretreatment; Principles of Virtual
Reality; Principles of Augmented Reality; Bone density and Bone
density measurement by CAI; advanced methods of implant-type
selection; CAI approach; Advanced methods of abutment selec-
tion; CAI approach; Biomechanical considerations using CAI
What practical skills and knowledge would the student acquire
during the research project?: The skill of making Z-Springs; The
measuring techniques of force production manner; Sufficient
knowledge about using universal testing machineIs there any
special knowledge, skills of certain level of studies required?
English Language Skill, Basic knowledge of routine computer
work, ability to work with mouse and graphical basic programs.
Language(s) of use: English
Minimum number of weeks to participate: 4
Hours of work per day: 2 hours
Available months: No essential limitation but september and
february preferred
Students to be accepted: Max. 10 (preffered)
Contacts:
Sara Ehsani, IADS Local Scientific Officer - Tehran, Iran email
address: sara.e136@gmail.com
Sajjad Ashnagar, Regional Coordinator & National Training Of-
ficer, email address: sajjadashna@yahoo.com
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Istanbul University (Turkey)Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Peri-odontology (Turkey)
Name of the research project:
Evaluation of dental students’s awareness of periodon-
tal status and contribution of dental education on their
awareness.
Project Leader (Mentor): Prof. Dr. Erhan Firatli, Dr. Duygu
Yaman
Description of the project: Our study aims to evaluate
the extent of students’ awareness of periodontal health
and determine the contribution of their dental education
on this awareness. The study will be performed in dental
students of Istanbul University Faculty of Dentistry.
It consists of two parts. In the first part, all students
from 5 different classes will be asked for a question-
naire about general oral health, peridontal health and
their ethnic/social properties . In the second part,
50 students of each class will be selected in order to
determine their periodontal status using certain peri-
odontal measurements. Additionally CPITN index will
be applied in order to determine need for treatment of
participants.
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What will be the student’s involvement within the research
project?
They will be involved in planning of research project, distri-
bution and data collection of questionnaire part, and asisting
to local students(researchers) in clinical evaluation part of the
study.
What practical skills and knowledge would the student ac-
quire during the research project?
The students will be able to have skills and knowledge in or-
der to evaluate oral and periodontal status of any individual.
Is there any special knowledge, skills of certain level or stud-
ies required?
Students should have knowledge about basic periodontol-
ogy, periodontal tissues and evaluation.
Language(s) of use: English
Minimum number of weeks to participate: 1 month
Hours of work per day: 3 hours
Available months: 1-6,9-12
Students to be accepted: 2 students
Contacts:
Hülya Çerçi
IADS National Scientific Officer - Turkey
tdb.ogrenci.nso@hotmail.com
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Istanbul University (Turkey)Faculty of Dentistry, Pediatric Dentistry
Name of the research project:
Evaluation of Cyototoxicity in 3T3 Fibroblast Cells by Root-
Pepair Materials
Project Leader (Mentor): Associate Professor E. Bahar TUNA
INCE
Description of the project: The research work includes MTT cy-
totoxicity assay and gelatine zymography assay. the aim of the
study is to investigate the effects of tricalcium silicate based
materials on the cytotoxicity in 3T3 fibroblasts.
What will be the student’s involvement within the research
project? The student will observe, asist and will be involved in
the research project. The role of the student is examine to all
subject during the research program.
What practical skills and knowledge would the student acquire
during the research project?
Basic knowledge about cell culture technics, regenerative
dentistry.
Is there any special knowledge, skills or certain level of studies
required? : Basic laboratory skills, basic clinical skills, knowl-
edge about preventive and pediatric dentistry, restorative and
biomaterial experience.
Language(s) of use: English, Turkish
Minimum number of weeks to participate: 1 week
Hours of work per day: 4 hours, 3 times a week
Available months: March, April, May
Students to be accepted: 2 students at the same time
Contact:
Hülya Çerçi
IADS National Scientific Officer - Turkey
tdb.ogrenci.nso@hotmail.com
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Faculty of Dentistry – University of Jordan (Jordan)
Name of the research project:
Ethanol inductionof cancer associated fibroblast pheno-
type & it’s effect on adhesion and invasion of oral cancer
cells.
Project Leader (Mentor): Dr. Yazan Hassona
Description of the project: Examine the effect of Ethanol
on tumour microenviroment using various cell culture &
mollecular biology assays.
What will be the student’s involvement within the research
project and what practical skills and knowledge would the
student acquire during the research project??
Lean cell biology techniques such as:
- Cell culture.
- PCR.
- In-vitro invasion & adhesion assays.
Is there any special knowledge, skills of certain level or
studies required?
Good understanding of cancer biology & Good interest
in molecular researches.
Language(s) of use: English or Arabic
Minimum number of weeks to participate: 6weeks
Hours of work per day: 8 hours.
Available months: August-November 2014.
Students to be accepted: one student.
Contacts:
Mohammad Bustani
jadsresearch@gmail.com
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Medical University of Lublin(Poland)Department of Conservative Dentistry and End-odontics.
Name of the research project:
Diagnosis, visualization and managment of dental caries.
Project Leader (Mentor): Dr. hab. Renata Chałas.
Description of the project: The main aim of the project is to
recognize caries during dental examination and visualize it us-
ing by digital tools.
What will be the student’s involvement within the research
project? Student will be an active member of the project
group and will take part in all procedures.
What practical skills and knowledge would the student acquire
during the research project?
Students will gain a knowledge how to diagnose the caries
with different methods and how to manage early caries lesions
with ozonotherapy.
Is there any special knowledge, skills or certain level of studies
required? : Dental examination.
Language(s) of use: English.
Minimum number of weeks to participate: 2 weeks
Hours of work per day: 6
Available months: August
Students to be accepted: 5 students at the same time
Contact:
Assoc. Prof. Renata Chałas
renata.chalas@gmail.com
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MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF YOGYAKARTA
(Indonesia)
Name of the research project:
1. Epidemiological Study and Overview of Community Dental
Works as Oral Health Service in Community
2. Caries Risk Assesment of Pediatric Patients in Voluntary Works
Project Leader (Mentor): 1. Drg Ana Medawati, M.Kes
2. Drg Erlina M.Kes
3. Drg Laelia Anggraini Sp KGA
4. Esti Riyanda Astuti, S.KG
5. Wika Putri Adriani
Description of the project:
The students must follow all of International Dental Sum-
mer School 2013 program specially Voluntary Works and
Clinical Visits. The aim of these studies is to know the vis-
ibility of community based dental work to prevent dental
disease and also to cure the oral and dental infection. Car-
ies Risk Assesment is really necessary to be taken to know
the focus of future treatment in Voluntary Works or other
community dental service. The datas will be taken during
Voluntary works of International Dental Summer School
2013.
What will be the student’s involvement within the research
project?: 1. To assist the local students(researchers) as pri-
mary researcher 2. To examine all subjects during Volun-
tary works 3. To make qualitative investigations
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What practical skills and knowledge would the student
acquire during the research project? :
1. Subjective and Objective Examination
2. Communication Skill
Is there any special knowledge, skills or certain level of
studies required?
1. Dental Public health
2. Community based dentistry
3. Preventive Dentistry (esp: Pediatric Dentistry)
Language(s) of use: English, Indonesia, Malay
Minimum number of weeks to participate: 2 weeks
Hours of work per day: 5 hours
Available months: 28th June 2013- 11st July 2013
Students to be accepted3 students
Special remarks:
The deadline of Application Period is 21st April 2014 The
Acceptance Confirmation : 1 week after Application)
Contact: Email : idss2013@gmail.com
Web : idss-muy.weebly.com
Phone: +6285642154005
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Qassim University (Saudi Arabia)Department of Endodontics
Name of the research project:
Antibacterial efficacy of SAF instrumentation and EndoActiva-
tor irrigation of infected root canals: Clinical study.
Project Leader (Mentor): Dr.Mohammad Salman
Description of the project: The aime of the research is to
evaluate an optimized single visit disinfection protocol using
a combination of SAF supplemented with one minute passive
EndoActivator irrigant agitation.
What will be the student’s involvement within the research
project?
Literature review, data collection and statistical methoods.
What practical skills and knowledge would the student acquire
during the research project?
Read and get experience in SAF, plus know the research steps.
Is there any special knowledge, skills or certain level of studies
required? : Students in clinical years of study and interested in
endodontics
Language(s) of use: English
Minimum number of weeks to participate: 2 weeks
Hours of work per day: 4
Available months: it depends on the supervisor, the partici-
pants might work on-distant.
Students to be accepted: 3 students
Contact:
Murad Alrsheedi - National Scientific Officer, Saudi Arabia
email address: murad.alrsheedi@qudent.org
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Tanta University (Egypt)Oral and maxillofacial department
Name of the research project: Maxillofacial surgery
Project Leader (Mentor): prof. Mohamed Shoshan
Description of the project:
The project include :
1- Cleft lip and palat
2- Mandibular fracture
3- Maxillofacial truma
What will be the student’s involvement within the research
project?
Students will attend lectures and have the opportunity to
visualize the surgical procedures
What practical skills and knowledge would the student acquire
during the research project?
They will aquire the ability to diagnose and establish the treat-
ment plane .
learn different surgical techniques used in treatment of each
topic
Is there any special knowledge, skills or certain level of stud-
ies required? : Basic surgical skills
Language(s) of use: English
Minimum number of weeks to participate: 4 weeks
Hours of work per day: 5
Available months: August
Students to be accepted: 3 students
Contact:
dr.mahmoudrefaei@gmail.com
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Alexandria University(Egypt)Department of Orthodontics
Name of the research project: Research on new techniques of
treatment of cleft lip and palate
Project Leader (Mentor): Dr. Hassan Mahmoud Moussa
Description of the project: Observing and/or assisting * cleft lip
and palate surgeries (within the project).
- Doing a tissue engineering research on new techniques of
treatment of cleft lip and palate.
- Assisting in Managment of preoperative and post operative
orthodontic treatment for cleft lip and palate patients.
What will be the student’s involvement within the research
project? 1.managment of preoperative and post operative
orthodontic treatment for cleft lip and palate patients. 2.
Research on new techniques of treatment of cleft lip and pal-
ate. 3.Learning orthodontic photography and correct analysis
of radiographs. 4.gaining experience with the filling systems
What practical skills and knowledge would the student acquire
during the research project? Background on orthodontics or
maxillofacial or tissue engineering is preferable (gradutes)
Is there any special knowledge, skills or certain level of stud-
ies required? : No
Language(s) of use: English
Minimum number of weeks to participate: 3 weeks
Hours of work per day: from 10 am till 5 pm.
Available months: August and September
Students to be accepted: 4 participants / period
Contact:
Taher Ashraf El- Kowiry - National Scientific Officer, Egypt
email address: Scientific@dssa-egypt.org
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University of Malaya (Malaysia) Faculty of DentistryOral Cancer Research and Coordinating Center
Name of the research project: Genotyping of HRAS muta-
tions in oral squamous cell carcinomas in the Malaysia
population.
Project Leader (Mentor): Prof Dr Rosnah Binti Zain
Description of the project: RAS is an upstream regulator of
phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase (PI3K) and RAS mutations have
been elucidated as
major participants in the development and progression of a
series of human cancers including oral cancer. The
incidence of RAS mutations varies greatly among different hu-
man tumours and ethnicities. Hence, this
study aims to identify the mutation of the hot spot of HRAS in
Malaysia oral cancer populations of different ethnicity.
What will be the student’s involvement within the research
project? Student will be involved in DNA extraction of the
OSCC and control samples, PCR analysis, DNA sequencing
and data analysis in this research project.
What practical skills and knowledge would the student acquire
during the research project? Molecular biological skills such as
PCR, DNA sequencing, DNA extraction, gel electrophoresis and
biostatistical analysis.
Is there any special knowledge, skills or certain level of stud-
ies required? : Basics of molecular biology and genetics.
Language(s) of use: English
Minimum number of weeks to participate: 8weeks
Hours of work per day: 8 hours
Available months: 2 months
Students to be accepted: 1
Contact:
Jonathan Goh
NSO of Malaysia
jonathan.goh@student.imu.edu.my
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Mahidol University (Thailand)Department of Orthodontics
Name of the research project:
Analysis of facial and dental proportion in relation to golden
proportion in Nepalese population
Project Leader (Mentor): Associlate Professor Nita Viwatt-
anatipa
Description of the project:
The aim is to measure various facial measuremernts directly
on face and measure teeth measurements on dental casts
of the medical students of Kathmandu University School of
Medical Science, Dhuikhel, Nepal. At last analyse the results.
What will be the student’s involvement within the research
project?
Assist in talking the maxillary impression of the the partici-
pants, and help in facial and teeth measurements, documen-
tation, stastical analysis of the results.
What practical skills and knowledge would the student ac-
quire during the research project?
The students will know about the facial and dental aesthetics.
The students will be given knowledge of golden propor-
tion and its application in medicine and dentistry.
The students will learn to do various facial measuremnts,
learn to make good primary impression and pouring the
dental casts. Finally, students will learn to do pocessing
of the obtained data and stastical analysis of the results.
The students will also involve in lectures, educational
programs and dental camp available from the hospital at
various outreach centers of the University hospital.
Is there any special knowledge, skills or certain level of
studies required? :
Knowledge on alginate impression material and impres-
sion making, and cast pouring with dental stone type
III would be preferable but not compulsory. Knowledge
of facial and dental aesthetics and golden proportion is
Recommended