The purpose of this foundation is to financially support the following projects:
Scientific studies in Conservative Dentistry and related disciplines as start-up financing
The supported projects MUST be international
Scientific visits (3-12 months) in European Dental Schools to do research
The support of projects or persons will be governed by guidelines approved by the General Assembly of the EFCD.
Aplications to fund scientific visits to non-European Dental Schools may also be considered if it can be demonstrated that the visit will benefit European research.
Previous applications followed by funding
Dr. Tatjana Maravic
Faculty of Medicine, School of Dentistry, University of Novi Sad
Title of the project: “Influence of a DCC-based primer used as collagen cross-linker on the longevity of the hybrid layer”.”.
Supervisor: Dr. Lorenzo Breschi. Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences,
DIBINEM, University of Bologna, Alma Mater Studiorum, Bologna, Italy.
Dr. Sophia Lindner
University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
Title of the project: “Interplay between stem cells of the apical papilla and sensory neurons in a neurotoxic environment”.
Supervisor: Dr. Anibal Diogenes, Department of Endodontics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, USA
Period: August 2017-March 2018
Dr. Eugenia Baena Aguilera
Health Sciences Faculty, Rey Juan Carlos University, Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain
Dr. Carmen Arpa Sacristán
Health Sciences Faculty, Rey Juan Carlos University, Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain
Title of the project: “Novel Resin Composites including Graphene as nanofiller”.
Supervisors: Dr. Nick Sillikas and Dr. David Watts.
Dental Biomaterials Laboratory, School of Dentistry, University of Manchester, UK
Period: October 2015-July 2016
Dr. Mine DÜNDAR
Ege Üniversitesi Dişhekimliği Fakültesi Mezuniyet Yılı from Izmir Turkey
Dr. Anne-Katrin Luehrs
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover Germany and Biomat Leuven Research Cluster, Dental School K.University of Leuven, Belgium
Title of the project: “New aspects of saliva research: The in vitro response of dental pulp fibroblasts”.
Supervisor: Dr. Adrian Lussi. Department of Preventive, Restorative and Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Period: February 2013-August 2013
Dr. Barbara Cvikl
Department of Conservative Dentistry & Periodontology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Title of the project: “New aspects of saliva research: The in vitro response of dental pulp fibroblasts”.
Supervisor: Dr. Adrian Lussi. Department of Preventive, Restorative and Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Period: February 2013-August 2013
Committee for the EFCD Scientific Foundation
Review
Duration
Representation
Prof. Lorenzo Breschi
President
University of Bologna, Italy
Prof. Laura Ceballos D.D.S. Ph.D.
Member of the EC
Rey Juan Carlos University of Madrid, Spain
Prof. Dr. Marianne Federlin
Members of the EC
University of Regensburg , Germany
Dr. Arnd Peschke
Members of the CM
Ivoclar Vivadent
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