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Researcher Gabriela Jude Fernandes

Affiliation :
YCMM & RDF Dental College and hospital,India

Biography :

Dr Gabriela Fernandes received her dental training (BDS) from India and her Periodontics Clinical training and Masters in Oral Sciences along with her postdoctoral research training (in oral biology and restorative dentistry) from the United States. She has delivered several lectures in periodontology, immunology, tissue regeneration and biomaterials nationally and internationally. She is also the recipient of several research grants and dental awards in the field of dental implants and dental biomaterials. Her papers have been published in notable journals such as Journal of Periodontology , Stem cell research and therapy, Molecular Therapy, Bone research; with a 2 year IF = 9.32 (nature group of journals), and Dental Materials. Her research is primary centered on developing novel biomaterials and using stem cells for bone and dental tissue regeneration as well as their interactions with the tissues during the process of healing. She possess experiences with regard to conducting human trials, in vivo and ex vivo (murine and rodent models), as well as in vitro testing (cell culture and organotypic models). Presently, she supervises, mentors and teaches pre-doctoral students and conducts research in the field of dental biomaterials, dental immunology, epidemiology, clinical trials and various other dental and medical fields. She developed her own research training course more than a year ago in order to train predoctoral(BDS) students. Furthermore, she works in private practice and provides periodontic consultations to several clinics across Mumbai, India. She conducts periodontology and implantology as well as prosthodontics workshops as well as research courses (evidence based dentistry) and teaches preclinical prosthodontics in a private setting to pre-doctoral students as well as provides US dental national boards, Canadian dental exam license, UK dental exam license and Middle east dental exam license (UAE , Qatar and Saudi Arabia) training to Dentists. She also trains predoctoral students in clinical operative dentistry and prosthodontics as part of the dental license exam. She also conducts free dental and oral cancer screening and diagnostic camps for the underprivileged population across Mumbai

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