Speaker

Dr Maria Cadenas de Llano Perula

Assistant Professor in Orthodontics
Department of Oral Health Sciences
Orthodontics Faculty of Medicine KU Leuven

Topic

Orthodontic Management of Interdisciplinary Cases

Abstract

Interdisciplinary cases are increasingly prevalent and complex. In these cases, the communication between the orthodontist and other specialists within dentistry, such as restorative dentists or periodontists is crucial. This lecture highlights how 3D planning can help improve this communication in a variety of clinical scenarios, such as multiple congenitally missing teeth, enamel and dentin anomalies, dental trauma or implant placement, by going through different orthodontic strategies.

Biography

Maria is Assistant Professor at the section of Orthodontics of the Department of Oral Health Sciences of KU Leuven University, Belgium, where she is involved in postgraduate training and is responsible of the orthodontic research output. Her research interests are Biology of Tooth Movement, Root resorption, Tooth Transplantation and Cleft Lip and Palate. She has worked as a clinical orthodontist since 2012, mainly on patients with Cleft lip and Palate, Craniofacial syndromes, multiple congenitally missing teeth, enamel and dentin abnormalities and dental trauma.

She also coordinates the international relations of the school of Dentistry of KU Leuven and is Councillor of the Orthodontic Research Group (ORG) of the International Association of Dental Research (IADR), member of European Orthodontic Society (EOS) and the Digital Taskforce of the Network of Erasmus Based European Orthodontic Programs (NEBEOP), where she leads the development of the NEBEOP Web Academy, and online platform for postgraduate teaching in orthodontics.