Projects
Additive manufacturing of monolithic zirconia for dental restorations KU Leuven
The current production of tooth restorations in zirconia involves classic CAD/CAM milling of presintered zirconia blocks, which wastes material, introduces machining defects and limits the potential for individual aesthetic characterization unless a zirconia core is veneered with porcelain; during clinical functioning the latter bi-layered structure unfortunately results too often in chipping defects. Additive manufacturing, i.e. 3D-printing ...
Personalized decision support models KU Leuven
Decision support systems are essential for managing an organization's operational and strategic processes. Although many of these systems model individual human beings, they do not take into account those individuals' unique characteristics. As a result, solutions generated are often infeasible for reasons such as ignoring personal habits. This dissertation explores two real-world cases in which accommodating such personalization is ...
The influence of anticoagulants on bleeding and healing after dental extraction KU Leuven
The current PhD project is about patients on antithrombotic medication undergoing dental extractions and focusses on two genuine concerns.
First, oral bleeding after dental extraction in patients on non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants is a frequent problem, and it is not sure how to reduce the risk of bleeding. A placebo-controlled, double blind, randomized clinical trial was set up to evaluate if the use of tranexamic acid mouthwash, an ...
Training tools for explaining and reducing ethnic discrimination in the fields of education, health care, housing and labour Ghent University
EdisTools aims to get a better understanding of ethnic inequality and ethnic discrimination in the social domains of health, housing, education and work, so that (often well-intentioned or unconscious) processes that give rise to it can be addressed. EdisTools wants to develop both innovative, scientific knowledge and user-friendly training tools that service providers and organizations in these domains can use.
Optimization of RFID Systems in Unfriendly Operating Environments KU Leuven
This work focused on HF RFID systems, where it was a goal to increase the reliability of the system. Especially in environments with metallic parts many problems occur. It became clear that many problems took place at the loop antenna of the RFID system. Therefore, we focussed on the design of loop antennas in order to increase the reliability of HF RFID systems. Although HF RFID systems are widely adopted by the industry, it was shown that ...
The development of imaging-based bioprinting techniques for full tooth and bone regeneration in the dentoalveolar region KU Leuven
2D transition metal dichalcogenides for beyond silicon logic devices: improving the Metal/MoS2 interface through molecular doping. KU Leuven
2D materials have demonstrated enormous potential for a great number of applications such as sensors, spintronic, superconductors, and (photo)electronic devices. From these 2D materials, semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides (MX2) are of special interest for electronic logic devices such as Field Effect Transistors (FETs), given their interesting properties such as ultra-thin bodies and high electronic band gap that could enable ...
Uniqueness of human tooth morphology in medical imaging for human dental identification purpose KU Leuven
Human dental identification (HDI) is based on the comparison of post-mortem (PM) and ante-mortem (AM) collected odontological evidences. The quality and quantity of these evidences play an essential role in providing a positive identification. In open identification cases positive dentalidentification is established under the assumption that the human dentition is unique for each individual.
In forensic identification practice an ...
Airborne nano-particulate matter released from dental composites during grinding and polishing KU Leuven
Dental composites consist of filler particles embedded in a resin matrix. The filler particles vary in size, but current composites typically contain many nano-sized filler particles. Composites are routinely used to restore decayed teeth, but they are also increasingly used for extensive esthetic treatments and rehabilitation of severely worn teeth. Especially during these types of treatment a lot of composite dust will be generated upon ...