Oral and Maxillo-facial Surgery - Imaging & Pathology (OMFS-IMPATH) KU Leuven
The research unit Oral and Maxillo-facial Surgery - Imaging & Pathology (OMFS-IMPATH) consists of the following divisions:
- Stomatology & Maxillofacial Surgery
- Oral Imaging
The research unit Oral and Maxillo-facial Surgery - Imaging & Pathology (OMFS-IMPATH) consists of the following divisions:
The department of Periodontology conducts both clinical as well as more fundamental research. The clinical projects concentrate on an optimization of non-surgical periodontal therapy, diagnostics in Periodontology, planning and outcome of oral implants, diagnosis and treatment of halitosis. In 1996 the department created the Research Group for Microbial Adhesion. This new group covers research within a broad field of oral microbiology ...
Current research lines are:
The Oral Health Research Unit conducts research that generates and applies biomedical knowledge and technology to oral health and disease and promotes translation of this acquired expertise to oral health and oral health care.
For more information about the research topics of the different research teams belonging to this department see: Population studies in Oral Health; Biomaterials - BIOMAT; Orthdontics; Periodontology and Oral ...
We do research in following domains:
The service general surgery performs surgical treatment of all organs in the abdomen.
THE DEPARTMENT PADO MAINLY DEVELOPS RESEARCH IN THE FOLLOWING DOMAINS:_________________________________________________________ 1. Epidemiology of periodontal diseases (research on gingival and periodontal conditions of young Flemish adults and Flemish dental students); 2. Oral hygiene aids (research on plaque removing efficacy of new toothbrushes and plaque removing efficacy of toothbrushes in orthodontic patients); 3. The use of ...
Based in Brussels, LOCI assembles scholars and actors from various disciplines (educational sciences, philosophy, mathematics, human ecology, biology, anthropology, …) and from various countries around the world. As a multidisciplinary research group and an open knowledge network, LOCI directly engages with challenges and opportunities in the realm of development through intense collaboration with both global drivers for change such as the ...
The Department of Imaging & Pathology conducts bidirectional research in imaging and pathology, with an aim to translate these new insights into better diagnostic and therapeutic applications with a definite social and economical endpoint. Major areas of research are: Multimodal morphological, functional and molecular cardiac imaging and neuro-imaging - Cell tracking and stem cell imaging - Total body imaging in oncology - Radiotracer ...