Maxillofacial surgery has been performed in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery for many years. The use of biomaterials is an intrinsic part of the research program MON-1: Implants for application in maxillofacial surgery. Research is focused on biodegradable osteosyntheses and dental implants. Osteosyntheses should consist of biodegradable, biocompatible polymers with a high tensile strength, elasticity modulus and impact resilience. Instrumentation for handling the polymers and methods for sterilization and packaging are also being developed. Dental implants are being developed to restore the dentition of edentulous patients. Often it is necessary to reconstruct the resorbed mandible and maxilla by increasing the amount of bone before implants can be inserted. Besides the practical problems that are encountered, a number of considerations are taken into account: clinical and psychological implications, cost effectiveness, forces associated with chewing, and even radiation effects from oncology treatment in the head-neck area.
Study load
0.25 ECTS credit point
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T.G. (Theo) van Kooten, PhD (t.g.van.kooten@med.umcg.nl)
Department of Biomedical Engineering, W.J. Kolff Institute
Phone: +31 50 363 3122 / 3140
Coordinator
T.G. (Theo) van Kooten, PhD, PhD
Department of Biomedical Engineering, W.J. Kolff Institute
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