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Dr Sami Bissasu, BDS, MSc., PhD (Pros), LDS RCS (Eng), PGCTLHE, FHEA

Sami

Clinical Teacher in Restorative Dentistry

Email: s.bissasu@qmul.ac.uk
Room Number: Office 3, Floor 4, Institute of Dentistry

Profile

Dr Bissasu has taught in the Institute of Dentistry, QMUL for more than 2 years. The courses that he teaches are Introduction to clinical skills- Cariology, Crown & Bridge and Foundation Restorations. 

Dr Bissasu taught in Syria for 9 years in Damascus University and Kalamoon University. Where he supervised undergraduate students in crown and bridge courses, and also taught undergraduate dental technician students in crown and bridge and dental ceramic courses.

As a research assistant in QMUL, his main interest is dental ceramic. As a research team, they are synthesizing a novel glass ceramic material, which is going to be commercially produced in the near future. His main in vivo and in vitro research interests are resin bonded bridges, veneers, esthetic zone and all-ceramic restorations 

 

Centre: Centre for Teaching and Innovation 

Teaching

Dr Bissasu has been teaching in the Institute of Dentistry, QMUL for more than 2 years. The courses that he teaches in the clinical skills lab are Introduction to clinical skills- Cariology (BDS5001), Crown & Bridge and Foundation Restorations (BDS6300). He has also participated in marking and assessing several exams and assignments; the BDS 2 Clinical Practice paper, 2nd Year UG Case Reports for Transition 4, Social Responsibility-Year 2 and OSCE Resit Examination.

 

 

Research

Research Interests:

As a research assistant at QMUL, Dr Bissasu's main interest is dental ceramic. As a research team, they are synthesizing a novel glass ceramic material, which is going to be commercially produced in the near future. They have published an article in the Dental Materials journal and are preparing other articles to be published in the near future. Throughout working in the research field, he has developed several research skills and learnt a number of laboratory tests. His main in vivo and in vitro research interests are resin bonded bridges, veneers, esthetic zone and all-ceramic restorations. 

Publications

  1. Uwalaka CO, Karpukhina N, Cao X, Bissasu S, Wilson RM, Cattell MJ. 2018 Effect of sandblasting, etching and resin bonding on the flexural strength/bonding of novel glass-ceramics. Dental Materials; available online 31 July 2018.
  2. Bissasu, S. (2015) Clinical and laboratory study of lithium disilicate glass ceramic resin-bonded fixed partial dentures (Doctoral dissertation) Faculty of Dentistry, Damascus University, Syria.
  3. Bissasu S. (2014) Clinical success of all-ceramic veneer fixed dental prostheses and their effect on plaque and gingival indices. Journal of Al-Baath University;36.(in Arabic)
  4. Bissasu SM, Al-houri NA. (2014) Replacement of missing lateral incisors with lithium disilicate glass-ceramic veneer fixed dental prostheses: A clinical report. Clin Case Rep;2:128-132.
  5. Bissasu S, Farah A. (2013) Crown next to veneer next to crown. Reflect, Ivoclar Vivadent;2:8-11.
  6. Bissasu S, Farah A. (2012) Crowns vs veneers. Dental Tribune, Middle East & Africa ed.;1:8-9.
  7. Bissasu, S. (2009) An in vitro study to compare the effect of several clinical methods of polishing porcelain on surface smoothness and flexural strength of feldspathic porcelain (Master’s thesis) Faculty of Dentistry, Damascus University, Syria.
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