Usama Nassar
Department of Dentistry
University of Alberta
Canada
Biography
Dr. Nassar accepted his position as the Coordinator of the Division of Fixed Prosthodontics at the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta in 1996. Dr. Nassar completed his Master of Science Degree as well as clinical training in combined prosthodontics at the State University of New York at Buffalo. In addition to treating patients in a periodontal-prosthetic clinical setting in private practice, Dr. Nassar’s academic focus is on teaching fixed prosthodontics. In research, his main focus is on testing the physical properties of existing and new impression material as well as conducting research on career services in Canadian dental schools.
Research Interest
impression materials, hydrophilicity, disinfectant.
Publications
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The effect of prolonged storage and disinfection on the dimensional stability of 5 Vinyl polyether silicone impression materials
