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Associate ProfessorAyman Ellakwa

Associate Professor

Faculty of Medicine and Health

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  • Associate Professor
    Faculty of Medicine and Health

RESEARCH INTERESTs

  • Assessing the polymerization shrinkage generated after incremental dental composite placement versus bulk composite filling.
    Using acoustic emission technique in assessing the stresses generated within the tooth after dental composite placement and curing.
    Development of new short fiber reinforced dental composite.
    The use of CAD/CAM technology with the construction of complete and partial dentures.
    The accuracy of new digital intraoral impression techniques in restorative dentistry.
    Assessing the crack propagation within the new full zirconia dental crowns.

FUNDED RESEARCH

  • GRANT
    A pilot study investigating the association between sarcopenia and masticatory performance
    Australian Dental Research Foundation1 Jan 2022
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    CRC-P: Dentistry without mercury: Glass-fibre reinforced flowable dental composite restorative materials - SDI Limited - Ayman Ellakwa - RA0001188
    SDI Ltd2 Aug 2019
    People funded by this grant:
    • Ellakwa A
  • GRANT
    Flowable composite system with short S-glassfibre and halloysite nanotubes
    Australian Research Council (ARC)5 Sep 2016 - 15 Sep 2019
    People funded by this grant:
    • Prusty G,
    • Rajan G,
    • Farrar P,
    • Hoffman MJ,
    • Ellakwa A
  • GRANT
    Influence of Implant Abutment Angulations on the Fracture Resistance of Fibre reinforced composite (FRC) Restorations
    Australian Dental Association Inc1 Jan 2010
    People funded by this grant:
    • Ellakwa A
  • GRANT
    In-vitro evaluation of Giomer direct restorative system with enamel and dentin
    SHOFU INC1 Jun 2008
    People funded by this grant:
    • Ellakwa A,
    • Loke P