Jardel Francisco Mazzi Chaves

Graduated in Dentistry from the School of Dentistry of Ribeirão Preto (FORP) University of São Paulo (USP). In the basic sciences, he conducted research in Pain and Behavioral Physiology, with emphasis on Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD), supported by the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP). He was an undergraduate intern at the Specialized Center for Oral Diagnosis (CAEDO), at FORP-USP. Between 2011 and 2012, he participated in an interinstitutional exchange program between Brazil and the United Kingdom, working at the University of Sheffield (Sheffield, UK), where he engaged in both clinical care and laboratory research in the field of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Traumatology. He holds a Masters degree, a Specialty degree, and a PhD in Endodontics from the Department of Restorative Dentistry at FORP-USP. He has academic and clinical expertise in several areas and subfields, including: root canal internal anatomy, nanocomputed tomography, microcomputed tomography, cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT), physicochemical properties of root canal filling materials, bond strength of endodontic materials, biomechanical root canal preparation, analysis of metal artifact expression in various diagnostic imaging modalities, and more recently, in the investigation of genetic and molecular factors related to patients with persistent periapical lesions.He completed a doctoral sandwich program at the OMFS Impath Research Group at KU Leuven, Belgium, under the supervision of Professor Reinhilde Jacobs, where he studied the expression and classification of metallic artifacts caused by root canal obturation in cone-beam, nano-, and micro-CT imaging.Currently, he is an Associate Professor in the Department of Restorative Dentistry at FORP-USP, where he teaches Restorative Dentistry, Endodontics, Occlusion, and Temporomandibular Disorders. He is also a credentialed faculty member of the Graduate Program in Restorative Dentistry at FORP-USP, where he develops research in the fields of Endodontics, Genetics, Dental Imaging applied to Restorative Dentistry, Restoration of Endodontically Treated Teeth, and Temporomandibular Disorders and Orofacial Pain.He is the coordinator of the Extension Program "Specialized Multidisciplinary Care in Temporomandibular Disorders and Orofacial Pain for the Transgender Population DTM Trans", which has received national recognition. He is also an associated researcher at several international research centers, including the OMFS Impath Research Group (Belgium), Aarhus University (Denmark), NEOMED University (USA), and the University of Louisville (USA), among others. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)