Sundes Elfagih, BDS, MHA, MS

Assistant Professor

Department of Comprehensive Dentistry


School of Dentistry, 501 S. Preston St., Room 085 502-852-5045

PATIENT APPOINTMENTS

To make an appointment with Dr. Elfagih, call 502-852-5401
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Education

  • Certificate of Advanced Education in Operative Dentistry and Master of Oral Science – University of Iowa School of Dentistry, 2021
  • Master of Health Administration, 2016
  • Bachelor of Dental Surgery - University of Benghazi Faculty of Dentistry, 2009

Teaching Areas

  • Pre-clinic instruction – Dental Anatomy/Occlusion, Operative Dentistry, Esthetic Dentistry, Fixed Prosthodontics
  • Clinical instruction – General Dentistry

Professional Activities

Professional Memberships and Affiliations

  • Board Certified from the American Board of General Dentistry (ABGD)
  • Member of the American Academy of Cariology (AAC)
  • Member of Consortium of Operative Dentistry Educators (CODE)
  • Member of American Dental Education Association (ADEA)

Research Areas and Current Projects

  • Adhesive Dentistry
  • Cariology
  • Educational Research

Publications

  • Alkhazaleh, A.; Elfagih, S.; Chakka, L. R. J.; Armstrong, S. R.; Comnick, C. L.;  Qian, F.;  Salem, A. K.;  Guymon, C. A.;  Haes, A. J.; Vidal, C. M. P., Development of Proanthocyanidin-Loaded Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for Improving Dental Adhesion. Molecular Pharmaceutics 2022, 19 (12), 4675-4684.” at the American Chemical Society Journal Molecular Pharmaceutics in a special issue titled “Interdisciplinary Integration of Biomaterials for Drug and Gene Therapy.” 
  • “(Eds.) (2019). Elfagih S, Alghamdi AM, Kattan W, Kim YJ, Aljeshi Amal, Guzman-Armstrong S, Jain A. Giving constructive feedback (Peer Education: Review of Literature, PERLs). Journal of Dental Education December 83 (12) 1464 – 1466”  

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