Sundes Elfagih, BDS, MHA, MS
Assistant Professor
Department of Comprehensive Dentistry
School of Dentistry, 501 S. Preston St., Room 085 • 502-852-5045 • cmpd@louisville.edu
PATIENT APPOINTMENTS
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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
- Faculty Practice - UofL Dental Associates
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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