Education

• PhD in Clinical Restorative Dentistry – University of Campinas Piracicaba School of Dentistry (Brazil), 2025
• MSC in Clinical Restorative Dentistry – University of Campinas Piracicaba School of Dentistry (Brazil), 2021
• Specialist in Operative Dentistry – University of Campinas Piracicaba School of Dentistry (Brazil), 2004
• DMD in Dentistry – University of Campinas Piracicaba School of Dentistry (Brazil), 2000

Teaching Areas

• Clinical and pre-clinical instruction - General Dentistry

Professional Activities

• Faculty Practice - UofL Dental Associates

Professional Memberships and Affiliations

• Kentucky Dental Board
• Academy of Dental Materials
• International Association for Dental Research
• IADR Women is Science
• Brazilian Society for Dental Research

Research Interests and Current Projects

• Effects of gastric disorders on dental health
• Dental erosion

Publications

Journal Articles

• Monteiro LC, Pecorari VGA, Gontijo IG, Marchi GM, Lima DANL, Aguiar FHB. PEEK and fiberglass intra-radicular posts: influence of resin cement and mechanical cycling on push-out bond strength. Clin Oral Investig. 2022 Dec;26(12):6907-6916.
• Gontijo IG, Ferretti MA, Monteiro LC, Caldas RA, Pecorari VGA, França FMG, Aguiar FHB. Influence of alveolar bone height on the biomechanical behavior of roots restored with custom-made posts-and-cores. J Esthet Restor Dent. 2023 Jun;35(4):677-686.

Other

• Poster accepted to be presented at 2025 IADR/PER General Session: Enamel erosion lesions: prolonged use of charcoal dentifrice.
• Poster presentation at AADOCR 2025: Evaluation of SPRG-containing restorative materials on dentin nanoleakage.
• Poster presentation at IADR/AADOCR/CADR General Session & Exhibition: Gastric pump simulator: a new in vitro erosive aging method.
• Poster presentation at ADEA 2024 International Women’s Leadership Conference VII: Mental health of women in Dentistry: a narrative review.
• Poster presented at Research!Louisville 2024: Effect of acidic fluid motion on surface wettability of esthetic CAD-CAM restorative dental materials.
• Poster presentation at ADM 2024: Effect of dynamic erosive aging on restorative dental materials.
• Poster presentation at ADM 2023: New in vitro Model to Acid Erosion: A Pilot Study.
• Poster presentation at Research!Louisville 2023: Gastric Pump Simulator: Assessment of chemical erosion on dental restorative materials – A Pilot Study.
• Poster presented at Research!Louisville 2023: Pilot study: Effect of acid fluid motion on properties of esthetic restorative dental materials.
• Oral presentation at AADOCR 2023: Hybrid Zirconia-Silica Interface Developed by Atomic Layer Deposition
• PIBIC Conference 2023 (Brazil): Orsino N, Aguiar MF, Monteiro LC, Aguiar FHB. Evaluation of Dentin Surface Hardness and Nanoinfiltration in Aged S-PRG Resin Composite Restorations
• PIBIC Conference 2022 (Brazil): Matos TC, Monteiro LC, Aguiar FHB, Cavalli V. What is the Effect of Prolonged use of Toothpaste Containing Tricalcium Phosphate and Activated Charcoal on Enamel Erosion Lesion?