Education

• PhD in Oral Radiology, State University of Campinas, Brazil, 2019
• MS in Oral Radiology, State University of Campinas, Brazil, 2015
• DDS, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil, 2011

Teaching Areas

• Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology

Honors and Awards

• ULSD Student Champion, 2021

Professional Activities

• Faculty Practice - University of Louisville Dental Associates

Professional Memberships and Affiliations

• American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology

• International Association of Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

• Brazilian Society for Dental Research

Service

• Clinical Operation and Patient Care
• ULSD Diversity Committee
• Materials and Equipment Committee

Research Interests and Current Projects

• Imaging
• 3D Modelling and Printing

Publications

Journal Articles:

• Ramage A, Gutierrez BL, Fischer K, Sekula M, Santaella GM, Scarfe WC, Brasil DM, Oliveira-Santos C. Filtered back projection vs. iterative reconstruction for CBCT: Effects on image noise and processing time. Dentomaxillofacial Radiology (2023). https://www.birpublications.org/doi/abs/10.1259/dmfr.20230109.
• Costa ED, Brasil DM, Santaella GM, Cascante-Sequeira D, Ludovichetti FS, Freitas DQ. Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Dental Education: Perception of Professors and Students. Odovtos - International Journal of Dental Sciences 2021; 192: 513–24. doi: https://doi.org/10.15517/ijds.2021.46567
• Nascimento EHL, Fontenele RC, Lopes P de A, Santaella GM, Vasconcelos KF, de Freitas DQ, et al. Development of a model of soft tissue simulation using ballistic gelatin for CBCT acquisitions related to dentomaxillofacial radiology research. Dentomaxillofacial Radiol 2021; 50: 20200191. doi: https://doi.org/10.1259/dmfr.20200191

• Queiroz PM, Santaella GM, de Castro Lopes SLP, Haiter-Neto F, Freitas DQ. Characteristics of radiographic images acquired with CdTe, CCD and CMOS detectors in skull radiography. Imaging Science in Dentistry 2020; 50: 339. doi: https://doi.org/10.5624/isd.2020.50.4.339
• Souza-Pinto GN de, Santaella GM, Coli AA, Oenning AC, Haiter-Neto F, Pinto GN de S, et al. Analysis of the deterioration of photostimulable phosphor plates. Dentomaxillofacial Radiol 2020; 20190500. doi: 10.1259/dmfr.20190500
• Fontenele RC, Nascimento EHL, Santaella GM, Freitas DQ. Does the metal artifact reduction algorithm activation mode influence the magnitude of artifacts in CBCT images? Imaging Sci Dent 2020; 50: 23. doi: 10.5624/isd.2020.50.1.23
• Santaella GM, Rosalen PL, Queiroz PM, Haiter-Neto F, Wenzel A, Spin-Neto R. Quantitative assessment of variation in CBCT image technical parameters related to CBCT detector lateral-offset position. Dentomaxillofacial Radiol 2020; 49: 20190077. doi: 10.1259/dmfr.20190077
• Santaella GM, Wenzel A, Haiter-Neto F, Rosalen PL, Spin-Neto R. Impact of movement and motion-artefact correction on image quality and interpretability in CBCT units with aligned and lateral-offset detectors. Dentomaxillofacial Radiol 2020; 49: 20190240. doi: 10.1259/dmfr.20190240
• Nascimento EHL, Fontenele RC, Santaella GM, Freitas DQ. Difference in the artefacts production and the performance of the metal artefact reduction (MAR) tool between the buccal and lingual cortical plates adjacent to zirconium dental implant. Dentomaxillofacial Radiol 2019; 20190058. doi: 10.1259/dmfr.20190058
• Ferreira LM, Queiroz PM, Santaella GM, Wenzel A, Groppo FC, Haiter-Neto F. The influence of different scan resolutions on the detection of proximal caries lesions. Imaging Sci Dent 2019; 49: 97. doi: 10.5624/isd.2019.49.2.97
• Santaella GM, Visconti MAPG, Devito KL, Groppo FC, Haiter-Neto F, Asprino L. Evaluation of different soft tissue–simulating materials in pixel intensity values in cone beam computed tomography. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol 2019; 127: e102–7. doi: 10.1016/j.oooo.2018.12.015
• Costa ED da, Queiroz PM, Santaella GM, Capelozza ALA, Ambrosano GMB, Freitas DQ. Influence of scan mode (partial/full rotations) and FOV size in the formation of artefacts in cone beam CT. Dentomaxillofacial Radiol 2019; 48: 20180340. doi: 10.1259/dmfr.20180340
• Brasil DM, Yamasaki MC, Santaella GM, Guido MCZ, Freitas DQ, Haiter-Neto F. Influence of VistaScan image enhancement filters on diagnosis of simulated periapical lesions on intraoral radiographs. Dentomaxillofacial Radiol 2019; 48: 20180146. doi: 10.1259/dmfr.20180146
• Lopes PA, Santaella GM, Lima CAS, Vasconcelos K de F, Groppo FC. Evaluation of soft tissues simulant materials in cone beam computed tomography. Dentomaxillofacial Radiol 2018; 48: 20180072. doi: 10.1259/dmfr.20180072
• Queiroz PM, Santaella GM, Groppo FC, Freitas DQ. Metal artifact production and reduction in CBCT with different numbers of basis images. Imaging Sci Dent 2018; 48: 41–4. doi: 10.5624/isd.2018.48.1.41
• Queiroz PM, Santaella GM, Capelozza ALA, Rosalen PL, Freitas DQ, Haiter-Neto F. Zoom Reconstruction Tool: Evaluation of Image Quality and Influence on the Diagnosis of Root Fracture. J Endod 2018; 44: 621–5. doi: 10.1016/j.joen.2017.10.011
• Freires IA, Santaella GM, de Cássia Orlandi Sardi J, Rosalen PL. The alveolar bone protective effects of natural products: A systematic review. Arch Oral Biol 2018; 87: 196–203. doi: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2017.12.019
• Queiroz PM, Rovaris K, Santaella GM, Haiter-Neto F, Freitas DQ. Comparison of automatic and visual methods used for image segmentation in Endodontics: a microCT study. J Appl Oral Sci 2017; 25: 674–9. doi: 10.1590/1678-7757-2017-0023
• Queiroz PM, Santaella GM, da Paz TDJ, Freitas DQ. Evaluation of a metal artefact reduction tool on different positions of a metal object in the FOV. Dentomaxillofacial Radiol 2017; 46: 20160366. doi: 10.1259/dmfr.20160366
• Vasconcelos TV, Santaella GM, Nascimento HAR, Rovaris K, Ambrosano GMB, Freitas DQ. Digital radiographs displayed on different devices: effect on the detection of vertical root fractures. Int Endod J 2016; 49: 386–92. doi: 10.1111/iej.12466