Dentistry

Biography

Mohamed Awad, BDS (Egy), MSc (Egy), PhD (Eng) is an associate professor, Fixed Prosthodontic Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Tanta University, Egypt and King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia. His work was concentrated on Fixed Prosthodontics researches. Dr. Awad is the president of Egyptian Association of Dental research section of international association for dental research since July 2010. Dr. Awad finished his Bachelor (1983) and Master degrees (1989) from Tanta University, Egypt and PhD degree from University Dental hospital of Manchester, United Kingdom in 1996. He was head of Fixed prosthodontics Department in King Abdulaziz University from Sept. 2003 for one year. Also he was course director for fixed prosthodontics for preclinical and clinical courses for several years. He presented researches in several international conferences including: Miami, San Diego, Seattle (USA), Singapore, Manchester & Bristol (England), Riyadh, Jeddah, Makkah (Saudi Arabia) and Egypt. Dr. Awad was awarded several awards including distinction in scientific research in King Abdulaziz University, 2008. Also he held several grants for conducting researches from different associations. He is also reviewer for several international journals.

Research Interest

Dental materials and fixed prosthodontics including: Dental ceramics and Zirconium post and cores, fiber-reiforced composite restorations and post/cores, Color & Dental esthetics, Base metal alloys, Wear and abrasion in dental ceramics, Optical properties of natural teeth and dental ceramics, Finite element analysis, Dental implant materials, Dental cements, Periodontal problems related to fixed prosthodontics.