Bassam Hassan
Dr. Bassam Hassan is a dentist with a Master’s degree in Medical Imaging (Catholic University Leuven KUL) and a PhD in medical sciences (Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam ACTA). He worked for three years as an assistant professor in the department of maxillofacial radiology and is currently employed as a research assistant professor in the department of oral implantology at ACTA, where he is also pursuing specialty training in implant dentistry. He is an active researcher with more than 25 publications in peer-reviewed journals.
Articles
Feature Article
Basic components of the conventional prosthodontic diagnostic set-up workflow include dental cast models, full-mouth two-dimensional digital photographs, as well as selected intra- and extra-oral radiographs. This set-up provides a limited two-dimensional representation of the maxillofacial region and it fails to depict the patient in full three dimensions, thereby limiting diagnosis and treatment planning. Novel three-dimensional (3D) imaging technologies such as digital intra-oral scanning and cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) are becoming increasingly available in the dental office.