Abuzar Menaka

A/Prof. Menaka Abuzar

CONTACT

A/Prof. Menaka Abuzar
A/Prof. Menaka Abuzar

E-mail: maabuzar@unimelb.edu.au

Telephone: +61 3 9341 1495

QUALIFICATIONS

  • BDS (Sri Lanka)
  • BDS (Adelaide)
  • Grad Cert University Teaching (Melbourne)
  • Dip Clin Dent (Melbourne)
  • MDSc (Prosthodontics, Melbourne)
  • PhD (Bristol)
  • MRACDS (Prosthodontics)

CURRENT POSITIONS

  • Associate Professor (Restorative), Melbourne Dental School, The University of Melbourne.
  • Senior Fellow, School of Rural Health, The University of Melbourne (Shepparton Campus).
  • Specialist Prosthodontist, Royal Dental Hospital, Melbourne.

SHORT HISTORY

  • 2011 to present Associate Professor (Restorative) University of Melbourne.
  • 2004–2011: Senior Lecturer (Restorative and Population Oral Health), University of Melbourne.
  • 2002-present: Specialist Prosthodontist, Royal Dental Hospital, Melbourne.
  • 1999-2001: Postgraduate student in Prosthodontics, Melbourne Dental School, University of Melbourne.
  • 1990-1995: Assistant Professor, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
  • 1985-1990: Lecturer, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
  • 1982-1985: PhD student and honorary clinician, University of Bristol, England.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Educational research
  • Population oral health
  • Implant supported over-dentures and magnetic attachments

CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS

  • The use of Magfit IP-B magnetic over-denture attachments with two non-parallel implants: Determining the allowable/permissible angulations for insertion and removal of the mandibular denture.
  • Rural outplacement program for dental undergraduates: Students’ perceptions
  • Risk indicators and awareness of tooth wear among patients attending Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne.
  • Review of formative clinical assessments of final year undergraduates at the Melbourne Dental School.
  • Evaluation of clinical supervision: students’ and clinicians’ perceptions

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

MEMBERSHIPS

  • The Australian Dental Association (ADA).
  • The Sri Lanka Dental Association.
  • Member of the Academy of Australian New Zealand Prosthodontists.
  • Member of the International Association of Dental Research.

TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Coordinator of the DDS degree (Curriculum development and implementation)
  • Coordinator, Clinical Outplacements including rural placements
  • Coordinator, final year BDSc (5th year)
  • Clinical and research supervisor, postgraduate specialists training course (DCD Prosthodontics)
  • Teaching Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics including Implantology to undergraduate and graduate students