CONTACT

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

• http://www.findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/display/person6764#tab-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