Heike Rudolph

Current Research interests: Clinical trials on soft-tissue management, combination of teeth and implants for FPDs, single mandibular implants for dental prostheses, alternativ treatments of non-carious lesions, interaction of different abutment materials with surrounding tissues, restorations for the shortened dental arch (RaSDA). Materials: Fatigue testing, dental implants and abutments, advanced ceramics Methods and techniques: Biomolecular analysis of PICF/GCF; immunohistochemical tissue analysis; 3D analyses e.g. of dental impressions/techniques, implant positions, hard- and soft-tissue changes over time; aging by water storage, cyclic loading, thermocycling; analysis of CAD/CAM-process chains (digitizing, data handling, design, manufacturing), surface data out of 3D-CBCT data