The College of Dentistry at Gulf Medical University proudly congratulates third-year MDS Periodontics postgraduate student Dr. Alireza Vaez on successfully defending his master’s thesis on the 22nd of September 2026. Titled “Comparison of Flapless Er:YAG Laser-Assisted Crown Lengthening and Piezosurgery-Assisted Crown Lengthening: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial,”.
The research investigated and compared advanced surgical techniques, specifically evaluating flapless Er:YAG laser-assisted and piezosurgery-assisted approaches for crown lengthening.
The study was supervised by Dr. Nesma Shemais and co-supervisor Dr. Mohamed Atef, Assistant Professors at CoD, GMU. Additionally, the examination panel featured Dr. Omnia Khaled Tawfik, Associate Professor at Cairo University’s Faculty of Dentistry, as the External Examiner, and Dr. Bhavna Jha Kukreja, Associate Professor of Periodontics and MDS Program Director at CoD, GMU, as the Internal Examiner.
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SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being; SDG 4: Quality Education
