Marcio Jose Mendonca

-Director of the Center for Health and Biological Sciences and Associate Professor at the Western State University of Paraná - Dental School - UNIOESTE. -Professor of the Undergraduate in Dentistry (Prosthodontic Area) and of the Graduate Program in Dentistry (Dental Materials Area) of UNIOESTE. -Formation - DDS from São Paulo State University (UNESP), School of Dentistry, Araraquara, MS in Oral Rehabilitation from School of Dentistry, Araraquara- UNESP, and Ph.D. in Dental Materials from University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Piracicaba Dental School. Research -Group Leader of Oral Rehabilitation at Unioeste. -Author of manuscripts and patents in Dentistry. -Advisor for the final undergraduate paper, undergraduate research projects, and Master's degree in Dentistry. -Scientific Journal Referee: Clinical Oral Investigations, Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, General Dentistry, Journal of Clinical --Advances in Dentistry, Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, PLoS One, Polímeros and Revista de Odontologia da UNESP (Online) -Reviewer of Research Grants: French institute for dental research IFRO, Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul FAPERGS, Fundação de Amparo à Ciência e Tecnologia do Estado de Pernambuco FACEPE, PUC-PR. -Has experience in the area of Dentistry, with emphasis on Dental Clinic, working mainly on the following topics: Dental Education, Oral Rehabilitation, Dental Materials, Geriatric Dentistry, and temporal mandibular disorders. (Fonte: Currículo Lattes)