Nele van Assche (Belgium)

Advisor

Nele Van Assche graduated as dentist at the Catholic University of Leuven (2002) and finished her training in periodontology at the department of Periodontology (2005). In 2011 she defended her PhD on procedures that could facilitate implant therapy (promoter Prof. M. Quirynen). Her research deals mainly with GBR, the influence of implant surface characteristics on biofilm formation, and the accuracy of surgical guides. She published as (co)-author full papers in international peer-reviewed journals and she regularly lectures at (inter)national congresses.

In 2006 she participated at the State of Science in Implant Dentistry of the Academy of osseointegration in Chicago and was involved in several EAO and EFP consensus conferences.

She was an active member of the scientific committee of the Belgian society of periodontology and was involved in the EAO junior committee from 2011 until 2016. In 2015 she became member of the Experts Counsil of the Osteology Foundation.

In 2007, she started private practice (limited to periodontology and implant treatment) in Geel (Belgium).