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Contact Details

Email
dina.abdelmoneim@otago.ac.nz
Position
Postdoctoral Fellow
Qualifications
BDS MSc PhD
Research summary
Antibacterial dental biomaterials

Research

My research interests cover design, characterisation, in vitro and in vivo testing of biomaterials. I am particularly interested in the fabrication of hydrogels, xenografts, 3D printed and electrospun scaffold with regenerative and antibacterial properties via incorporation of bioactive and antibacterial compounds such as silver nanoparticles, chitosan nanoparticles, antibacterial oils and extracellular matrix proteins.

Publications

Chen, C., Abdelmoneim, D., Duncan, W. J., Medlicott, N. J., Li, K. C., Alhamdani, G., Hazelton, N., & Coates, D. E. (2026). An antimicrobial biogel with nanoencapsulation of β-triketones for periodontal treatment: An in vitro study. Dental Materials. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2026.05.020 Journal - Research Article

Alhamdani, G., Abdelmoneim, D., Duncan, W. J., Li, K. C., Hughes, N., Chen, C., & Coates, D. E. (2025, September). Collagen-based constructs for periodontal and bone regeneration. Verbal presentation at the Faculty of Dentistry Clinical and Research Excellence Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Chen, C., Duncan, W. J., Hughes, N., Abdelmoneim, D., Alhamdani, G., & Coates, D. E. (2025, September). Antimicrobial biogel with mānuka oil-loaded nanospheres for periodontal treatment. Verbal presentation at the Faculty of Dentistry Clinical and Research Excellence Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Rajan, B., Abdelmoneim, D., Salem, A. S., Belibasakis, G. N., Phemister, R., Chen, C., & Coates, D. (2025). Nanoencapsulation, biocompatibility and antibiofilm properties of chitosan/nisin Z spheres. Archives of Oral Biology, 173, 106193. doi: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2025.106193 Journal - Research Article

Abdelmoneim, D., Coates, D., Porter, G., Schmidlin, P., Li, K. C., Botter, S., Lim, K., & Duncan, W. (2024). In vitro and in vivo investigation of antibacterial silver nanoparticles functionalized bone grafting substitutes. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, 112, 2042-2054. doi: 10.1002/jbm.a.37757 Journal - Research Article

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