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Contact Details

Phone
64 3 479 5284
Email
joanne.choi@otago.ac.nz
Position
Senior Lecturer
Department
Department of Oral Rehabilitation
Qualifications
BDentTech (Hon) PGDipCDTech PhD
Research summary
Dental materials, dental technology, biomaterials, biomechanics, and craniofacial biology
Teaching

My main teaching responsibility is to teach into Bachelor of Dental Technology and Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Dental technology. I also give biomaterials, oral physiology, clinical lectures into Dental Surgery and Oral Health programme at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.

I supervise research students at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

Research

I carry out a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the mechanical properties and failure mechanisms of various restorative dental materials (various dental resins, metals and ceramics; CAD-CAM and 3D printed dental materials).

I also conduct research into developing new dental restorative materials to improve oral care and real-time measuring systems to evaluate physiologic changes (e.g. intraoral pH and temperature, temperature changes in restorative materials) or biomechanics of the materials in the oral cavity (e.g. pressure from dentures and other oral appliances). For my PhD, I developed and validated a wired sensor system to monitor intraoral pH and temperature for long-term periods, the results of which can be used in identifying and evaluating causal factors involved with dental wear.

I am part of the Biomechanics and Oral Implantology and Craniofacial Biology Programmes of the Sir John Walsh Research Institute.

Mei, L., Jin, C., Na, A., Marra, J., Guan, S., & Choi, J. (2024). Biomechanical aging behaviour of clear aligners. Australian Orthodontic Journal, 40(1), 60-66. doi: 10.2478/aoj-2024-0006) Journal - Research Article

Cameron, A. B., Choi, J. J. E., Ip, A., Lyons, N., Yaparathna, N., Dehaghani, A. E., & Feih, S. (2024). Assessment of the trueness of additively manufactured mol3% zirconia crowns at different printing orientations with an industrial and desktop 3D printer compared to subtractive manufacturing. Journal of Dentistry, 144, 104942. doi: 10.1016/j.jdent.2024.104942 Journal - Research Article

Kagaoan, Z., Liu, X., Cameron, A., Aarts, J., & Choi, J. J. E. (2024). Factors influencing the bond strength of additively manufactured crown materials in dentistry: A systematic review of in vitro studies. Journal of Dentistry, 104908. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.jdent.2024.104908 Journal - Research Other

Kagaoan, Z., Liu, X., Cameron, A., Aarts, J., & Choi, J. (2024). Prolonged post-washing in ethanol decreases bond strength of additively manufactured crown materials. Journal of Dentistry. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.jdent.2024.104873 Journal - Research Article

Cao, J., Liu, X., Cameron, A., Aarts, J., & Choi, J. J. E. (2024). Influence of different post-processing methods on the dimensional accuracy of 3D-printed photopolymers for dental crown applications: A systematic review. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 150, 106314. doi: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2023.106314 Journal - Research Other

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