Dr. Uri Zilberman

Dr. Uri Zilberman Profile

Senior lecturer
Phd

Department : Surgery - Barzilai Hospital
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Email : urizi@bgu.ac.il
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Research Interests

  • Effect of hereditary disorders on tooth development and mineralization
  • Protein content in enamel and dentin of normal teeth and teeth affected by mineralization disturbances
  • MIH and its relation to enamel proteases

Major expertise and techniques in the lab

  • Diagnosis of mineralization disorders of teeth
  • Developmental disturbances in prehistoric teeth
  • Enamel and dentine analysis using SEM
  • Ion content of teeth tissues using EDS

Publications and funding summary / representative publications and grants

  • Hershkovitz FPI, Cohen OrnitCOPI, Zilberman UPI . Microhardness of three glass  ionomer cements during setting and up to 15 days in vitro and after 5-10 years in vivo. Quintessence Int. In Press. (CI ISI N/A, IF=1.45, JR=35/111, Q2).
  • Leibovitz SPI, Haviv YCOPI, Zilberman UPI. The effect of Ekman–Westborg and Julin trait (generalized megadontia) and localized megadontia on tooth components size and ion content. Clin Oral Investigat. In Press. DOI: 10.1007/s00784-020-03368-4.
  • Zilberman UPI, Milevski ICOPI, Yegorov DCOPI, Smith SPI. A 3000 year old case of an unusual dental lesion: Pre-eruptive intracoronal resorption. Arch Oral Biol 97:97-101, 2019.
  • Volodarsky MPI*, Zilberman UPI*, Birk OSPI. Novel FAM20A mutation causes autosomal recessive amelogenesis imperfecta. Arch Oral Biol. 60: 919-922, 2015.

 

  • 2002 – 2007; The Israeli Science Foundation, Application of a three-stage model for reconstruction of normal and abnormal development of primary dentition, PI: Smith P and Zilberman U.            $ 196,000.
  • 2003-2005; The Chief Scientist, the Israeli Ministry of Trade, Research and development of a novel dental device – Preformed tooth colored crowns for primary molars. PI: Zilberman U. (Inventor and CSO),     $ 300,000.
  • 2010-2013; Dentsply Int. Retention and color stability of new performed acetal crowns for primary molars. PI: Mass E and Zilberman U.  $ 20,000.

Existing collaborations

  • Dr. Goldberg Michal and Dr. Guy Ben-Hamu, Sami-Chamun Engineering Campus, Ashdod. Development of a new dental device.
  • Dr Levaot Noam and Dr Malul Michal, Ben-Guriun University. Protein analysis of teeth enamel and dentin in teeth with mineralization disturbances.
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