Faculty Profile - Dr. Wafa El-Badrawy

Dr. Wafa El-Badrawy

Dr. Wafa El-Badrawy Associate Professor Department of Clinical Dentistry Restorative Discipline Faculty of Dentistry 124 Edward Street Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1G6 Phone: 416-979-4934 ext.4343 Fax: 416-979-4936 wafa.el.badrawy@utoronto.ca

Current academic / hospital appointments

• Associate Professor, Faculty of Dentistry / University of Toronto

Education

• 1979 -BDS, Cairo University , Cairo, Egypt
• 1985 –M.Sc., University of Manchester, Manchester, England

Courses

Undergraduate:
First Year Restorative Dentistry (Course Director)
Second Year Restorative Dentistry (Instructor)
Fourth Year Restorative Elective Course (Course Director)

Dentistry Qualifying Program:
Years 1 & 2 - Comprehensive Care Program (Treatment planning Coordinator)

Graduate / Postgraduate: Prosthodontics Graduate Program (Lecturer)

Research interests

Composite resin properties, techniques of placement, composite bond strength, bonding agents, bonded amalgam, resin cements, light curing, and effect of bleaching on tooth structure.

Recent publications

• El-Mowafy O, El-Badrawy W , Lewis DW, Shokati B, Kermalli J, Soliman O, Encioiu A, Zawi R and Rajwani F “A survey of intensity of halogen photo-polymerization units used in private dental offices in Toronto”. JADA, 2005.
• El-Badrawy WA , Leung BW, El-Mowafy OM, Rubo JH, Rubo MH. “Evaluation of proximal contacts of posterior composite restorations with four placement techniques”. Journal of the Canadian Dental Association 2003; 69:156-161.
• El-Badrawy WA "Cuspal deflection of maxillary premolars restored with bonded amalgam" Operative Dentistry Vol 24 (6) P337-343, 1999.
• El-Mowafy OM, Rubo MH, El-Badrawy WA "Hardening of new resin cements cured through ceramic inlay" Operative Dentistry Vol 24 (1) p38-44 1999.
• El-Badrawy WA , McComb D "The effect of home-use fluoride gels on resin-modified glass ionomer restorative materials". Operative Dentistry Vol 23 (1), 2-9, 1998.
  

Awards and Honours

• Recipient of the American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry Research Grant

Students

* Presently accepting students for supervision in any of the above research interests areas.

Current research grants

• Recipient of multiple Grants from the Faculty of Dentistry Research Committee
• Received grant from Stickteck company, Turku, Finland