Dr Mojtaba Dorri
FDS, PhD, MSc
Current positions
Honorary Lecturer
Bristol Dental School
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Research interests
Mojtaba Dorri is an Associate Professor and Consultant in Restorative Dentistry (Endodontics, Prosthodontics, periodontology, and implantology). He is active in teaching, research, and clinical practice.
His research has garnered national and international recognition. He has published over 90 works, including Cochrane Reviews, articles in high-impact journals, Cochrane Clinical Answers, Joanna Briggs Institute guidance, book chapters, and commentaries. He has received several prestigious grants, including from MRC CiC, NIHR RCF, Innovate UK (ICURe), and Above & Beyond. He has served as an associate editor and lead author with notable research organizations, including the Cochrane Collaboration and the Joanna Briggs Institute (Australia). His innovations in clinical techniques and devices include a newly patented patient shield (NoPaS), designed to enable aerosol-generating procedures without viral transmission risk, recommended for spin-out by Innovate UK ICURe.
In education, he has led and taught numerous undergraduate and postgraduate courses, and conducted workshops and seminars for general dental practitioners and specialists on Restorative Dentistry, Periodontology, Implantology, and Evidence-Based Dentistry. His research also covers the application of advanced technologies, including AI, VR, and AR, in medical and dental education and the use of AI in cancer diagnosis and management, with these technologies introduced into his teaching.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Above & Beyond: Patients' and clinicians' expectations of and views on for a novel medical device
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Dental SchoolDates
01/09/2020 to 31/03/2021
Patients' and Clinicians' expectations of and views on a novel patient shield
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Mechanical EngineeringDates
01/09/2020 to 31/03/2021
8063 Mojtaba Dorri CiC EBI NOVel patlent shielD (NOVID)
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Dental SchoolDates
01/06/2020 to 31/08/2021
NOVel patlent shielD (NOVID)
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Mechanical EngineeringDates
01/06/2020 to 31/08/2021
NIHR RCF: Investigation of effectiveness of sealing proximal (between teeth) dental decay
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Dental SchoolDates
01/07/2013 to 28/02/2015
Publications
Recent publications
01/01/2025Computational and experimental investigation of an aerosol extraction device for use in dentistry
Journal of Aerosol Science
Long-term survival of Astra Tech vs Straumann dental implants and restorations
Evidence-Based Dentistry
Routine antibiotic prophylaxis and early implant failure
Evidence-Based Dentistry
AI and clinical decision making
British Dental Journal
Advancing SDG 9 through digital technologies in dentistry
British Dental Journal