Sara Pourshahidi ,DDS ,MSc (Iran) is an associated professor in oral and maxillofacial medicine ,faculty of dentistry,Tehran University of Medical Sciences,Tehran , Iran. Her works are concentrated on Oral medicine oral and maxillofacial lesions , oral premalignant lesions and oral cancer ,orofacial pain and TMJ ,herbal medicine , lasers in dentistry , oral biology and microbiology ,dentistry for medically compromised patients .She finished her dentistry ( 2005) at Azad University of Medical Sciences-Tehran-Iran.Then she continued with master of sciences in oral and maxillofacial medicine (2008) in Mashhad University of Medical Sciences-Mashhad-Iran.She is Fellowship in Laser in Dentistry-Diagnostic and surgery department of Genova University-Genova-Italy (2014) and Master science in Medical Education- Shiraz University of Medical Sciences-shiraz-Iran (2017). She started as an assistant professor of oral and maxillofacaial medicine in Shiraz University of Medical Sciences from 2008 till 2013 and was a member of laser center in the university,too. She was an assistant professor of Tehran University of Medical Sciences (2013-2016) and since 2016 is working as an associated professor in Tehran University of Medical Science. She is the reviewer of several scientific journals such as “Oral diseaseâ€. She published more than 42 scientific publications in international journals. And during her career she is supervising and teaching undergraduate students for DDS and postgraduate students for M.Sc., and supervises more than 35 theses. Her current Research project focuses on the effect of lasers on dysplastic lesions and also cancer prevention.
Oral medicine; Oral and maxillofacial lesions; Oral premalignant lesions and Oral cancer; Orofacial pain and TMJ; Herbal medicine; Lasers in dentistry; Oral biology and Microbiology; Dentistry for medically compromised patients.