Birgit PELSMAEKERS

 

Specialiste in de Orthodontie

 

Diploma's

Doctor in Dental Surgery, School of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium (1989- 1993), magnissima cum laude.

Advanced Studies in Dentistry/GGS in de Tandheelkunde, School of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium (1994), magnissima cum laude.

Specialist in Orthodontics/GGS in de Orthodontie, Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium (1993-1997, full time program), magnissima cum laude.

 

Varia

Member of the Belgian Association of University-trained orthodontists.

Member of the European Orthodontic Society.

 

Articles in international journals

B. Pelsmaekers, R. Loos, C. Carels, C. Derom, and R. Vlietinck. The genetic contribution to dental maturation. Journal of Dental Research 1997; 79(7): 1337-1340.

G. Willems, B. Pelsmaekers, C. Carels. Transplantation in the young child: Case report. Odonto news, December 1996.

Summary of articles in national journals

Ligatuur 1996: “Orthodontic concern among 11-year old children and their parents compared with orthodontic treatment need, assessed by index of orthodontic treatment need." K. Birkeland, O.E. Boc and P.J. Wisth, American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics (1996) 110(2): 197-205.

Ligatuur 1997: "A study of craniomandibular disorders in 500 19-year olds." J.R. Pilley, B. Mohlin, W.C. Shaw and A. Kingdom, European Journal of Orthodontics 1997; 19: 57-70.

 

Abstracts

B. Pelsmaekers, I. Savoye, I. Lauweryns, C.E.L. Carels and R. Vlietinck. Genetic contribution to dental maturation: a twin study. European Journal of orthodontics 1995; p.450.

I. Savoye, B. Pelsmaekers, I. Lauweryns, C.E.L. Carels and R. Vlietinck. Heritability of dento-facial characteristics: a study using twins and their parents. European Journal of Orthodontics 1995; p.453.

 

Chapters in books

Bou Serhal C & Pelsmaekers B. Pathologic Tooth Migration. Carranza's Clinical Periodontology 12th Edition, 2014, Chapter 51 Supplement A, e1-e8.