Dr. Ana Bedran-Russo (née Ana Karina Bedran de Castro)^[1] is a Clinical Assistant Professor in Restorative Dentistry at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry.

Dr. Bedran-Russo previously taught at the University of Campinas’ Piracicaba School of Dentistry in Brazil, and at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC).

As a researcher, she holds a National Institutes of Health K-08 grant, “Stability of cross-linked dentin and its clinical application,” as well as a Wach Fund Grant from the College, “Long-term effect of cross linkers on dentin bonded interfaces.” She has nearly 100 journal articles and abstracts in publication worldwide, with more pending.

She is expanding the research of biomaterials and tooth-restoration interfaces using biomimetics and tissue engineering. Her work is focused on tooth properties and the improvement or development of new restorative materials.

Originally from Brazil, Dr. Bedran-Russo earned her DDS at the Aracatuba School of Dentistry in São Paulo; her MS in operative dentistry/clinical sciences at Piracicaba; and her PhD in dental material sciences at Piracicaba. She came to the U.S. in 2003 to do her thesis on the “Effects of Thermal and Mechanical Cycling on Restorations Interfaces” at UNC.

Her husband, Dr. Stephen Russo, is a periodontist.

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• University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry

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