Luiz Bertassoni, D.D.S., Ph.D., and Bertassoni Lab

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Luiz Bertassoni, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Luiz Bertassoni, D.D.S., Ph.D.

Luiz Bertassoni, D.D.S., Ph.D., and colleagues developed a bone replacement material that can be injected into bone defects to form a scaffold for bone regeneration. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Root canal treatment research
Root canal treatment research

Luiz Bertassoni, D.D.S., Ph.D., assistant professor of restorative dentistry in the OHSU School of Dentistry has helped develop a process to engineer artificial blood vessels which are used to help regenerate teeth, possibly changing the way root canal treatments will be done in the future. (OHSU)

Root canal treatment research
Root canal treatment research

Artificial blood vessels are shown here in a hydrogel which forms the cell laden scaffold used in a new root canal process. Luiz Bertassoni, D.D.S., Ph.D., assistant professor of restorative dentistry in the OHSU School of Dentistry has helped develop a process to engineer artificial blood vessels which are used to help regenerate teeth, possibly changing the way root canal treatments will be done in the future. (OHSU)

Root canal treatment research
Root canal treatment research

Luiz Bertassoni, D.D.S., Ph.D. holds one of the teeth used to create a new process to treat root canals. Artificial blood vessels are engineered which are used to help regenerate teeth, possibly changing the way root canal treatments will be done in the future. (OHSU)

 New research on root canal treatment
New research on root canal treatment

Luiz Bertassoni, D.D.S., Ph.D., assistant professor of restorative dentistry in the OHSU School of Dentistry has helped develop a process to engineer artificial blood vessels which are used to help regenerate teeth, possibly changing the way root canal treatments will be done in the future. (OHSU)

Luiz Bertassoni and the Bertassoni research team
Luiz Bertassoni and the Bertassoni research team

Luiz Bertassoni, D.D.S., Ph.D., and his cancer research team at the OHSU Knight Cancer Research Building. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Bertassoni research team
Bertassoni research team

Luiz Bertassoni, D.D.S., Ph.D., and his cancer research team stand outside the OHSU Knight Cancer Research Building. Bertassoni will lead a newly formed Knight Cancer Precision Biofabrication Hub that will allow cancer researchers to dissect the complexities of cancers through lab-grown tissues. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)