Rita Bornes

Rita Bornes serves as an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Dental Medicine of the Portuguese Catholic University and is a Researcher at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Health (CIIS). Her academic profile combines teaching responsibilities with active research in implant dentistry and oral rehabilitation.

Her educational background includes a Master's degree in Dentistry from the Universidade Católica Portuguesa (2017-2018), a Post-graduate specialization in Oral Rehabilitation from Centro de formação - clínica FA (2018-2019), and she is currently pursuing a PhD in Surgery and Stomatology at Universidad de Salamanca since September 2019.

• Research Focus: Dental implants, peri-implant diseases, and precision dental medicine
• Methodological Approach: Development and validation of clinical tools for risk assessment
• Current Applications: Digital dentistry solutions for improving implant outcomes

Her recent research output shows significant activity in 2023, with multiple publications focused on the Implant Disease Risk Assessment (IDRA) tool, reflecting her commitment to developing practical solutions for preventing peri-implant complications.

Rita Bornes actively contributes to major research initiatives, serving as Principal Investigator for the OeHMP (Oral e-Health Monitoring Platform) project and as a Researcher in both the InDig (Innovation and digital teaching technologies in Dental Medicine) and CIIS projects. Her work bridges clinical dentistry with technological innovation to improve patient outcomes in implant dentistry.