Maria Cadenas is Assistant Professor at the section of Orthodontics of the Department of Oral Health Sciences of KU Leuven University, Belgium, where she is involved in postgraduate training and is responsible of the orthodontic research output. Her research interests are Biology of Tooth Movement, Root resorption, Tooth Transplantation and Cleft Lip and Palate. She has worked as a clinical orthodontist since 2012, mainly on patients with Cleft lip and Palate, Craniofacial syndromes, multiple congenitally missing teeth, enamel and dentin abnormalities and dental trauma.
She also coordinates the international relations of the school of Dentistry of KU Leuven and is Councillor of the Orthodontic Research Group (ORG) of the International Association of Dental Research (IADR), member of European Orthodontic Society (EOS) and the Digital Taskforce of the Network of Erasmus Based European Orthodontic Programs (NEBEOP), where she leads the development of the NEBEOP Web Academy, and online platform for postgraduate teaching in orthodontics.
