Bas Loomans obtained his PhD-degree in the topic of restorative dentistry in 2007. In 2008 he was a visiting researcher at BIOMAT, KU Leuven, Belgium. In 2021, he was appointed full professor of Oral Function and Restorative Dentistry at the Radboud university medical center in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. He is involved in research, undergraduate and postgraduate education. His main research interests are the management and treatment of severe tooth wear, diagnostic criteria, development of smart dental materials, translational research, intra-oral censoring of gastric acid, and decision-making processes using artificial intelligence. He has become a nationally and internationally recognized expert in adhesive and restorative dentistry and is the project leader of the ‘Radboud Tooth Wear Project’.

Additionally, in 2019 he received the international Steve Bayne Mid-Career Award of the Dental Materials Group of the International Association of Dental Research. He has published more than 100 international and national publications and is (co-)author and editor of several book chapters. Moreover, he is working one day a week in a general/referral dental practice in Nijmegen. He is interested in reconstructive dentistry using minimally invasive treatments.

ResearchID: B-2910-2016; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6684-9723