Dr. Sheila Butler, DDS, MSc, PhD

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Assistant Professor
Office: DSB 150
Phone: 519.661.2111 x5285
Email: sheila.butler@schulich.uwo.ca 

       

Appointments

Research Cluster 

  • Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering

Research Interests 

  • Biomaterials
  • Prosthodontics
  • Restorative Dentistry

Biography

Dr. Sheila Butler completed her undergraduate degree at the Federal University of Bahia, Brazil in 2003. Dr. Butler received her Master’s degree in 2007 and her PhD degree in 2010, both in Restorative Dentistry, specialty: Prosthodontics. Dr. Butler pursued her post-doctoral training in Prosthodontics at University of Alberta, from 2011 to 2015 and then received an offer to join the faculty team. She became an Assistant Professor in Prosthodontics at University of Alberta and then she accepted an offer from Western University where she is an Assistant Professor in Prosthodontics since July 2017.

Dr. Butler is a prolific contributor to the scientific literature. Her research is internationally recognized and she has several publications in prestigious journals. Her research expertise includes dental ceramics and resin cements. She also presents her work in dental conferences, such as International Association for Dental Research and Academy of Dental Materials. She often attends clinical conferences as well, such as Symposium on Ceramics and Symposium on Implants. Dr. Butler has enthusiasm and passion for treating patients, for teaching and for research. 

Select Publications

  • Butler, S., Santos, G. C., & Santos, M. J. (2021). Do high translucency zirconia shades contribute to the degree of conversion of dual-cure resin cements?. Quintessence International (Berlin, Germany: 1985), 0-0. https://doi.org/10.3290/j.qi.b1901343 
  • Shelar, P., & Butler, S. (2021). Effect of thermal gradient on structural relaxation and characterization of thermal stresses in dental porcelains – A finite element study. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 122, 104693–104693. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2021.104693 
  • Grasel, R., Butler, S., Santos, J., & Santos, M. (2020). The influence of led irradiance on the degree of conversion of resin luting agents under translucent zirconia. General Dentistry, 68(4), 44–48.
  • Bhattacharya, A., Qiu, Y., Bernard, G., Butler, S., Mar, A., & Michaelis, V. (2020). Annealing induced structural evolution in feldspar dental glass-ceramics investigated by solid-state NMR spectroscopy. Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 289, 121501–. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jssc.2020.121
  • Butler, S., Linke, B., & Torrealba, Y. (2018). Effect of MDP-Based primers on the luting agent bond to Y-TZP ceramic and to dentin. BioMed Research International, 2018, 2438145–2438146. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/2438145.
  • Butler, S., Linke, B., & Nychka, J. (2018). Strength behavior of veneered zirconia after different surface treatments. Dental Materials, 34, e19–e19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dental.2018.08.0
  • Passos, L., Torrealba, Y., Linke, B., Street, A., & Passos, S. (2018). Fracture strength of CAD/CAM posterior ceramic crowns after manual enhancement of occlusal morphology. International Journal of Computerized Dentistry, 21(3), 191.
  • Passos, S., Linke, B., Major, P., & Nychka, J. (2017). Improving the compatibility of an Y-TZP/porcelain system using a new composite interlayer composition. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 65, 11–19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2016.07.032