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GIRALT HERNANDO, Maria

Professor Col·laboradora
Faculty of Dentistry
Department of Odontology
Tractament i rehabilitació de l'invàlid oral i Maxil.lofacial

Contact

mgiralt@uic.es
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  • Academic training
  • Acknowledgements
  • Projects
    • Competitive
    • Non-competitive
  • Publications
    • Articles
  • Subjects taught
  • Doctorado en Ciencias de la Salud
  • Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
  • International Master in Oral Surgery
  • Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
  • European Certificate in implant Dentistry
  • European Association for Osseointegration
  • Diploma en Especialización de Metodología de Investigación en Odontología
  • Universidad Complutense de Madrid
  • Diplomat
  • Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
  • Graduat
  • Universitat Internacional de Catalunya

Doctora i Intl. Master of Oral Surgery (IMOS) per la UIC
  • EAO Certificate in Implant-based Therapy
    Implant-based Therapy presentation and examination, 2018
  • Best communication forma - European Association for Osseointegration
    Prospective cohort study on 500 MIS® implants: success rate, biological and technical complications: 1 year follow‐up., 2017
  • A Randomized Control Trial Phase (IIIa) Unicentric, Placebo Controlled, Double-Blinded Study to confirm the Efficacy and Safety of “ Topical Alendronic Acid on alveolar bone remodeling after tooth extraction: a pilot study”
    PI: Hernandez Alfaro, F; Caballé-Serrano, J.; Giralt-Hernando, M Start date: 19/09/2022 End date: 31/12/2025
    Financing entity: European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme Financing entity code: Numero EUDRACT: 2021-005511-32
  • GRC - Grup de Recerca Consolidat: Tractament i rehabilitació de l'invàlid oral i Maxil.lofacial.
    PI: Hernandez Alfaro, F Start date: 01/01/2022 End date: 30/06/2025
    Financing entity: Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR), Generalitat de Catalunya Financing entity code: 2021 SGR 01592
  • Personalised maxillofacial bone regeneration
    PI: Hernandez Alfaro, F Start date: 01/01/2018 End date: 31/12/2023
    Financing entity: European Comission Financing entity code: No EUDRACT: 2018-001227-39
  • 2017 SGR 613 - Tratamiento del inválido orofacial - Grupo Consolidado
    PI: Hernandez Alfaro, F; Gargallo Albiol, J Start date: 01/05/2017 End date: 30/04/2020
    Financing entity: Agencia de Gestió d'ajudas Universitaries Investigació AGAUR Financing entity code: Tratamiento del inválido orofacial - Grupo Consolidado
  • Impacto de la cirugía ortognática sobre las vías aéreas BECA PREDOC
    PI: Hernandez Alfaro, F Start date: 01/09/2017 End date: 31/12/2018
    Financing entity: Agencia de Gestió d'ajudas Universitaries Investigació AGAUR Financing entity code: 2018_FI 00134
  • Prospective cohort studyon MIS implants: Success rate and biological complications.
    PI: Hernandez Alfaro, F; Guijarro-Martínez, R. Start date: 11/03/2015 End date: 30/06/2020
    Financing entity: Mis Implants
  • Prospective evaluation of implants with to different macrodesigns (C1 anv V3 MISS): succes rate, biological and technical complications
    PI: Hernandez Alfaro, F; Guijarro-Martínez, R. Start date: 11/03/2015 End date: 30/06/2020
    Financing entity: Mis Implants
  • Short dental implants (6 mm) vs standard dental implants (10 mm) in the same clinical scenario: a randomized clinical trial
    PI: Hernandez Alfaro, F; Giralt-Hernando, M Start date: 12/06/2021
    Financing entity: Mis Implants
  • Impact of orthognathic surgery on mild sleep obstructive apnea-hypopnea syndrome.
    PI: Hernandez Alfaro, F; Valls, A.; Giralt-Hernando, M Start date: 02/11/2020
    Financing entity: Centro Medico TEKNON
  • International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery, Impact of orthognathic surgery on the cheek area using the Barcelona line
    Name: Vivas, J.; Valls, A.; Haas Jr, O.; Giralt-Hernando, M; Ragucci, G.; Hernandez Alfaro, F Role: Autor Publishing date: 2025
    Start page: 733 End page: 740 Vol.: 54 No.: 8
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2024.11.002 ISSN or title: 0901-5027
  • Journal of Stomatology, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Is minimally invasive approach to genioplasty predictable for mentolabial soft tissue? A retrospective cohort study
    Name: Haas Jr., O.; Pessoa, J.; de Sousa, A.; da Rosa , B.; Bastos, R.; Giralt-Hernando, M; Valls, A.; Hernandez Alfaro, F; de Oliveira, R. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2025
    Vol.: 126 No.: 3
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jormas.2024.102103 ISSN or title: 2468-7855
  • Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Assessment of the prevalence of nasal deviation in patients requiring orthognathic surgery: association with maxillary, mandibular, or chin asymmetry
    Name: Hernandez Alfaro, F; Saavedra, O.; Botella, G.; Ghuloom, M.; Giralt-Hernando, M; Valls, A. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2025
    Vol.: 29 No.: 1
    DOI: 10.1007/s10006-025-01398-4 ISSN or title: 1865-1569
  • Medicina Oral Patologia Oral Y Cirugia Bucal, Is efficacy of miniscrew-assisted rapid palatal expansion in mid to late adolescents and young adults related to craniofacial sutures opening? A systematic review and meta-analysis
    Name: Lázaro, A.; Hernandez Alfaro, F; Puigdollers Pérez, Andreu; Giralt-Hernando, M; Elnayef, B.; Valls, A. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2025
    Start page: e271 End page: e281 Vol.: 30 No.: 2
    DOI: 10.4317/medoral.26935 ISSN or title: 1698-6946
  • Applied sciences, Fate of the Mandible in Class III Patients Subjected to Bimaxillary Surgery with a New 3D Planning Reference
    Name: Hernandez Alfaro, F; de la Fuente, C.; Valls, A.; Haas Jr, O.; Giralt-Hernando, M; Masiá-Gridilla, J. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2025
    Vol.: 15 No.: 3
    DOI: 10.3390/app15031069 ISSN or title: 2076-3417
  • Clinical oral implants research, Bone Augmentation of Atrophic Alveolar Ridges Using a Synthetic Bone Substitute With Mesenchymal Stem Cells: A Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial
    Name: Sanz, M.; Gjerde, C.; Gjertsen, B.; Ortiz, A.; Sanchez, N.; Hoornaert, A.; Caballé-Serrano, J.; Giralt-Hernando, M; Gaultier, F.; Reinald, N.; Pinholt, E.; Rojewski, M.; Rouard, H.; Chevallier, N.; Ahmed, S.; Shi, X.; Shi, T.; Schrezenmeier, H.; Layrolle, P.; Mustafa, K. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2025
    DOI: 10.1111/clr.70025 ISSN or title: 0905-7161
  • JOURNAL OF CRANIO-MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY, Transpalatal vs anterior approach for pterygomaxillary disjunction in the context of surgically assisted MARPE: CBCT assessment
    Name: Lázaro, A.; Valls, A.; Puigdollers Pérez, Andreu; Clusellas, N.; Giralt-Hernando, M; Hernandez Alfaro, F Role: Autor Publishing date: 2025
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2025.05.010 ISSN or title: 1878-4119
  • Clinical Oral Implant Research, Peri-implantitis and maxillary sinus membrane thickening: A retrospective cohort study.
    Name: Pons, R.; Giralt-Hernando, M; Nart, J.; De Tapia, B.; Hernandez Alfaro, F; Monje, A. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2024
    Start page: 757 End page: 770 Vol.: 35 No.: 7
    DOI: 10.1111/clr.14282 ISSN or title: 1600-0501
  • Aesthetic Surgery Journal, Does Aesthetic Osseous Genioplasty Impact Upper Airway Volume?
    Name: Valls, A.; Arjooca, S.; Saavedra, O.; Giralt-Hernando, M; Asensio, J.; Luiz, O.; Hernandez Alfaro, F Role: Autor Publishing date: 2024
    Start page: 354 End page: 362 Vol.: 44 No.: 4
    DOI: 10.1093/asj/sjad341 ISSN or title: 1527-330X
  • JOURNAL OF CRANIO-MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY, Le fort I osteotomy with or without concomitant removal of upper third molars: A prospective cohort study of intraoperative findings, related complications, and level of pterygomaxillary separation after down-fracture
    Name: Valls, A.; Ghuloom, M.; Starch, T.; Kesmez, Ö.; Giralt-Hernando, M; Hernandez Alfaro, F Role: Autor Publishing date: 2024
    Start page: 283 End page: 290 Vol.: 52 No.: 3
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2024.01.006 ISSN or title: 1878-4119
  • JOURNAL OF CRANIO-MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY, Effectiveness of virtual reality in relieving anxiety and controlling hemodynamics during oral surgery under local anesthesia: A prospective randomized comparative study
    Name: Valls, A.; Vandepputte, S.; de la Fuente, C.; Giralt-Hernando, M; Molins, G.; Cigarrán, M.; Sabbagh, A.; Hernandez Alfaro, F Role: Autor Publishing date: 2024
    Start page: 273 End page: 278 Vol.: 52 No.: 3
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2024.01.021 ISSN or title: 1878-4119
  • International journal of oral and maxillofacial implants, Vascular Delay Soft Tissue Technique in Oral/Maxillary Bone Reconstructive Surgery: A Technical Note
    Name: Hernandez Alfaro, F; Valls, A.; Bertos-Quílez, J.; Giralt-Hernando, M; Ragucci, G. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2024
    Start page: 135 End page: 141 Vol.: 39 No.: 1
    DOI: 10.11607/jomi.10477 ISSN or title: 0882-2786
  • International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery, Does orthognathic surgery have an incidentally beneficial effect on mild or asymptomatic sleep apnoea?
    Name: Valls, A.; Giralt-Hernando, M; Zamora, E.; Anitua, E.; MAZARRO, A.; Hernandez Alfaro, F Role: Autor Publishing date: 2023
    Start page: 1255 End page: 1261 Vol.: 52 No.: 12
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2023.04.004 ISSN or title: 0901-5027
  • Dentistry Journal, Dynamic Implant Surgery-An Accurate Alternative to Stereolithographic Guides-Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
    Name: Marques Guasch, J.; Bofarull, A.; Giralt-Hernando, M; Hernandez Alfaro, F; Gargallo Albiol, J Role: Autor Publishing date: 2023
    Vol.: 11 No.: 6
    DOI: 10.3390/dj11060150 ISSN or title: 2304-6767
  • International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery, 'Pillow technique' to improve lip support in the context of zygoma implant rehabilitation
    Name: Hernandez Alfaro, F; Ragucci, G.; Giralt-Hernando, M; Carames, J.; Valls, A. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2023
    Start page: 716 End page: 721 Vol.: 52 No.: 6
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2022.10.011 ISSN or title: 0901-5027
  • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY, Transmucosal pterygomaxillary disjunction using a piezoelectric device, in the context of the minimally invasive Le Fort I osteotomy protocol
    Name: Hernandez Alfaro, F; Ghuloom, M.; Giralt-Hernando, M; Lázaro-Abdulkarim, A.; Valls, A. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2023
    Start page: 569 End page: 576 Vol.: 52 No.: 5
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2022.08.003 ISSN or title: 1399-0020
  • Maxillaris, Cirugia Ortofacial en el manejo de la apnea obstructiva del sueño
    Name: Hernandez Alfaro, F; Giralt-Hernando, M; Valls, A.; Aichinger, C. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2023
    Start page: 90 End page: 102
    ISSN or title: 1139-1626
  • International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery, Three-dimensional evaluation of postoperative stability: a comparative study between surgery-first and surgery-late protocols
    Name: Valls, A.; Triginer-Roig, S.; Trujillo, L.; Brabyn, P.; Giralt-Hernando, M; Hernandez Alfaro, F Role: Autor Publishing date: 2023
    Start page: 353 End page: 360 Vol.: 52 No.: 3
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2022.06.016 ISSN or title: 0901-5027
  • British journal of oral and maxillofacial sugery, Barcelona line. A multicentre validation study of a facial projection reference in orthognathic surgery
    Name: Hernandez Alfaro, F; Vivas, J.; Belle, R.; Hass, O.; Giralt-Hernando, M; Valls, A. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2023
    Start page: 3 End page: 11 Vol.: 61 No.: 1
    DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2022.10.002 ISSN or title: 0266-4356
  • Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Anesthesia, Multimodal analgesia in orthognathic surgery
    Name: Molins, G.; Hernandez Alfaro, F; Giralt-Hernando, M; Valls, A. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2022
    Start page: 1 End page: 3 Vol.: 1 No.: 20
    DOI: 10.21037/joma-22-1 ISSN or title: 2790-8852
  • Materials, Covariates Relating to Implant Failure and Marginal Bone Loss of a Novel Triangular Neck-Implant Placed by Post-Graduate Students: A 1-Year Prospective Cohort Study
    Name: Giralt-Hernando, M; Ragucci, G.; Cantó-Navés, O.; Valls, A.; Hernandez Alfaro, F Role: Autor Publishing date: 2022
    Vol.: 15 No.: 6
    DOI: 10.3390/ma15061987 ISSN or title: 1996-1944
  • International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery, Variation between natural head orientation and Frankfort horizontal plane in orthognathic surgery patients: 187 consecutive cases
    Name: Hernandez Alfaro, F; Giralt-Hernando, M; Brabyn, P.; Haas, O.; Valls, A. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2021
    Start page: 1226 End page: 1232 Vol.: 50 No.: 9
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2021.02.011 ISSN or title: 0901-5027
  • Journal of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Airway Volume Changes after Orthognathic Surgery in Patients with Down Syndrome: A Diagnostic-Therapeutic Algorithm
    Name: Hernandez Alfaro, F; Montes-Fernández-Micheltorena, P.; Molins, G.; Giralt-Hernando, M; Mayoral Trias, A; Valls, A. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2021
    Start page: 1 End page: 9 Vol.: 7 No.: 054
    DOI: 10.24966/OHNS-010X/100054 ISSN or title: 1916-0216
  • Journal of oral and maxillofacial sugery, What are the surgical movements in orthognathic surgery that most affect the upper airways? A three-dimensional analysis
    Name: Giralt-Hernando, M; Valls, A.; Haas Jr, O.; Masiá-Gridilla, J.; Hernandez Alfaro, F Role: Autor Publishing date: 2021
    Start page: 450 End page: 462 Vol.: 79 No.: 2
    DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2020.10.017 ISSN or title: 0278-2391
  • Journal of plastic reconstructive and aesthetic sugery, Interpositional collagenated cancellous bone blocks for nasal dorsum augmentation: A new technique for nasomaxillary hypoplasia treatment
    Name: Hernandez Alfaro, F; Gonzalez, J.; Giralt-Hernando, M; Masiá-Gridilla, J.; Raffaini, M.; Valls, A. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2021
    Start page: 223 End page: 243 Vol.: 74 No.: 1
    DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2020.08.137 ISSN or title: 1748-6815
  • Materials, Factors affecting implant failure and marginal bone loss of implants placed by post-graduate students: A 1-year prospective cohort study
    Name: Ragucci, G.; Giralt-Hernando, M; Méndez, I.; Cantó-Navés, O.; Hernandez Alfaro, F Role: Autor Publishing date: 2020
    Start page: 1 End page: 13 Vol.: 13 No.: 4511
    DOI: 10.3390/ma13204511 ISSN or title: 1996-1944
  • International Journal of Oral Implantology, Rehabilitation of the severely atrophic maxilla using LeFort I maxillary advancement and simultaneous zygoma implant placement: Proof of concept
    Name: Hernandez Alfaro, F; Ragucci, G.; Mendez, I.; Giralt-Hernando, M; Guijarro-Martínez, R.; Sicilia Blanco, P.; Ventura Martinez, N.; Valls, A. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2019
    Start page: 359 End page: 372 Vol.: 12 No.: 3
    ISSN or title: 2631-6420, 2631-6439
  • Clinical Oral Implant Research, Factors affecting implant failure and crestal bone loss. A study of 220 implants placed by students
    Name: Ragucci, G.; Giralt-Hernando, M; García , S.; Hernandez Alfaro, F Role: Autor Publishing date: 2019
    Start page: 547 End page: 548 Vol.: 30 No.: s19
    DOI: 10.1111/clr.9_13510 ISSN or title: 1600-0501
  • BMJ Open Respiratory Research, Impact of surgical maxillomandibular advancement upon pharyngeal airway volume and the apnoea-hypopnoea index in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea: Systematic review and meta-analysis
    Name: Giralt-Hernando, M; Valls, A.; Guijarro-Martínez, R.; Masiá-Gridilla, J.; Hernandez Alfaro, F Role: Autor Publishing date: 2019
    Vol.: 6 No.: 1
    DOI: 10.1136/bmjresp-2019-000402 ISSN or title: 2052-4439
  • Implant dentistry, Zygoma Quad compared with 2 Zygomatic implants: A Systematic review and Meta-analysis
    Name: Aboul- Hosn Centenero, S; Lázaro., A.; Giralt-Hernando, M; Hernandez Alfaro, F Role: Autor Publishing date: 2018
    Start page: 246 End page: 253 Vol.: 27 No.: 2
    DOI: 10.1097/ID.0000000000000726 ISSN or title: 1056-6163
Course 2025-2026 - Period: 01/09/2025 - 31/08/2026
  • Bachelor’s Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Dentistry
    • - Multidisciplinar Surgery
    • - End of Degree Presentation
    • - Medical-Surgical Pathology and Oral Implantology 3
    • - End of Degree Paper
  • Official Master
    University Master’s Degree in Oral Surgery and Implantology
    • - Advanced Medical-Surgical Oral Pathology I
    • - Clinical Simulation Workshops
  • Others
    International Master's Degree in Oral Surgery
    • - Final Master's Degree (TRANSV. RES)
    • - Externships III
    Lifelong Learning Master's Degree in Advanced Oral Surgery and Implantology
    • - Externships III
Course 2024-2025 - Period: 01/09/2024 - 31/08/2025
  • Bachelor’s Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Dentistry
    • - Medical-Surgical Pathology and Oral Implantology 3
    • - Multidisciplinar Surgery
    • - End of Degree Presentation
    • - End of Degree Paper
  • Official Master
    University Master’s Degree in Oral Surgery and Implantology
    • - Advanced Medical-Surgical Oral Pathology I
    • - Final Master's Degree Project I
  • Others
    International Master's Degree in Oral Surgery
    • - Externships II
    • - Surgery II
    • - Externships III
    • - Final Master's Degree (TRANSV. RES)
Course 2023-2024 - Period: 01/09/2023 - 31/08/2024
  • Bachelor’s Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Dentistry
    • - End of Degree Presentation
    • - Medical-Surgical Pathology and Oral Implantology 3
    • - Multidisciplinar Surgery
    • - End of Degree Paper
  • Others
    International Master's Degree in Oral Surgery
    • - Research Protocol (TRANSV. RES)
    • - Surgery I
    • - Final Master's Degree (TRANSV. RES)
    • - Externships II
    • - Surgery II
    • - Externships III
Course 2022-2023 - Period: 01/09/2022 - 31/08/2023
  • Bachelor’s Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Dentistry
    • - Medical-Surgical Pathology and Oral Implantology 3
    • - Multidisciplinar Surgery
    • - End of Degree Presentation
    • - End of Degree Paper
  • Others
    International Master's Degree in Oral Surgery
    • - Research Protocol (TRANSV. RES)
    • - Externships III
    • - Final Master's Degree (TRANSV. RES)
    • - Externships II
    • - Surgery I
Course 2021-2022 - Period: 01/09/2021 - 31/08/2022
  • Bachelor’s Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Dentistry
    • - End of Degree Paper
    • - Multidisciplinar Surgery
    • - Medical-Surgical Pathology and Oral Implantology 3
    • - End of Degree Presentation
  • Others
    International Master's Degree in Oral Surgery
    • - Externships III
    • - Research Protocol (TRANSV. RES)
    • - Final Master's Degree (TRANSV. RES)
    • - Externships II
Course 2020-2021 - Period: 01/09/2020 - 31/08/2021
  • Bachelor’s Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Dentistry
    • - End of Degree Paper
    • - End of Degree Presentation
    • - Multidisciplinary Surgery
    • - Medical-Surgical Pathology and Oral Implantology 3
Course 2019-2020 - Period: 01/09/2019 - 31/08/2020
  • Bachelor’s Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Dentistry
    • - Medical-Surgical Pathology and Oral Implantology 3
    • - Cirugia Multidisciplinar
  • Official Master
    University Master's Degree in Research in Dentistry
    • - Research Protocol
    • - Final Master's Degree Project II
  • Others
    International Master's Degree in Oral Surgery (IMOS)
    • - Research Protocol (TRANSV. RES)
Course 2018-2019 - Period: 01/09/2018 - 31/08/2019
  • Bachelor’s Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Dentistry
    • - Cirugia Multidisciplinar

Academic training

  • Doctorado en Ciencias de la Salud
  • Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
  • International Master in Oral Surgery
  • Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
  • European Certificate in implant Dentistry
  • European Association for Osseointegration
  • Diploma en Especialización de Metodología de Investigación en Odontología
  • Universidad Complutense de Madrid
  • Diplomat
  • Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
  • Graduat
  • Universitat Internacional de Catalunya

Doctora i Intl. Master of Oral Surgery (IMOS) per la UIC

Acknowledgements

  • EAO Certificate in Implant-based Therapy
    Implant-based Therapy presentation and examination, 2018
  • Best communication forma - European Association for Osseointegration
    Prospective cohort study on 500 MIS® implants: success rate, biological and technical complications: 1 year follow‐up., 2017

Projects

Competitive

Non-competitive

  • A Randomized Control Trial Phase (IIIa) Unicentric, Placebo Controlled, Double-Blinded Study to confirm the Efficacy and Safety of “ Topical Alendronic Acid on alveolar bone remodeling after tooth extraction: a pilot study”
    PI: Hernandez Alfaro, F; Caballé-Serrano, J.; Giralt-Hernando, M Start date: 19/09/2022 End date: 31/12/2025
    Financing entity: European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme Financing entity code: Numero EUDRACT: 2021-005511-32
  • GRC - Grup de Recerca Consolidat: Tractament i rehabilitació de l'invàlid oral i Maxil.lofacial.
    PI: Hernandez Alfaro, F Start date: 01/01/2022 End date: 30/06/2025
    Financing entity: Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR), Generalitat de Catalunya Financing entity code: 2021 SGR 01592
  • Personalised maxillofacial bone regeneration
    PI: Hernandez Alfaro, F Start date: 01/01/2018 End date: 31/12/2023
    Financing entity: European Comission Financing entity code: No EUDRACT: 2018-001227-39
  • 2017 SGR 613 - Tratamiento del inválido orofacial - Grupo Consolidado
    PI: Hernandez Alfaro, F; Gargallo Albiol, J Start date: 01/05/2017 End date: 30/04/2020
    Financing entity: Agencia de Gestió d'ajudas Universitaries Investigació AGAUR Financing entity code: Tratamiento del inválido orofacial - Grupo Consolidado
  • Impacto de la cirugía ortognática sobre las vías aéreas BECA PREDOC
    PI: Hernandez Alfaro, F Start date: 01/09/2017 End date: 31/12/2018
    Financing entity: Agencia de Gestió d'ajudas Universitaries Investigació AGAUR Financing entity code: 2018_FI 00134
  • Prospective cohort studyon MIS implants: Success rate and biological complications.
    PI: Hernandez Alfaro, F; Guijarro-Martínez, R. Start date: 11/03/2015 End date: 30/06/2020
    Financing entity: Mis Implants
  • Prospective evaluation of implants with to different macrodesigns (C1 anv V3 MISS): succes rate, biological and technical complications
    PI: Hernandez Alfaro, F; Guijarro-Martínez, R. Start date: 11/03/2015 End date: 30/06/2020
    Financing entity: Mis Implants
  • Short dental implants (6 mm) vs standard dental implants (10 mm) in the same clinical scenario: a randomized clinical trial
    PI: Hernandez Alfaro, F; Giralt-Hernando, M Start date: 12/06/2021
    Financing entity: Mis Implants
  • Impact of orthognathic surgery on mild sleep obstructive apnea-hypopnea syndrome.
    PI: Hernandez Alfaro, F; Valls, A.; Giralt-Hernando, M Start date: 02/11/2020
    Financing entity: Centro Medico TEKNON

Publications

Articles

  • International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery, Impact of orthognathic surgery on the cheek area using the Barcelona line
    Name: Vivas, J.; Valls, A.; Haas Jr, O.; Giralt-Hernando, M; Ragucci, G.; Hernandez Alfaro, F Role: Autor Publishing date: 2025
    Start page: 733 End page: 740 Vol.: 54 No.: 8
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2024.11.002 ISSN or title: 0901-5027
  • Journal of Stomatology, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Is minimally invasive approach to genioplasty predictable for mentolabial soft tissue? A retrospective cohort study
    Name: Haas Jr., O.; Pessoa, J.; de Sousa, A.; da Rosa , B.; Bastos, R.; Giralt-Hernando, M; Valls, A.; Hernandez Alfaro, F; de Oliveira, R. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2025
    Vol.: 126 No.: 3
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jormas.2024.102103 ISSN or title: 2468-7855
  • Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Assessment of the prevalence of nasal deviation in patients requiring orthognathic surgery: association with maxillary, mandibular, or chin asymmetry
    Name: Hernandez Alfaro, F; Saavedra, O.; Botella, G.; Ghuloom, M.; Giralt-Hernando, M; Valls, A. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2025
    Vol.: 29 No.: 1
    DOI: 10.1007/s10006-025-01398-4 ISSN or title: 1865-1569
  • Medicina Oral Patologia Oral Y Cirugia Bucal, Is efficacy of miniscrew-assisted rapid palatal expansion in mid to late adolescents and young adults related to craniofacial sutures opening? A systematic review and meta-analysis
    Name: Lázaro, A.; Hernandez Alfaro, F; Puigdollers Pérez, Andreu; Giralt-Hernando, M; Elnayef, B.; Valls, A. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2025
    Start page: e271 End page: e281 Vol.: 30 No.: 2
    DOI: 10.4317/medoral.26935 ISSN or title: 1698-6946
  • Applied sciences, Fate of the Mandible in Class III Patients Subjected to Bimaxillary Surgery with a New 3D Planning Reference
    Name: Hernandez Alfaro, F; de la Fuente, C.; Valls, A.; Haas Jr, O.; Giralt-Hernando, M; Masiá-Gridilla, J. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2025
    Vol.: 15 No.: 3
    DOI: 10.3390/app15031069 ISSN or title: 2076-3417
  • Clinical oral implants research, Bone Augmentation of Atrophic Alveolar Ridges Using a Synthetic Bone Substitute With Mesenchymal Stem Cells: A Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial
    Name: Sanz, M.; Gjerde, C.; Gjertsen, B.; Ortiz, A.; Sanchez, N.; Hoornaert, A.; Caballé-Serrano, J.; Giralt-Hernando, M; Gaultier, F.; Reinald, N.; Pinholt, E.; Rojewski, M.; Rouard, H.; Chevallier, N.; Ahmed, S.; Shi, X.; Shi, T.; Schrezenmeier, H.; Layrolle, P.; Mustafa, K. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2025
    DOI: 10.1111/clr.70025 ISSN or title: 0905-7161
  • JOURNAL OF CRANIO-MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY, Transpalatal vs anterior approach for pterygomaxillary disjunction in the context of surgically assisted MARPE: CBCT assessment
    Name: Lázaro, A.; Valls, A.; Puigdollers Pérez, Andreu; Clusellas, N.; Giralt-Hernando, M; Hernandez Alfaro, F Role: Autor Publishing date: 2025
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2025.05.010 ISSN or title: 1878-4119
  • Clinical Oral Implant Research, Peri-implantitis and maxillary sinus membrane thickening: A retrospective cohort study.
    Name: Pons, R.; Giralt-Hernando, M; Nart, J.; De Tapia, B.; Hernandez Alfaro, F; Monje, A. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2024
    Start page: 757 End page: 770 Vol.: 35 No.: 7
    DOI: 10.1111/clr.14282 ISSN or title: 1600-0501
  • Aesthetic Surgery Journal, Does Aesthetic Osseous Genioplasty Impact Upper Airway Volume?
    Name: Valls, A.; Arjooca, S.; Saavedra, O.; Giralt-Hernando, M; Asensio, J.; Luiz, O.; Hernandez Alfaro, F Role: Autor Publishing date: 2024
    Start page: 354 End page: 362 Vol.: 44 No.: 4
    DOI: 10.1093/asj/sjad341 ISSN or title: 1527-330X
  • JOURNAL OF CRANIO-MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY, Le fort I osteotomy with or without concomitant removal of upper third molars: A prospective cohort study of intraoperative findings, related complications, and level of pterygomaxillary separation after down-fracture
    Name: Valls, A.; Ghuloom, M.; Starch, T.; Kesmez, Ö.; Giralt-Hernando, M; Hernandez Alfaro, F Role: Autor Publishing date: 2024
    Start page: 283 End page: 290 Vol.: 52 No.: 3
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2024.01.006 ISSN or title: 1878-4119
  • JOURNAL OF CRANIO-MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY, Effectiveness of virtual reality in relieving anxiety and controlling hemodynamics during oral surgery under local anesthesia: A prospective randomized comparative study
    Name: Valls, A.; Vandepputte, S.; de la Fuente, C.; Giralt-Hernando, M; Molins, G.; Cigarrán, M.; Sabbagh, A.; Hernandez Alfaro, F Role: Autor Publishing date: 2024
    Start page: 273 End page: 278 Vol.: 52 No.: 3
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2024.01.021 ISSN or title: 1878-4119
  • International journal of oral and maxillofacial implants, Vascular Delay Soft Tissue Technique in Oral/Maxillary Bone Reconstructive Surgery: A Technical Note
    Name: Hernandez Alfaro, F; Valls, A.; Bertos-Quílez, J.; Giralt-Hernando, M; Ragucci, G. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2024
    Start page: 135 End page: 141 Vol.: 39 No.: 1
    DOI: 10.11607/jomi.10477 ISSN or title: 0882-2786
  • International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery, Does orthognathic surgery have an incidentally beneficial effect on mild or asymptomatic sleep apnoea?
    Name: Valls, A.; Giralt-Hernando, M; Zamora, E.; Anitua, E.; MAZARRO, A.; Hernandez Alfaro, F Role: Autor Publishing date: 2023
    Start page: 1255 End page: 1261 Vol.: 52 No.: 12
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2023.04.004 ISSN or title: 0901-5027
  • Dentistry Journal, Dynamic Implant Surgery-An Accurate Alternative to Stereolithographic Guides-Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
    Name: Marques Guasch, J.; Bofarull, A.; Giralt-Hernando, M; Hernandez Alfaro, F; Gargallo Albiol, J Role: Autor Publishing date: 2023
    Vol.: 11 No.: 6
    DOI: 10.3390/dj11060150 ISSN or title: 2304-6767
  • International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery, 'Pillow technique' to improve lip support in the context of zygoma implant rehabilitation
    Name: Hernandez Alfaro, F; Ragucci, G.; Giralt-Hernando, M; Carames, J.; Valls, A. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2023
    Start page: 716 End page: 721 Vol.: 52 No.: 6
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2022.10.011 ISSN or title: 0901-5027
  • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY, Transmucosal pterygomaxillary disjunction using a piezoelectric device, in the context of the minimally invasive Le Fort I osteotomy protocol
    Name: Hernandez Alfaro, F; Ghuloom, M.; Giralt-Hernando, M; Lázaro-Abdulkarim, A.; Valls, A. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2023
    Start page: 569 End page: 576 Vol.: 52 No.: 5
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2022.08.003 ISSN or title: 1399-0020
  • Maxillaris, Cirugia Ortofacial en el manejo de la apnea obstructiva del sueño
    Name: Hernandez Alfaro, F; Giralt-Hernando, M; Valls, A.; Aichinger, C. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2023
    Start page: 90 End page: 102
    ISSN or title: 1139-1626
  • International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery, Three-dimensional evaluation of postoperative stability: a comparative study between surgery-first and surgery-late protocols
    Name: Valls, A.; Triginer-Roig, S.; Trujillo, L.; Brabyn, P.; Giralt-Hernando, M; Hernandez Alfaro, F Role: Autor Publishing date: 2023
    Start page: 353 End page: 360 Vol.: 52 No.: 3
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2022.06.016 ISSN or title: 0901-5027
  • British journal of oral and maxillofacial sugery, Barcelona line. A multicentre validation study of a facial projection reference in orthognathic surgery
    Name: Hernandez Alfaro, F; Vivas, J.; Belle, R.; Hass, O.; Giralt-Hernando, M; Valls, A. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2023
    Start page: 3 End page: 11 Vol.: 61 No.: 1
    DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2022.10.002 ISSN or title: 0266-4356
  • Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Anesthesia, Multimodal analgesia in orthognathic surgery
    Name: Molins, G.; Hernandez Alfaro, F; Giralt-Hernando, M; Valls, A. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2022
    Start page: 1 End page: 3 Vol.: 1 No.: 20
    DOI: 10.21037/joma-22-1 ISSN or title: 2790-8852
  • Materials, Covariates Relating to Implant Failure and Marginal Bone Loss of a Novel Triangular Neck-Implant Placed by Post-Graduate Students: A 1-Year Prospective Cohort Study
    Name: Giralt-Hernando, M; Ragucci, G.; Cantó-Navés, O.; Valls, A.; Hernandez Alfaro, F Role: Autor Publishing date: 2022
    Vol.: 15 No.: 6
    DOI: 10.3390/ma15061987 ISSN or title: 1996-1944
  • International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery, Variation between natural head orientation and Frankfort horizontal plane in orthognathic surgery patients: 187 consecutive cases
    Name: Hernandez Alfaro, F; Giralt-Hernando, M; Brabyn, P.; Haas, O.; Valls, A. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2021
    Start page: 1226 End page: 1232 Vol.: 50 No.: 9
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2021.02.011 ISSN or title: 0901-5027
  • Journal of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Airway Volume Changes after Orthognathic Surgery in Patients with Down Syndrome: A Diagnostic-Therapeutic Algorithm
    Name: Hernandez Alfaro, F; Montes-Fernández-Micheltorena, P.; Molins, G.; Giralt-Hernando, M; Mayoral Trias, A; Valls, A. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2021
    Start page: 1 End page: 9 Vol.: 7 No.: 054
    DOI: 10.24966/OHNS-010X/100054 ISSN or title: 1916-0216
  • Journal of oral and maxillofacial sugery, What are the surgical movements in orthognathic surgery that most affect the upper airways? A three-dimensional analysis
    Name: Giralt-Hernando, M; Valls, A.; Haas Jr, O.; Masiá-Gridilla, J.; Hernandez Alfaro, F Role: Autor Publishing date: 2021
    Start page: 450 End page: 462 Vol.: 79 No.: 2
    DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2020.10.017 ISSN or title: 0278-2391
  • Journal of plastic reconstructive and aesthetic sugery, Interpositional collagenated cancellous bone blocks for nasal dorsum augmentation: A new technique for nasomaxillary hypoplasia treatment
    Name: Hernandez Alfaro, F; Gonzalez, J.; Giralt-Hernando, M; Masiá-Gridilla, J.; Raffaini, M.; Valls, A. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2021
    Start page: 223 End page: 243 Vol.: 74 No.: 1
    DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2020.08.137 ISSN or title: 1748-6815
  • Materials, Factors affecting implant failure and marginal bone loss of implants placed by post-graduate students: A 1-year prospective cohort study
    Name: Ragucci, G.; Giralt-Hernando, M; Méndez, I.; Cantó-Navés, O.; Hernandez Alfaro, F Role: Autor Publishing date: 2020
    Start page: 1 End page: 13 Vol.: 13 No.: 4511
    DOI: 10.3390/ma13204511 ISSN or title: 1996-1944
  • International Journal of Oral Implantology, Rehabilitation of the severely atrophic maxilla using LeFort I maxillary advancement and simultaneous zygoma implant placement: Proof of concept
    Name: Hernandez Alfaro, F; Ragucci, G.; Mendez, I.; Giralt-Hernando, M; Guijarro-Martínez, R.; Sicilia Blanco, P.; Ventura Martinez, N.; Valls, A. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2019
    Start page: 359 End page: 372 Vol.: 12 No.: 3
    ISSN or title: 2631-6420, 2631-6439
  • Clinical Oral Implant Research, Factors affecting implant failure and crestal bone loss. A study of 220 implants placed by students
    Name: Ragucci, G.; Giralt-Hernando, M; García , S.; Hernandez Alfaro, F Role: Autor Publishing date: 2019
    Start page: 547 End page: 548 Vol.: 30 No.: s19
    DOI: 10.1111/clr.9_13510 ISSN or title: 1600-0501
  • BMJ Open Respiratory Research, Impact of surgical maxillomandibular advancement upon pharyngeal airway volume and the apnoea-hypopnoea index in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea: Systematic review and meta-analysis
    Name: Giralt-Hernando, M; Valls, A.; Guijarro-Martínez, R.; Masiá-Gridilla, J.; Hernandez Alfaro, F Role: Autor Publishing date: 2019
    Vol.: 6 No.: 1
    DOI: 10.1136/bmjresp-2019-000402 ISSN or title: 2052-4439
  • Implant dentistry, Zygoma Quad compared with 2 Zygomatic implants: A Systematic review and Meta-analysis
    Name: Aboul- Hosn Centenero, S; Lázaro., A.; Giralt-Hernando, M; Hernandez Alfaro, F Role: Autor Publishing date: 2018
    Start page: 246 End page: 253 Vol.: 27 No.: 2
    DOI: 10.1097/ID.0000000000000726 ISSN or title: 1056-6163
Course 2025-2026 - Period: 01/09/2025 - 31/08/2026
  • Bachelor’s Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Dentistry
    • - Multidisciplinar Surgery
    • - End of Degree Presentation
    • - Medical-Surgical Pathology and Oral Implantology 3
    • - End of Degree Paper
  • Official Master
    University Master’s Degree in Oral Surgery and Implantology
    • - Advanced Medical-Surgical Oral Pathology I
    • - Clinical Simulation Workshops
  • Others
    International Master's Degree in Oral Surgery
    • - Final Master's Degree (TRANSV. RES)
    • - Externships III
    Lifelong Learning Master's Degree in Advanced Oral Surgery and Implantology
    • - Externships III
Course 2024-2025 - Period: 01/09/2024 - 31/08/2025
  • Bachelor’s Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Dentistry
    • - Medical-Surgical Pathology and Oral Implantology 3
    • - Multidisciplinar Surgery
    • - End of Degree Presentation
    • - End of Degree Paper
  • Official Master
    University Master’s Degree in Oral Surgery and Implantology
    • - Advanced Medical-Surgical Oral Pathology I
    • - Final Master's Degree Project I
  • Others
    International Master's Degree in Oral Surgery
    • - Externships II
    • - Surgery II
    • - Externships III
    • - Final Master's Degree (TRANSV. RES)
Course 2023-2024 - Period: 01/09/2023 - 31/08/2024
  • Bachelor’s Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Dentistry
    • - End of Degree Presentation
    • - Medical-Surgical Pathology and Oral Implantology 3
    • - Multidisciplinar Surgery
    • - End of Degree Paper
  • Others
    International Master's Degree in Oral Surgery
    • - Research Protocol (TRANSV. RES)
    • - Surgery I
    • - Final Master's Degree (TRANSV. RES)
    • - Externships II
    • - Surgery II
    • - Externships III
Course 2022-2023 - Period: 01/09/2022 - 31/08/2023
  • Bachelor’s Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Dentistry
    • - Medical-Surgical Pathology and Oral Implantology 3
    • - Multidisciplinar Surgery
    • - End of Degree Presentation
    • - End of Degree Paper
  • Others
    International Master's Degree in Oral Surgery
    • - Research Protocol (TRANSV. RES)
    • - Externships III
    • - Final Master's Degree (TRANSV. RES)
    • - Externships II
    • - Surgery I
Course 2021-2022 - Period: 01/09/2021 - 31/08/2022
  • Bachelor’s Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Dentistry
    • - End of Degree Paper
    • - Multidisciplinar Surgery
    • - Medical-Surgical Pathology and Oral Implantology 3
    • - End of Degree Presentation
  • Others
    International Master's Degree in Oral Surgery
    • - Externships III
    • - Research Protocol (TRANSV. RES)
    • - Final Master's Degree (TRANSV. RES)
    • - Externships II
Course 2020-2021 - Period: 01/09/2020 - 31/08/2021
  • Bachelor’s Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Dentistry
    • - End of Degree Paper
    • - End of Degree Presentation
    • - Multidisciplinary Surgery
    • - Medical-Surgical Pathology and Oral Implantology 3
Course 2019-2020 - Period: 01/09/2019 - 31/08/2020
  • Bachelor’s Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Dentistry
    • - Medical-Surgical Pathology and Oral Implantology 3
    • - Cirugia Multidisciplinar
  • Official Master
    University Master's Degree in Research in Dentistry
    • - Research Protocol
    • - Final Master's Degree Project II
  • Others
    International Master's Degree in Oral Surgery (IMOS)
    • - Research Protocol (TRANSV. RES)
Course 2018-2019 - Period: 01/09/2018 - 31/08/2019
  • Bachelor’s Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Dentistry
    • - Cirugia Multidisciplinar