Tomasz "Tomi" Kupka
Dental and Physiotherapeutic Practice
Ruda Slaska
Poland
Tomasz 'Tomi' Kupka (born 1966)
= DMD, Zabrze, Poland, 1990
= 1 degree specialisation in general dentistry, Katowice, Poland, 1995
= PhD in dental materials, Zabrze, Poland, 1998
= 2 degree specialisation in conservative dentistry, Warszawa, Poland, 1999
= Habilitation Dissertation on a glass ionomer, positively reviewed, Zabrze, Poland, 2007
= Academic teacher at the Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland, 1990-2020
= Teaching professor at the Polish Campus in Bytom and Katowice of the Kyiv Medical University, Poland, 2024-
= Between 1985 and 2000, he was an active stage artist/pianist and composer in Lean Back band, which allowed him to implement music and VR into hypnosis during treatments. Author of the album with relaxing music, Relaksis: Patiens meus, 2003
= Author of the „Wesoły Ząbek” school prevention clinics operating in Ruda Śląska, Poland, 1998-2019.
= Medical Practice, Ruda Śląska, Poland, 1992-
= Honourable editor/reviewer
= International Hippocrates Award For Medical Achievements in the Arena of Research and Teaching Dentistry, IBC, Cambridge, 2010, UK
= Membership:
Past:
- Academy of Dental Materials, San Diego, USA, 2005-2012
- International Association for Dental Research, Alexandria, VA, USA, 2001-2015
Active:
- Polish Dental Association
- European Association of Dental Implantologists-National Association of Dental Implantology
- Silesian Medical Chamber
= List of publication:
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7908-4571
Research Interests
Dental materials, Glass ionomer, Polymer, Virtual reality, and Zirconia
