Rate My Professor Helen Pullisaar

Pullisaar's research specializations encompass orthodontics, tissue engineering and regeneration, periodontology, and biomaterials. She has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications in prestigious journals, contributing significantly to the field. Key works include 'Stability, survival, patient satisfaction, and cost-minimization of CAD/CAM versus conventional multistranded fixed retainers in orthodontic patients: a 2-year follow-up of a two-centre randomized controlled trial' (European Journal of Orthodontics, 2024); 'A single amino acid deletion in the ER Ca²⁺ sensor STIM1 reverses the in vitro and in vivo effects of the Stormorken syndrome-causing R304W mutation' (Science Signaling, 2023); 'Recombinant irisin enhances the extracellular matrix formation, remodeling potential, and differentiation of human periodontal ligament cells cultured in 3D' (Journal of Periodontal Research, 2023); 'Irisin reduces orthodontic tooth movement in rats by promoting the osteogenic potential in the periodontal ligament' (European Journal of Orthodontics, 2023); 'Stability, survival, and patient satisfaction with CAD/CAM versus conventional multistranded fixed retainers in orthodontic patients: a 6-month follow-up of a two-centre randomized controlled clinical trial' (European Journal of Orthodontics, 2022); and 'FNDC5/irisin is expressed and regulated differently in human periodontal ligament cells, dental pulp stem cells and osteoblasts' (Archives of Oral Biology, 2021). Her studies explore retainer stability, irisin's role in periodontal ligament cells and orthodontic tooth movement, STIM1 mutations, and biomaterial innovations for tissue regeneration. Pullisaar's work advances clinical orthodontics and regenerative dentistry through rigorous experimental and clinical trial methodologies.