CURRICULUM VITAE
NICOLAAS PETRUS LOUW
DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
NAME: Prof. NICOLAAS PETRUS LOUW (B.Ch.D. - Pret; M.Sc.(Conservative Dentistry) - London; Ph.D. (Odont) - Stell)
Born at Douglas, C.P., SOUTH AFRICA on 5th August 1936.
Address: 22 Talvenydh Ct., Dennison Rd., BODMIN, Cornwall, PL31 2RU
Phone +447803 044 904
E-Mail: endosouthwest@aol.com
BASIC EDUCATION
Pass Cape Senior Certificate at the Boy's High School, Paarl in 1953, with Matriculation Exemption, in the first class.
Obtain the degree of B.Ch.D. from the University of Pretoria in 1958.
PRACTICE EXPERIENCE AFTER QUALIFICATION
Jan. 1959 - June 1960
Assistant in private dental practice in Potgietersrus (Transvaal).
July 1960 - June 1962
Superintendent of the Municipal Dental Clinic in Vereeniging (Transvaal).
July 1962 - Dec. 1963
Senior Dentist at the Municipal Dental Clinic in Hope Street, Cape Town.
Jan. 1964 - April 1972
Private dental practice at Milnerton, Cape Province.
POST-GRADUATE STUDY
May 1972 - Sept. 1972
Full-time practical course in Crown and Bridge Work ("Long Cons Course") at the Institute of Dental Surgery in the Eastman Dental Hospital London (U.K.).
Oct. 1972 - Sept. 1973
Full-time M.Sc.-course at the same Institute and obtains the degree "Master of Science in Conservative Dentistry" from the University of London in 1973.
Jan. 1978 - Dec. 1982
Ph.D (Odont.) student (part-time) at the University of Stellenbosch. Degree conferred - 8 Dec. 1982.
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
APPOINTMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH
Appointed during the middle of 1972 as Senior Lecturer in the Dept. of Restorative Dentistry to commence duty on 1 Nov. 1973.
APPOINTMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE
Appointed as Professor of Conservative Dentistry as from 1 Jan 1975.
APPOINTMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH
Appointed as Professor and Head of the Dept. of Restorative Dentistry as from 1 Jan. 1984. Later renamed to Chairman of Department. In July 1999 I retired from the above position and took up a contract post with the University of Stellenbosch in the Division of the Dean with as primary duty the development of Computer Assisted Learning Material and Postgraduate teaching of Endodontics
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Taught Endodontics at undergraduate level from 1975 to 1990 and then remained involved in a supervisory capacity to assist the person who took over the responsibility. Remained active in chairside clinical tuition regarding undergraduate Endodontics AND Normal Occlusion.
Supervised/examined ten Masters and four Doctorate Theses. Most of these were involved with Endodontics.
Offered, with the help of members of the Faculty, from the early 90’s until 2003 a two-year part-time Postgraduate Diploma in Dentistry, in the discipline Endodontics, which is specifically aimed at the practicing dentist. The course included lectures, demonstration, “hands-on” courses, assignments and clinical activities.
INTERNATIONAL ENDODONTIC COURSES ATTENDED
Over the past two decades attended courses by Drs Louis Grossman; Dudley Glick; Al Franck; Professor Kaare Langeland; Drr. JL Gutmann; Paul Lovdahl; Gerald Glickman; Chris Stock; Peter Velvart; Eric Hovland;. Abou-Rass; Hank Trowbridge; Cal Torneck and others.
PRACTICE AS ENDODONTIST
The specialty does not exist on its own in South Africa and I could therefore not register as an Endodontist. I had, however, limited all my dental practice activities to a Practice Limited to Endodontics. This has been the case for the last ten years. As there is no other person in the Western Cape who limits his/her practice entirely to Endodontics, I consulted for and treated many cases referred to by dentists in that area. Phone calls from outlying areas were received on a daily basis. Registered from October 1999 as Specialist Endodontist with the General Dental Council in the United Kingdom. At present actively involved with private Specialist Endodontic Practice in Cullompton and Plymouth for a total of six full days per week.
RESEARCH INTEREST
(Limited to period since 1985)
Resaerch before 1985 was mostly associated with his matsres and Doctorate studies but included some valuable participation in a study in remote villages in the North West Cape Province of factors relating to caries, natural fluoride in drinking water and eating habits, especially as regards sugar content.
1985 - 2002:
In 1985 Prof. Louw spent four months full-time as visiting professor in the department of Endodontics of the University of Connecticut in Farmington, USA, working closely with Prof. Kaare Langeland, Drs. Kamram Savavi, Lars Spangberg and Eli Pascon, starting his research experience in testing of pulp and peri-apical histopathology resulting from canal sealants and pulp capping.
This work was continued by working closely with Dr. C.H. Pameijer from the same University (UCONN) doing histopathological analysis of the pulp and peri-apical areas in the baboon. This work was done in South Africa during multiple visits by Dr. Pameijer. It gave Prof. Louw the opportunity to perform a large number of root canal treatments under standardised circumstances for research purposes.
1987 - 1997 Joins forces with the Bureau for Mechanical Engineering of University of Stellenbosch to analyse the stress distribution of endodontic posts utilising Finite Element Analysis. and the development of a viable post-core system. for clinical use. Involved in the development of an eccentric diameter prefabricated post.
1992- 1994 With Dr. M Cvek from Stockholm and Dr. JT Potgieter of Stellenbosch Dental faculty do research in an attempt to establish the mechanism of hard tissue barrier induction in exposed dental pulps.
1992 - 2001 In collaboration with Dr. CH Pameijer from UCONN in the USA. Testing of the effect of dental materials and devices on the pulp.
1994 - Research at the University of Connecticut Health Centre in the USA in conjunction with Dr. CH Pameijer to establish a suitable method for the preparation of fractured porcelain surfaces and their repair with composite resins (Published 1996)
1994-1997 In collaboration with Dr. CH Pameijer, developed a method for testing shear bond strength in vivo, with and without pulpal pressure (Published in 1997)
1995 - 2002 Histopathological testing of the effect of different Endodontic sealing materials on peri-apical area. (First report at IADR, Japan, 2001)
1996 - 2000 Join "SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL LASER RESEARCH COMMITTEE OF THE South African Medical Research Council" in February 1996. Visit Berlin and Biberach in Germany, San Clemente (USA) and San Francisco (USA) and Glasgow (Scotland) for short training/evaluating visits to collect experience in the use of different Laser units for dental hard and soft tissue applications. Attended an official training course in Medical and Dental Lasers at the LMTB in Berlin.
1996- 1997 testing the effect of laser drill cavity preparation on the dental pulp. (Presented at IADR – Published in the South African Dental Journal)
1997 Laboratory research with Dr.CH Pameijer in the USA (UCONN) to test the effect of water sorption and expansion with luted posts and the possibility of cracking roots.
1998 Laboratory research with Dr.CH Pameijer in the USA (UCONN) to test different endodontic post types especially with the view of utilising Fibre-reinforced Resins and including the new Eccentric Post Design.
RESEARCH OUTPUT
Publications
COMPLETE IN JOURNALS
LOUW, N.P. Review of Publications on Precision Attachments during 1975 and early 1976. Journal of The Dental Association of South Africa 32,6:329-331 (1977).
LOUW, N.P. Dental Needs and Demands of the Cape Coloured People in the Cape Peninsula". Journal of the Dental Association of South Africa 34, 10 : 715-722 (1979).
MOOLA, M.H.; LOUW, N.P The essential dental needs for the Coloured population in the Peninsula. Journal of the Dental Association of South Africa 34,10:728-733 (1979).
ORKIN, D.A.& LOUW, N.P. (1990) "Comparison of Three Different sized Paraposts with Different sized T.M.S. Pins and their Resistance to Tensile, Torque and Shear Forces in the Laboratory" Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry 63,2:144-150
BLIGNAUT, JB & LOUW, NP (1993)
PAMEIJER, CH, LOUW NP, FISCHER D. Surface Preparation And Repair Of Fractured Porcelain And The Resistance Of The Bond To Shear Forces. J.A.D.A. Feb 1996.
STANLEY HR, PAMEIJER CH, JEFFERIES SR, LOUW NP. Adherence of “stuck” restorations to demineralized dentin following use of experimental primers. The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry 1997: 78(4): 354-366.
PAMEIJER CH, LOUW NP. Significance of pulpal pressure during clinical bonding procedures. American Journal of Dentistry 1997: 10(5): 214-218.
STANLEY-HR; PAMEIJER-CH; JEFFERIES-SR; LOUW-NP Adherence of "stuck" restorations to demineralised dentin following use of experimental primers. J-Prosthet-Dent. 1997 Oct; 78(4): 354-66
NP LOUW, CH PAMEIJER, WD ACKERMANN , T ERTL, H J CAPPIUS and G NORVAL Pulp Histology After Er:Yag Laser Cavity Preparation In Subhuman Primates (A Pilot Study) (Published by the South African Journal of Dentistry)
Abstracts (Limited to last 8 years)
LOUW, NP* & TERBLANCHE, E "The effect of Luting cement adhesion on stress distribution around Posts." J. Dent. Res, (1993)72, 4: 826 (#42)
STANLEY, H*, PAMEIJER, CH., LOUW, NP (1994) "Pulpal Reaction to Four experimental Dentine Bonding systems" J. Dent. Res.73: 293 (#1531)
N.P. LOUW*, C.H. PAMEIJER & H.R. STANLEY, "Histological Response to Four Experimental Low Viscosity Ferric Sulphate Solutions." J. Dent. Res. 73: 318 (#1731)
LOUW NP, PAMEIJER, CH, FISCHER D. "Preparation Of Fractured Porcelain For Repair With Composite Cement. J Dent. Res. 74: 432 (#248)
PAMEIJER CH, LOUW NP. Significance of Pulpal Pressure during in vivo Dentin Bonding. J Dent Res 1997: 76 (International Association of Dental Research Congress, Orlando) 1997: J Dent. Res. 76: Abstract 195 March 1997 – IADR, Orlando
LOUW,NP; PAMEIJER, CH; ACKERMANN, WD; NORVAL, G Comparison of Er:YAG-laser and Turbine Cavity Preparation in Subhuman Primates (Cape Town, 1997) J Dent. Res. 77: 1282 (#91)
CLARK, AE; PAMEIJER, CH; STANLEY, HR; LOUW,NP; Pulp Capping with a modified Bioglass* Formula (#A68-Modified) (1999) J Dent. Res. 78: 219 (#910)
LOUW, NP; BEGG,T; PAMEIJER, CH Testing the new Fibre-reinforced Resin Posts under simulated occlusal forces (2000) J Dent. Res. 79(5): 1311 (#59)
LOUW, N.P.* PAMEIJER, C.H.; NORVAL, G. Histopathological Evaluation Of Root Canal Sealer In Subhuman Primates (2001) J Dent. Res. (IADR-Japan, June 2001)
Invited Lectures (Limited to last 10 years)
April 1994 - Invited Speaker at a Seminar held at the Faculty of Dentistry in Gent, Belgium. "Research around Endodontic Posts" Sept. 1994
PROSSA DAY in Johannesburg - "Treatment of the Endodontically Compromised Tooth."
Aug. 1995 - Speaker at General Refresher Course of University of Stellenbosch Dental Faculty "Treatment of the Endodontically Compromised Tooth."
May 1997 Speaker at General Refresher Course of University of Stellenbosch Dental Faculty held in Wilderness, South Africa and repeated at Medical Research Council in Cape Town. "The Profile system” – Love your Endo again!
Sept 1998 - International Endodontic Congress – Lima, Peru. Lecture and Workshop on Modern Endodontics and Lasers in Dentistry
Sept 1998 – Workshop on Dental Lasers in Caraccas, Venezuela. Lecture and clinical tuition on “Clinical use of Lasers in Dentistry”
CPD Courses in the UK
Exeter (Sept 2002);
Portsmouth (Jan 2003);
Epsom (Four CPD Courses during 2003 - 2005);
Epsom: CPD course for the local branch of the BDA (2004)
Exeter (Full Day course in Jan 2004 and in Jan 2005)
Truro (Full Day lecture course and hands-on course in 2006)
Exter BDA in May 2008
EXAMINING EXPERIENCE
1. External Examiner in undergraduate Restorative Dentistry at all Dental Faculties in South Africa on several occasions.
2. Member of ACCREDITATION panel of the SA Medical and Dental Council (SAMDC) for evaluation of dental schools at MEDUNSA, University of Pretoria and University of the Witwatersrand in 1993/4. The visitations were repeated in 2001 for MEDUNSA and Witwatersrand, this time for accreditation of the schools with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) the successor of the SAMDC.
3. Supervisor and/or examiner of four doctorate and ten Masters theses.
4. Examiner for the SA Medical and Dental Council in Examinations for dentists qualified in foreign countries.
5. Referee for the Journal of the Dental Association of South Africa.
6. Examiner in Prosthodontics for the S.A. College of Medicine