Prof. Dr. Balazs Feher

Balazs Feher is an Assistant Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine. He further holds an appointment as a Senior Lecturer in Oral Surgery at the Medical University of Vienna. His primary research focus is the application of data science and artificial intelligence for diagnostic, prognostic, and generative modeling in dental medicine. He further conducts preclinical research on oral tissue regeneration.

Feher is a Contributor to the ITU/WHO/WIPO Global Initiative on Artificial Intelligence for Health (Topic Group Dentistry), Chair-Designate of the European Association for Osseointegration’s Junior Committee, and a former Osteology Research Scholar. He holds a D.M.D. and a Ph.D. from the Medical University of Vienna, where he also habilitated and earned the venia docendi in dental medicine. He further completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Giannobile and Feres Labs at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine.

Latest publications:

• Herrera D, Tonetti MS, Chapple I, Kebschull M, Papapanou PN, Sculean A, Abusleme L, Aimetti M, Belibasakis G, Blanco J, Bostanci N, Bouchard P, Buduneli N, Calciolari E, Carra MC, Chackartchi T, Dannewitz B, Danser M, Deng K, Derks J, Dietrich T, Discepoli N, Divaris K, Dommisch H, Donos N, Dutzan N, Eickholz P, Eren Kuru B, Faria Almeida R, Farina R, Feher B, Figuero E, Giannobile W, Gosset M, Graziani F, Gursoy UK, Hagenfeld D, Jepsen K, Jepsen S, Kumar P, Laine ML, Lambert F, Lang NP, Li Y, Loos B, Madianos P, Matesanz P, Mealey B, Molina A, Montero E, Nibali L, Preshaw P, Rakic M, Ramseier C, Salvi G, Sánchez N, Sanz-Sánchez I, Shapira L, Stavropoulos A, Tamimi F, Teughels W, Tomasi C, Trombelli L, Vassilopoulos S, Verket A, West N, Windisch P, Sanz M. Consensus Report of the 20th European Workshop on Periodontology: Contemporary and Emerging Technologies in Periodontal Diagnosis. J Clin Periodontol. 2025 Aug;52 Suppl 29(Suppl 29):4-33. doi: 10.1111/jcpe.14152. Epub 2025 May 4. PMID: 40320757; PMCID: PMC12286652.
• Feher B, Werdich AA, Chen CY, Barrow J, Lee SJ, Palmer N, Feres M. Estimating Periodontal Stability Using Computer Vision. J Dent Res. 2025 Jul;104(7):725-733. doi: 10.1177/00220345251316514. Epub 2025 Mar 16. PMID: 40091161.
• Feher B, de Souza Oliveira EH, Mendes Duarte P, Werdich AA, Giannobile WV, Feres M. Machine learning-assisted prediction of clinical responses to periodontal treatment. J Periodontol. 2025 Apr 20. doi: 10.1002/JPER.24-0737. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40254962.
• Latimer J, Yilmaz B, Feher B, Shiba T, Fretwurst T, Mitlak B, Lanske B, Kostenuik P, Giannobile WV. Abaloparatide Enhances Bone Regeneration in Extraction Socket Dental Implant Defects: An Experimental In Vivo Study. Clin Oral Implants Res. 2025 Apr;36(4):471-480. doi: 10.1111/clr.14397. Epub 2025 Jan 9. PMID: 39789749; PMCID: PMC11996603.
• Feher B, Tussie C, Giannobile WV. Applied artificial intelligence in dentistry: emerging data modalities and modeling approaches. Front Artif Intell. 2024 Jul 23;7:1427517. doi: 10.3389/frai.2024.1427517. PMID: 39109324; PMCID: PMC11300434.