Faculty of Health Sciences
School of Dentistry
Department of Oral Pathology and Oral Biology
van Heerden, WFP
MChD(Mondpat)(Pret) PhD(Medunsa) DSc(Odont)(Pret) BChD - Prof/Chief Specialist
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 319 2320
Fax number: 012 321 2225
E-mail address: willie.vanheerden@up.ac.za
Research Interests:
The role of viruses in oral cancer
Role of DNA ploidy in tumours of the head and neck/ DNA flow cytometry in head and neck tumors
Forensic dentistry
Oral Cancer
Oral manifestations of HIV/AIDS
Veterinary Oral Pathology
Research Output:
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
Hoogendijk CF, van Heerden WFP, Pretorius E, Vismer H F, Jacobs JF: 2006. Rhino-orbitocerebral entomophthoramycosis. International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 35 (3) / Mar, pp 277-280.
Bernitz H, van Heerden WFP, Solheim T, Owen JH: 2006. A technique to capture, analyze, and quantify anterior teeth rotations for application in court cases involving tooth marks. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 51 (3) / May, pp 624-629.
Boy SC, Janse van Rensburg E, Engelbrecht S, Dreyer L, van Heerden MB, van Heerden WFP: 2006. HPV detection in primary intra-oral squamous cell carcinomas - commensal, aetiological agent or contamination?. Journal of Oral Pathology & Medicine, 35, pp 86-90.
Hemmer J, Kraft K, van Heerden WFP: 2006. Correlation between DNA ploidy by flow cytometry and chromosome 3 aberration in oral squamous cell carcinoma. Oncology Reports, 15, pp 243-246.
van Heerden WFP: 2006. Oral manifestations of viral infections. South African Family Practice, 48 (8), pp 20-24.
Hoogendijk CF, Pretorius E, Marx J, van Heerden WFP, Imhof A, Schneemann M: 2006. Detection of Villous Conidia of Conidiobolus coronatus in a Blood Sample by Scanning Electron Microscopy Investigation. Ultrastructural Pathology, 30, pp 53-58.
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