Graduated from Tehran University in 1977 (Ranked-First)
Ranked-First among all graduates in the whole Country
Graduated in Orthodontics from Columbia University in the City of New York in 1980
Fellow of International College of Dentists (FICD)
Award winner of the Alborz Cultural Foundation
Award winner of the Kharazmi Cultural Festival
Award winner of the Martyr Dr. Ahmad Hedayat Cultural Festival
Member of Iranian Dental Association and Iranian Association of Orthodontists
The founder of the American fix orthodontic technique in Mashhad, Iran
Professor of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Mashhad University, Iran
Specialty: Orthodontics
Academic Rank: Full Professor
Speaker and panel manager in over 100 conferences
Manager of the 9th International Conference of the Iranian Association of Orthodontists in 2011
Published articles
Basafa M. Criteria for tooth extraction in Orthodontics. Journal of Shaheed Beheshti Dental School 1995; No. 23: Pages 5 to 10
Basafa M, Padsar P. Third molar examination in adults with normal occlusion. Journal of Mashhad Dental School, Spring and Summer 1996; pages 21-26
Basafa M, Abbasian A. Investigation of cephalic indices and physiological indexes and their relation with form and width of the maxillary arch in adolescents with normal occlusion. Journal of Mashhad Dental School Autumn and Winter 1997; pages 131 to 139.
Good afternoon, mosque house. Cephalometric template for children aged 11 to 13 with normal occlusion in Mashhad. Journal of Dental School, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, 2003; Volume 27: Pages 115-108
Basafa M, Salehi Vaziri Preparation of lateral and posterior anterior cephalometric template for men with normal occlusion. Journal of Dental School, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, 2005; Volume 28: Pages 1-8
Basafa M, Shokour Mahmoudi M. Cephalometric study of 59 patients with Down syndrome. Iranian Journal of Ears, Throats, Nasal and Larynges 2005; No. 2: Pages 11-19.
Basafa M, Shakur Mohammadi Dental-facial features of patients with Down syndrome. Journal of Dental School, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, 2005; Volume 29, Number 3 and 4: pp. 153 to 162.
Basafa M, Jahanbin A. Comparative Evaluation of Diagnostic accuracy of common cephalometric analyzes in determining the relation between the anterior-posterior (anterior-posterior) jaws.
Journal of Dental School, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences 2005; Volume 10: Pages 1 to 9.
Basafa M, Sadrnejad, Qorishi S. Comparative evaluation of Ni-Ti titanium orthogonal wire bending force characteristics. Journal of Dental School, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
2006; 24 (2): pp. 15 to 24
Basafa M, Zebrajd, Jazz games. A comparative evaluation of the ratio of force-bending of stylistic steel orthogonal wires in the Iranian market. Journal of Dental School, Mashhad University of
Medical Sciences, 2006; Volume 30, Number 1 and 2: pp. 153 to 162.
Basafa M, Shahabee M. Prevalence of TMJ disorders among students and its relation to malocclusion. Iranian J Orthod 2006; 1: 1-6
Basafa M, Shahri F. Cephalometric analysis of Mashhad children based on “natural head position”. Journal of Mashhad Dental School 2007; 31: 4-9
Basafa M, Farzanegan F. Immediate Versus Delayed Force Application after Orthodontic Bonding. “An in vitro study” Journal of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Vol. 3, No. 1, 24-29, 2006
Town, f. Cephalometric criteria for 12-year-old Mashhadi children with normal occlusion. Journal of Dental School, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 2006; 24 (4): 415 to 422.
Hamid Jafarzadeh, Ali Talati, Mohammad Basafa, and saeed Noorollahian. Forced eruption of adjoining maxillary premolars using a removable orthodontic appliance: a case report. Journal of Oral Science , Vol. 49, No. 1, 75-78, 2007
Arezo Jahanbeen, Mohammad Basafa, Yekta Alizadeh. Evaluation of the Divine Proportion in the facial profile of young females. Indian J Dent Res, Vol. 19(4), 2008
Skin, Bassafam, Sabbaghy, Maya. Lumbar position changes and dental arch width in class 1 patients after orthodontic treatment by dragging four premolars. Journal of Dental School, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, 2007; Volume 14: p. 37 to 45.
Basafa M, Zebrajd M, Narimani M. Investigating the variation of Ni-Titanium wire bending force after one application of clinical application in three different types of cranes. Journal of Dental School,
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, 2008; Volume 32, Number 1, p. 1 to 10.
Skin, good, Islamic. Effect of progesterone on experimental teeth in rabbits. Journal of Dental School, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences 2008; Volume 4, Issue 4: pp. 205-210
Sensitivity and specificity of SNB and facial angles in diagnosis of mandibular anteroposterior position in class II patients. Poosti M, Basafa M, Ahrari F, Movahedian A. Iranian J Orthod. Vol 2, N0.1&2, 2007 ( 2010).
Progestron effects on experimental tooth movement in rabbits. Maryam Poosti, Mohammad Basafa, Neda Eslami. CDA (California Dental Association) Journal. Vol 37, N0. 7, 2009.
Mesh diagram software programming and norm calculations for Iranian adolescences (Qazvin, Mashhad). Nouri M, Rahimi Ha, Rahimi He, Akbarzadeh Bagan A, Basafa M. Journal of Qazvin University of Medical Sciences. Vol. 13, No. 3, autumn 2009.
The efficacy of Er, Cr: YSGG Laser in reconditioning of Metallic Brackets. Ahrari F, Basafa M, Fekrazad R, Mokarram M, Akbari M. Photomed Laser Surg. 2011 Dec. 1
Student Thesis
Supervised over 50 general dentistry and orthodontic theses
Translator of three Contemporary Orthodontics books Compiled by Prof. W.R. Proffit into Persion
- Tanslation of the 2nd edition of the Contemporary Orthodontics, 1993 (Selected as the best translated Book of the Year at the Kharazmi festival)
- Tanslation of the 3rd edition of the Contemporary Orthodontics, 2000 (Selected as the best translated Book of the Year at Martyr Dr. Ahmad Hedayat Festival)
- Tanslation of the 5th edition of the Contemporary Orthodontics, 2013 (Selected as the best translated Book of the Year at Martyr Dr. Ahmad Hedayat Festival)