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Professor Pediatric Detistry
Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Professor Anne C O'Connell, BABDentSc MS, is a Board Certified Paediatric Dentist and a Fellow of the AAPD and IADT, and Head of Paediatric Dentistry in Trinity College, Dublin. She is currently the President of the International Association of Dental Traumatology. Anne trained in Paediatric Dentistry at Eastman Dental Center, Ny and a further degree in Cariology from the University of Rochester, New York. Anne has held academic positions at the Eastman Dental Center, the University of Maryland and the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. She returned to Ireland in 2000 and established the only postgraduate training programme in Paediatric Dentistry in Ireland. Anne has numerous peer-reviewed publications in both basic science and clinical dentistry. Her areas of interest include cariology, traumatic oral injuries, developmental defects of the dentition, and advanced restorative treatment for children. Anne is renowned as speaker both nationally and internationally on these topics. She is also active on numerous national and international dental and scientific committees/organisations and is on the Scientific Committee of AAPD and the editorial board of many journals. She recently completed two terms on the Board of the International Association of Paediatric Dentistry, where she held office of Honorary Editor. Anne also maintains a part-time private practice limited to Paediatric Dentistry in Dublin.