Career Paths in Oral Health

Choosing Oral Health as a Career: History and Future of Oral Health Professions.- Oral Health Professions Legislation Around the World.- The Practice of Dentistry: How to Select a Career in Oral Health.- Education/ Responsibilities and General Overview of Careers in Oral Health. Clinical Career Path in Oral Health: General Dentistry.- Dental Specialties.- Clinical Oral Health Practice. Non-Clinical Career Path in Oral Health: Non-Clinical Oral Health Practice Specialties.- Non-Traditional Dental Career Paths.- Career Paths in Dental Organizations. Academic Career Path in Oral Health: Careers in Academic Research.- Career in Dental Education. Health and Retirement Issues.  

Rodrigo Mariño is a Professor at the Melbourne Dental School, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He is a Dental Surgeon specialising in the area of community dentistry. Prof Mariño has a dental degree from, University of Chile in 1983 and later gained an MPH from the School of Public Health, University of Minnesota (1989) and a PhD (for a thesis on the role of acculturation in the oral health of migrant communities) from the University of Melbourne (1997). In his current position at the Melbourne Dental School, Prof Mariño has been closely involved with undergraduate teaching, as well as graduate and postgraduate coursework education and supervision. Prof Mariño's previous positions have included Senior Lecturer in Public Health at the University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales and several visiting academic positions in Chile and Portugal.


Prof Mariño has excellent research expertise in social epidemiology, dental workforce issues, public health, migrant health, Information and Communication Technology (e.g., tele (oral) health), gerontology, and population oral health. Rodrigo has published more than 120 papers in scientific journals as well as several major reports and 35 Books Chapters. Rodrigo is currently the President, e-Oral Health Research Network, International Association for Dental Research, and member of the editorial board of three international, peer-reviewed journals.


Michael V. Morgan is a Professor, and holds the Chair of Population Oral Health, at The Melbourne Dental School, and is Head of School. He has been involved in dental education and research both in Australia and internationally. Graduating with a dental degree from The University of Otago, Mike is a registered specialist dentist with a Masters degree and PhD gained from The University of Melbourne in the areas of dental public health and epidemiology. He has a strong research background and interest in the causes