Aids the reader in selecting a career path within oral health

Describes clinical career paths in general dentistry and specialties, academic career paths, and non-traditional options

Written by distinguished authors of differing career backgrounds who also highlight lessons gained from personal experience

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 and prevention of oral disease, economic evaluation and clinical trials of oral disease preventive agents. Professor Morgan’s principal teaching responsibility is in population oral health, focusing on oral disease causation in relation to common risk factors and disease prevention at a population level - with an emphasis on community water fluoridation. An immediate Past President of the Australian Dental Council (ADC) Board of Governors - the organisation responsible for accreditation of tertiary institution based dental educational programs and assessment of overseas trained dental health professionals - Mike Chairs the Accreditation Committee for the ADC.