DENTAL AMALGAM ALTERNATIVE RESTORATIVES FOR PAEDIATRIC DENTISTRY

Description

A lecture on Dental Amalgam Alternatives for restorations in Paediatric Dentistry

Objectives

Presenters

1. Dr. Olivia Osiro
   Olivia M. A. Osiro holds a BDS (Nbi), Cert (Appl Biostats) (UW), MSc (Dental Materials) (Lon) and PhD (Biomaterials Science) (Nbi). She is a Senior Lecturer and Biomaterials Science Specialist in the Department of Dental Sciences, University of Nairobi, where she also serves as the Thematic Unit Head of Conservative and Prosthetic Dentistry. Olivia is passionate about oral disease prevention and oral health promotion in resource-strained settings and has contributed to relevant policy development as well as provided expertise in other technical committees. Her research interests are in dental amalgam alternatives for minimal intervention dentistry, specifically glass ionomer and related materials.
   University of Nairobi