Sofia Arantes e Oliveira

Areas of practice

• Early childhood caries
• Jaw and dental development
• Pulp lesions
• Dental trauma
• Lip and tongue tie
• Impacted supernumerary teeth

Who they see

Babies, children and teenagers, including children with special needs.

Approach

Caries control; complex treatment under general anaesthesia as a day case, or under conscious sedation with nitrous oxide; paediatric oral surgery, including frenectomy. Specific behaviour-guidance techniques, adapted to each child.

Education and specialty

Degree in Dentistry, ISCS Sul (1997).

Further training

PhD in Conservative Dentistry, University of Porto (2004).

Professional experience

Clinical director of Kids&Teens since 2016. In clinical practice in paediatric dentistry since 2004. Associate professor at FMDUL (Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Lisbon) since 2011. Research in biomaterials and bioengineering at the University of California, San Francisco (1999–2002). Publications and professional training in her areas of expertise.