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Professor in Dental Materials Sciences and Professor in Special Care Dentistry at the Dental School of the Faculty of Health Sciences at Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina
Dr. Gustavo Molina
BDS DDS PhD
Professor in Dental Materials Sciences and Professor in Special Care Dentistry at the Dental School,
Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Católica de Córdoba (Argentina).
Associate Professor in Dental Materials Sciences
The Faculty of Dentistry, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (Argentina).
Former Clinical Practitioner in Cariology, Restorative Dental Sciences Division
Faculty of Dentistry, University of Hong Kong (2022-2024)
Haya de la Torre s/n – Ciudad Universitaria (5000)
Córdoba, Argentina
E-mail: gustavo.molina@unc.edu.ar
Tel: +54 (0351)-5353-600 (int. 62203)
Dr. Molina graduated in 1991 from the Faculty of Dentistry, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina. He holds two PhD’s and several peer reviewed publications (Scopus h-index 16). His first doctorate was in the field of Craniofacial Research related to oral characteristics of Argentinean aborigines with Down Syndrome. The doctoral thesis was defended in 1998 at the Faculty of Dentistry UNC. A second PhD was defended in 2014 at the Radboud University Nijmegen (The Netherlands) related to the use of minimal intervention dentistry in Patients with Special Needs.
He is the former Director of the Dental School, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Católica de Córdoba (2013-2016). Dr. Gustavo Molina was President of the iADH (International Association for Disability and Oral Health) between 2022 and 2024. He was Chair of the iADH International Advisory Committee (2018-2020) and of the iADH Scientific Committee (2020-2024).
He has more than 30 years of experience in providing a full range of care for people with disabilities. He worked under the direction and surveillance of Dr. Rodolfo Castillo Morales, the world leader in Oral Motor Therapy and developed resources to aid and promote the use of Oral Motor Therapy across Europe and South America. His main clinical and research topics of interest deal with non-restorative and minimally invasive caries treatment options, mainly applied to vulnerable groups.