Eduardo A. Alcaino is a paediatric dentist who has been in full time specialist private practice since 1999. After completing his BDS (Hons) at the University of Sydney in 1988, he worked in general private practice for 8 years. He is currently a Specialist Clinical Associate with the University of Sydney as well as a visiting specialist at the Westmead Centre for Oral Health (WCOH) and Sydney Dental Hospital (SDH), in Sydney-NSW. He gained his Fellowship with the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons (RACDS) in 1992 and at present runs two private specialist practices in Burwood and Bondi junction, Sydney. He is a current Board Member of the International Association of Paediatric Dentistry (IAPD). His clinical and research interests are devoted to paediatric dental sedation. Eduardo started his full time specialty training at the Westmead Centre for Oral Health in 1995. His thesis on the use of general anaesthesia in paediatric dentistry and continuing education in the topic of sedation in paediatric dentistry has allowed him to become involved in establishing protocols and guidelines on the use of sedation in children with the Australasian Academy of Paediatric Dentistry (AAPD). He is a past President of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Paediatric Dentistry (ANZSPD- NSW Branch) and he held the position of Secretary/Treasurer for the recent Congress of IAPD in November 2005, in Sydney- Australia. He also manages web and IT resources for IAPD.  

Australian Dental Association (NSW Branch)