A/Prof Sue-Ching Yeoh

A/Prof. Yeoh is an AHPRA registered Oral Medicine Specialist, and maintains a specialist private practice in Sydney as well as a clinical appointment at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, and Chris OBrien Lifehouse.

A/Prof. Yeoh is the current academic head of specialist training in Oral Medicine at the University of Sydney, Australia.

She is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons (General and Special Fields Stream); the International College of Dentists; the Pierre Fauchard Academy; and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Glasgow.

She is the current President of the Oral Medicine Academy of Australasia (OMAA) and the Chair of the Australian Dental Association Therapeutics Committee and is a contributing author to the Therapeutic Guidelines: Oral and Dental V3 (2019).

A/Prof. Yeoh is committed to continuing professional development having presented nationally and internationally at various conferences and has published widely.

She has significant experience in the management of oral conditions in medically compromised patients, particularly in the fields of Haematology and Oncology, Head and Neck Oncology, Immunology and Rheumatology, and Dermatology.

A/Prof. Yeoh's clinical interests include oral mucosal disease, odontogenic and salivary gland pathology, orofacial pain, bruxism, temporomandibular dysfunction and dental sleep medicine.

Areas of Specialisation:

• Diagnosis and non-surgical management of oral mucosal conditions - infections, ulcers, blisters, polyps, potentially malignant and malignant lesions

• Salivary gland disease

• Orofacial pain - TMD, Trigeminal neuralgia, burning mouth syndrome

Oral Medicine is the specialist branch of dentistry concerned with the diagnosis, prevention and predominantly non-surgical management of medically-related disorders and conditions affecting the oral and maxillofacial region, in particular oral mucosal disease and orofacial pain, as well as the oral health care of medically complex patients.

Qualifications/Memberships:
BDS (Hons), MDSc, MPhil, FRACDS, FRACDS (Oral Med), FICD, FPFA, FDS RCPS(Glasg), FOMAA