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Dr Yasmin Akrum - BDS (Singapore), MSc Periodontics (United Kingdom), FAMS (Periodontics)Managing Partner of The Oral Care CentreDr Yasmin Akrum graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery in 1992. She then proceeded to complete her Masters in Science (Periodontology) at the Eastman Dental Institute, University of London in 1995. After working in the private sector for 5 years as a periodontist, she returned to the National Dental Centre (NDC). While in NDC, apart from a clinical practice restricted to the speciality of periodontics, she was also involved in the teaching of NUS undergraduates and post graduates as well as dental surgery assistants and (recently) dental hygienists/therapists in NDC. She continues to contribute her expertise in the training of under and postgraduate students in both NDC as well as the Faculty of Dentistry, NUS.Her advance speciality training at the National Dental Centre has honed her clinical skills to not only stabilise patients with periodontitis via conservative and surgical treatment but to also restore the function and aesthetics of patients utilising various soft and hard tissue grafting techniques and implant surgery.She is a member of the Society of Periodontology (Singapore) and the Academy of Medicine (Singapore). Her research interests include the relationship between maternal periodontitis and the delivery of a preterm, low-birth weight infant.
Specialty:
Periodontology
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