Prof F A Oredugba is a Paediatric Dentist with a research focus on the oral health of children and adolescents with special needs.  She graduated with the BDS (Bachelor of Dental Surgery) Degree from the University of Benin in 1984. She had her postgraduate training in Paediatric Dentistry at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos from 1990-1994 and was awarded the Fellowship of the West African College of Surgeons in 1994 and a Masters (MPH) in Public Health from the University of Lagos in 2000. Over the years, she has taught students and conducted research in the area of oral health of persons with special needs. She was awarded a Diploma in Special Care Dentistry (M SND RCSEd, 2006) and a Fellowship of the Faculty of Dental Surgery (FDS RCSEd, 2013) from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, United Kingdom. She also bagged a Fellowship of the Academy of Dentistry for Persons with Disabilities (FADPD, 2010) of the Special Care Dentistry Association, USA. She has continued her research in this area and is also mentoring both undergraduate and postgraduate students to pursue this specialty.  She is Clinical Director and African Regional Clinical Advisor (RCA) of the Special Olympics Special Smiles and also a member of several other professional and academic groups. She has at least 50 publications including book chapters relating to paediatric and special care dentistry.