Cianna O'Brien

After graduating from the University of Manchester in 2016 with her Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS), Cianna moved to Cardiff and completed her dental foundation training year in Swansea. Her interest in anxious patients and surgery led her to take a post for a year as a dental core trainee in the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery department of Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfill, and in the Community Dental Service at St David’s Hospital in Cardiff. In this time, she completed her MFDS examination with the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh). Cianna then worked as a general dental practitioner in Barry for 2 years providing NHS and private dental treatment to her patients. During this time, she nurtured a keen interest in the management of periodontal disease and provision of an aesthetic and functional dentition to patients whose aesthetics, function and confidence were compromised by periodontitis. Exploration into further education in this field led to an externship in the Department of Periodontology at the University of Minnesota in May 2019.