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Marina B. B. Pereira Board Certified Pediatric Dentist and Functional Jaw Orthopedist, DDS, PhD
Marina B. B. Pereira Board Certified Pediatric Dentist and Functional Jaw Orthopedist, DDS, PhD
Collaborate and Researcher at Dona Iris Women’s and Maternity Hospital and Federal University of Goiás in Goiânia, Brazil.
Dr. Marina is a board-certified pediatric dentist and functional jaw orthopedist. She graduated at the Federal University of Goiás (UFG) in 1983 and received her Masters and Doctorate of Health Science degrees at the same university. She was a Fellow at Forsyth Dental Center, Boston, USA in 1995. Nowadays she is retired from her jobs, but continues to work as a researcher and is part of the team of professors of the specialization course in Functional Jaw Orthopedics at Instituto Odontológico das Américas (IOA) in Joinville/SC,Brazil.
Dr. Marina is the author of two books called “ Urgências e Emergências em Odontopediatria” (Urgencies and Emergencies in Pediatric Dentist) and “Manual de Ortopedia Funcional dos Maxilares – Uma Abordagem Clínico-infantil” ( Functional Jaw Orthopedics Manual, A Clinical-Infant Approach). She has also written articles including some on tongue-tie subject.
She was responsible for the implementation of the Newborn Dentistry Service at Dona Iris Women’s and Maternity Hospital, which main objective was to promote pregnant women and newborns oral healthcare through educational and preventive strategies, give breastfeeding support, as well as to make early oral diseases diagnosis and treatment. She has been especially dedicated to tongue-tie due to its negative health impacts, including early weaning.
She participated in the “Advanced Live Patient Course” in Alabama Tongue-tie Center with Dr. Richard Baxter and made an observation visit with tongue-tie expert Dr. Bobak A. Ghaheri at the Oregon Clinic.