The Dental Practitioner
The Dental Practitioner
ADANSW Centre for Professional Development
A Rare Breed: The World of Special Needs Dentistry
51 minutes Posted Apr 23, 2026 at 6:00 am.
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There are only 29 special needs dentists in Australia. Seven of them work in NSW. And 1.4 million Australians with profound or severe disabilities depend on someone else to brush their teeth. In this episode of The Dental Practitioner, host Dr Cathleen Dong sits down with Dr Zanab Malik — special needs dentist, researcher, and founder of the AI-powered oral health app My Special Needs Dental Home — to unpack a specialty that most dentists have never fully encountered. Zanab shares her journey...