CONTACT

E-mail: orito@unimelb.edu.au

Telephone: +61 (0)3 9035 8910 
Fax: +61 (0)3 9341 1599

QUALIFICATIONS

• BSc MSc DMD PhD (HUJI)
• Periodontist (RHCC)

SHORT HISTORY

• 2012 - : Senior Lecturer in Periodontics, Melbourne Dental School
• 2010 - : Tutor for Postgraduate Programme in Periodontics, Melbourne Dental  School.
• 2011 - 2012: Senior fellow, Honorary, Melbourne Dental School.
• 2009 - 2011: Research fellowship, CRC for Oral Health Science, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.  
• 2002 - 2009: Consultant and tutor at the Dept. of Oral Medicine & Periodontology and the RHCC School of Graduate Dentistry, the Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel.
• 2002 - 2009: Researcher and lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine, Technion I.T.T., Haifa, Israel.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Periodontal microbiology.

• Microbiological aspects and treatment strategies for Aggressive Periodontitis.
• The association between periodontal disease and systemic conditions, especially complications of pregnancy and fertility.
• Determination of the optimal insertion angulation of dental implants for future prosthetics.
• Effect of immunosuppressive treatment, medications and systemic diseases on gingival overgrowth.

CURRENT PUBLICATIONS

• See Dr. Oettinger-Barak's Find an Expert page at The University of Melbourne.