Yvonne Rooney

Consultant in special care dentistry

Biography

Yvonne Rooney has been  a consultant at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust since 2019.

Before this she was a specialist in special care dentistry working across community and hospital services.

She has worked across the south west and London in oral and maxillofacial surgery, general dental practice, prison and community dental services.

Education and training

  • Membership in Special Care Dentistry, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 2017
  • MSc in sedation and special care dentistry on methods of diagnosing dental pain in patients with dementia, King's College London, 2015
  • Diploma in dental postgraduate studies, University of Bristol, 2014
  • Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons, 2010
  • Bachelor of Dental Science, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, 2008

Research interests

  • Oral health and dementia

Last updated: December 2022

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