Jee Yun Leung

Jee Yun Leung serves as a Senior Lecturer at The University of Western Australia's Dental School and concurrently works as a Consultant in Special Needs Dentistry for Fiona Stanley Fremantle Hospitals Group since 2022. Her academic focus centers on integrating medical complexity into dental practice, addressing systemic conditions that necessitate tailored oral healthcare approaches.

Education:

• Doctor of Clinical Dentistry (Special Needs Dentistry), The University of Adelaide (2021)
• Diploma in Special Care Dentistry, The Royal College of Surgeons of England (2019)
• Master of Science (Special Care Dentistry), University College London (2018)
• Bachelor of Dental Science (Honours), The University of Western Australia (2012)

Research Interests: Leung specializes in Special Care Dentistry for patients with critical medical comorbidities including hemophilia, chemotherapy complications, solid organ transplantation, and anticoagulant/antiplatelet therapy. Her work emphasizes interdisciplinary collaboration between dental and medical teams to manage bleeding risks, drug interactions, and systemic disease impacts on oral health. She addresses gaps in evidence-based protocols for vulnerable populations requiring complex dental interventions.

Publication Trends: Her 2022 book chapters in A Practical Approach to Special Care in Dentistry reveal a concentrated focus on pharmacological interventions in dental care, particularly anticoagulants, antiplatelets, chemotherapy, and immunosuppressants. This demonstrates a clear trend toward standardizing dental management for patients with hematological and oncological conditions, highlighting perioperative risk mitigation and condition-specific clinical guidelines as recurring themes.

Scientific Awards:

• GO Lawrence Scholarship (2021)
• Winifred E Preedy Postgraduate Scholarship (2020)
• Australian Dental Research Foundation Research Grant (2011)
• Louise Brearley-Messer Essay Competition Winner (2011)
• Convocation UWA Graduates Association Prize in Dentistry (2010)

Advising and Grants: Leung secured the Australian Dental Research Foundation grant in 2011 to support her special needs dentistry research, alongside tuition scholarships including the GO Lawrence Scholarship. While no current advisees are listed, her essay competition win and academic prizes underscore early-career scholarly excellence. Her grant work likely informs clinical protocols for medically complex patients.