Kelly Fernanda Molena

Dentist graduated from the School of Dentistry of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo (FORP/USP) (20142018). Completed a Multiprofessional Residency and earned a Specialization in Public Health at the Hospital for Rehabilitation of Craniofacial Anomalies (HRAC/USP) (20192021). Holds a PhD in Pediatric Dentistry from FORP/USP (20212024) and is currently pursuing a Specialization in Pediatric Dentistry at FORP/USP (20232025). Currently, she is a Postdoctoral Researcher at FORP/USP (Knowledge Dissemination Fellowship Level 1A, CNPq) and a resident in Hospital Dentistry and Artificial Intelligence in Health (2025present). She holds certification in High- and Low-Level Laser Therapy from SLMandic (2024), along with training in Dental Care for Patients with Disabilities (2022) and Orofacial Harmonization (2020). Her international academic experience includes a Sandwich Doctorate at the University of Illinois Chicago College of Dentistry, USA (20232024), and an Academic Merit Exchange Scholarship at Okayama University Dental School, Japan (20172018). During her undergraduate studies, she conducted three funded research projects (FAPESP and PIBIC), worked as a Teaching Assistant in Diagnosis I and II courses, and participated in volunteer and extension programs such as Project Rondon, FelizIdade, and the FORP/USP Study Group. Since 2014, she has been involved in extension activities focused on the development of educational materials for oral health promotion and knowledge dissemination to the general population, oral health literacy (since 2019), and training human resources specialized in dental care for patients with special needs (since 2021). Additionally, she participates in the Colgate Future Professional Oral Health Promotion Program (2024present) at FORP/USP. Her knowledge dissemination efforts include creating educational content, video scripts, interviews, and podcasts on oral health education platforms such as YouTube (Oral Health Literacy Channel), Instagram (@professormolaris), and Spotify (Oral Health Literacy Podcast). Her areas of expertise include teaching, research, and extension in Pediatric Dentistry, Knowledge Dissemination, care for patients with cleft lip and palate and associated syndromes, and Public Health. Her main research interests are Pediatric Dentistry; Care for Patients with Disabilities; Laser in Dentistry; Molar-Incisor Hypomineralization; Head and Neck Cancer and its therapies (with a focus on Radiotherapy); Artificial Intelligence in Dentistry; and Climate Change and its impacts on health. Email: kelly.molena@usp.br. ORCID: 0000-0002-7290-8451. Instagram: @drakellymolena_. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)