Dr Ian Meyers OAM

BDSc, FRACDS, FICD, FADI, FPFA

Professor Ian Meyers is a general dental practitioner in Brisbane who graduated from The University of Queensland School of Dentistry in 1982. He returned to the University of Queensland in 1988 and commenced as the inaugural Chair of General Dental Practice in 2001. Ian currently holds a position as Honorary Professor at UQ and maintains his clinical general dental practice. With over forty years of combined experience in dental research and education, and with clinical dentistry in private practice, university clinics and hospital based dental clinics, he has developed a deep understanding of managing patients in general dental practice.

He is a past President of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons, and of the Queensland Branch of the Australian Dental Association. He is President-Elect of the Australasian section of the International College of Dentists, and a Fellow of the Academy of Dentistry International and Pierre Fauchard Academy.

In 2017 he received the Order of Australia Medal for services to dentistry, professional associations, and tertiary education.

Professor Meyers has extensive experience in comprehensive patient care, with special interests in diagnosis and management of the worn dentition, geriatric and aged care dentistry, adhesive restorative dental materials, fibre-reinforced composites, and the management of patients through minimum intervention dentistry.