Chief, Pediatric Dentistry
Seattle Children's Hospital
Barbara Sheller is Chief of Pediatric Dentistry and a staff orthodontist at Seattle Children's Hospital. Since 1987, she has practiced both pediatric dentistry and orthodontics at Seattle Children’s and nearly all of her patients have special health care needs. She is Affiliate Professor in both Orthodontics and in Pediatric Dentistry at the University Of Washington School Of Dentistry and has held leadership and committee positions in organized dentistry locally and nationally. Dr. Sheller is a Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry and a Fellow of the American College of Dentists.
Her research and publications focus on dental trauma, caries emergencies, and dental treatment of children with special health care needs. Dr. Sheller is primarily a clinician and values educational programs that offer strategies and techniques to make quality dental care safer, smoother, and easier for children and adolescents, their parents, and the dental team. She strives to create and deliver presentations that blend scientific evidence with clinical experience and give course attendees practical tools to apply in their dental practices.
Thursday, April 11
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM