Dr. Selina Leow

Dr Selina Leow received her undergraduate Dental degree from the University of Sydney and her subsequent postgraduate Forensic Odontology qualifications from the University of Adelaide. She has her own private practice in General Dentistry and continues to manage almost all aspects of her private practice including all administrative aspects, staffing and training. She is a very experienced general dental practitioner. She  has been a part of the NSW Forensic Odontology Team in Australia for many years which is now based in the new state-of-the-art Forensic Medicine and Coroners Court Complex in western Sydney – the largest Forensic medicine facility in Australia. She attends the NSW mortuary weekly and is involved in all aspects of the dental identification process and odontological assessments and estimations. She is a published author. As part of the NSW Forensic Education Team, she provides organizational support for co-ordination of the NSW Forensic Odontology and Anthropology short course annually in Sydney. Additionally, she presents lectures and run post-graduate workshops nationally and internationally and has been a speaker and keynote speaker at many conferences (face-to-face or online) and other meetings. She has been involved in DVI teams locally and participated in multiple DVI training exercises and is a member of the NSW and SA DVI teams. She regularly lectures to police workshops about forensic odontology and the importance of collecting of Ante-mortem information quickly. She is the Forensic Odontology Co-ordinator for the National DNA Program for Missing and Unidentified Persons overseen by the Australian Federal Police. She has been tasked with ensuring that all Dental information (AM and PM) has been collected, recorded and uploaded to Australia’s National and Missing Persons Victim System (NMPVS). She is one of the most experienced forensic odontology practitioners familiar with the software system (also known as DVISys or PlassData). She leads training programs and manuals to ensure that Australian Forensic Odontologists are upskilled. She is the NSW Forensic Odontology registrar with the Royal College of Pathologists Australia and the State of NSW representative (Forensic Odontology) to the National Institute of Forensic Science that provides advice to the Australian and New Zealand Policing Advisory Agency. She is the Vice-President of the Australian Society of Forensic Odontology Inc. (AuSFO) and has membership and participates in many societies and organisations including the Association of Forensic Odontology for Human Rights (AFOHR), American Society of Forensic Odontology (ASFO), British Association of Forensic Odontology (BAFO) and International Organisation of Forensic Odonto-Stomatology (IOFOS). Most recently, She is the Deputy Chairperson (Elect), INTERPOL DVI Forensic Odontology Sub-Working group and regularly attends the INTERPOL DVI meetings each year as an Australian delegate.