Head of Unit and Specialist in Special Care Dentistry
Kuala Lumpur Hospital, Ministry of Health Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Dr. Norjehan Yahaya is a Specialist in Special Care Dentistry (SCD) at Special Care Dentistry Unit, Department of Oral Surgery & Maxillofacial, Kuala Lumpur Hospital. She graduated with a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from Dalhousie University, Canada in 2002. Subsequently, she went to Australia where she undertook postgraduate training and obtained her Doctor of Clinical Dentistry from the University of Melbourne. She is one of the pioneers in the field of SCD in Malaysia.
She has been involved in preparing various policy documents, guidelines and other documents on oral healthcare related to SCD in Malaysia including being one of the dental experts in the Clinical Practice Guidelines Development Group on Management of Haemophilia, Ministry of Health Malaysia.
Her main clinical interests are to provide dental management in medically complex cases including patients with bleeding disorders.