An interview with Ambrosina Michelotti

Ana Cláudia de Castro Ferreira CONTI, Ricardo de Souza TESCH, Guilherme de Araújo ALMEIDA, Bruno D’Aurea FURQUIM, Daniela Aparecida de Godoi GONÇALVES

Professor Ambrosina Michelotti is one of the most important researchers in the field of Orthodontics, Temporomandibular Disorders and Orofacial Pain. I’m following her publications since I first read the revision article about the role of Orthodontics in Temporomandibular Disorders, published in 2010 on the Journal of Oral Rehabilitation, which helps to elucidate in a very didactic way the concepts based on scientific evidence that link these two areas. As I am involved on the same field of research, I became very enthusiastic of her work and competence. When in 2011 we had the opportunity to meet at a congress of the European Academy of Orofacial Pain, I had the chance to face another and even more important characteristic of Professor Ambrosina: her sympathy, happiness and cordiality. Since then, we have met in many congresses and recently, in last June, Professor Ambrosina attended the Sociedade Brasileira de Disfunção Temporomandibular e Dor Orofacial (SBDOF) meeting in São Paulo, where she lectured for more than 700 participants. I would like to highlight that Professor Ambrosina was one of the members of the team of professionals responsible for updating the Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (DC/TMD) last September in Newark, USA. And finally, I would like to thank the Dental Press Journal of Orthodontics for the opportunity of coordinating this interview, and also the professionals who contributed to this text. I am sure that DPJO readers will appreciate this interview, due to the broad scientific and clinical experience of this great lady of Orthodontics, TMD and Orofacial Pain. Enjoy it! - Ana Cláudia de Castro Ferreira Conti (interview coordinator)

How to cite: Michelotti A, Conti ACCF, Tesch RS, Almeida GA, Furquim BD, Gonçalves DAG. An interview with Ambrosina Michelotti. Dental Press J Orthod. 2018 Mar-Apr;23(2):22-9. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/2177-6709.23.2.022-029.int

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