Joana Monteiro joined the University of Sheffield in 2021, where she was appointed Senior Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry. Her main interests include the care of children with dental anomalies and she is currently undertaking a PhD investigating hypersensitivity in children with molar incisor hypomineralisation.Joana leads a joint clinic for children with metabolic bone disease, including rare conditions such as osteogenesis imperfecta and X-linked hypophosphataemia. She co-founded the UK Clinical Excellence Network for amelogenesis imperfecta and dentinogenesis imperfecta to support best practice and multidisciplinary collaboration, and she is currently co-editing a book on amelogenesis imperfecta.Joana has published on topics related to paediatric dental anomalies and contributes to the development of clinical guidelines for both the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry (EAPD) and the International Association of Paediatric Dentistry (IAPD).