Oladele Omoniyi
Work Experience(s)
Principal Dental Surgeon I & Head of Dental Department
Pathology Screening & Monitoring: Direct specialized oral screening clinics; actively diagnose, map, and document oral mucosal lesions, erythroplakias, and precancerous conditions. Administrative Oversight: Direct departmental budgeting, resource and equipment procurement, patient dataset organization, and multi-disciplinary quality assurance frameworks. Personnel Supervision: Manage, mentor, and evaluate a team of junior clinical staff, including dental therapists, dental surgery technicians, and dental nurses. Clinical Operations & Referrals: Spearhead advanced patient management and streamline referral workflows for suspected oral malignancies to tertiary centers.
Principal Dental Surgeon II
Clinical Dentistry: Delivered secondary-tier comprehensive oral healthcare, complex restorative dentistry, and minor oral surgeries. Data & Epidemiological Tracking: Conducted targeted community-based oral lesion screenings and established standardized clinical referral pathways to log regional oral disease trends.
Dental Officer to Senior Dental Officer
Comprehensive Care: Performed routine restorative dentistry, preventative care protocols, oral prophylaxis, and initial stabilization of maxillofacial trauma. Instruction & Supervision: Provided structured hands-on clinical teaching, case review moderation, and technical supervision for rotating dental technologists, therapists, and nursing interns.
Dental Officer
Emergency & Elective Care: Managed high-volume patient turnouts presenting diverse regional clinical pathologies at a prominent northern regional health hub.
NYSC Dental Officer
Rural Health Leadership: Served as primary oral healthcare provider during National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) deployment, heading rural oral health containment, hygiene, and prevention networks.
Dental House Officer (Clinical Intern)
Rotational Internships: Completed intensive clinical rotations across specialized sub-departments: Oral Pathology, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Restorative Dentistry, and Periodontics.
Teaching Experience(s)
Clinical Instruction
Clinical instruction of dental interns, technologists, and hygienists on diagnostic pathways, clinical safety, and cross-infection biosafety protocols. Public health didactics including oral hygiene modules and cancer prevention presentations for rural community leaders and CHEWs.
My Research Interests
- Diagnostics
- Early Screening Tools
- Epidemiology
- Non-Invasive Liquid Biopsy
- Translational Oral Oncology