Dr Daniela Hesse is a dentist, academic, and researcher with a background in Paediatric Dentistry and Oral Health Sciences. She graduated in Dentistry from the University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil, in 2006, where she subsequently completed her specialization in Paediatric Dentistry in 2009, her MSc in 2012, and her PhD in 2015. During her doctoral training, she conducted part of her research at the Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), in the Netherlands. In 2022, she completed a Master in Oral Health Sciences, with a profile in Paediatric Dentistry, at ACTA. Since 2015, Dr Hesse has been affiliated with ACTA, where she currently works as an Assistant Professor in Paediatric Dentistry and coordinates the Master’s programme in Paediatric Dentistry. Her academic activities combine clinical education, postgraduate supervision, research, and curriculum development. Her main academic and research interests include paediatric dentistry, dental caries and preventive dentistry, molar-incisor hypomineralisation (MIH), hypomineralised second primary molars (HSPM), minimally invasive dentistry, and clinical education.