Isabel Martinez Lizán

Prof. Dr.

Spain

English, Spanish, Catalan

Prof. Dr. Isabel Martinez Lizán graduated from the University of Barcelona, Spain, in 1991. She is a full-time professor in Preventive and Community Dentistry at the same university and has been an iTOP lecturer since 2014.

Isabel Martinez Lizán is a full-time Professor of Preventive and Community Dentistry at the University of Barcelona, where she has taught since 2001. She has been an iTOP Lecturer since 2013 and previously served as Chief of Academic Affairs for the Dental Degree Program (2009–2016) and as Faculty Secretary and Head of International Affairs (2001–2009).

She maintained a general dentistry practice in Barcelona from 1991 to 2001 and taught part-time in Preventive & Community Dentistry from 1993 to 2001. Isabel earned her Doctorate in Dentistry from the University of Barcelona in 2000, after completing a specialization in Public Oral Health at the University of the Basque Country. She is fluent in English, Spanish, and Catalan.

The education of dental students should include the acquisition of knowledge, skills and abilities to cure diseases as well as to maintain and promote health. In this context, it is necessary to teach the practice of efficient oral hygiene habits that respect the oral environment.