Dr Shenna Ho

Dr Shenna Ho graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery. Dr Ho was awarded a scholarship in Geriatric and Special Needs Dentistry by the Ministry of Health and obtained her Doctor of Clinical Dentistry in Special Needs Dentistry at the University of Queensland. She currently practices in the Special Care Dentistry Department at the National Dental Centre of Singapore.

Her clinical experience focuses on the oral health of those with special healthcare needs, including those with significant physical, medical, developmental or cognitive conditions that limit their ability to receive routine dental care.

• BDS (Singapore) 2014
• DClinDent (Australia) 2021

• Associate Consultant, Restorative Dentistry Department, Special Care Dentistry, National Dental Centre Singapore - present
• Vice-President, Special Care Dentistry Association Singapore – present

• Managing root caries with silver diamine fluoride, sodium fluoride and direct restorations: A cost-effectiveness analysis. Hu S, Hong CHL, Gao X, Wee HL, Wang Y, Lai BWP, Ho SY, Allen PF, Tan SHX. J Dent. 2025 Sep 4;162:106093.
• Interprofessional collaboration utilizing oral health therapists in nursing homes: Perceptions of oral health therapists and nursing home staff in Singapore. Ho SY, Walsh LJ, Pradhan A, Yang J, Chan PY, Lopez Silva CP. Spec Care Dentist. Nov 2023. 43(6):795-805.
• Perspectives of oral health therapists on the barriers to oral care provision in nursing homes in Singapore: a qualitative analysis. Ho SY, Walsh LJ, Pradhan A, Yang J, Chan PY, Lopez Silva CP. Spec Care Dentist. Jan 2024; 44 (1): 157-165.