Dr Bakr received his Bachelor Degree in Dental Medicine and Surgery from Cairo University in 2004 and completed his Master Degree in 2010. Dr Bakr has a special interest in teaching Oral Biology and Head and Neck Anatomy with over 20 years in academia in Australia as well as overseas. In 2014, Dr Bakr completed a Graduate Certificate in Higher Education and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in 2019. Currently, Dr Bakr is an accredited examiner for the Australian Dental Council Examination for overseas training dentists and an approved member of the hearing panel for AHPRA notifications. Besides his teaching commitments, Mahmoud remains to be a clinician practising most aspects of general dentistry with a special interest in management of temporomandibular disorders. He has also published over 55 peer reviewed journal articles in different fields including the effect of Botulinum Toxin on different oral tissues.