Dr Annapurny Venkiteswaran graduated from the University of Malaya in 2002 and completed her clinical master‘s in paediatric dentistry in 2010. She is a member of the Faculty of Dental Surgery, England (2008) and a trained clinical hypnotherapist, with a diploma in hypnotherapy from the London College of Clinical Hypnosis (2015). She recently earned a postgraduate diploma in health
economics from the University of South Wales. Currently an associate professor at UiTM‘s Faculty of Dentistry, Dr Venkiteswaran focuses on teaching and research, particularly in dental
traumatology, craniofacial anomalies and hypnosis. She is also the vice president of the Malaysian Society of Clinical Hypnosis and editor-in-chief of the Malaysian Journal of Paediatric Dentistry.