Dr Jayne Jones

Dr. Jayne Jones is a registered dentist with over 39 years of experience in private and public dental practice. She graduated from London University in 1984 and worked as a general dentist in the South of England until 1988 when she emigrated to Australia. 

She worked in private practices in Sydney and in 2001 set up a dental practice in Pymble which operated successfully until it was sold in 2018. She visited the local schools and preschools to provide Oral Health education and in 2002 was filmed as the dentist for the ABC children’s production, Playschool. 

In July 2016 she joined the University of Newcastle as a clinical educator in Oral Health and took on a full-time position as a lecturer early in 2019. 

Her area of research is the development of an educational module for dental practitioners to develop their confidence and competence in providing preventive dental care for persons with Autism Spectrum Disorder. She has a special interest in dentistry for patients with special needs, and believes in the need for a preventive focus in dentistry.

During 2018–2019 she worked as a dental officer at Wyong Hospital and mentored the newly graduated dentists to assist and develop their clinical experience in the public sector. During this time, she also supervised the Bachelor of Oral Health Therapy students at Wyong Hospital. In 2022 she returned to a full-time position at the University of Newcastle and currently works as a lecturer in Oral Health