Dominique Declerck is emerita full professor at the KU Leuven Department of Oral Health Sciences (Belgium) where she was responsible for the postgraduate training in Pediatric dentistry & Special needs between 2011 and 2025.
Her clinical expertise includes comprehensive dental care delivery in pediatric patients and patients with special needs. Research activities focus on the epidemiology of oral diseases and implementation of oral health promotion interventions.
She is (co)author of more than 170 peer-reviewed international papers.
She is Past-President and founding member of the Belgian Academy of Paediatric dentistry (BAPD) and Past-President of EAPD (2024-2026).