Prof. Zac Morse is Associate Dean of the College of Dentistry at the American University of Iraq – Baghdad (AUIB). Originally from Australia, he brings more than three decades of international experience in dental education, research, clinical practice and academic leadership, having worked in Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Japan, Hong Kong, mainland China and Iraq.

He holds a Bachelor of Dental Surgery and a Bachelor of Science in Dentistry with First Class Honours from the University of Adelaide, a Graduate Diploma in Clinical Dentistry (Conscious Sedation and Pain Control) from the University of Sydney, a Diploma in Endodontics from the British Academy of Restorative Dentistry, an Advanced Certificate in Orthodontics from Hong Kong, and a PhD from the Nippon Dental University, Japan.

Over the course of his career, Prof. Zac Morse’s interest in managing dental anxiety has shifted from pharmacological methods towards psychological approaches that address its underlying causes.