Vanessa William graduated from the University of Western Australia with a Bachelor of Dental Science in 1996.  After working in private practice for a number of years, she completed a Doctor of Clinical Dentistry specialising in Paediatric Dentistry at the University of Melbourne in 2004, and attained her Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons the same year. Since her return to Perth in 2005, Vanessa worked with Dr Peter Readman, becoming co-owner of Bicton Paediatric Dentistry in 2012 and more recently Cockburn Paediatric Dentistry that opened in January 2016. Further to her private practice commitments, Vanessa is the President of the  Australian and New Zealand Society of Paediatric Dentistry (WA Branch), is on the Board of Studies for Paediatric Dentistry for the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons and shares the position of Deputy Head of Department at Princess Margaret Hospital Department of Dentistry. Vanessa is invited to provide many lectures throughout the year for the continuing education of General Dental Practitioners; Oral Health Therapists and Dental graduate and postgraduate students. Vanessa and her team at Bicton and Cockburn Paediatric Dentistry are dedicated to providing high quality dental treatment to all children in a friendly and caring manner.