Dr. Ivona Bago

Ivona Bago was born in Zagreb, Croatia. She graduated at the School of Dental Medicine University of Zagreb in 2005. In 2010, she finished specialization in General Dentistry at the Clinical Hospital Centre in Zagreb. Since 2010, she has been working at the Department of Endodontics and Restorative Dentistry at the School of Dental Medicine University of Zagreb. In 2013, she was awarded by the Society of University Teachers and Scientists in Zagreb for the best study published in international journal in 2012. For the same study, she was awarded by the Annual Award of the School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb. In 2013, she won the prize for the best scientific study and oral presenta- tion at the European Congress of the World Federation of Laser in Dentistry, Bruxelles, Belgium. In 2013, she won her PhD in the field of laser use in endodontics at the School of Dental Medicine University of Zagreb. In 2014, she obtained two-year postgraduate master′s degree EMDOLA (European Master Degree in Oral Laser Application, 2012-2014) at the Sophia Antipolis University in Nice, France. She won the French Government scholarship for studying in France. In 2015, she became a specialist in Endodontics and Restorative Dentistry at the Clinical Hosiptal Centre Zagreb. She is currently working as full-time assistant professor at the Department of Endodontics and Restorative Dentistry at the School of Dental Medicine University of Zagreb. She also prac- tices endodontics and aesthetic dentistry in private practice in Zagreb. Since 2020., she is a scientific project manager financed by the Croatian Science Foundation “Clinical and experimental investi- gation of laser activated photoacoustic streaming and photoacti- vated disinfection in endodontic treatment”. She is a course leader at the postgraduate doctoral study in the field of laser use in endodontics at the School of Dental Medicine University of Zagreb. She is a secretary of the Croatian Endodontic Society and a country representative of the Society at the European Society of Endodontology. She is author and co-author of many scientific articles published in international journals. She has been an invited lecturer at many domestic and international congresses. She was an inivited speaker at the World congress of the World Federation of Lasers in Dentistry in 2014. in Paris. She lectures at annual congresses organized by the Croatian Endodontic Society and participates actively on training courses.