Dr Lucas Guimarães Abreu is a Professor at the Department of Child’s and Adolescent’s Oral Health of the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Federal University of Minas Gerais), Brazil. He holds an MSc and a PhD in dentistry. Professor Abreu has a wide array of interests in epidemiology with a proven track record in research and teaching. He has published over 110 manuscripts in peer-reviewed and indexed journals and has lectured at undergraduate and graduate levels.