Peter Arrow is Regional Dental Officer involved in Research and Evaluation for the Dental Health Services, Health Department of Western Australia. He is also a Visiting Adjunct Senior Lecturer at the University of Adelaide. Peter has a BDS, an MA in Public Policy and in addition, a PhD in Public Health/Epidemiology from Curtin University in 1997. He has been a Senior Research Fellow at the Australian Research Centre of Population Oral Health and also managed a School Dental Service as part of his position as Area Dental Officer. He is also a Member of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons.