Dr. Cury joined the University of Bahia College of Dentistry Division of Periodontology in January 2010. Since dental school, Cury has actively participated in scientific research development in periodontology and dental surgery. She obtained her DDS at the University of São Paulo, and MS and Ph.D. at the University of Campinas, Brazil, and joined the University of São Paulo, Oral Pathology department in 2003 as a post-doctoral fellowship, to develop a project involving the etiopathogenesis of periodontal disease. In 2010, she joined the University of Bahia Periodontology as a. She was appointed Coordinator of the Master and Ph.D. courses for DMD students in the Federal University of Bahia in December 2020, and also participates in undergraduate and graduate teaching, several college committees and has an intense clinical research activity, and is mentoring Graduate and Undergraduate students. Her main research focus, funded by the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) and Bahia State Research Support Foundation (FAPESB), is aimed at evaluating factors that play a role in oral diseases, including periodontal and peri-implant diseases, tumors, etc, in patients, as well as the factors that may impact the patients' response to treatment of such diseases. Cury has authored and co-authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications and has mentored several students with an interest in research.