Dr. Joy Elian El Hayek is a pediatric dentist and an assistant professor in the departments of Pediatric Dentistry and Digital Dentistry, AI, and Evolving Technologies, at the Saint Joseph University of Beirut. She was selected as one of the top six women in sciences in the Levant region for the l'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science program, becoming the first dentist to win this prestigious award.Her work primarily focuses on integrating digital dentistry and artificial intelligence into the field, particularly whitin pediatric dentistry.