Dr Linton Nash graduated in dentistry from Griffith University in Australia and completed a master’s degree in dental surgery in orthodontics at the National University of Singapore. He holds Membership in Orthodontics of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Membership in Specialist Dental Practice in Orthodontics of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons. Dr Nash is an orthodontist in private practice and at the cleft lip and palate unit at Monash Children’s Hospital in Australia. He served on the council of the Australian Dental Association’s Victoria branch but retired from this role to take up the presidency of the Australasian Society of Lingual Orthodontists and regularly lectures on orthodontics and dental technology. In 2021, he received the Australian Dental Association Outstanding Young Dentist Award and was inducted as a fellow of the International College of Dentists.