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Keynote speakers

Programme and abstracts book

The full Programme and Abstracts book, including biographies of our invited keynote speakers, will be distributed to registrants in the weeks prior to the event.

Schedule

Day 1 schedule

Wednesday 11 September 2024
Hutton Theatre, Tūhura Otago Museum and online via livestream

10.00 amWelcome
10.10 amDr Karyn Becconsall, Fernbrae Surgery
Dear Autocorrect, it's never Duck!
Keynote
10.45 amSponsor presentation: Dentsply Sirona
10.50 amStephen McKinstry
Accuracy of fully-guided implant surgery compared to partially-guided and free-hand implant surgery; an in vitro study
Research
11.10 amPeter Sese
Managing a failing anterior fixed prosthesis: GBR and implant therapy
Clinical
11.25 amSponsor presentation: Solventum
11.30 amAiman Mohd Nizar
Methotrexate mysteries: unravelling the slow-healing ulcer enigma
Clinical
11.45 amJonathan Martin
From periodontitis to full mouth rehabilitation: a comprehensive multi-disciplinary approach
Clinical
12.00 pmLunch break
1.00 pmSponsor presentation: Envista Nobel Biocare
1.05 pmDr Joanne Choi
Snow Cap Crowns – a new way to treat dental caries and my research commercialisation journey
Keynote
1.45 pmLisa Hanson
'Doppelgängers' and 'The Third Wheel' - Supernumerary teeth
Clinical
2.00 pmSponsor presentation: Ivoclar
2.05 pmAiswarya Kovanur Kesava
"It was surprising in a bad way!!"; The experiences of children and families, who sustained dental avulsion in New Zealand - A qualitative study
Research
2.20 pmRanina Mohd Rom
Management of impacted permanent maxillary central incisors in a paediatric patient
Clinical
2.35 pmAfternoon tea break
3.00 pmLucy Jiang
Is aligner the magic wand of modern orthodontics? A case report on canine substitution
Clinical
3.15 pmAllen Hu
Short-term effect of bite-raising attachments on masticatory muscle activity and freeway space: A randomised crossover study
Research
3.30 pmZoe Berryman
Teeth tell tales: patterns and determinants of tooth wear in a New Zealand cohort 
Research
3.45 pmDr Angela Clark
The colour of fire: a multinomial regression model to estimate temperature from burnt human teeth
Research
4.00 pmDay 1 close

Day 2 schedule

Thursday 12 September 2024
Hutton Theatre, Tūhura Otago Museum and online via livestream

10.00 amProfessor Leigh Hale, School of Physiotherapy
What you need to know about Physiotherapy research
Keynote
10.40 amSponsor presentation: Straumann
10.45 amEsther Cheong
The effects of stroke on oral function and oral health - A qualitative study
Research
11.00 amRay Sun
Management of periapical lesion with non-surgical root canal retreatment
Clinical
11.15 amZaid Dohan
The extra appendage: Navigating the complexities of radix entomolaris in endodontics
Clinical
11.30 amSponsor presentation: Osstem
11.35 amYongping Chen
An approach to the full mouth rehabilitation - A case report
Clinical
11.50 amShayden Bell
Management of deep caries in permanent teeth – Let’s be consistent!
Research
12.05 pmLunch break
1.00 pmSponsor presentation: Medical Assurance Society
1.05 pmProfessor Natalie Hughes, School of Pharmacy
Drug delivery – opportunities to optimise local treatments for dentistry
Keynote
1.45 pmRebecca Phemister
Cytokine modulation in response to nisin Z lantibiotic with application in periodontal inflammation: an in vitro study
Research
2.00 pmSponsor presentation: Lumino The Dentists
2.05 pmDino Omar Barakat
Digital technology in periodontics: integration of 3D printing and guided tissue regeneration in complex case management
Clinical
2.20 pmAiman Mohd Nizar
Endoplasmic reticulum stress in oral lichen planus-associated fibroblasts
Research
2.35 pmAfternoon tea break
3.00 pmDhara Tilvawala
The business of dentistry in New Zealand 
Research
3.15 pmDr Arthi Senthilkumar
Decoding adult dental anxiety: insights from studies conducted among dentists, students and patients
Research
3.30 pmTania Mullane, Whitireia & WelTec Te Pukenga
Dr Moira Smith, University of Otago Wellington 
Oral health in undergraduate Pacific nursing training: A pilot evaluation
Research
3.45 pmPresentation of Symposium and SJWRI Awards
4.00 pmDay 2 close

All presenter affiliations are Sir John Walsh Research Institute, Faculty of Dentistry unless otherwise noted.

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