Children's Teeth
Date Published:
Wednesday, July 24, 2019
Duration:
16:47
Dr Katie Bach talks about children's teeth and why you need to get involved in their dental health. Katie currently works as a paediatric dental consultant at both Greenlane Clinical Centre and Starship Hospital as well as working privately at Kidz-Teeth in Auckland.
Topics:
- Which children are most at risk and why?
- What are the known risk factors?
- When to move from bottle feeding to a cup.
- What are the consequences of early childhood dental disease?
- Does fluoride make a difference?
- Northland’s school based tooth brushing programme.
- Pacific island adolescence and health inequity.
Take home messages
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Resources
- NZDA
- Paediatric resources - Kidz-Teeth website
- School dental service (ARDS) - Waitemata DHB schools service
- American Association of Paediatric Dentists parent resources
- Looking after children's teeth Health Navigator NZ parent resources
Presenter
Dr Katie Bach
Paediatric dental consultant
To contact Katie Click here.
This presentation is intended for qualified health practitioners professional development and should not be relied upon for any other purpose. Any opinions offered are those of the presenter or other speaker and do not necessarily represent the views of Goodfellow Unit.