Silver diamine fluoride is now available for use in New Zealand. This product is a welcome addition to the dental tool kit. This webinar series is designed to explore SDF, its applications and its potential to enhance patient outcomes. The series will explore the background and science behind SDF along with the clinical applications across different population groups, providing the knowledge and confidence to implement SDF into your clinical practice.

Learning outcomes

1: Silver Lining Smiles: SDF in Private Practice by Ellen Clark & Margaret-Rae Clark 24th March 2: Planning and providing conservative restorative dental care for high caries risk and vulnerable adult patients. by Ian Meyers and Sene Ioane 1st May 3:Silver Diamine Fluoride - Clinical Applications in Children by Callum Durwood & Abbey Corbett 14th May

Speakers

Dr Ellen Clark BDS, MComDent (Dist), FICD

Ellen Clark began her career following graduation with her BDS From Otago in 2008, as the first Dental House Surgeon at Whangarei Base Hospital (Northland, New Zealand). She has worked for the Northland District Health Board, for 15 years as a Community Dentist and was the Clinical Director from 2015-2021. She gained her public health specialist degree from Otago University in 2017 with distinction. She purchased a private practice in Mangawhai Heads (Northland, New Zealand) early in 2019, which she still owns and operates. Ellen was the president of the New Zealand School and Community Oral Health Service Society from 2020-2022, and is the current president of the New Zealand Society of Hospital Dentistry Ellen was elected to be a member of the New Zealand Dental Association Board 2020 until the present.

Dr Margaret-Rae Clark BDS

Margaret Clark (Ngāti Awa) is a practicing dentist in Wellington. She works both in the private sector, and as a community dentist with Ngāti Toa Rangatira - as part of a kaupapa Māori health provider. Her work includes leading initiatives to improve dental care for vulnerable groups and creating pathways to improve access to oral healthcare. Outside of her clinical work she serves as an executive member and treasurer for Te Ao Mārama (NZ Māori Dental Assoc), an executive for Te Roopū Niho Ora and a committee member for the NZDA Wellington Branch. Recently, Margaret has been working alongside public health researchers to address oral health outcomes in Aotearoa.

Dr Sene Ioane BDS, BSc

Sene is a Senior Dentist at both the Te Whatu Ora Waitaha Hospital and Community Dental Services, dedicated to delivering high-quality care to high-needs and vulnerable patients. Alongside her clinical work, she is currently pursuing a Master’s in Dental Public Health, reflecting her passion for improving oral health at a population level. With experience in private practice both in New Zealand and Australia, over a decade of working in special care dentistry, and more recent insights into the pressures of the Community Dental Service; Sene has cared for some of New Zealand’s most vulnerable communities. Recognizing the incredible potential of Silver Diamine Fluoride (SDF) across these diverse patient groups, Sene is passionate about advocating for its use. She is focused on sharing knowledge, addressing misconceptions, and highlighting SDF’s remarkable potential as a valuable option in caries management.

Prof Ian Meyers BDSc, FRACDS, FICD, FADI, FPFA

Professor Ian Meyers is a general dental practitioner in Brisbane, and an honorary professor at The University of Queensland School of Dentistry. He has over forty years of combined experience in dental research and education, and with clinical dentistry in private practice, university clinics and hospital based dental clinics. He is a past President of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons and the Queensland Branch of the Australian Dental Association. He is President-Elect of the Australasian section of the International College of Dentists, and a Fellow of the Academy of Dentistry International and Pierre Fauchard Academy. In 2017 he received the Order of Australia Medal for services to dentistry, professional associations, and tertiary education. Professor Meyers has extensive experience in comprehensive patient care, with special interests in diagnosis and management of the worn dentition, geriatric and aged care dentistry, adhesive restorative dental materials, fibre-reinforced composites, and the management of patients through minimum intervention dentistry.

Dr Callum Durwood BDS, BSc, MDSc (Melb), FRACDS, DComH (Lincoln), MPH (UNC), FADI, FICD

Callum Durward graduated from the University of Otago in 1981. Later he gained a MDSc in “Childrens and Preventive Dentistry” from the University of Melbourne, and a MPH from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In the 1980s he spent several years working in refugee camps in Thailand and Malaysia, and in the early 1990s he worked in Cambodia for an NGO at the national dental school, helping to develop dental services and education. During 2001-2003 Callum spent 6 months in East Timor as the Oral Health Promotion Advisor for the Australia-East Timor National Oral Health Project. Callum has also been a Senior Lecturer in NZ at the University of Otago and AUT University, Principal Dental Officer for the Otago District Health Board, and a Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry for the Auckland District Health Board. Before returning to NZ in 2024 he was Dean of 2 dental schools in Cambodia for 16 years. Callum has used SDF for many years in Cambodia.

Dr Abbey Corbett BDS, DClinDent (Paeds), MRACDS (Paeds)

Abbey Corbett obtained both her Bachelor of Dental Surgery and Doctorate in Clinical Dentistry (Paediatric Dentistry) from the University of Otago. On graduating from her specialist training in 2018, Abbey returned to work as a Specialist Paediatric Dentist at the Hospital Dental Service at Christchurch Hospital where her dental career first began as a House Surgeon in 2012. Abbey has been the co-chair of the Silver Diamine Fluoride in Aotearoa Collaboration alongside Dr Juliet Gray. Outside her role with Te Whatu Ora, Abbey is the recent past President for the New Zealand branch of the Australia and New Zealand Society of Paediatric Dentistry (ANZSPD) and Mum to Natalie and Harriet.