Name: Silver Diamine Fluoride Webinar Series [2] Planning and providing conservative restorative dental care for high caries risk and vulnerable adult patients.
Start: 2025-02-22T17:21:53+13:00
End: 2025-02-22T17:21:53+13:00
Location: Silver Diamine Fluoride Webinar Series [2] Planning and providing conservative restorative dental care for high caries risk and vulnerable adult patients.

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

Populations are ageing and keeping their natural teeth longer, and there is an increasing expectation by patients that they will retain their natural dentition into their later years. This presentation will focus on the assessment and conservative restorative management of high caries risk patients and vulnerable adult patients. Emphasis will be placed on the management of exposed root surfaces and options for managing root surface caries and the appropriate use of fluorides, particularly silver fluoride. A range of clinical cases will be presented to show contemporary management strategies, along with the use of appropriate dental restorative materials and techniques to demonstrate how to enhance and optimise outcomes for patients. Topics / Learning Objectives: • Assessing and understanding the individual oral health needs of the high risk and vulnerable adult patient. • Reviewing the use of fluorides in the management of caries. • Determine the most appropriate restorative management for root surface lesions, and high caries risk patients. • Appreciate the benefits of minimally invasive restorations in preserving and maintaining the patient’s dentition. • Evaluating the apparently hopeless tooth and options for management • Develop maintenance strategies that best suit the individual patients to attain optimised long term outcomes.

Speakers

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.