Program & Speakers

Dr. Jennifer Irwin, PhD., CPCC, PCC

Dr. Jennifer Irwin is a health behaviourist, a certified professional life coach accredited with the Coaches Training Institute and the International Coach Federation. She is a published author, workshop facilitator, and an award winning researcher and university professor. Her area of specialization in both her research and her clinical work is healthy body weight promotion and obesity reduction and prevention among children, youth, and adults. She is passionate about her coaching practice, the application of motivational interviewing and coaching principles to the health professions, and engaging in the research needed to assess the impact of this innovative intervention. Dr. Irwin has experience working with and presenting to individuals and groups (up to 1200).

Dr. Don Morrow, PhD, CPCC, PCC

Dr. Don Morrow perceives his most effective role in working with people as one of teacher and insight facilitator. A multi-award winning teacher, he holds a PhD in the Health Sciences and has over 25 years of experience working as a professor at all levels of the Canadian university educational system. He is a certified professional coach trained and accredited with both the Coaches Training Institute and the International Coach Federation. Don is an experienced coach and Motivational Interviewing (MI) workshop facilitator. His evidence-based research and publications focus specifically on using MI and coaching as behavior change interventions for a variety of health issues. He is a widely published author, an experienced presenter to groups varying from small workshops to very large groups, and he continues to nourish a small individual- and relationship-coaching practice.

Professor Eric C. Reynolds AO FICD FTSE FRACDS

Professor Eric Reynolds is a Melbourne Laureate Professor and Head of the Melbourne Dental School. He is also Associate Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences of the University of Melbourne and CEO of the Oral Health CRC. He has been researching and teaching for 30 years on the aetiology and prevention of oral diseases. He has over 200 scientific publications and 19 patents. Professor Reynolds is on the Editorial Board for the Australian Dental Journal and has also been a member of the Editorial Board for the Journal of Dental Research, the publication of the American Association for Dental Research. Professor Reynolds has received numerous awards and distinctions with the most significant being the Clunies Ross National Science and Technology Award in 2002 to recognize the successful application of science and technology and the Victoria Prize in 2005 which is awarded to an individual whose scientific discovery or technological innovation has significantly advanced the State of Victoria. Also in 2005 he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for service to community dental health and to dental education. In 2011 he received the Distinguished Scientist Award from the International Association for Dental Research.

Professor John Thomas

Professor Thomas is presently Director of the Biofilm Research Laboratory for Translational Studies in Medicine, Dentistry, and Industry at West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, US and Senior Consultant to Clinical Microbiology , WVUH. He created the International Tri-University Biofilm Research Consortium in 2002 to further global investigations and education (www.hsc.wvu.edu/som/pathology/thomas), initially focusing on VAP and the MV ICU patient highlighting the oral-systemic link. He completed a six month Sabbatical at Cardiff University, School of Dental Medicine in 2008 and has travelled extensively, lecturing in 16 countries, four continents and to greater than 15,000 educators and public healthcare providers.

Eduardo A. Alcaino BDS (Hons) MDSc, FRACDS MRACDS , Grad. Dip.

Dr Alcaino was born in Santiago, Chile, where he started his university training. He then moved to Sydney, Australia in 1983 where he then again commenced his university training. After completing his Bachelor degree (BDS-Hons) in 1988 at the University of Sydney, he worked in general dental practice for 8 years and has been involved in teaching since graduation. He works in specialist paediatric private practice since 1999. He is currently a Clinical Associate Lecturer with the University of Sydney and a visiting specialist to both the Sydney Dental Hospital (SDH) and the Westmead Centre for Oral Health (WCOH) in NSW.

Wendy Bellis

Specialist Paediatric Senior Dental Officer and Assistant Clinical Director for Camden and Islington Community Dental Services(Whittington Health). Wendy is a specialist paediatric dentist who has worked with children with special needs for many years in the hospital and salaried services in central London. Since 1995 she has been responsible for the Behaviour Management modules on the MSc/Doctorate programme in Paediatric Dentistry at the Eastman Dental Institute, London . Over the last 15 years her clinical work has increasingly focussed on the dental management of children who are diagnosed as being in the autistic spectrum and these children now represent approximately 90 % of her clinical case load.

Mina Borromeo

Dr Borromeo completed her PhD in 2000 in the field of masseter muscle structure and function. Since then she completed a Master of Science in Pain Management and is a Fellow of the Faculty of Pain Medicine, Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists. She also holds a fellowship in Special Needs Dentistry, RACDS and is a registered specialist in Special Needs Dentistry in Australia. She is the current President of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Special Needs Dentistry and a past President of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Orofacial Pain. In 2005 she was appointed Convener of Special Needs Dentistry at the Melbourne Dental School and developed the undergraduate and post-graduate curricula in Special Needs Dentistry. Her research interests include extensive work on bisphosphonates and their role in benign and malignant disease as well as other numerous areas in Special Needs dentistry including perception of special needs dentistry at undergraduate, graduate levels in Australia and abroad and oral health care in medically compromised patients and individuals in remote communities.

Peter R. Ebeling MBBS MD FRACP

Professor Ebeling is Chair, NorthWest Academic Centre and Assistant Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne and Head of Endocrinology, at Western Health, Victoria, Australia. Research interests include public health aspects of vitamin D; post-transplantation osteoporosis; osteoporosis in men; and biochemical bone turnover markers. He has served on the Editorial Board of Journal of Bone and Mineral Research since 2001 and is currently an Associate Editor. He also serves on the Editorial Board of Osteoporosis International and is Medical Director of Osteoporosis Australia and President-Elect, Endocrine Society of Australia; past-President of the Australian and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society, and Councilor, American Society of Bone and Mineral Research, only the third Australian to be elected. He is on the NHMRC Academy (2009-2011). He has over 160 peer-reviewed publications, including in the New England Journal of Medicine, PNAS (USA) and Science.

Dr Dimitris Emmanouil, DDS, MS, PhD

Dr Dimitris Emmanouil graduated from Athens University School of Dentistry in 1984. He specialized at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, USA in Pediatric Dentistry. He holds an MS from Marquette University, USA and a PhD from the University of Athens, Greece. He has done extensive research work on nitrous oxide pharmacology that won awards from AAPD, IAPD and ASDA. He has published in the international literature and has been invited in various occasions to lecture both nationally and internationally. He is currently adjunct Assistant professor at Washington State University, School of Pharmacy, USA where he continues his research and Lecturer at the Department of Pediatric Dentistry, University of Athens, Dental School Currently he is President-elect of the iADH - International Association of Disability and Oral Health.

Alison Dougall

Alison Dougall is a Special Care Dentist, and trained at the Eastman Dental Institute in London. She is currently Consultant for Medically Compromised Patients at Dublin University Dental Hospital in Ireland and teaches special care dentistry to undergraduate, postgraduate and doctorate students at Trinity College Dublin. Alison has published widely in the field of special Care Dentistry. One of her clinical and research interests is in the oral health of medically compromised patients, specifically those with coagulation disorders, and she is currently the vice chair of the World Haemophilia Federation Dental Committee and the President Elect of the Irish Society of Disability and Oral Health. Alison is on the education committee of the iADH, leading an international task force working on the development of consensus curriculum guidelines for the teaching of Special Care Dentistry at the undergraduate and postgraduate level worldwide.

Dr Denise Faulks BDS PhD

Denise qualified from the United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy’s and St Thomas’, London, UK, in 1995. She then worked at Guy’s Hospital and the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary before joining Martine Hennequin at the Special Care Dental Unit of the University Hospital of Clermont Ferrand, France. The unit provides comprehensive care for adults and children with special needs. Denise is a specialist in Special Care Dentistry (UK) and a member of the Research Centre for Clinical Dentistry of the University of the Auvergne (France).

Bob Gibbs

Bob graduated BDS in 1973 and MDS in Hospital Dentistry in 1999 from Otago University. He became a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons in 1980 and a Fellow of the International College of Dentists in 2007. He worked 16 years as a Dental Officer with the New Zealand Defence Force which included six years as Consultant Oral Surgeon. Since 1990 he has worked for the Oral Heath Unit at Auckland Hospital where he is a specialist hospital dental surgeon. His special interests include dento-alveloar surgery for the medically compromised including those with significant bleeding problems; treating haematology and oncology patients. He is a member of the Multidisciplinary Auckland Regional Head and Neck Cancer Team.

Martine Hennequin

Professor in Restorative Dentistry & Endodontics at the Dental Faculty, University of Auvergne, Clermont Ferrand, France. Head of the department of Restorative dentistry and Endodontics, Dental Faculty, University of Auvergne, Clermont Ferrand, France. Head of the Unit of Special Needs Dentistry at the Hospital of Clermont-Ferrand, France. Responsible for teaching of Special Care Dentistry & Sedation, Dental faculty, University of Auvergne. Head of the research team EA 3847, University of Auvergne. Group for the study of deficiencies, incapacities and handicap in oral health.

Shun-Te Huang DDS, PhD

Division of Special Needs Dentistry, Department of Oral Hygiene, College of Dental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University. Professor Shun-Te Huang studied the anesthesiology and pediatric dentistry. Since 1986, He had induced the IV sedation for extremely fearful children and the disabled at clinic in university. Department of Health of Taiwan appointed him to set up a SND clinic at his university in 1995. Until now, his team has been treated more than 4,000 cases of the disabled patients by using sedations or general anesthesia. He was awarded for his contribution of establishing the special care dentistry and community service for the minority through his lifelong carrier by the Department of Health of Taiwan in 2011.

Yasuaki Kakinoki

Yasuaki Kakinoki was born in Miyazaki, Japan. He received the B.S. degree in 1980 from Kyushu Dental College, Kitakyushu, Japan, and Ph.D. degree in 2004 from Kyushu Dental College, Kitakyushu, Japan, all in Dental Science. He was a dental resident of Hospital of University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, from 1980 to 1981 and a chief dentist of National Minami-Fukuoka Chest Hospital, Fukuoka, from 1981 to 2005. In 2005, he joined the faculty of Kyushu Dental College as a professor of Department of Oral Care and Rehabilitation and a chief of Division of Gerodontology of College Hospital. Since 2010, He has been also a Dean of School of Oral Health Sciences. His areas of research interest are Geriatric dentistry, Special Needs Dentistry and Kampo Medicine (Chinese medicine). He has been a Vice President of Japanese Society for Disability and Oral Health since 2012.

Peter King

Peter King is employed in the Hunter New England area as a visiting staff specialist in special needs dentistry. He is on the editorial board of the International Journal of Disability and oral health and was the first president of the Australian Society of Special Needs Dentistry. Peter has a special interest in the oral health care of people in nursing homes and has written and produced an educational program for carers entitled: Dental Rescue: a guide for carers of the elderly.

Dr. Wendy Lawson

Dr. Wendy Lawson is well known in the Southern and Northern hemispheres. As a trainer & conference speaker Wendy is inspirational. In 1994, following years of misdiagnosis, Wendy was diagnosed with Autism. Having returned to school, then to university, she eventually became a Psychologist. ‘I needed to become a professional so that other professionals would listen to me’. Wendy is an artist, author, poet, lecturer, as well as being a tutor in the University of Birmingham’s (UK) distance education Autism Program. Wendy’s work explores the influence of neurological development & learning styles. Wendy married and had four children, two of her sons are on the autism spectrum.

Adrienne Lewis

Adrienne has worked as a project manager for SA Dental Service for the past 7 years. She has a broad range of multidisciplinary experience having worked across the nursing, medical and dental sectors. In addition, she has proven experience in clinical education, workforce and service planning as well as project management at both state and national levels. Adrienne is a Registered Nurse. A Master of Public Management and a Master of Nursing Studies support her understanding of health care including government policy development and implementation.

Sharon Liberali

I was awarded a Bachelor of Dental Surgery in 1986 and a Doctor of Clinical Dentistry in Special Needs Dentistry from the University of Adelaide in 2009. In 2010 I became a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons in the special field of Special Needs Dentistry and in 2011 a Fellow of the International College of Dentists (FICD). I am the Director of the Special Needs Unit, Adelaide Dental Hospital, SA Dental Service, an honorary Associate Dental Consultant at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and an honorary Clinical Lecturer in the Dental School, University of Adelaide.

Prof. David John Manton BDSc MDSc PhD FRACDS FICD

Elsdon Storey Chair of Child Dental Health. Head, Growth and Development Section. Convener, Paediatric Dentistry Oral Health CRC, Melbourne Dental School, University of Melbourne. Graduated BDSc (Melb) in 1984 and worked in general practice until 1991 when he undertook an MDSc in Paediatric Dentistry. He was dental advisor to the Federal Government from 1994 – 1996 and won the KG Sutherland Prize of the RACDS in 2007. David is currently the Elsdon Storey Professor of Child Dental Health and heads the section of Growth and Development (Paediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics) at The University of Melbourne and is involved in several collaborative and postgraduate research projects. David has spoken throughout Australia, Asia and Europe and has wide ranging experience in laboratory and clinical trials of CPP-ACP, Minimal Intervention Dentistry and the detection of caries. His interests are in caries, teledentistry, new methods of pulp therapy, CPP-ACP, fluoride and molar-incisor hypomineralisation (MIH).

Dr. Koichiro Matsuo

Associate Professor, Department of Special Care Dentistry, Matsumoto Dental University. Dr. Matsuo earned both D.D.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan. After completion of his PhD, he joined the department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University as a post-doctoral research fellow for three years (2002-05) and an assistant professor for three years (2005-08). His recent research has focused on understanding the coordination of respiration and feeding (mastication and swallowing) and its pathophysiology. His clinical interests include special care dentistry for patients with disabled children, home bound dental care for frail and disabled older individuals, and dysphagia rehabilitation.

Michael McCullough BDSc MDSc FRACDS (Oral Med) PhD

Michael McCullough is a Professor in Oral Medicine at the Melbourne Dental School, the University of Melbourne. He is the Director of Teaching and Learning, the convener of both the post-graduate and undergraduate courses in Oral Medicine, has published over 80 articles in peer reviewed scientific journals, was on the Expert Panel for both the 1st and 2nd Edition of the Therapeutic Guidelines book titled “Oral and Dental”, is the Chair of the ADA’s Therapeutics Committee and is on the Editorial board and writes the “Dental Comments” for the Australian Prescriber. Michael is an Oral Medicine Clinical Consultant to the Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne, the Royal Melbourne Hospital and Frankston Integrated Health.

Clare McNally

Clare graduated from Curtin University as a dental hygienist in 2000. Since then she has worked in several Australian states in clinical practice and tertiary education. More recently Clare has worked for NSW Health at the Westmead Centre for Oral Health in the Special Care and Oral Medicine Department. She has been responsible for the development of a domiciliary dental service for the elderly and a mentoring program for hygienists and oral health therapists. Clare is currently completing her Masters of Philosophy (Dent). Her thesis is titled Oral Health Care Interventions in Residential Aged Care Facilities.

Prof. Dr. Hendrik Meyer-Lückel, MPH

Hendrik Meyer-Lückel is Professor and Head of the Department of Operative Dentistry, Periodontology and Preventive Dentistry at the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen, Germany. His main scientific focus is on basic research in Cariology and on the development of a micro-invasive infiltration technique for caries. He has authored more than 60 original papers and edited a textbook on caries management that has been published in 2012. His scientific contributions to cariology have been honored by IADR Basil Bibby Young Investigator Award in 2010. He is associated editor of the journal Caries Research. (valid from 1 March 2012)

Yoshiharu Mukai DDS PhD

We have been investigating the relationship between oral myofunctional disorders and structural deformation of maxiorofacial development, feeding situation and type of foods, concerning children having cerebral palsy and mental retardation in order to contribute toward overcoming the feeding and swallowing problems of the children with disabilities. Dysphasia in childhood should be examined from different aspects from that in adults. Anatomy and function are always evaluated as a whole as they are closely related to each other. In my presentation I would like to introduce the evaluation and treatment for Dysphasia in children.

Shoko Ooka

Shoko Ooka is a Dental Hygienist in Japan, graduated from College of Shonan in 2002. She had worked at Unit of Dentistry, Meikai University (2002-04). After that she was employed at Unit of Dentistry, Oral Surgery, Oral Care Centre, Showa General Hospital (2004-10). Her main job was assisted the dentist in a wide range　of dental procedures and routine teeth cleaning and provision of special oral care for in-patients with acute diseases such as cerebrovascular accidents and cardiopulmonary arrest in ICU. Moreover, she joined the team approach to feeding disorders while in hospital and instructed patients about oral hygiene during chemotherapy, radiotherapy and palliative care.

Associate Professor Peter Parashos

Peter Parashos graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1980 and obtained his MDSc in 1989 and PhD in 2004. He is a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons, the American College of Dentists and the International College of Dentists. He is currently Associate Professor, Head of Endodontics, Convener of Postgraduate Endodontics and Head of Restorative Dentistry at the University of Melbourne. He also works in private Endodontic practice and is actively involved in CPD programmes. He lectures extensively and is very active in research having published over 60 papers in peer reviewed journals nationally and internationally.

Gabriela Scagnet

Gabriela is a Graduate of the University of Buenos Aires - Argentina – She has her specialty in both Pediatric Dentistry as well as Orthodontics. She is currently the iADH President , the Head of Special Patients Department of the "Quinquela Martin Hospital of Paediatric Dentistry" - Government of Buenos Aires City – , Professor of the University of Buenos Aires , at the CLAPAR 2-Pathology and Clinical of Oral Health . and member of the Editorial Committee of the British Journal of Disability and Oral health,, the official publication of the iADH . She is a Founding member and Past President of the AAODI - Argentinian Association of Dentistry for people with Disability. Author of a book "Odontopediatría y Discapacidad” and papers regarding SCD. She is a Fellow of the Intenational College of Dentists-ICD- since 2006.

Professor Andreas Schulte

Professor Andreas Schulte earned his DDS degree from the Medical Faculty of the Münster University and his PhD degree from the Medical Faculty of the Marburg University in Germany. At present is his Vice-Director of the Department of Conservative Dentistry of the Heidelberg University Dental School in Germany. He has been researching and teaching in the fields of cariology, pediatric dentistry and special needs dentistry for more than 20 years. He research has been focusing on caries prevention, caries diagnosis and caries epidemiology. He is member of the German Council for the application of fluoridated salt. He is also member of the Scientific Committee of a German Organisation for the Support of Disabled People. In 2007/2008 he was Co-President of the European Association for Dental Public Health (EADPH) and since 2011 he is Vice-President of the European Organisation for Caries Research (ORCA).

Dr. Benjamin Schüz

Dr Benjamin Schüz is a lecturer in Psychology at the University of Tasmania. His research is centred on the question why people behave in health-promoting ways (or not). Before he moved to Tasmania, he worked at the German Centre of Gerontology and at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, where he also obtained his Ph.D. in Psychology. Benjamin conducts research on a variety of health-related behaviours in diverse populations. Amongst others, he has conducted several experimental and longitudinal research projects on the determinants of oral self-care behaviour and on the predictors of providing oral care by caregivers of people with special needs. His work has been published in the leading journals in Dentistry and Health Psychology, among them “Journal of Clinical Periodontology” and “Health Psychology”.

Dr Shelagh Anne Thompson BDS, MPhil, PhD, MSNDRCS Ed, FHEA

Reader in Conscious Sedation and Special Care Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Cardiff University, Wales / Honorary Consultant in Special Care Dentistry Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Programme Director for MSc in Conscious Sedation, Cardiff University and Conscious Sedation Tutor for Wales Deanery. I am a Specialist in Special Care Dentistry and Endodontics and have a Diploma in Clinical Hypnosis, Sheffield University. I am editor of Journal of Disability and Oral Health and past President of the British Society for Disability and Oral Health (2008) and an active Committee Member. I chaired the BSDH Teachers Group 2006-2010 and have co-chaired the iADH Education Committee since 2010.

Dr. Graeme Ting

Graeme is a graduate of the School of Dentistry, University of Otago obtaining his BDS in 1989 and his Masters degree in Hospital Dentistry in 1999. In 2002, Graeme became a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons, being one of the inaugural Fellows of the College in the field of Special Needs Dentistry and has also been recognised as a Diplomate of the American Board of Special Care Dentistry. Graeme has a special interest in the dental management of medically compromised patients and in particular the oral health of older people, especially those with neurological impairment. Graeme is currently on long service leave from his position as a Consultant Specialist in Special Needs Dentistry with the Auckland District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand.

Mutsumi Tsutsui

Mutsumi Tsutsui was born in Wakayama, Japan. She graduated from the School of Dental Hygienist of Osaka Dental University in 1979 and received the Ph.D. degree in 2005 from Niigata University, Niigata, Japan. She received the qualification of a dental hygienist in 1979 and the clinical developmental psychologist in 2004． She worked as a dental hygienist, Osaka Dental University Hospital, Osaka, Japan, from 1979 to 2010. From 2010, she has working in Kyushu University of Nursing and Social Welfare as an assistant professor of Department of Oral Health Sciences. Her areas of research interest are Dental Hygienist Education and Special Needs Dentistry. She has been a director of Japanese Society for disability and oral health since 2008.

Janet Wallace

Janet Wallace is an Oral Health Therapist, graduated from Westmead College of Dental Therapy and later in 2007 completed the Bachelor of Oral Health from the University of Newcastle. Janet has worked in both public and private practice and been involved in the implementation of many oral health promotion initiatives, including ‘Koori Kids, Koori Smiles’. She became a Life Member of the NSW Dental and Oral Health Therapists Association in 2006 and is curently a member and peer reviewer of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Dental and Oral Health Therapy. In 2008, as a Conjoint Lecturer, Janet set up the University of Newcastle Aged Care Student Placement Program for final year dental hygiene students. Janet presented her research from this program at the 2010 Dental Hygiene Symposium in Glasgow and has been published in the International Journal of Health Promotion and Education. Currently Janet is a Lecture in Oral Health/Dental Therapy at the University of Newcastle, where she is completing her PhD, her thesis is titled ‘Evaluation of a training program in care of the elderly living in residentail aged care facilities by final year dental hygiene students. A randomised controlled trial’.

Professor Clive Wright, MDS, PhD, FICD, MRACDS (DPH)

Clive Wright graduated BDS (Otago) and completed an MDS and PhD also at the University of Otago. Clive held teaching and research positions in Wales, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Between 1989 and 1997 he was Professor of Preventive and Community Dentistry, and Head of the School of Dental Science, at The University of Melbourne. He has since worked in dental public health first as Director, Health Promotion and Research with Dental Health Services Victoria, Australia, as Chief Advisor (Oral Health) with the NZ Ministry of Health, and as Chief Dental Officer for NSW.