Growth and Development Unit
Academic Staff:
- Prof David Manton (Head)
- Dr Siew May Loo (Lecturer)
- A/Prof Paul Schneider (Convenor Orthodontics)
- Dr Jim Bokas (Senior Lecturer)
- Dr Andrew Pepicelli (Senior Lecturer)
- Dr Felicity Crombie (Lecturer)
Teaching Activities:
The Unit has full responsibility for the teaching of Growth Studies, Paediatric Dentistry, Orthodontics and Special Needs Dentistry, to undergraduate dental students. This involves the didactic, preclinical and clinical instruction in these subjects. In addition, the Unit provides clinical instruction to dental hygiene students in Orthodontics. At the postgraduate level, the Unit provides three-year Doctor of Clinical Dentistry courses in Paediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Dentistry.
Research Activities:
- Trauma, erosion and caries in children
Emeritus Professor L Brearley Messer - Facial form in young children
Emeritus Professor L Brearley Messer - Teaching pediatric dentistry using multimedia
Emeritus Professor L Brearley Messer - Molar incisor hypomineralisation; evidence based studies in clinical pediatric dentistry
Emeritus Professor L Brearley Messer - Remineralisation of enamel with CPP-ACP and fluoride
Professor DJ Manton - Assessment and prevention of erosion
Professor DJ Manton - Caries detection and diagnosis
Professor DJ Manton - Infiltration of carious lesions with resin
Professor DJ Manton - The physical and optical characteristics of hypomineralised enamel
Professor DJ Manton - The remineralisation of hypomineralised enamel
Professor DJ Manton - Teledentistry
Professor DJ Manton
For more information please contact:
Professor David Manton, Head of Unit
Ph: +61 3 9341 1493, Fax: +61 3 9348 1599
Email: djmanton@unimelb.edu.au