When Dr. Lydia See graduated from The College of Queensland’s Faculty of Dentistry she grew to become considered one of solely a handful of certified particular wants dentists in Australia. This 12 months there are two graduates from The College of Queensland’s Physician of Medical Dentistry (Particular Wants Dentistry) program.

Dr. See has been a basic dentist for over 10 years and has been impressed by experiences serving to weak and socially deprived individuals by way of volunteer work.   

“I at all times attempt to play music within the clinic and found this younger girl with autism was a Disney fan, so we’d play classical variations of the songs and have her guess what they have been,” she mentioned. “Over a number of visits, she was finally capable of really feel snug sufficient to belief us to undertake complicated dental procedures and consequently, we have been capable of save the tooth.”

Dr. See mentioned she was excited concerning the potential to assist extra sufferers with a analysis venture into silver fluoride.

“Silver fluoride has been round in dentistry for a very long time, however we’ve taken a recent take a look at how it may be used to handle the speed of tooth decay in grownup sufferers with particular wants,” she mentioned.

Learn the complete press launch from the College of Queensland.