GoodFellow

Children's Teeth

Date Published

Wednesday, 24 July 2019

Duration

16:47

Category

Child and youth health

Dr Katie Bach talks about children's teeth and why you need to get involved in their dental health. Katie currently works as a paediatric dental consultant at both Greenlane Clinical Centre and Starship Hospital as well as working privately at Kidz-Teeth in Auckland.

Topics

Which children are most at risk and why?
What are the known risk factors?
When to move from bottle feeding to a cup.
What are the consequences of early childhood dental disease?
Does fluoride make a difference?
Northland’s school based tooth brushing programme.
Pacific island adolescence and health inequity.

Take home messages

Early childhood caries is a massive problem in New Zealand.
One of the most common reasons for childhood hospital admissions.
Prevention is key, get in before lesions develop.

Resources

NZDA
Paediatric resources Kidz-Teeth website
School dental service (ARDS) Waitemata DHB schools service
American Association of Paediatric Dentists parent resources
Looking after children's teeth Health Navigator NZ parent resources

Presenter

Dr Katie Bach

Paediatric dental consultant

To contact Katie Click here.

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