Faculty of Dentistry 3M Research Day 2007 Presentations

Session 1

• Brian Monteith - Altered jaw posture in apnoeics

Session 2

• Dikesh Parmar - A novel technique to assess viability of bacteria in dentine
• Karen Matejka - Characteristics of a variant phenotype of Moraxella catarrhalis
• Erwin Lamping - Mechanisms of innate azole resistance in Candida krusei
• Kyoko Niimi - Echinocandin resistance mechanisms in Candida species
• Lyndie Foster Page - Progression of dental caries in Taranaki adolescents over 3 years

Session 3

• Murray Thomson - "Wacky baccy" and "dodgy gums": cannabis dependence and periodontal disease
• Benjamin Gaffey and Mark Pinkerton - The effect of continuous tensile strain on RANKL, OPG, M-CSF and IL-1β by periodontal ligament fibroblasts in vitro
• Jules Kieser - Advanced dental maturation in New Zealand Maori and Pacific Island children
• Jonathan Leichter - Radiographic study of ethnic variation in alveolar bone height among New Zealand dental students

Session 4

• Richard Cook - The correlation of invasive vs. non-invasive assessments of properties of human bone
• Ionut Ichim - Restoration of non-carious cervical lesions: restorative material selection to minimise fracture
• Jack Lin - The optimum electrode placement site for electric pulp testing of first molar teeth
• Rajneesh Roy - Remaining root structure following resection and root-end cavity preparation

IADR Colgate Student Poster Competition Abstracts

• Jonathan Broadbent - Slobs for life? The nature and consequence of plaque trajectories
• Lillian Hsu - Comparison of Streptococcal DNA amplified from bite marks and teeth
• Jasmeen Kaur - Use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy to prevent osteoradionecrosis in irradiated jaws
• Joshua Koh - Mode of action of a novel antifungal
• Yeen Lim - Effect of temperature changes on Japanese NiTi and TMA closing loops
• Shilpa Raju - Functional analysis of phosphorylation sites in Candida albicans Cdr1p
• Jessica Rothnie - Cross-reactive antibody responses to heat shock proteins in atherosclerosis and periodontal disease
• Chamil Samaranayaka - Reconstitution of a thermophilic DNS gyrase for drug discovery

Poster Abstracts

• Ross Anning - A survey of postgraduate orthodontic students worldwide
• Ann Holmes - Differential expression and activities of drug efflux proteins Cdr1p and Cdr2p in azole resistant Candida albicans isolates
• Cath O’Shea - The effects of functional appliance therapy on mandibular motion
• Ely Rodrigues - Parotid Salivary Protein Promotes Adherence of Candida albicans to silicone rubber
• Michael Swain - To determine using strain gauges, the stress and strains developed in implant supported overdentures