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A/PROF NICOLA KILPATRICK



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Organization: Paediatrics Royal Children's Hospital
Position: Honorary (Principal Fellow)

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Improving the health and well being of children through improvements in oral health and oral health outcomes Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Doctor of Philosophy University of Newcastle Upon Tyne 31-Dec-1993
Graduate Diploma in Higher Education University of Sydney 31-Dec-1997

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Faculty of Dentistry, University of Sydney Curriculum Committee Theme Group `The dentist and the community? (Chair) 01-Jan-1996 31-Dec-1999
Member Faculty of Dentistry, University of Sydney Post-graduate studies committee. 01-Jan-1996 31-Jan-1999
Member Australian Health Ministers Advisory Council. Committee on clinical competencies. 01-Jan-1996 31-Dec-1997
Member Western Sydney Area Health Service Child protection committee 01-Jan-1997 31-Dec-1999
Member Royal Children's Hospital, Medical Staff Association Secretary 01-Jan-1999 31-Dec-2001
Member Royal Children's Hospital, Medical Staff Association Chair 01-Jan-2001
Member Human Ethics and Research Committee, Royal Children's Hospital Audit review committee (Chair) 01-Jan-2000 31-Dec-2004
Member Australia and New Zealand Society of Paediatric Dentistry (Vic Branch) President: 01-Jan-2001 31-Dec-2002
Member Australia and New Zealand Society of Paediatric Dentistry (Vic Branch) President: 01-Jan-2005
Member Dental Practice Board of Victoria Specialist Practitioner Advisory Committee 01-Jan-2000
Member Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne. Career grants Advisory Committee 01-Jan-2000
Member Australasian Cleft Lip and Palate Association President 01-Jan-2003
Member Australian Society of Special Care in Dentistry Committee Member and mentor 01-Jan-2004
Member Dental Practice Board of Victoria Continuing Professional Development Committee 01-Jan-2004
Member Department of Human Services, Victoria Special Needs Reference Group 01-Jan-2005
Member International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry Editorial Board 01-Jan-2006
Member British Society of Paediatric Dentistry, South East Branch. Secretary 01-Jan-1994 31-Dec-1995
Member Faculty of Dentistry, University of Sydney Undergraduate curriculum committee 01-Jan-1996 31-Dec-1999

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Other (Award) International Association of Dental Research (Australia and New Zealand Branch) Joan Chong Award for Dental Materials Science 01-Jan-1997
Other (Award) NHMRC Career Development Award, 2003 - 2007 01-Jan-2003

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
MUTATION ANALYSIS OF TYPE I COLLAGEN WITHIN PATIENTS WITH DENTINOGENESIS IMPERFECTA Chief Investigator AUST DENTAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION Research Grant 01/01/2006

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Community Water Flouridation
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Just Policy
    Volume: 47
    Page numbers: 14-21
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  • Community water fluoridation; is it still worthwhile?
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Just Policy
    Volume: 47
    Issue: 47
    Page numbers: 14-22
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  • Molar incisor hypomineralisation: a survey of members of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Paediatric Dentistry
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Australian Dental Journal
    Volume: 53
    Page numbers: 160-166
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  • Parental knowledge, beliefs and behaviours for infant oral health of infants residing in rural Victoria
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Australian Dental Journal
    Volume: 53
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 52-60
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  • Transmission electron microscope characterisationof molar-incisor-hypomineralisation
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Materials Science
    Volume: 19
    Page numbers: 3187-3192
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  • Understanding Country Kids: process and impact evaluation of a community based child oral health promotion intervention in rural Victoria
    Year: 2008
    Journal: adohta journal
    Volume: May
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 17-20
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Publications in 2007

Book Chapters

  • Disorders of teeth and the oral cavity
    Year: 2007
    Book: Practical Paediatrics
    Publisher: Elsevier(Philadelphia)
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Journal Articles

  • On the structure-property relationship of sound and hypomineralized enamel
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Acta Biomaterialia
    Volume: 3
    Page numbers: 865-872
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  • Sucking Performance of Babies with Cleft Conditions
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Cleft Palate - Craniofacial Journal
    Volume: 44
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 312-320
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • A Prospective, Longitudinal Study of Feeding Skills in a Cohort of Babies With Cleft Conditions
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Cleft Palate - Craniofacial Journal
    Volume: 43
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 702-709
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  • Behavior of primary incisor caries: a micromechanical study
    Year: 2006
    Journal: International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry
    Volume: 16
    Page numbers: 270-277
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  • Prospective, Longitudinal Study of Feeding Skills in a Cohort of Babies with Cleft Conditions.
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Cleft Palate - Craniofacial Journal
    Volume: 43
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 702-709
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Characterising the micro-mechanical behaviour of the carious dentine of primary teeth using nano-indentation
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Biomechanics
    Volume: 38
    Issue: 7
    Page numbers: 1535-1542
    Publisher: Pergamon
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Mechanical properties and microstructure of of hypomineralised enamel of permanent teeth
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Biomaterials
    Volume: 25
    Issue: 20
    Page numbers: 5091-5100
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Oxford)
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Publications in 2003

Book Chapters

  • Dental caries and restorative paediatric dentistry
    Year: 2003
    Book: Handbook of Pediatric Dentistry - Second Edition
    Publisher: Mosby International(St Louis)
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  • Dental conditions
    Year: 2003
    Book: Paediatric Handbook
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers(Carlton South)
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Journal Articles

  • Canine eruption into grafted alveolar clefts: a retrospective study.
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Australian Dental Journal
    Volume: 48
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 119-124
    Publisher: Australian Dental Association(Sydney)
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  • Dental Erosion: Part 1. Aetiology and prevalence of dental erosion.
    Year: 2003
    Journal: New Zealand Dental Journal
    Volume: 99
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 33-41
    Publisher: New Zealand Dental Association
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  • Mechanisms and management of gingival overgrowth in paediatric transplant recipients: a review
    Year: 2003
    Journal: International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry
    Volume: 13
    Page numbers: 220-229
    Publisher: Blackwell Science
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  • Micro-mechanical characterisation of the properties of primary tooth dentine.
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of Dentistry
    Volume: 31
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 261-267
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Oxford)
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  • Preliminary in vitro assessment of erosive potential using the ultra-micro-indentation system.
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Caries Research
    Volume: 37
    Page numbers: 218-224
    Publisher: S Karger AG(Basel)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Molecular analysis for genetic counselling in amelogenesis imperfecta
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Oral Diseases
    Volume: 8
    Page numbers: 249-253
    Publisher: Blackwell Munksgaard(Copenhagen)
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Publications in 2001

Book Chapters

  • Advanced restorative dentistry
    Year: 2001
    Book: Paediatric dentistry
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(Oxford)
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  • History, examination and treatment planning
    Year: 2001
    Book: Paediatric Dentistry
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(Oxford)
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Journal Articles

  • Endodontic management of a patient with X-linked hypophosphataemic rickets
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Australian Endodontic Journal
    Volume: 27
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 57-60
    Publisher: The Australian Society of Endodontology(Melbourne)
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  • Retrospective ethical approval
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Medical Journal of Australia
    Volume: 175
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 286
    Publisher: Australasian Medical Publishing Co Ltd(Sydney)
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