Bernadette Kathleen Drummond is a New Zealand dental academic, and was the first woman full professor in dentistry at the University of Otago. She is a specialist pediatric dentist, and past president of both the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons and the Australian and New Zealand Society of Paediatric Dentistry.

Bernadette Drummond
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Leeds, University of Rochester, University of Otago
Theses
  • Absorption and excretion of fluoride from ingested fluoride toothpaste in preschool children (1982)
  • Effect of fluoride on developing enamel and the use of saliva to monitor systemic fluoride absorption (1988)
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Otago, University of Leeds

Academic career

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Drummond undertook her dentistry training with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery at the University of Otago, and then completed a MS degree from the University of Rochester in 1982.[1][2] Drummond earned a PhD titled Effect of fluoride on developing enamel and the use of saliva to monitor systemic fluoride absorption at the University of Leeds.[3] Drummond then joined the faculty of the University of Otago in 1988, rising to full professor in 2012.[4][5] She moved back to the UK to take a position as Professor and Head of Pediatric Dentistry at the University of Leeds in 2017.[6][7]

Drummond is a specialist pediatric dentist. Her research focuses on oral health and quality of life in children, and she is an advocate of for water fluoridation, as a means to reduce caries in young children.[2] Drummond and colleagues Marina Kamel and Murray Thomson showed that children in fluoridated areas of Otago suffered less tooth decay requiring treatment under general anaesthetic than children from areas without fluoridated water.[8][9][10][11]

Drummond is a past president of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons and in 2011 was made an honorary fellow.[12][4][13] She was president of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Paediatric Dentistry from 1995 to 1997, and is an honorary life member.[4][14]

In 2020 Drummond was nominated for a positive impact award at the University of Leeds.[15]

Selected works

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  • H K Anderson; B K Drummond; Murray Thomson (1 September 2004). "Changes in aspects of children's oral-health-related quality of life following dental treatment under general anaesthesia". International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry. 14 (5): 317–325. doi:10.1111/J.1365-263X.2004.00572.X. ISSN 0960-7439. PMID 15330997. Wikidata Q48583163.
  • R A Farah; Michael Swain; B K Drummond; R Cook; Momen Atieh (1 January 2010). "Mineral density of hypomineralised enamel". Journal of Dentistry. 38 (1): 50–58. doi:10.1016/J.JDENT.2009.09.002. ISSN 0300-5712. PMID 19737596. Wikidata Q51794755.
  • Jeremy P Burton; Bernadette K Drummond; Chris N Chilcott; John R Tagg; Murray Thomson; John D F Hale; Philip A Wescombe (28 February 2013). "Influence of the probiotic Streptococcus salivarius strain M18 on indices of dental health in children: a randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled trial". Journal of Medical Microbiology. 62 (Pt 6): 875–884. doi:10.1099/JMM.0.056663-0. ISSN 0022-2615. PMID 23449874. Wikidata Q61955281.
  • Rami A Farah; Brian C Monk; Michael Swain; Bernadette K Drummond (4 May 2010). "Protein content of molar-incisor hypomineralisation enamel". Journal of Dentistry. 38 (7): 591–596. doi:10.1016/J.JDENT.2010.04.012. ISSN 0300-5712. PMID 20447437. Wikidata Q43071789.
  • Jody C Miller; Andrea M Grant; Bernadette F Drummond; Sheila M Williams; Rachael W Taylor; Ailsa Goulding (1 January 2007). "DXA measurements confirm that parental perceptions of elevated adiposity in young children are poor". Obesity. 15 (1): 165–171. doi:10.1038/OBY.2007.558. ISSN 1930-7381. PMID 17228044. Wikidata Q79572508.

References

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  1. ^ Drummond, Bernadette Kathleen. Absorption and excretion of fluoride from ingested fluoride toothpaste in preschool children (MS thesis). University of Rochester.
  2. ^ a b "Health Science staff profile, Division of Health Sciences,University of Otago, New Zealand". 18 August 2014. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  3. ^ Drummond, Bernadette Kathleen (1988). Effect of fluoride on developing enamel and the use of saliva to monitor systemic fluoride absorption (PhD thesis). University of Leeds.
  4. ^ a b c Gibb, John (4 January 2012). "Female dentistry professor a first". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Otago academics made full professors". University of Otago Newsroom. 22 December 2011.
  6. ^ "Principal's Message". Trinity Catholic College. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Bernadette Kathleen Drummond, Head, Associate Professor - eMedEvents". www.emedevents.com. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  8. ^ Elder, Vaughan (18 July 2012). "Children's oral health pressing issue". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  9. ^ Quilliam, Rebecca (20 November 2013). "Kiwi kids hit by severe tooth decay". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  10. ^ Elder, Vaughan (4 July 2013). "Research claims case for fluoride". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  11. ^ "Dentists put the bite on sweet treats". Otago Daily Times Online News. 19 March 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  12. ^ "College Awards | Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons". Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  13. ^ Drummond, Bernadette (March 2010). "Twentieth Convocation, Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons, Perth, Western Australia, March 2010. Address by the President of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons Bernadette Drummond, BDS, MS, PhD, FRACDS at the opening ceremony". Annals of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons. 20: 8–9. ISSN 0158-1570. PMID 22046728.
  14. ^ "Past Presidents and Federal Life Members". anzspd.org.au. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  15. ^ Health, Faculty of Medicine & (4 May 2020). "Dentistry staff shine at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Partnership Awards". medicinehealth.leeds.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 August 2024.