Advice about Developmental Dental Defects - D3

A website designed to educate people about a development condition which can make children’s teeth sensitive to cold or touch will be officially launched on 24 August at the Melbourne Dental School.

Known as Developmental Dental Defects (D3), it concerns molar hypomineralisation (MH) – a development condition that affects teeth that are forming during the last trimester of pregnancy and the first four years of life. Children with MH often complain that these teeth are sensitive to cold or touch and teeth may decay very quickly.

Before the launch at 5.00pm by co-philanthropist Mrs Maria Myers, there will be a number of lectures, including one on what it is like to be a parent of a MH child, and another on the latest research in D3.

The internationally recognised ground-breaking work on D3 – centred at the University of Melbourne - has been conducted by Australian and New Zealand medico-dental researchers and dentists, including a number of ADAVB members.

Interested dentists should email secretary@thed3group.org