Program
- 20 – 22 August 2026
- Crowne Plaza Hotel, Adelaide
PROGRAM
Thursday 20 August 2026
9:00am - 5:00pm
Postgraduate Day
5.00 – 7.30pm
Presidents Cocktail Reception
Crowne Plaza Hotel
Friday 21 August 2026
8.00am
Arrival tea and coffee
8.45am
Welcome to Country and Conference Opening
Dr Giselle D’mello
9.00am
Dental management of children with special health care needs: Focus on cancer and bleeding disorders
A/Prof Catherine Hong
Advances in medical care and improved long-term outcomes have resulted in more children with underlying medical conditions, bleeding disorders, and ongoing healthcare needs being seen in community and outpatient dental settings, including private practice. Safe and effective care depends on understanding how medical conditions, medications, and functional status may influence clinical decision-making, procedural risk, and treatment outcomes. This lecture aims to provide participants with practical concepts for managing medically complex children in the outpatient setting, focusing on patient assessment, risk assessment, and treatment planning considerations. Given the breadth of medical conditions encountered in paediatric practice, children undergoing cancer therapy and those with bleeding disorders will be used as representative clinical examples to illustrate broader principles of risk assessment, outpatient management, and interdisciplinary care in medically complex children.
10.30am
Morning tea
Cleft Surgery and Speech Pathology
11.00am
Surgical approaches to Cleft Care: Timing and variability
Prof Peter Anderson
The delivery of surgical management of cleft care remains variable, not just within individual countries but within local jurisdictions. This is despite attempts over several decades in resource rich countries to investigate “best practice”, the development of dedicated multidisciplinary teams, and the develop treatment protocols.
However, most treatment protocols even from recognised “world class” units have differences in delivery which impacts on the other cleft team members including Paedodontists.
In this talk the types of surgical interventions and the variations in their timing will be reviewed
11.45am
Kady Moraby
12.30pm
Lunch
1.30pm
AAPD | Colgate Recent Graduate Speaker Award – presentations
2.30pm
IADR Research Competition – presentations
3.00pm
Afternoon tea
A Multidisciplinary Approach to Managing Paediatric OFG in SA
3.15pm
Background and differentials for OFG
Dr Damien Chan
3.45pm
Management strategies
Dr Georgina Harvey
4.15pm
Development of the pathway/model of care and case series
Dr Ninna Yuson
4.45pm
Q&A Panel
Dr Damien Chan, Dr Georgina Harvey, Dr Ninna Yuson
5.00pm
Close of day
6.30pm
Conference and Awards Dinner
Underground Cellars, Penfolds Magill Estate
Saturday 22 August 2026
9.00am
Tea, coffee and Berocca
9.30am
Paediatric oral lesions – formulating differential diagnoses
A/Prof Catherine Hong
Paediatric oral soft tissue lesions encompass a broad spectrum of conditions ranging from common reactive and infectious processes to manifestations of systemic disease and, less commonly, neoplastic pathology. As many lesions share similar clinical appearances, clinicians require a practical and systematic approach to assessment and formulating a differential diagnosis. This lecture will outline an approach to evaluating oral mucosal lesions in children, including history taking, lesion characterisation, formulation of differential diagnoses, and selection of appropriate investigations. Attention will also be given to recognising atypical or concerning features that may require further evaluation or referral. Common paediatric oral lesions and clinical scenarios will be used to illustrate practical diagnostic approaches and initial management principles relevant to everyday paediatric dental practice.
10.55am
Platinum sponsor address
11.00am
Morning tea
Everyday Hypnosis for Clinical Practice
11.30am
Dr Jane Boroky
12.15pm
Dr Mary Apps
1.00pm
Lunch
1.45pm
Australasian Academy of Paediatric Dentists – Annual General Meeting
2.45pm
Meet the Postgrads
3.15pm
Afternoon tea
3.30pm
Oral manifestations of systemic conditions in children
A/Prof Catherine Hong
Oral manifestations may represent the first presentation of underlying systemic disease, reflect disruption of normal organ function, or arise as complications of medical therapy. Clinicians therefore require a structured approach to recognising and interpreting oral findings within the context of systemic health. This lecture will provide an overview of oral manifestations associated with systemic conditions using both a system-based and patient complaint–based framework.
4.15pm
Conference Close
SOCIAL EVENTS
THURSDAY EVENING
Presidents Cocktail Reception
- Thursday 20 August 2026
- Smart Casual
- 5.00pm to 7.30pm
- Crowne Plaza Hotel
FRIDAY EVENING
Conference and Awards Dinner
- Friday 21 August 2026
- Smart Casual
- 6.30pm
- Underground Cellars, Penfolds Magill Estate
Program overview
The conference offers a rich program, covering diverse topics within paediatric dentistry. Here’s a glance at some of the speakers and their topics from our program.
Novel methods for early disease detection in children using intraoral scanners
- Ms Bree Jones
Intraoral scanning and automated disease detection methods promise reliable and precise diagnostics and enhanced patient communication tools. In this session, we will discuss the clinical validation of these technologies in paediatrics. We will focus on developing the knowledge and skills for clinicians to understand their biases and limitations to be able to use them safely, ethically, and responsibly.
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS
Platinum Sponsor
Gold Sponsors
Postgraduate Day and Satchel Sponsor
