AUT - Susan Cartwright
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Susan Cartwright
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Dental Surgery
- Diploma in Clinical Dentistry
Job Title/Role
Head of Oral Health Department
Contact Information
09 921 9999 ext 7171
Susan.Cartwright@aut.ac.nz
Physical Address:
AC 203, North Shore Campus
90 Akoranga Drive
Northcote
Auckland
Postal Address:
Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences
Private Bag 92006
Auckland 1142
Teaching Areas
- Oral biology and pathology
- Clinical supervision
Areas of Research and Areas Supervised
- Dental Anxiety
- History of establishment of dual degree
- Oral health status of New Zealanders
Current Research Projects
- Master of Education
- Collaborative monograph book contribution
- Dental examiner for Pacific Island Family Study and the New Zealand Oral Health Survey
Research Summary
A substantial proportion of New Zealanders suffer with dental anxiety, which interferes with their ability to maintain good oral health. As a dental practitioner, I am also aware that patients experiencing such anxiety often attribute it to their own recalled experiences of school dental clinics and/or others’ accounts of their experiences of school dental clinics, and they frequently use the term murder house in the course of such recollections.
In this project, I will (a) identify the prevalence and levels of dental anxiety in a sample of AUT staff, (b) compare and contrast explanations that they offer for their respective levels of anxiety, and (c) analyse the content and influence of explanations that concern school dental clinic experiences and also refer to the murder house.
Selected Publications
Schluter P.J., Durward C., Cartwright S. and Paterson J. (2007). Maternal self-report of oral health in 4-year old Pacific children from South Auckland, New Zealand: findings from the Pacific Islands Families Study. Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 67(2):69-77.