Dr Angus Cameron

Clinical Associate Professor
Paediatric Dentistry,
Faculty of Dentistry

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Email: angus_cameron@wsahs.nsw.gov.au

C12 - Faculty of Dentistry
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia

About Angus

Angus completed Dentistry at the University of Sydney in 1984 and began work as a junior dental officer at Westmead. He joined the Department as a junior registrar in 1987 and was the first to complete the Master of Dental Science degree in Paediatric Dentistry in NSW in 1991. He was appointed specialist in 1992 and Head of Department in 1997. He is a Clinical Associate Professor and Head of Discipline in Paediatric Dentistry at the University of Sydney. He was also appointed Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Adelaide and is Registrar (Special Field Streams) of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons. He is coeditor of the Handbook of Paediatric Dentistry, now in its 3rd edition that has been translated into 6 other languages.

Faculty Titles and Offices

Head of Discipline, Paediatric Dentistry

Teaching Areas

Bachelor of Dentistry, Paediatric Dentistry-related Topics
Master of Dental Science, didactic and clinical paediatric dentistry components

Research Interests

Craniofacial and developmental biology
Paediatric orofacial trauma
Care of children with dental anomalies
Developmental pathology

Selected Publications

Handbook of Pediatric Dentistry 3rd Edition Cameron AC, Widmer RP (eds), Mosby, Elsevier Science London 2003
Prabhu N, Duckmanton N, Stevenson AR, Cameron A. (2007) The placement of osseointegrated dental implants in a patient with type IV B osteogenesis imperfecta: a 9-year follow-up. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 103:349-54
Balmer, R, Cameron AC, Ades L, Aldred MA, (2004) Enamel defects and lyonisation in focal dermal hypoplasia. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Endod 98:686-91.
Brearley Messer L, Kan K, Cameron A, Robinson R. (2002) Teaching paediatric dentistry by multimedia: A three year report. Europ J Dent Educat 6:128-38.
Plachett CL, Crawford PJM, Cameron AC, Stephens CD. (2001) The management of supernumerary teeth in childhood - a retrospective study of practice in Bristol Dental Hospital, England and Westmead Dental Hospital, Sydney, Australia. Int J Paediatr Dent 11:259-265.
Balmer RC, Mahoney EK, Cameron AC. (2001) Kabuki syndrome: a case report and summary of previous oral findings. Europ J Pediatr Dent 2:1-7.
Gibbins JR, Srivastava M, Brent S, Garibotto N, Cameron AC, Hunter N (2000) Contraction-reaction in an epithelial sheet expressing α-smooth muscle actin contributes to the rapid disappearance of the medial epithelial seam during palatal fusion. Int J Dev Biol 44:223 31.
Daley CG, Chapple CC, Cameron AC (1996) Effect of toothbrush wear on plaque control. J Clin Periodontol 23:45-9.
Rogers M, Kourt G, Cameron AC (1994) Hereditary mucoepithelial dysplasia. Pediatr Dermatol 11:133-8.
Cameron AC, McKellar GM, Widmer RP (1993) A case of neurocristopathy that manifests facial clefting and maxillary duplication. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol 75:338 42.
Widmer RP, Cameron AC. (1988) Current problems in paediatric dentistry. Modern Medicine of Australia. 31:76 81.