A/Prof F Elizabeth Martin
Associate Professor
Discipline of Tooth Conservation,
Faculty of Dentistry
Phone: +61 2 9845 7281
Fax: +61 2 9351 8333
Email: femartin@dentistry.usyd.edu.au
C24 - Westmead Hospital
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia
About F Elizabeth
Dr F Elizabeth Martin has, during her time at the Faculty of Dentistry, delivered over 150 lectures to the profession covering a range of topics including dental caries and restorative dentistry. Dr Martin works actively in the organization of the BDent course, performing Sub-Dean duties for clinical affairs (WCOH) and BDent 4, as well as being the Theme Head for FTPC and a Strand Co-ordinator for the Treatment Planning course strand.
Aside from her teaching, clinical and research work for the faculty, Dr Martin works to provide dental care for patients within the Australian Defence Forces one day each week and teaches in clinical hands-on programs run by the Centre for Professional Dental Development (ADA NSW Branch).
Faculty Titles and Offices
- Theme Chair (TPC)
- Associate Dean (Clinical Affairs - WCOH)
- Sub-Dean, BDent4
Teaching Areas
- Treatment planning
- Tooth coloured restorative dental materials (GIC, Composite resins) and their applications
- Clinical restorative dentistry
- The microbiology and management of dental caries
Research Interests
- Molecular analysis of infection in advanced caries
- Diagnostic indicators for the conservative therapy of dentinal caries
- Saliva testing and dental caries
- Antimicrobial potential of glass ionomer cement
Selected Publications
- FE Martin. A survey of the efficiency of visible light curing units. J Dent 1998; 26: 239-43.
- MA Nadkarni, FE Martin, NA Jacques, N Hunter. Determination of bacterial load by real-time PCR using a broad-range (universal) probe and primers set. Microbiology 2002; 148: 257-266.
- FE Martin, MA Nadkarni, NA Jacques, N Hunter. A quantitative microbiological study of human carious dentine by culture and real-time PCR: Association of anaerobes with histopathological changes in chronic pulpitis. J Clin Microbiol 2002; 40: 1698-1704.
- FE Martin. Carious pulpitis: Microbiological and histopathological considerations. Aust J Endo 2003; 29: 1-4.
- Nadkarni MA, Cauldon CE, Chhour K-L, Fisher I, Martin FE, Jacques NA, Hunter N. Carious dentine provides a habitat for a complex array of novel Prevotella-like bacteria. J Clin Microbiol 2004; 42: 5238-5244.
- Chhour K-L, Nadkarni MA, Martin FE, Jacques NA, Hunter N. Molecular analysis of microbial diversity in advanced caries. J Clin Microbiol 2005; 43: 843-49.
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