CONTACT

E-mail: fcrombie@unimelb.edu.au

QUALIFICATIONS AND POSITION

• Lecturer, The University of Melbourne
• BDSc (Hons) (Melb)
• PhD (Melb)

SHORT HISTORY

• 2012- Lecturer (General Practice Dentistry), Melbourne Dental School, The University of Melbourne
• 2007-2011 Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Melbourne, titled “An investigation into developmentally hypomineralised enamel in first permanent molar teeth”
• 2004-2011 Clinical demonstrator, Melbourne Dental School
• 2002- General Dental Practitioner, Melbourne
• 2001-2006 Dental Officer, Dental Health Services Victoria
• 2000 BDSC (Hons), The University of Melbourne

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Enamel Hypomineralisation
• Re- and de-mineralisation of enamel

CURRENT PUBLICATIONS

• F. Crombie, D. Manton, E. Reynolds. “Therapie der Molaren-Inzisiven-Hypomineralisation (MIH) in einem schwierigen Umfeld” (German translation of “MIH – Therapy with difficult conditions, special characteristics of MIH teeth”). Quintessenz, 2011 62(12): 1593-1599
• Mangum, JE, Crombie, FA, Kilpatrick, N, Manton, DJ and Hubbard, MJ. Surface integrity governs the proteome of hypomineralised enamel. Journal of Dental Research, 2010 89:1160-1165.
• Crombie F, Manton D, Kilpatrick N. Aetiology of MIH: A critical review. International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, 2009 19:73-83.
• Crombie FA, Manton DJ, Weerheijm KL, Kilpatrick NM. Molar incisor hypomineralization: a survey of members of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Paediatric Dentistry. Australian Dental Journal, 2008;53: 160-166.

Also see Dr. Crombie's Find an Expert page at The University of Melbourne.

TEACHING INTERESTS

• General practice dentistry
• Cariology
• Enamel hypomineralisation