Professor Lindsay Richards

Biography/ Background

Joined the academic staff in the Dental School in 1982 as a lecturer in restorative dentistry. Recently involved in:

Undergraduate teaching in prosthodontics, general practice and rural practice

Postgraduate teaching as Course Director of the specialist prosthodontics programme

Research involving tooth wear, dento-facial development in twins and indigenous oral health

Administration as Dean and Head of School (2005-6) and Deputy Head or Associate Dean at various times

Promoted to a Personal Chair in Dental School in 2003

Over the years has spent periods of study leave working in United States (Washington University in St Louis and University of Missouri in Columbia), Israel (Hadassah Medical School in Jerusalem), Japan (Nihon University School of Dentistry at Matsudo in Tokyo) and the United Kingdon (Guy's Hospital in London)

Involved in both private and public dental practice in general dentistry until 1985 and then specialist practice in prosthodontics

Qualifications

BDS, BScDent(Hons), PhD, MRACDS(Prosth), FICD, FADI

Publications

Since 2000

Townsend GC, Richards L, Hughes T, Pinkerton S, Schwerdt W. Epigenetic influences may explain dental differences in monozygotic twin pairs. Aust Dent J. 2005 Jun;50(2):95-100.

Parker EJ, Misan G, Richards LC, Russell A. Planning and implementing the first stage of an oral health program for the Pika Wiya Health Service Incorporated Aboriginal community in Port Augusta, South Australia.
Rural Remote Health. 2005 Apr-Jun;5(2):254. Epub 2005 Apr 27.

Eguchi S, Townsend GC, Richards LC, Hughes T, Kasai K. Genetic contribution to dental arch size variation in Australian twins. Arch Oral Biol. 2004 Dec;49(12):1015-24.

Richards LC, Kaidonis JA, Townsend GC. A model for the prediction of tooth wear in individuals. Aust Dent J. 2003 Dec;48(4):259-62.

Kaifu Y, Kasai K, Townsend GC, Richards LC. Tooth wear and the "design" of the human dentition: A perspective from evolutionary medicine.
Am J Phys Anthropol. 2003;Suppl 37:47-61.

Townsend GC, Richards L, Hughes T, Pinkerton S, Schwerdt W. he value of twins in dental research.
Aust Dent J. 2003 Jun;48(2):82-8. Review.

Kaidonis JA, Gratiaen J, Bhatia N, Richards LC, Townsend GC. Tooth wear prevention: a quantitative and qualitative in vitro study. Aust Dent J. 2003 Mar;48(1):15-9.

Townsend G, Richards L, Hughes T.
Molar intercuspal dimensions: genetic input to phenotypic variation. J Dent Res. 2003 May;82(5):350-5.

Greatrex PA, Sampson WJ, Richards LC, Twelftree CC. The extraction of permanent second molars and its effect on the dentofacial complex of patients treated with the Tip-Edge appliance. Eur J Orthod. 2002 Oct;24(5):501-18. Review.

Richards L, Symon B, Burrow D, Chartier A, Misan G, Wilkinson D. Undergraduate student experience in dental service delivery in rural South Australia: an analysis of costs and benefits. Aust Dent J. 2002 Sep;47(3):254-8.

Shabanian M, Richards LC.
In vitro wear rates of materials under different loads and varying pH. J Prosthet Dent. 2002 Jun;87(6):650-6.

Dempsey PJ, Townsend GC, Richards LC.
Increased tooth crown size in females with twin brothers: Evidence for hormonal diffusion between human twins in utero. Am J Hum Biol. 1999 Sep;11(5):577-586.

Hughes T, Thomas C, Richards L, Townsend G. A study of occlusal variation in the primary dentition of Australian twins and singletons.
Arch Oral Biol. 2001 Sep;46(9):857-64.

Hughes T, Dempsey P, Richards L, Townsend G. Genetic analysis of deciduous tooth size in Australian twins. Arch Oral Biol. 2000 Nov;45(11):997-1004.

Burak N, Kaidonis JA, Richards LC, Townsend GC. Experimental studies of human dentine wear. Arch Oral Biol. 1999 Oct;44(10):885-7.

Professional Associations

President, International Association for Dental Research (ANZ Division)

Member, Australian Dental Association

Council Member, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science

Honorary Life Member, Australian Prosthodontic Society

Foundation Member, Australian Academy of Craniomandibular Disorders

Foundation Member, Academy of Australian and New Zealand Prosthodontists

Member, American Association of Physical Anthropologists

Member, New York Academy of Science

Constituent Member, International College of Prosthodontists

Fellow, Academy of Dentistry International

Fellow, International College of Dentists

Specialist Member, Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons

Community Engagement

Private Practice (part time) restricted to Prosthodontics.

Senior Visiting Dental Specialist, Adelaide Dental Hospital.

Visiting Dental Specialist, Adelaide Womens' and Childrens' Hospital

Consultant Dental Specialist, Department of Veterans' Affairs.

Chair, Australian Dental Council, Preliminary Examination Committee

Chair, Australian Society of Prosthodontists, Research and Education Committee

Expertise for Media Contact

Categories	Dentistry
Expertise	Restorative dentistry; prosthodontics; education; research; dental education
Mobile	0418800039

Entry last updated: Thursday, 4 Oct 2012