Dr. Sandra Bennett Program & Standards Advisor-Dentistry Ministry of Health Promotion & Sport 777 Bay Street, 23rd Floor, Suite 2302 Toronto ON M7A 1S5 Canada Phone: 416-327-7385 Fax: 416-314-5497 sandy.bennett@ontario.ca

Current academic / hospital appointments

1997- current, Assistant (Status Lecturer), University of Toronto, Faculty of Dentistry

Education

1987 - B.D.S. (University of Otago, New Zealand) 1993 - Dip. Dental Public Health (University of Toronto) 1994 - MSc. (University of Toronto) 1997 - DGrt (University of Toronto)

Courses

Undergraduate: First Year, Community Dentistry Module (1 lecture) Graduate / Postgraduate: BScD and MSc - Dental Public Health, Dental Public Health Seminars Module (1 lecture)

Research interests

Children's oral health Oral health trends in Ontario. The relationship between oral health and general health.

Recent publications

Bennett, SL. (2001). Recent Changes and Evolution in Care Patterns in the Children In Need Of Treatment (CINOT) Dental Program: 1990 - 1999. Public Health & Epidemiology Report of Ontario - PHERO, 12(3):105-112. Bennett SL, Leake JL. (1999). Canada's Publicly-funded Dental Programs. Canadian Journal of Community Dentistry, Volume 14(2):33-44. Bennett, S.L., & Burry A. (1999). The Relationship Between the Ministry of Community and Social Services Dental Program & the CINOT Dental Program. Public Health & Epidemiology Report of Ontario - PHERO. 10(2):20-23. Bennett, S.L. (1997). Summary of the Children In Need Of Treatment (CINOT) Dental Program, Annual Report, January 1, 1996 to December 31, 1996. Public Health & Epidemiology Report of Ontario - PHERO. 8(6):168-171.

Awards and Honours

University of Toronto. Received the Glenn T. Mitton Medal for highest academic standing in the D.D.P.H. program, 1993. University of Toronto. Received award as the graduate with the highest academic standing in the Diploma in Gerontology Program, 1997.