Dr. Hardy Limeback BSc PhD DDS Professor and Head, Preventive Dentistry Faculty of Dentistry 124 Edward Street Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1G6 Phone: 416-979-4929 ext. 4461 Fax: 416-979-4936 hardy.limeback@dentistry.utoronto.ca
Current academic / hospital appointments
Head of Preventive Dentistry, U of Toronto (1994- ) Chief Dentist, Metropolitan Toronto Homes for the Aged (1988-94) Member, Canadian Dental Assoc. Products Recognition Committee (1987-99) Chair, Faculty Member Development Committee, the Association of Canadian Dental Faculties (1991-96) Board Member, National Institute of Nutrition (1994-96) Graduate Co-ordinator, Faculty of Dentistry (1994-98)
Education
1975 - BSc Biochemistry, University of Toronto 1979 - PhD Collagen Biochemistry, University of Toronto 1983 - DDS University of Toronto
Courses
Undergraduate: 1st, 2nd , 3rd & 4th yr. Preventive Dentistry (coordinator/lecturer), Clinic instructor (undergraduate programs), Graduate / Postgraduate: Etiology and Prevention of Dental Caries (coordinator/lecturer) International Dentist Advanced Placement Program: Preventive Dentistry (coordinator/lecturer), Biological Basis for Oral Health and Disease (coordinator/lecturer) External Presentations: Various lectures to practicing dentists, hygienists and the public.
Research interests
Basic sciences: the effects of fluoride on tooth development and general health Clinical sciences: caries, risk assessment, geriatric dentistry, preventive dentistry, dental fluorosis, enamel defects
Recent publications
Limeback H. (2007) How do you diagnosis dental fluorosis? Point of Care. Can Dent Assoc J. 73:809-12. Azarpazhooh A, Lawrence HP, Limeback H, Shah PS. (2008) Xylitol for preventing acute otitis media in children up to 12 years of age. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Issue 2. Art. No.: CD007095. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007095. Azarpazhooh A, Limeback H, Lawrence H, Fillery ED. (2009) Evaluating the Effect of an Ozone Delivery System on the Reversal of Dentin Hypersensitivity: A Randomized, Double-blinded Clinical Trial. J Endod. 2009 Jan;35(1):1-9. Epub 2008 Nov 8. Sabbahi DA, Lawrence HP, Limeback H, Rootman I. Development and evaluation of an oral health literacy instrument for adults. Commun Dent Oral Epidemiol 2009 Oct;37(5):451-62.
Awards and Honours
1984-1989 MRC Scholar Member, Pierre Fauchard Academy
Editorships
Associate Editor of “Fluoride”
Students
Retiring 2012 - only accepting graduate dental students with a DDS degree, who enroll in a specialty program (for MSc projects commencing latest Jan 2011). PhD students: Dr. Dania Sabbahi: The Role of Dental Education on the Oral Health Status of Pediatric Patients Treated Under General Anaesthesia Heather Gingerich (co-supervise with Dr. Philip Weinstein, University of Queensland, Brisbane) MSc students Dr. Ferne Kraglund (completed 2009)
Current Research Grants
(No external funding) Small in house grants