Welcome Dr Nupur Hackwood Pediatric Specialist & General Dentist Dr. Hackwood is an experienced clinician with over 20 years dental experience. In addition to General Dentistry, Dr Hackwood is also registered with AHPRA as a Paediatric Dentist having gained a Masters with distinction (1988) and a PhD (1993) degree from the University of Otago, New Zealand. Dr Hackwood’s strength is in dealing with all age groups of patient with dental fears, anxieties and phobias, often without sedation. She uses different behaviour, language and NLP techniques to establish rapport and gain the confidence of her patients to successfully manage them in the dental chair. Dr Hackwood’s calm, understanding, empathetic and relaxed approach with her patients makes it an easier experience. She offers nitrous oxide and general anaesthetic sedation to patients if needed. Her greatest joy is in seeing patients become more and more confident with dental care and the increased value they start placing on their dental health which in turn impacts on other spheres of their lives. Besides offering the full range of dental procedures such as dental restorations (fillings), dentures, extractions and root canal therapy, Dr Hackwood enjoys doing
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cosmetic dentistry to restore the smile with veneers, crowns and bridges be it in porcelain or composite. To complement her specialist background in Paediatric Dentistry, Dr Hackwood completed a two year course in Orthodontics with POS and has attended several other courses in early interceptive orthodontics including Myofunctional therapy. She is particularly interested in the early diagnosis and management of dental crowding and narrow jaws in children. Dr Hackwood offers orthopaedic or orthotropics as well as removable and fixed orthodontic therapy including Invisalign for both adults and children. Another related area of interest Dr Hackwood has is in the field of dental sleep medicine which involves assessing children and adults for nasal/oral breathing, grinding, snoring, sleep apnoea and other sleep disorder events. She has completed several Dental Sleep Medicine courses including the Olmos approach to orthotics. She works closely with ENT specialists, Sleep clinics and Respiratory physicians to get the best outcome for her patients.
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Research shows that incorrect jaw development and crooked teeth are evident in children from as young as the age of 5. The causes of this can be the effects of the poor muscle habits of our lips, cheeks and tongues. Correction of these habits allows our jaws to develop correctly and our teeth to align naturally into the correct position. Traditionally, children need to wait until all their adult teeth have erupted before commencing treatment to straighten
teeth. Myobrace allows treatment to commence from as early as the age of 5. The Myobrace system works to actively change our muscle habits by wearing a removable appliance that is worn for 1-2 hours per day and overnight whilst sleeping, as well as completing a series of activities over the course of treatment. At Smile Street we offer Myobrace Consultation for FREE! Book in to see how Myobrace can help you!
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