Associate Professor Susan Moffat

2026

Chapter in Book - Other

Moffat, S. (2026). The dental team. In S. R. Prabhu, N. Stormon, S.-C. Yeoh, R. Naidu, A. Moule & D. H. Felix (Eds.), Oral health and disease: What you should know: A user-friendly oral healthcare guide for the general public. (pp. 7-12). Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-90344-1_2

Journal - Research Article

Loch, C., Brunton, P., Moffat, S., Aarts, J., Carrington, S., Lyons, K., Gray, A., … Williman, J., … Crampton, P. (2026). Sociodemographic characteristics of Aotearoa New Zealand oral health students: Do student cohorts reflect the society they will serve? Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 56, e70003. doi: 10.1002/snz2.70003

2025

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Rudland, J., Al-Busaidi, I., Aldabe, D., Bryant, K., Gray, A., Jones, V., Kane, P., Ma, S., Moffat, S., Noller, G., Peterson, A., Ross, J., Sopoaga, F., & Anderson, L. (2025). Unacceptable behaviours towards health professional students: Suggestions for improvement. Proceedings of the Australian & New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators (ANZAHPE) Conference: Weaving Connection Nau te routou, naku te rourou, ka ora ai te iwi. 417. Retrieved from https://www.anzahpe.org

Carrington, S., Choi, Y. J., Plaksina, P., Moffat, S., Duncan, W., & Choi, J. J. E. (2025). Ethnic and gender variation in dentition spacing of NZ children. Journal of Dental Research, 104(B), 1099. [Abstract]

2024

Journal - Research Other

Al-Busaidi, I. S., Noller, G., Ross, J. M., Gray, A. R., Peterson, A., Aldabe, D., Rudland, J., Pōtiki Bryant, K., Kane, P., Moffat, S. M., Ma, S., Jones, V., & Anderson, L. (2024). Unacceptable behaviors towards health professional clinical students: Protocol for a mixed-methods study. Health Science Reports, 7, e70190. doi: 10.1002/hsr2.70190

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Rudland, J., Al-Busaidi, I., Aldabe, D., Bryant, K., Jones, V., Kane, P., Ma, S., Moffat, S., Noller, G., Peterson, A., Ross, J., Sopoaga, F., & Anderson, L. (2024). Addressing unacceptable behaviours in clinical learning environment. In S. Marshall (Ed.), Proceedings of the 16th Tertiary Education Research in New Zealand (TERNZ) Conference. (pp. 47-48). HERDSA Aotearoa/New Zealand. Retrieved from https://www.herdsa.org.nz/ternz

2023

Journal - Research Article

Boyd, D. H., Foster Page, L. A., Moffat, S. M., & Thomson, W. M. (2023). Time to complain about pain: Children's self-reported procedural pain in a randomised control trial of Hall and conventional stainless-steel crown techniques. International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, 33, 382-393. doi: 10.1111/ipd.13059

Choi, J. J. E., Chen, J., Choi, Y. J., Moffat, S. M., Duncan, W. J., Waddell, J. N., & Jermy, M. (2023). Dental high-speed handpiece and ultrasonic scaler aerosol generation levels and the effect of suction and air supply. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 44, 926-933. doi: 10.1017/ice.2022.196

2022

Journal - Research Article

Carruthers, K. A., Adam, L. A., & Moffat, S. M. (2022). Dental and oral health therapists' perceptions of continuity of patient care. New Zealand Dental Journal, 118(3), 97-103.

Boyd, D. H., Moffat, S. M., Foster Page, L. A., Lacey, J. K., Fuge, K. N., Natarajan, A. K., Misa, T. F., & Thomson, W. M. (2022). Oral health of children in Aotearoa New Zealand: Time for change. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 52(4), 335-356. doi: 10.1080/03036758.2022.2069826

Paul, N. L., Adam, L. A., & Moffat, S. M. (2022). Dental students' perceptions of the long case. European Journal of Dental Education, 26, 446-452. doi: 10.1111/eje.12719

Journal - Research Other

Cooper, P. R., Moffat, S. M., & Thomson, W. M. (2022). Te Kaupeka Pūniho: New Zealand's new dental school. British Dental Journal, 233(2), 154-158. doi: 10.1038/s41415-022-4450-0

2021

Journal - Research Other

Moffat, S. M., & Ahmadl, R. M. (2021). Achievements and challenges: Providing 100 years of oral health services for New Zealand children. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Dental & Oral Health Therapy, 9(1), 1, 4-7. [Editorial].

Moffat, S., Carrington, S., & Morgan, M. (2021). Part 2: The oral health professions in the 21st Century. NZDA News, 204, 37-43.

Moffat, S., Carrington, S., & Morgan, M. (2021). Part 1: A brief history of New Zealand's School Dental Service. NZDA News, 204, 25-36.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Moffat, S. (2021, April). Celebrating 100 years of School Dental Services. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand School & Community Oral Health Services Society (NZSCOHSS) Forum: Celebrating 100 Years, Nelson, New Zealand.

Moffat, S. (2021, May). Celebrating 100 years NZ Dental Service. Verbal presentation at the Te Ao Mārama (The New Zealand Māori Dental Association) Hui-Ā-Tau, Ōtepoti, New Zealand.

Moffat, S. (2021, November). Celebrating 100 years of dental therapy. Verbal presentation at the College of Oral Health Academics (COHA) Virtual Conference: 100 years strong and still growing: Celebrating the past and moving into the future, [Online].

Moffat, S. (2021, April-May). Celebrating 100 Years of the NZ School Dental Service. Plenary presentation at the New Zealand Dental Hygienist's Association (NZDHA) and the New Zealand Dental and Oral Health Therapists Association (NZDOHTA) Annual Conference: Past, Present and Future: Celebrating 100 Years of the New Zealand School Dental Service, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2020

Journal - Research Article

Carrington, S. D., Treharne, G. J., & Moffat, S. M. (2020). Job satisfaction and career prospects of Oral Health Therapists in Aotearoa/New Zealand: A research update and call for further research in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Dental & Oral Health Therapy, 8(2), 8-13.

Moffat, S. M. (2020). ‘A bold experiment’: The New Zealand School Dental Service and the Colombo Plan. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 50(1), 47-66. doi: 10.1080/03036758.2020.1713182

2019

Journal - Research Article

Olson, H., Beckett, D. M., Adam, L. A., Tawse-Smith, A., & Moffat, S. M. (2019). Self-perceived stressors of Bachelor of Oral Health students and implications for student support. Focus on Health Professional Education, 20(1), 36-49. doi: 10.11157/fohpe.v20i1.313

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Moffat, S., Meldrum, A., Aitken, W., & Coates, D. (2019). 'Smile for the nurse': Oral health advice at infant immunisation. Journal of Dental Research, 98(A), 0932. Retrieved from https://iadr.abstractarchives.com

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Moffat, S., & Fernandez, D. (2019, October). Building a responsive oral health workforce. Verbal presentation at the Māori Oral Health Equity Symposium (MOHES): Achieving Equity in Oral Health Outcomes for Māori, Wellington, New Zealand.

2018

Journal - Research Article

Smith, L., Adam, L., Moffat, S., Meldrum, A., & Ahmadi, R. (2018). How do educators in one New Zealand undergraduate Bachelor of Oral Health course teach and nurture professionalism? European Journal of Dental Education, 22(2), e212-e220. doi: 10.1111/eje.12274

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Olson, H., Beckett, D., Moffat, S., Adam, L., & Tawse-Smith, A. (2018). Self-perceived stressors of Bachelor of Oral Health students and level of support in the oral health learning environment. Journal of Dental & Craniofacial Research, 3, (pp. 40). doi: 10.21767/2576-392X-C1-001

2017

Journal - Research Article

Moffat, S. M., Foster Page, L. A., & Thomson, W. M. (2017). New Zealand’s School Dental Service over the decades: Its response to social, political, and economic influences, and the effect on oral health inequalities. Frontiers in Public Health, 5, 177. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2017.00177

Moffat, S. M., Meldrum, A. M., Aitken, W. A. E., & Coates, D. E. (2017). The delivery of oral health messages by primary health care nurses. New Zealand Dental Journal, 113(2), 4-9.

Foster Page, L. A., Beckett, D., Ahmadi, R., Schwass, D. R., Leon de la Barra, S., Moffat, S. M., Meldrum, A., & Thomson, W. M. (2017). Resin infiltration of caries in primary molars in a community setting: 24-month randomized controlled trial findings. JDR Clinical & Translational Research, 2(3), 287-294. doi: 10.1177/2380084417699400

Smith, L., Adam, L., Moffat, S., Meldrum, A., & Ahmadi, R. (2017). Undergraduate Bachelor of Oral Health student and educators' understandings of professionalism. New Zealand Dental Journal, 113(1), 4-10.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Smith, L., Ahmadi, R., Adam, L., Moffat, S., & Meldrum, A. (2017). Bachelor of Oral Health educators: Teaching and modelling professionalism. Proceedings of the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA) Conference: Curriculum Transformation. Retrieved from http://herdsa2017.org

Moffat, S., & Ahmadi, R. (2017). New Zealand's School Dental Service: Adapting to change. Journal of Dental Research, 96(Spec. Iss. A), 1817. Retrieved from http://www.iadr.org

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Moffat, S. (2017, July). Remembering the past, planning for the future. Invited presentation at the New Zealand Dental Hygienists’ Association (NZDHA) and the New Zealand Dental and Oral Health Therapists Association (NZDOHTA) Joint Conference, Wellington, New Zealand.

Olson, H., Adam, L., Beckett, D., Moffat, S., & Tawse-Smith, A. (2017, July). Self-perceived stressors of BOH students at the University of Otago. Invited presentation at the New Zealand Dental Hygienist's Association (NZDHA) and the New Zealand Dental and Oral Health Therapists Association (NZDOHTA) Joint Conference, Wellington, New Zealand.

2016

Journal - Research Article

Tanny, L., Komabayashi, T., Long, D. L., Yahata, Y., Moffat, S. M., & Tãne, H. (2016). The effect of education on oral health students' attitudes in Australia and New Zealand. European Journal of Dentistry, 10(4), 491-495. doi: 10.4103/1305-7456.195178

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Moffat, S., Meldrum, A., Aitken, W., & Coates, D. (2016). The acceptability of primary health-care nurses delivering oral health messages. Journal of Dental Research, 95(Spec Iss B), 0514. Retrieved from http://www.iadr.org/

Olson, H., Adam, L., Moffat, S., & Tawse-Smith, A. (2016). Perceived stressors of Bachelor of Oral Health students. Proceedings of the Sir John Walsh Research Institute Research Symposium. (pp. 19-20). Retrieved from http://www.otago.ac.nz/sjwri/news/otago621026

Moffat, S. (2016). New Zealand's School Dental Service: Adapting in times of change. Proceedings of the Sir John Walsh Research Institute Research Symposium. (pp. 11). Retrieved from http://www.otago.ac.nz/sjwri/news/otago621026

Foster Page, L., Thomson, W. M., Beckett, D., Ahmadi, R., & Moffat, S. (2016). Acceptability of resin infiltration for primary molar caries in a RCT. Journal of Dental Research, 95(Spec Iss B), 1016. Retrieved from http://www.iadr.org/

Foster Page, L. A., Moffat, S., Thomson, W. M., Ahmadi, R., Schwass, D. R., Meldrum, A., & Beckett, D. (2016). Resin infiltration of caries in primary molars in a community setting: 2-Year RCT findings. Caries Research, 50(2), (pp. 205-206). doi: 10.1159/000445087

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Moffat, S. (2016, May). From innovative to outdated? New Zealand’s School Dental Service 1921-1989. Invited presentation at the Te Ao Mārama (The New Zealand Māori Dental Association) Oranga Niho CPD Hui, Rotorua, New Zealand.

Olson, H., Adam, L., Moffat, S., & Tawse-Smith, A. (2016, September). Perceived stressors of Bachelor of Oral Health students. Verbal presentation at the 15th Annual Meeting of the College of Oral Health Academics (COHA): Leading the way in the Scholarship of Learning and Teaching, Adelaide, Australia.

2015

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Moffat, S. (2015). From innovative to outdated: New Zealand’s School Dental Service 1921-1989. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Dental & Oral Health Therapy, 2(Spec. Iss.), (pp. 10). Retrieved from http://www.nzoral.org.nz/c/Journal-of-Dental-Oral-Health-Therapy/

Foster Page, L. A., Thomson, W. M., Schwass, D., Ahmadi, R., Beckett, D., & Moffat, S. (2015). Resin infiltration of caries in primary molars: 1-year RCT findings. Journal of Dental Research, 94(Spec Iss A), 2896. Retrieved from http://www.iadr.org/

Tanny, L., Kombayashi, T., Long, D., Yahata, Y., Moffat, S., & Tãne, H. (2015). The effect of education on oral health students' attitudes. Journal of Dental Research, 94(Spec Iss A), 0730. Retrieved from http://www.iadr.org/

Awarded Doctoral Degree

Moffat, S. M. (2015). From innovative to outdated? New Zealand's School Dental Service 1921-1989 (PhD). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/5990

2014

Journal - Research Article

Nash, D. A., Friedman, J. W., Mathu-Muju, K. R., Robinson, P. G., Satur, J., Moffat, S., Kardos, R., … Fernando, E. (2014). A review of the global literature on dental therapists. Community Dentistry & Oral Epidemiology, 42(1), 1-10. doi: 10.1111/cdoe.12052

2013

Journal - Research Article

Foster Page, L. A., Kang, I., Anderson, V. R., Thomson, W. M., Meldrum, A. M., & Moffat, S. M. (2013). Changes in Bachelor of Oral Health students' perceptions of their dental education environment. New Zealand Dental Journal, 109(4), 134-140.

2012

Authored Book - Research

Nash, D. A., Friedman, J. W., Mathu-Muju, K. R., Robinson, P. G., Satur, J., Moffat, S., Kardos, R., … Fernando, E. (2012). A review of the global literature on dental therapists: In the context of the movement to add dental therapists to the oral health workforce in the United States. Battle Creek, MI: W. K. Kellogg Foundation, 456p.

Journal - Research Article

Pang, L. C., Anderson, V. R., & Moffat, S. M. (2012). Initial University of Otago oral health graduates' employment pathways and preparedness for work. New Zealand Dental Journal, 108(3), 83-88.

2011

Journal - Research Article

Moffat, S. M., & Coates, D. E. (2011). New Zealand's oral health students: Education and workforce implications. New Zealand Dental Journal, 107(2), 51-56.

Moffat, S., & Coates, D. (2011). Attitudes of New Zealand dentists, dental specialists and dental students towards employing dual-trained Oral Health graduates. British Dental Journal, 211, E16. doi: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2011.870

2010

Chapter in Book - Research

Kardos, R., Meldrum, A., & Moffat, S. (2010). The University of Otago. In A. K. L. Tsang (Ed.), Oral health therapy programs in Australia and New Zealand: Emergence and development. (pp. 75-97). Varsity Lakes, Australia: Knowledge Books and Software.

Satur, J., & Moffat, S. (2010). A history of oral health practice (dental therapy & dental hygiene) in Australia & New Zealand. In A. K. L. Tsang (Ed.), Oral health therapy programs in Australia and New Zealand: Emergence and development. (pp. 1-16). Varsity Lakes, Australia: Knowledge Books and Software.

Chapter in Book - Other

Tsang, A., Moffat, S., Kardos, R., Meldrum, A., & Walsh, L. (2010). Looking to the future: Directions and innovations. In A. K. L. Tsang (Ed.), Oral health therapy programs in Australia and New Zealand: Emergence and development. (pp. 309-317). Varsity Lakes, Australia: Knowledge Books and Software.

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Xu, Z., Coates, D., Moffat, S., & Meldrum, A. (2010, April). The acceptability of general practice nurses delivering oral health messages. Poster session presented at the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) New Zealand Section Student Poster Competition, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2009

Journal - Research Article

Moffat, S. M., Coates, D. E., & Meldrum, A. M. (2009). New Zealand's changing oral health workforce. A dental practitioner's guide to dual-trained dental therapists/dental hygienists. New Zealand Dental Journal, 105(2), 57-61.

Coates, D. E., Kardos, T. B., Moffat, S. M., & Kardos, R. L. (2009). Dental therapists and dental hygienists educated for the New Zealand environment. Journal of Dental Education, 73(8), 1001-1008.

2008

Journal - Research Article

Samotoi, A., Moffat, S. M., & Thomson, W. M. (2008). Musculoskeletal symptoms in New Zealand dental therapists: Prevalence and associated disability. New Zealand Dental Journal, 104(2), 49-53.

2007

Journal - Research Article

Moffat, S. M. (2007). Miss Marion Falconer: Pioneer dental nurse. DTA, 14, 12-15.

Samotoi, A., Moffat, S. M., & Thomson, W. M. (2007). Musculoskeletal symptoms in NZ dental therapists 12-month prevalence and associations. DTA, 14, 4-5.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Moffat, S. (2007, May). The establishment of the school dental service in New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Dental Therapists' Association (NZDTA) Symposium: A lifetime of teeth... Dunedin, New Zealand.

2004

Journal - Research Article

Drummond, B. K., Davidson, L. E., Williams, S. M., Moffat, S. M., & Ayers, K. M. S. (2004). Outcomes two, three and four years after comprehensive care under general anaesthesia. New Zealand Dental Journal, 100(2), 32-37.

2001

Journal - Research Article

Moffat, S. (2001). Low-cost dental care for low-income adults. DTA, 9, 13-15.