Therese Kvist

Dr Therese Kvist is a senior lecturer in Paediatric Dentistry at the UWA Dental School. She received her PhD from Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden in 2016 where she also completed her specialist training in paediatric dentistry in 2017. 

She recently joined The Oral Health Centre and School of Dentistry at the University of Western Australia in 2023 to join the Paediatric Oral Health Research group as well as undertake teaching to DMD and DCD students. 

Her research interests cover areas within child protection, child health welfare, forensic odontology and paediatric dentistry. Dr Kvist pioneered the dental perspectives of child maltreatment in early years and have a long experience of clinical work in collaboration with child protection and child welfare as well as family domestic violence. 

Understanding the Scope of Child Physical Abuse in Sweden.

Collaboration with The Child protection Team, Astrid Lindgrens children’s hospital, Karolinska University hospital. Department of dental medicine, Division of Orthodontics and Paediatric dentistry. Karolinska Institutet.

Project: Mapping relations between adverse childhood experiences, oral health and dental anxiety in adolescents and adults, The HUNT4 Survey. 

Collaboration with Samfunns og utdanningsvitenskap. Psykologisk Institutt. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskaplige universitet NTNU/Kompetensesentret Tannhelse Midt (Tk-Midt), Department of dental medicine, Division of Orthodontics and Paediatric dentistry. Karolinska Institutet.

Processes, effects and costs of health assessements in children with supected child maltreatment. 

Collaboration with The Child protection Team, Astrid Lindgrens children’s hospital, Karolinska University hospital. Department of dental medicine, Division of Orthodontics and Paediatric dentistry. Karolinska Institutet.

Effects and mechanisms of universal interventions on violence against young children. 

Collaboration with The Child protection Team, Astrid Lindgrens children’s hospital, Karolinska University hospital. Department of dental medicine, Division of Orthodontics and Paediatric dentistry. Karolinska Institutet.

OrChid: Oral health care services for Children victims of violence and sexual abuse

Collaboration with Sørlandet sykehus, Tannhelsetjenstens kompetansesenter Ost. Department of dental medicine, Division of Orthodontics and Paediatric dentistry. Karolinska Institutet.