Browse research from the Peninsula Dental School.
Submissions from 2023
Clostridioides difficile spores tolerate disinfection with sodium hypochlorite disinfectant and remain viable within surgical scrubs and gown fabrics, Humaira Ahmed and Lovleen Tina Joshi
Top tips for effective use of periodontal instruments in primary care, M Powell, R Potterton, and E McColl
Top tips on staying up to date in primary care, L Burns and E McColl
Does the NHS Dental Workforce Plan in England align with the UN Sustainable Development Goals?, Deborah Evans, Ian Mills, and Sally Hanks
Dermatophyte resistance – on the rise, Ivan R. Bristow and Lovleen Tina Joshi
Uncontrolled hypertension at the dentist: a case report of integrated healthcare, Amazon Doble, Raul Bescos, Robert Witton, Shabir Shivji, and Zoë Brookes
Antimicrobial Mouthwashes: An Overview of Mechanisms—What Do We Still Need to Know?, Zoë Brookes, Colman McGrath, and Michael McCullough
Mouthwash Effects on the Oral Microbiome: Are They Good, Bad, or Balanced?, Zoë Brookes, Leanne Teoh, Fabian Cieplik, and Purnima Kumar
Mouthwashes: Alternatives and Future Directions, Brett Duane, Tami Yap, Prasanna Neelakantan, Robert Anthonappa, Raul Bescos, Colman McGrath, Michael McCullough, and Zoë Brookes
Mouthwashes: Implications for Practice, Zoë L.S. Brookes, Michael McCullough, Purnima Kumar, and Colman McGrath
Perceived confidence of dental students and new graduates in performing tooth extractions—An exploratory study, Kamis Gaballah, Kamran Ali, Daniel Zahra, Ensanya Abou Neel, and Eteman Ibrahim
The Limitations of Periapical X-ray Assessment in Endodontic Diagnosis—A Systematic Review, A Gliga, M Imre, S Grandini, C Marruganti, C Gaeta, D Bodnar, BA Dimitriu, and F Foschi
Candida auris: another frontier in the battle against antimicrobial resistance, Tina L. Joshi
Dental practice workforce challenges in rural England: survey into recruitment and retention in Devon and Cornwall, Ian Mills, Marie Bryce, Laura Clarry, Deborah Evans, and Sally Hanks
Top tips for minimally invasive dentistry in primary care, Y Lin, E McColl, and HF Duncan
A Case-Finding Protocol for High Cardiovascular Risk in a Primary Care Dental School—Model with Integrated Care, Amazon Doble, Raul Bescos, Robert Witton, Shabir Shivji, Richard Ayres, and Zoë Brookes
A partnership between occupational therapy and dentistry, S. Venner, J. Erwin, R. Witton, and M. Paisi
ErbB- and MUC1-targetted CAR-T cell immunotherapy of oral squamous cell carcinoma, Saffron E. Summers, Vehid Salih, and Andrew D. Foey
Developing a person-centred approach in dentistry beyond NHS recall intervals: a commentary, Ian Mills, Sasha Scambler, Patricia Neville, and Koula Asimakopoulou
'Connecting and compassion matters in dental care', A Nelder, R Potterton, and E McColl
Prognostic Role of CD68+ and CD163+ Tumour-Associated Macrophages and PD-L1 Expression in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Meta-Analysis, Mohammed Haseeb Chohan, Matthew Perry, Paul Laurance-Young, Vehid M. Salih, and Andrew D. Foey
Hypervirulent R20291 Clostridioides difficile spores show disinfection resilience to sodium hypochlorite despite structural changes, Dmitry Malyshev, Imogen Anne Jones, Matthew McKracken, Rasmus Öberg, Glenn M. Harper, Lovleen Tina Joshi, and Magnus Andersson
Who cares for the young carers?, R. Witton and A. Nelder
Blended learning in undergraduate dental education: a global pilot study, Kamran Ali, E. S.A. Alhaija, Mahwish Raja, Daniel Zahra, Zoe L. Brookes, Ewen McColl, Sobia Zafar, Barbara Kirnbauer, Wahadni AM Al, Rami S. Al-Fodeh, Thikrayat Ghazi Bani-Hani, SO Daher, and HO Daher
Stability of palatal rugae after orthodontic/orthopaedic expansion: a scoping review, SN Tey, YM Lin, and AMFS Mohamed
Submissions from 2022
The dental workforce recruitment and retention crisis in the UK, Deborah Evans, Ian Mills, Lorna Burns, Marie Bryce, and Sally Hanks
Oral medicine in regional oral and maxillofacial surgery units: a five-year review, Y Lin, M Simms, and P Atkin
An individual-level approach to stress management in dentistry, E McColl, M Paisi, A Plessas, F Ellwood, and R Witton
Study protocol for First Dental Steps Intervention: feasibility study of a health visitor led infant oral health improvement programme, Patricia N. Albers, Joanna G. Williams, Sarab El-Yousfi, Zoe Marshman, Reena Patel, Rebecca Kandiyali, Katie Breheny, Vocht F de, Chris Metcalfe, Robert Witton, and Ruth Kipping
Evaluating clinical utility of subgingival and salivary endotoxin activity levels as periodontal biomarkers, Svetislav Zaric, Alexander Strachan, Yuko Kurushima, Anbo Dong, Clare McIlwaine, Zoe Harrington, Luigi Nibali, Andrew Foey, and Mark Ide
Does the addition of cone-beam CT to panoral imaging reduce inferior dental nerve injuries resulting from third molar surgery? A systematic review, J Robbins, KR Smalley, P Ray, and K Ali
Vodka-assisted extraction, E. McColl, R. Witton, and A. Mathews
Recruitment and retention in dentistry in the UK: a scoping review to explore the challenges across the UK, with a particular interest in rural and coastal areas, Deborah Evans, Lorna Burns, Ian Mills, Marie Bryce, and Sally Hanks
A survey of mental wellbeing and stress among dental therapists and hygienists in South West England, Georgia Hallett, Robert Witton, and Ian Mills
NHS dentistry is at breaking point – only radical action may be enough to fix it, I Mills
Dental education in primary care: 14 years of Peninsula Dental School, Christopher Tredwin, Sally Hanks, Rob Witton, Ewen McColl, and Cathy Coelho
Ethnic diversity in academic dentistry in the United Kingdom, L Burns, C Coelho, and A Addy
Top tips for clinical governance in primary care, R Anderson, R Witton, and E McColl
Effects of continuous chelation on the instrumentation of curved canals with a martensitic NiTi file system: an ex vivo micro-CT evaluation, M Sobrino, F Foschi, R Estévez, G Loroño, Villar A Conde, and R Pérez-Alfayate
Risk factors associated with short-term complications in mandibular fractures: the MANTRA study—a Maxillofacial Trainee Research Collaborative (MTReC), S Kent, A Adatia, P James, K Bains, A Henry, C Blore, B Dawoud, D Kumar, C Jefferies, P Kyzas, D Sonigra, E Botha, S Ooi, M Bosov, E Fish, Y Lin, B Aslam-Pervez, R Fletcher, F Wright, H Khan, T Collins, R Loke, L Niraj, G Dhanjal, A Ghosh, V Kaneria, C McIntosh, M Moksud, Higgins C O, A Taha, A Thompson, G Tow, J Wege, F Sidat, M Sthankiya, D Hughes, S Ng, H Patel, D Smyth, C Craddock, and J Douglas
Potential use of Microwave Technology in Dermatology, A. K. Gupta, M. Venkataraman, L. T. Joshi, and E. A. Cooper
Candidate evaluation of national recruitment in oral surgery, Sarah L. McKernon, Julian Yates, Martin Foster, Pippa Blacklock, Colette Balmer, and R. James Spencer
Decolonisation of curricula in undergraduate dental education: an exploratory study, Kamran Ali, Jennie Winter, Oliver Webb, and Daniel Zahra
Hospital surface disinfection using ultraviolet germicidal irradiation technology: A review, Robert Scott, Lovleen Tina Joshi, and Conor McGinn
Dentistry in Plymouth – what have we got to smile about?, I Mills
Strategic planning in oral health improvement, R. Patel and R. Witton
M3M consent conundrum, YM Lin
Guided Tissue Regeneration in Peri-radicular Surgery, G Baniulyte, L Burns, and K Ali
Isolation of Clostridioides difficile PCR Ribotype 027 from single-use hospital gown ties, Shannon Waterfield, Humaira Ahmed, Imogen Anne Jones, Robert Burky, and Lovleen Tina Joshi
Top tips for incorporating research, Zoë Brookes, Ian Mills, Robert Witton, and Ewen McColl
Enamel Matrix Derivative Use in Dentistry: An Update, Michael Daldry, Jaini Shah, Ewen McColl, and Rob Witton
Using the Mental Health Wellness Framework in dental practice, A Plessas, R Witton, M Paisi, F Ellwood, and E McColl
Single virus detection on silicon photonic crystal random cavities, Keisuke Watanabe, Hsin Yu Wu, Jolly Xavier, Lovleen Tina Joshi, and Frank Vollmer
Dentistry in a multicultural society: the impact of animal-based products on person-centred care, Kamran Ali, Pooja Gupta, Emma Turay, Lorna Burns, Zoe Brookes, and Mahwish Raja
Dentistry where there is no Dentist: A retrospective analysis of urgent dental care reported through the British Antarctic Survey Medical Unit (BASMU), 2015 – 2020, Ewen McColl, Robert Witton, Tanya Lommerse, and Matt Warner
Pulpotomy for treatment of complicated crown fractures in permanent teeth: A systematic review, A Donnelly, F Foschi, P McCabe, and HF Duncan
Submissions from 2021
Novel use of Coe-Pak, Y Lin
Guided tissue regeneration techniques involving blood-derived products in periradicular surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol, G Baniulyte, K Ali, and L Burns
MDMA and mouth ulcers, Y Lin
It is difficult to think about becoming what you have never seen”: Black students perceptions around a career in academic dentistry, Catherine Coelho, Christopher Tredwin, Helen Watson, and Sally Hanks
Filler failure, Y Lin
Atrial fibrillation in Middle Eastern Arabs and South Asians: a scoping review, Amar M. Salam, Rasha Kaddoura, Vehid Salih, and Sanjay Asopa
Letter to the Editor, Imogen Anne Jones, Katie Silver, and Lovleen Tina Joshi
Dental care for homeless persons: Time for National Health Service reform, Robert Witton and Martha Paisi
The dental therapist's role in a 'shared care' approach to optimise clinical outcomes, Z Sadura, S Hanks, C Tredwin, and E McColl
Professionalism and dental education: in search of a shared understanding, Sally Hanks
Effects of chlorhexidine mouthwash on the oral microbiome, Zoë L.S. Brookes, Louise A. Belfield, Ann Ashworth, Patricia Casas-Agustench, Mahwish Raja, Alexander J. Pollard, and Raul Bescos
SARS-CoV-2 Tests: Bridging the Gap Between Laboratory Sensors and Clinical Applications, Nikita Toropov, Eleanor Osborne, Lovleen Tina Joshi, James Davidson, Caitlin Morgan, Joseph Page, Justin Pepperell, and Frank Vollmer
The future of dentistry post-COVID-19: perspectives from Urgent Dental Care centre staff in England, Robert Witton, Anastasios Plessas, Hannah Wheat, Rebecca Baines, Maria Bernardes Delgado, Ian Mills, and Martha Paisi
Using alternative teaching and learning approaches to deliver clinical microbiology during the COVID19 pandemic, Lovleen Tina Joshi
Re: E-scooter injuries referred to the oral and maxillofacial surgical service at Christchurch Hospital: a retrospective observational study and cost analysis of 17 months of data, Y Lin and B Collard
The benefits of an innovative community engagement model in dental undergraduate education, Robert Witton and Martha Paisi
The effect of pre-emptive Ibuprofen on post- operative pain after removal of lower third molar teeth: a systematic review, F Gately, K Ali, and L Burns
Evaluation of Sepsis Teaching for Medical and Dental Students at a British University, Kamran Ali, Neelam Venkatasami, Daniel Zahra, Zoe Brookes, and Jolanta Kisielewska
What is the value of simulated patient assessment in structured clinical examinations of undergraduate students and how should it be used?, K. Ali, S. Hanks, and J. Cockerill
COVID-19, Leadership and Gender Equality: Preparing for the Challenges Ahead, Ian Mills and Patricia Neville
COVID-19 presents an opportunity for dental teams to become ready for person-centred care, Ian Mills, Koula Asimakopoulou, Patricia Neville, and Sasha Scambler
Medical Education during COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learnt and Future Priorities, K Ali
Antibacterial and Bonding Properties of Universal Adhesive Dental Polymers Doped with Pyrogallol, N Kharouf, A Eid, L Hardan, R Bourgi, Y Arntz, H Jmal, F Foschi, S Sauro, V Ball, Y Haikel, and D Mancino
Odontopaste alternatives?, Y Lin
Pandemic progress, E. McColl, R. Witton, and C. Tredwin
Sonic Activation Improves Bioceramic Sealer’s Penetration into the Tubular Dentin of Curved Root Canals: A Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy Investigation, R Pérez-Alfayate, J Algar-Pinilla, M Mercade, and F Foschi
Oral care experiences of palliative care patients, their relatives/carers and healthcare professionals: a qualitative systematic review, Delgado M. Bernardes, Anastasios Plessas, Lorna Burns, Helen Neilens, Sarah Griffiths, and Jos Latour
Biocide Use in the Antimicrobial Era: A Review, Imogen Anne Jones and Lovleen Tina Joshi
Preparing Health Profession Students for Practice in Complex Real World Settings: How Do Educators Respond to a Model of Capability?, Sally Hanks, Hilary Neve, and Thomas Gale
Applications of Microwave Energy in Medicine, Alexandra Gartshore, Matt Kidd, and Lovleen Tina Joshi
Root Canal Filling Quality Comparison of a Premixed Calcium Silicate Endodontic Sealer and Different Carrier-Based Obturation Systems, R Pérez-Alfayate, M Mercade, J Algar-Pinilla, R Cisneros-Cabello, F Foschi, and S Cohen
Dean’s Update, Ian Mills
COVID-19: dental aerosol contamination in open plan dental clinics and future implications, K Ali and M Raja
Letters to the Editor, YM Lin
Self-Perceived Competence of New Dental Graduates in Pakistan – A Multi-institution Study, Haroon Shahid Qazi, Kamran Ali, Josephine Cockerill, and Daniel Zahra
Print and Try Technique: 3D-Printing of Teeth with Complex Anatomy a Novel Endodontic Approach, R Tonini, E Xhajanka, M Giovarruscio, F Foschi, G Boschi, A Atav-Ates, A Cicconetti, M Seracchiani, G Gambarini, L Testarelli, and L Pacifici
Students' return to clinic, R. Witton, E. McColl, and C. Tredwin
Is social enterprise good for dentistry?, Robert Witton
Direct Single-Particle Detection and Sizes Recognition of Adenovirus with Whispering-Gallery Mode Resonances, N Toropov, E Osborne, LT Joshi, and F Vollmer
Submissions from 2020
Assessment of Dental Undergraduate Students’ Skills in Local Anesthesia Administration: A Longitudinal Study, KM Siddiqi, HS Qazi, K Ali, and R Glanville
The impact of wrong-site surgery on dental undergraduate teaching: a survey of UK dental schools, Anna Dargue, Eithne Fyfe, Kathryn French, Kamran Ali, Edmund Bailey, Aileen Bell, Robert Bolt, Yogesh Bulsara, James Carey, Charlotte Emanuel, Rachel Green, Nadine Khawaja, Evgeny Kushnerev, Neil Patel, Simon Shepherd, Binthan Smart, Joanna Smyth, Kate Taylor, and Datla K Varma
The dental therapist's role in a 'shared care' approach to optimise clinical outcomes, Zuzanna Sadura, Sally Hanks, Christopher Tredwin, and Ewen McColl
Dean’s Update, Ian Mills
