Browse research from the Peninsula Dental School.
Submissions from 2024
Knocking Out Antimicrobial Resistance editorial: reflections on the United Nations General Assembly high-level meeting on antimicrobial resistance, Lovleen Tina Joshi and Catrin E. Moore
An evaluation by dental clinicians of cutting characteristics and haptic perceptions in 3D-printed typodont teeth: A pilot study, Alex Cresswell-Boyes, Graham Roy Davis, Asa Barber, Mahentha Krishnamoorthy, and Swati Nehete
Beyond the Bite: Exploring Mental Health of Dental Faculty in Pakistan– a multi-institutional study, Kamran Ali, Daniel Zahra, Ulfat Bashir, Alaa Daud, Hina Zafar Raja, Rob Witton, and Mahwish Raja
Teaching of magnification in the undergraduate curriculum: A position statement from the British Endodontic Society Teachers of Endodontology Group, W. McLean, A. J.E. Qualtrough, Alexandra Coleman, Alyn Morgan, Aylin Baysan, Carol Tait, Conor McLister, Damian Kavanagh, Damian O’Conner, Edward Longbottom, Emad Moawad, Erlind Pepla, Garrit Koller, Ewen McColl, Gillian Boswell, Graham Quilligan, Iad Gharib, Ian Jones, James Donn, James Hyde, Jenny Good, Jill Butler, Joshua Scaife, Kate Blundell, Mark Barber, Mary Freda-Howley, Mustafa Al Agha, Nargis Sonde, Nick Longridge, and Obyda Essam
The Use of Acupuncture to Manage Dry Mouth Post-Radiotherapy in Head and Neck Cancer Patients, Yen Ming Lin and Claire Forbes-Haley
Barriers and Facilitators to Dental Care Services Utilization Among Children With Disabilities: A Systematic Review and Thematic Synthesis, Shiamaa Al-Mashhadani, Mona Nasser, Anas Alsalami, Lorna Burns, and Martha Paisi
Unless we confront antimicrobial resistance now, we risk the consequences of a post-antibiotic society, Lovleen Tina Joshi
Dental Therapy Foundation Training: A Dental Therapist's view, Molly Langford and Morag Powell
Nurturing Well-Being in Dentistry: A MindSHED Approach, Tej Morjaria and Morag Powell
Knocking Out AMR project review, Lovleen Tina Joshi and Catrin E. Moore
A micro-computed tomographic evaluation of maxillary first molar accessory root canal morphology in a Black South African subpopulation, Casper Jonker
Launching the Clostridioides difficile collection, Lovleen Tina Joshi, Stephen Michell, and Ed J. Kuijper
A micro-computed tomographic evaluation of maxillary first molar root canal morphology in Black South Africans, Casper H. Jonker, Ericka N. L’abbé, Peet J. van der Vyver, Daniel Zahra, and Anna C. Oettlé
Perceived Impact of COVID 19 on Dental Therapy and Hygiene students’ wellbeing., Morag Powell, Vivian Binnie, and James Donn
Rapid, Point-of-Care Microwave Lysis and Electrochemical Detection of Clostridioides difficile Directly from Stool Samples, Lovleen Tina Joshi, Emmanuel Brousseau, Trefor Morris, Jonathan Lees, Adrian Porch, and Les Baillie
Students’ perceptions of endodontic typodont teeth with simulated canals printed from novel materials, Alex Cresswell-Boyes, Graham Davis, and Aylin Baysan
Mutual recognition of qualifications, health workforce migration, and graduate outcomes: a comparative mapping study of undergraduate dental education in Europe, Marie Bryce, Sally Hanks, Lorna Burns, Daniel Zahra, and Tom Gale
Response to comments on the tolerance to Clostridioides difficile spores to sodium hypochlorite disinfection, Lovleen Tina Joshi and Humaira Ahmed
How prepared are newly qualified allied health professionals for practice in the UK? A systematic review, Nicola Brennan, Lorna Burns, Karen Mattick, Alexandra Mitchell, Tristan Henderson, Keith Walker, and Thomas Gale
Herbal medicines to prevent dental caries, Philip Pradeep, Anchu Rachel Thomas, Kanwardeep Kaur, Renu Sarah Samson, Arun Mayya, Shripathi Adiga, and Sumanth Kumbargere Nagraj
Efficacy of electronic apex locators in comparison with intraoral radiographs in working length determination- a systematic review and meta-analysis, Anchu Rachel Thomas, Deepti Shrivastava, Kumar Chandan Srivastava, Gurveen Kaur, Renu Sarah Samson, Eby Varghese, Ratna Rachel Ponraj, Sumanth Kumbargere Nagraj, Hmoud Ali Algarni, Amna Yusuf Siddiqui, and Osama S. Alothmani
Current arrangements for training dentists in the UK in primary care dentistry, Sally Hanks
Decolonizing and diversifying the biosciences curriculum – a practical guide to getting started, Catherine Mansfield, Lovleen tina Joshi, Isaiah j. Ting, and Katharine Hubbard
Why we need to decolonize the biosciences curriculum, Lovleen tina Joshi, Catherine Mansfield, Isaiah j. Ting, and Katharine Hubbard
A Scoping Review of the Oral Health Status, Oral Health Behaviours and Interventions to Improve the Oral Health of Children and Young People in Care and Care Leavers, Joelle Booth, Jo Erwin, Lorna Burns, Nick Axford, Jane Horrell, Hannah Wheat, Robert Witton, Jill Shawe, Janine Doughty, Sarah Kaddour, Skye Boswell, Urshla Devalia, Abigail Nelder, and Martha Paisi
Access to Dental Care for Children and Young People in Care and Care Leavers: A Global Scoping Review, Jo Erwin, Jane Horrell, Hannah Wheat, Nick Axford, Lorna Burns, Joelle Booth, Robert Witton, Jill Shawe, Janine Doughty, Sarah Kaddour, Skye Boswell, Urshla Devalia, Abigail Nelder, and Martha Paisi
The attitudes of dental therapists, dental therapy educators and dental therapy students in the South of England towards domiciliary dentistry: a qualitative study, Robert Emanuel, Joshua Quach, Parul Patel, Robert Witton, Carolina Machuca-Vargas, and Eleanor Taylor
Student perceptions of integrated dental therapy and dental education at Peninsula Dental School., Morag Powell, Ruby May Allen, and Amy Beare
Factors influencing implementation and sustainability of interventions to improve oral health and related health behaviours in adults experiencing severe and multiple disadvantage: A mixed-methods systematic review, Deepti A. John, Emma A. Adams, Laura J. McGowan, Emma C. Joyes, Catherine Richmond, Fiona R. Beyer, David Landes, Richard G. Watt, Falko F. Sniehotta, Martha Paisi, Clare Bambra, Dawn Craig, Eileen Kaner, and Sheena E. Ramsay
Dental Surgical Activity in Hospitals during COVID-19: A Nationwide Observational Cohort Study, J Booth, A J Fowler, R Pearse, P Dias, Y I Wan, R Witton, and T E F Abbott
Co-production of health and social science research with vulnerable children and young people: A rapid review, Jo Erwin, Lorna Burns, Urshla Devalia, Robert Witton, Jill Shawe, Hannah Wheat, Nick Axford, Janine Doughty, Sarah Kaddour, Abigail Nelder, Paul Brocklehurst, Skye Boswell, and Martha Paisi
The Effect of Dietary Nitrate on the Oral Microbiome and Salivary Biomarkers in Individuals with High Blood Pressure, Raul Bescos, Lisa du Toit, Michaela L. Sundqvist, Alvaro Redondo-Rio, Zöe Brookes, Patricia Casas-Agustench, Mary Hickson, Alicia Benavente, Gemma Montagut, Eddie Weitzberg, Toni Gabaldón, and Jon O. Lundberg
Utilising blood-derived products for guided tissue regeneration in periradicular surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Kamran Ali, Gabriele Baniulyte, and Lorna Burns
Submissions from 2023
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
A New Methodology to Determine the Orifice for Root Canal Configurations in First Permanent Molar Root and Canal Morphologies Using Micro-Computed Tomography, Casper Hendrik Jonker, Guy Lambourn, Anna Catherina Oettlé, Federico Foschi, Charlotte Theye, and Ericka Noelle L’Abbé
Top tips for effective use of periodontal instruments in primary care, M Powell, R Potterton, and E McColl
Enhancing learning experiences in pre-clinical restorative dentistry: the impact of virtual reality haptic simulators, Alaa Daud, Manal Matoug-Elwerfelli, Hanin Daas, Daniel Zahra, and Kamran Ali
Uncontrolled hypertension at the dentist: a case report of integrated healthcare, Amazon Doble, Raul Bescos, Robert Witton, Shabir Shivji, and Zoë Brookes
Top tips on staying up to date in primary care, L Burns and E McColl
Clostridioides difficile spores tolerate disinfection with sodium hypochlorite disinfectant and remain viable within surgical scrubs and gown fabrics, Humaira Ahmed and Lovleen Tina Joshi
Antimicrobial Mouthwashes: An Overview of Mechanisms—What Do We Still Need to Know?, Zoë Brookes, Colman McGrath, and Michael McCullough
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
Does the NHS Dental Workforce Plan in England align with the UN Sustainable Development Goals?, Deborah Evans, Ian Mills, and Sally Hanks
Outbreak investigation of NDM-producing Burkholderia cepacia causing neonatal sepsis in Pakistan, Muhammad Usman Qamar, A Batool, A Yakoob, Zahid Anwar, Lovleen Tina Joshi, Durreshahwar Lone, M Zikriya, and Qasim Ahmed
Dermatophyte resistance – on the rise, Ivan R. Bristow and Lovleen Tina Joshi
Mouthwash Effects on the Oral Microbiome: Are They Good, Bad, or Balanced?, Zoë Brookes, Leanne Teoh, Fabian Cieplik, and Purnima Kumar
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
”Just in case to just in time” curriculum! Are we ready for this paradigm shift?, Sumanth Kumbargere Nagraj
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
Top tips for minimally invasive dentistry in primary care, Y Lin, E McColl, and HF Duncan
Developing a person-centred approach in dentistry beyond NHS recall intervals: a commentary, Ian Mills, Sasha Scambler, Patricia Neville, and Koula Asimakopoulou
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
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
Candida auris: another frontier in the battle against antimicrobial resistance, Tina L. Joshi
Top tips for effective clinical communication, Angus Kelly, Jim Carey, Morag Powell, and Ewen McColl
The dental workforce recruitment and retention crisis in the UK, Deborah Evans, Ian Mills, Lorna Burns, Marie Bryce, and Sally Hanks
A survey of mental wellbeing and stress among dental therapists and hygienists in South West England, G Hallett, R Witton, and I Mills
Oral medicine in regional oral and maxillofacial surgery units: a five-year review, Y Lin, M Simms, and P Atkin
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
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
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
'Connecting and compassion matters in dental care', A Nelder, R Potterton, and E McColl
Candidate evaluation of national recruitment in oral surgery, Sarah L. McKernon, Julian Yates, Martin Foster, Pippa Blacklock, Colette Balmer, and R. James Spencer
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
Supracrestal tissue attachment: an update, Jaini Shah, Leah Webb, Ewen McColl, Michael Daldry, Serena Bhagi, and Rob Witton
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
First Dental Steps: a multistranded oral health improvement intervention embedded in the Healthy Child Programme, D. Brown, R. Patel, and R. Witton
Stability of palatal rugae after orthodontic/orthopaedic expansion: a scoping review, SN Tey, YM Lin, and AMFS Mohamed
Submissions from 2022
A survey of mental wellbeing and stress among dental therapists and hygienists in South West England, Georgia Hallett, Robert Witton, and Ian Mills
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
An individual-level approach to stress management in dentistry, E McColl, M Paisi, A Plessas, F Ellwood, and R Witton
Using the Mental Health Wellness Framework in dental practice, A Plessas, R Witton, M Paisi, F Ellwood, and E McColl
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
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
Characterisation of Clostridioides difficile spore response to sodium hypochlorite using EM-imaging and Raman Spectroscopy, D Malyshev, I jones, M McKracken, G Harper, TJ Lovleen, and M Andersson
Vodka-assisted extraction, E. McColl, R. Witton, and A. Mathews
Decolonisation of curricula in undergraduate dental education: an exploratory study, Kamran Ali, Jennie Winter, Oliver Webb, and Daniel Zahra
Preprocedural mouth rinses for preventing transmission of infectious diseases through aerosols in dental healthcare providers, Nagraj S Kumbargere, Prashanti Eachempati, Martha Paisi, Mona Nasser, Gowri Sivaramakrishnan, Tony Francis, and Jos H. Verbeek
NHS dentistry is at breaking point – only radical action may be enough to fix it, I Mills
Ethnic diversity in academic dentistry in the United Kingdom, L Burns, C Coelho, and A Addy
Dental education in primary care: 14 years of Peninsula Dental School, Christopher Tredwin, Sally Hanks, Rob Witton, Ewen McColl, and Cathy Coelho
Supporting the transition from recent graduate to trainee; the Educational Transition Document, Sally Hanks
School dental screening programmes for oral health, Ankita Arora, Nagraj S Kumbargere, Shivi Khattri, Noorliza Mastura Ismail, and Prashanti Eachempati
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, J Douglas, C. Gordon, S. Iyer, C. Jefferies, P. Sexton, R. Taylor, E. Walshaw, C. Man, J. Sankey, H. Wilcock, A. Nijamudeen, O. Tabbenor, A. Davies, T. Henderson, N. Pigadas, R. Rupchandani, D. Zakai, Y. Coll, B. Dunphy, E. Gruber, Y. Ko, R. Kulkarni, R. Paul, K. Jetty, R. Exley, R. Pancholi, N. Horisk, A. Korobczuk, C. Chandran, A. Dalal, R. Shivam, N. Allison, G. Stonier, F. Dylgjeri, J. Rooney, T. Svoboda, A. Ahmed, S. Farooq, N. Turton, S. Clyde, M. Ritchie, S. Brandsma, H. Nazir, Y. Mousa, S. Choudhury, K. Crawley, E. Offen, A. Iqbal, G. Baniulyte, A. Pamma, and O. Yaqoob
Top tips for clinical governance in primary care, R Anderson, R Witton, and E McColl
Potential use of Microwave Technology in Dermatology, A. K. Gupta, M. Venkataraman, L. T. Joshi, and E. A. Cooper
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
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
Guided Tissue Regeneration in Peri-radicular Surgery, G Baniulyte, L Burns, and K Ali
Hospital surface disinfection using ultraviolet germicidal irradiation technology: A review, Robert Scott, Lovleen Tina Joshi, and Conor McGinn
M3M consent conundrum, YM Lin
Strategic planning in oral health improvement, R. Patel and R. Witton
Dentistry in Plymouth – what have we got to smile about?, I Mills
Are Survival Outcomes Different for Young and Old Patients with Oral and Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Swagatika Panda, Barbara Lapinska, Neeta Mohanty, Saurav Panda, Lora Mishra, Divya Gopinath, Alkananda Sahoo, and Sumanth Kumbargere Nagraj
Professionalism and dental education: in search of a shared understanding, Sally Hanks
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
