Dental Public Health Group
Annual Report 2012
UCL Research Department of
Epidemiology & Public Health
UCL Dental Public Health Group Annual Report 2012
Contents
Introduction
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Staffing
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Current Research
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Journal Publications
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Conference Presentations
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Postgraduate Students
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MSc in Dental Public Health
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PhD Students
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Introduction
The Dental Public Health (DPH) Group is one of the 12 research groups within
the Research Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at University
College London (UCL). This report summarises the main research, teaching and
NHS/policy activities undertaken by the DPH Group in 2012
Staffing

Professor Richard G Watt, Professor and Honorary Consultant in Dental
Public Health

Dr George Tsakos, Senior Lecturer in Dental Public Health and Honorary
Consultant in Dental Public Health

Professor Aubrey Sheiham, Emeritus Professor in Dental Pubic Health

Professor Martin Hobdell, Visiting Professor in Dental Public Health
Honorary Staff

Huda Yusuf, Specialist Registrar in Dental Public Health
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Jenny Oliver, Consultant in Dental Public Health, Berkshire East PCT and
Buckinghamshire PCT

Dr Paul Batchelor, Consultant in Dental Public Health, Berkshire West
Primary Care Trust
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Dr Habib Benzian, Honorary Lecturer in Dental Public Health
Research and Administrative Staff

Louise Gregory, Administrative Teaching and Research Assistant
 Marie Murphy, Research Associate
Exploratory trial of a motivational interviewing intervention for overweight
adolescents attending general dental services in London.
 Antiopi Ntouva, Research Associate
Exploratory trial of a motivational interviewing intervention for overweight
adolescents attending general dental services in London.
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 Jessie Porter, Research Associate
Exploratory trial of a motivational interviewing intervention for overweight
adolescents attending general dental services in London.
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Patrick Rouxell, Research Associate
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Anja Heilmann, Research Associate
Current research projects
Adult Dental Health Survey (England, Wales & Northern Ireland). Lead contractor
Office for National Statistics with consortium of university partners including DPH
UCL.
Child Dental Health Survey (England, Wales & Northern Ireland). Lead contractor
Office for National Statistics with consortium of university partners including DPH
UCL.
Exploratory and developmental trial of a family centred nutrition intervention
delivered in Children’s Centres and the home environment. PI Richard Watt.
Awarded by Food Standards Agency/Department of Health.
Development and testing of a social determinants model of oral health. PI
Richard Watt. Awarded by National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research,
USA.
Preventing obesity in young people attending primary dental care settings: an
exploratory randomised controlled trial. PI Richard Watt. Awarded by National
Institute for Health Research.
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Publications
Journal publications
Aida J, Kondo K, Kawachi I, Subramanian SV, Ichida Y, Hirai H, Kondo N, Osaka
K, Sheiham A, Tsakos G, Watt RG. Does social capital affect the incidence of
functional disability in older Japanese? A prospective population-based cohort
study. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2013 Jan;67(1):42-7.
Aida J, Kondo K, Hirai H, Nakade M, Yamamoto T, Hanibuchi T, Osaka K,
Sheiham A, Tsakos G, Watt RG. Association between dental status and incident
disability in an older Japanese population. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2012
Feb;60(2):338-43.
Alkarimi HA, Watt R, Pikhart H, Jawadi A, Sheiham A, Tsakos G. Impact of
treating dental caries on schoolchildren’s anthropometric, dental, satisfaction and
appetite outcomes: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Public Health 2012;
12:706
Alonge OK, Narendran S, Hobdell MH, Bahl S. Sugar consumption and
preference among Mexican, Chinese, and Nigerian immigrants to Texas. Spec
Care Dentist. 2011 Sep-Oct;31(5):150-5.
Batchelor P.The Health and Social Care Bill: why all English people should be
worried. Br Dent J. 2012 Mar 9;212(5):203
Batchelor P. Proposed career pathway for clinical academic general dental
practitioners. Prim Dent Care. 2012 Jan;19(1):5;
Batchelor P. Improving governance to improve oral health: addressing care
delivery systems. Oral Health Dent Manag. 2012 Sep;11(3):129-33.
Batchelor P, Stirling D. Re: Lynch, L. A review of assessments of inappropriate
payments in the DTSS. J Ir Dent Assoc. 2012 Feb-Mar;58(1):7;
Batchelor P. What do we mean by population health? Community Dent Oral
Epidemiol. 2012 Oct;40 Suppl 2:12-5.
Benzian H, Monse B, Belizario V Jr, Schratz A, Sahin M, Helderman Wv.Public
health in action: effective school health needs renewed international attention.
Glob Health Action. 2012;5.
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Benzian H, Holmgren C, Buijs M, van Loveren C, van der Weijden F, van
Palenstein Helderman W. Total and free available fluoride in toothpastes in
Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, the Netherlands and Suriname. Int Dent J. 2012
Aug;62(4):213-21
Benzian H, Bergman M, Cohen LK, Hobdell M, Mackay J.The UN High-level
Meeting on Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases and its
significance for oral health worldwide. J Public Health Dent. 2012
Spring;72(2):91-3.
Bernabé E, Watt RG, Sheiham A, Suominen AL, Vehkalahti MM, Nordblad A,
Uutela A, Kivimäki M, Tsakos G. Childhood socioeconomic position, adult sense
of coherence and tooth retention. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2012
Feb;40(1):46-52.
Cohen LK, Benzian H, Bergman M. UN summit: stepping up efforts to address
oral diseases.Compend Contin Educ Dent. 2012 Apr;33(4):234-5.
Delgado-Angulo EK, Hobdell MH, Bernabé E. Childhood stunting and caries
increment in permanent teeth: a three and a half year longitudinal study in Peru.
Int J Paediatr Dent. 2013 Mar;23(2):101-9.
Erić J, Stančić I, Tihaček-Šojić L, Kulić L, Popovac A, Tsakos G. Prevalence,
severity, and clinical determinants of oral impacts in older people in Bosnia and
Herzegovina. Eur J Oral Sci. 2012 Oct;120(5):438-43.
Fitzpatrick WG, Renshaw J, Batchelor P. Negotiation: a necessary art for dental
practice. Prim Dent Care. 2012 Jan;19(1):29-33.
Fontanive V, Abegg C, Tsakos G, Oliveira M. The association between clinical
oral health and general quality of life: a population-based study of individuals
aged 50-74 in Southern Brazil.Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2013
Apr;41(2):154-62.
Heinrich-Weltzien R, Monse B, Benzian H, Heinrich J, Kromeyer-Hauschild K.
Association of dental caries and weight status in 6- to 7-year-old Filipino children.
Clin Oral Investig. 2012 Sep 28
Krisdapong S, Prasertsom P, Rattanarangsima K, Adulyanon S, Sheiham A.
Setting oral health goals that include oral health-related quality of life measures:
a study carried out among adolescents in Thailand. Cad. Saúde Pública 2012;
28(10): 1881-1892.
Krisdapong S, Prasertsom P, Rattanarangsima K, Sheiham A. Impacts on
Quality of Life Related to Dental Caries in a National Representative Sample of
Thai 12- and 15-Year-Olds. Caries Res. 2012;47(1):9-17.
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Krisdapong S, Sheiham A, Tsakos G. Impacts of recurrent aphthous stomatitis
on quality of life of 12- and 15-year old Thai children. Qual Life Res 2012; 21:71–
76.
Krisdapong S, Prasertsom P, Rattanarangsima K, Sheiham A. Relationships
between oral diseases and impacts on Thai schoolchildren's quality of life:
Evidence from a Thai national oral health survey of 12- and 15-year-olds.
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2012;40(6):550-9
Krisdapong S, Prasertsom P, Rattanarangsima K, Sheiham A, Tsakos G. The
impacts of gingivitis and calculus on Thai children's quality of life. J Clin
Periodontol. 2012;39(9):834-43.
Lamarca, GA, do C Leal M, Leao ATT, Sheiham A. Vettore MA. Oral health
related quality of life in pregnant and post partum women in two social network
domains; predominantly home-based and work-based networks. Health and
Quality of Life Outcomes 2012; 10:5
Monse B, Duijster D, Sheiham A, Grijalva-Eternod CS, van Palenstein
Helderman W, Hobdell MH. The effects of extraction of pulpally involved primary
teeth on weight, height and BMI in underweight Filipino children. BMC Public
Health 2012,12:725
Monse B, Benzian H, Araojo J, Holmgren C, van Palenstein Helderman W,
Naliponguit EC, Heinrich-Weltzien R A Silent Public Health Crisis: Untreated
Caries and Dental Infections Among 6- and 12-Year-Old Children in the
Philippine National Oral Health Survey 2006. Asia Pac J Public Health. 2012 Dec
13.
Mosedale R, Batchelor P.Dental specialist lists: are they necessary? Prim Dent
Care. 2012 Jul;19(3):111-5.
Ohly HR, Hayter A, Pettinger C, Pikhart H, Watt RG, Rees GA. Developing a
nutrition intervention in children's centres: exploring views of parents in
rural/urban settings in the UK.Public Health Nutr. 2012 Aug 31:1-6.
Peres MA, Tsakos G, Barbato PR, Silva DA, Peres KG. Tooth loss is associated
with increased blood pressure in adults--a multidisciplinary population-based
study.J Clin Periodontol. 2012 Sep;39(9):824-33.
Tsakos G, Blair YI, Yusuf H, Wright W, Watt RG, Macpherson LM. Developing a
new self-reported scale of oral health outcomes for 5-year-old children (SOHO5).Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2012 Jun 7;10:62.
Tsakos G, Allen PF, Steele JG, Locker D. Interpreting oral health-related quality
of life data. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2012 Jun;40(3):193-200.
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Watt RG, Petersen PE. Periodontal health through public health--the case for
oral health promotion. Periodontol 2000. 2012 Oct;60(1):147-55.
Watt RG, Rouxel PL. Dental caries, sugars and food policy. Arch Dis Child. 2012
Sep;97(9):769-72.
Watt RG, Tsakos G, de Oliveira C, Hamer M. Tooth loss and cardiovascular
disease mortality risk--results from the Scottish Health Survey.PLoS One.
2012;7(2):e30797.
Watt RG, Carter N, Gregory S, Cockcroft B, Makhani S, Dyer T, Davies G,
Richards D, Thomas D, Milsom K. General and vague.
Br Dent J. 2012 Dec;213(11):540-1
Watt RG, Social determinants of oral health inequalities: implications for action.
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2012 Oct;40 Suppl 2:44-8.
Watt RG, Sheiham A. Integrating the common risk factor approach into a social
determinants framework. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 2012;40(4):289-96.
White DA, Tsakos G, Pitts NB, Fuller E, Douglas GV, Murray JJ, Steele JG. Adult
Dental Health Survey 2009: common oral health conditions and their impact on
the population. Br Dent J. 2012 Dec;213(11):567-72.
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Conference presentations
1. Oral health and quality of life: drawing the “profile” of future dental patients.
Invited presentation in the 20th anniversary meeting of the Association for
Preventive Dentistry in Greece (EPOE). Thessaloniki, 13th October 2012.
2. Time trends in oral health and future oral health needs in the population.
Invited presentation in the 20th anniversary meeting of the Association for
Preventive Dentistry in Greece (EPOE). Thessaloniki, 13th October 2012.
3. Challenges in quality research. Invited presentation at the Florianopolis Oral
Health Research meeting. Florianopolis, Brazil, 26th June 2012.
4. Tsakos G, Wildman J, Fuller E, Shen J, Steele JGS. Socioeconomic
inequalities in oral health related quality of life of British adults. Poster
presentation at the 17th Congress of the European Association of Dental
Public Health (EADPH), held jointly with the British Association for the Study
of Community Dentistry (BASCD). London, 15-17 November 2012.
5. Guarnizo-Herreno C-C, Steele JGS, Watt RG, Wildman J, Tsakos G.
Socioeconomic inequalities in oral health: evidence for the British adult
population. Poster presentation at the 17th Congress of the European
Association of Dental Public Health (EADPH), held jointly with the British
Association for the Study of Community Dentistry (BASCD). London, 15-17
November 2012.
6. Tsakos G, Fuller E, Hill K, Lader D, Steele JGS. Determinants of oral impacts
across generations of British adults. Poster presentation at the 90th General
Session & Exhibition of the International Association for Dental Research
(IADR). Foz de Iguacu, Brazil, 20-23 June 2012.
7. Watt, RG. Social determinants, upstream intervention and importance of
intersectoral partnerships. PER/IADR, Helsinki
8. Watt, RG Why is theory important for the development and evolution of
interventions? IADR, Foz de Iguacu, Brazil, 20-23 June 2012
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Postgraduate students
MSc in Dental Public Health
2012 was a successful year for our MSc course with all students passing their
exams in August; a distinction was awarded to Ankur Singh and a merit to Eman
Alrowali.
MSc Dental Public Health 2011/12
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PhD students
Current students
Almalki, S. Effect of treating traumatic dental injuries on quality of life: A
randomised controlled trial among Saudi children
Al Jameel, A. Perceptions of parents/ Carers of individuals with Intellectual
Disabilities about their Oral Health-Related Quality of Life.
Damaskinos, P. Exploring the oral health gradient in older people in Athens,
Greece.
Gill, T. Oral health related quality of life affecting the service utilisation.
Guarnizo, C. Political factors as determinants of socioeconomic inequalities in
oral health: a cross-national analysis
Jamaludin, M. A systematic review with meta-analysis of the effects of population
and individual level tobacco interventions on health inequalities and statistical
modelling of the determinants.
Mathur, M. Social determinants of oral health inequalities in India.
Rouxel, P. Exploring the association between social capital and oral health in the
English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA)
Scheiwe, A. Neighbourhoods and children's cognitive and social development pathways of effects
Yusuf, H. Exploratory randomised controlled trial of an obesity prevention
motivational interviewing intervention delivered in general dental practice.
PhDs awarded in 2012
Congratulations to the following students who gained their UCL PhDs in 2012:
Al-Zahrani S (2012). Clustering of health-related behaviours among adolescents
in Saudi Arabia. Supervisors: Prof. R. Watt, Dr. G. Tsakos and Prof. A. Sheiham.
Delgado Angulo E (2012). The relationship and probable pathways between
psychological conditions and oral health, among Finnish adults. Supervisors: Dr.
G. Tsakos, Prof. R. Watt, Prof. A. Sheiham, Dr. W. Sabbah and Dr. A.L.
Suominen-Taipale.
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Murat N (2012). Estimating Oral Health Needs and Manpower Requirements
using Sociodental and Skill Mix approach. Supervisors: Dr. G. Tsakos, Prof. R.
Watt and Prof. A. Sheiham.
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