UCL Research Department of
Epidemiology & Public Health
Dental Public Health Group
Annual Report 2011
UCL Dental Public Health Group Annual Report 2011
Contents
Introduction
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Staffing
3
Current Research
4
Publications
5
Journal Publications
5
Other Publications
7
NHS and Other Health Services Activity
8
Conference Presentations
9
Postgraduate Students
12
MSc in Dental Public Health
12
PhD Students
12
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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 2011.
Staffing
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Professor Richard G Watt, Professor and Honorary Consultant in Dental
Public Health
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Dr George Tsakos, Senior Lecturer in Dental Public Health and Honorary
Consultant in Dental Public Health
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Professor Aubrey Sheiham, Emeritus Professor in Dental Pubic Health
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Professor Martin Hobdell, Visiting Professor in Dental Public Health
Honorary Staff
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Huda Yusuf, Specialist Registrar in Dental Public Health
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Jenny Donaghy, Consultant in Dental Public Health, Berkshire East PCT
and Buckinghamshire PCT
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Dr Paul Batchelor, Consultant in Dental Public Health, Berkshire West
Primary Care Trust
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Dr George Gillespie, Honorary Professor in Dental Public Health
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Dr Habib Benzian, Honorary Lecturer in Dental Public Health
Research and Administrative Staff
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Louise Gregory, Administrative Teaching and Research Assistant
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Arabella Hayter, Research Associate
Exploratory and developmental trial of a family centred nutrition
intervention delivered in Children's Centres and the home environment.
• Marie Murphy, Research Associate
Exploratory trial of a motivational interviewing intervention for overweight
adolescents attending general dental services in London.
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• Antiopi Ntouva, Research Associate
Exploratory trial of a motivational interviewing intervention for overweight
adolescents attending general dental services in London.
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Ashley Ecker, Research Associate
Exploratory and developmental trial of a family centred nutrition
intervention delivered in Children's Centres and the home environment.
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.
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.
Cochrane Review of Salt Fluoridation. Analysis of collected information and data
on the implementation and impact of this caries preventive approach in some 36
countries, by an international collaborative working group. George Gillespie and
Valeria Mourinho (QMUL).
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Publications
Journal publications
Aida J, Kondo K, Kondo N, Watt RG, Sheiham A, Tsakos G (2011). Income
inequality, social capital and self-rated health and dental status in older
Japanese..
Soc
Sci
Med,
73(10),
1561
1568.
doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.09.005
Aida J, Kondo K, Yamamoto T, Hirai H, Nakade M, Osaka K, Sheiham A, Tsakos
G, Watt RG (2011). Oral health and cancer, cardiovascular, and respiratory
mortality
of
Japanese..
J
Dent
Res,
90(9),
1129
1135.
doi:10.1177/0022034511414423
Alonge OK, Narendran S, Hobdell MH, and Bahl S. (2011) Sugar Consumption
and Preference among Mexican, Chinese, and Nigerian Immigrants to Texas.
Special Care in Dentistry, 31: 150–155, 2011.
Benzian H, Hobdell M, Mackay J. (2011) Putting teeth into chronic diseases.
Lancet. 377:464.
Benzian H, Monse B, Heinrich-Weltzien R, Hobdell M, Mulder J, van Palenstein
Helderman W. (2011) Untreated severe dental decay: a neglected determinant of
low Body Mass Index in 12-year-old Filipino children. BMC Public Health. 11:558.
Benzian H, Monse B, Heinrich-Weltzien R, Holmgren C, van Palenstein
Helderman W. (2011) Dental indices must not be CAST in stone. Int Dent J.
61:238-240.
Benzian H, Hobdell M, Holmgren C, Yee R, Monse B, Barnard JT, van
Palenstein Helderman W. (2011) Political priority of global oral health: an
analysis of reasons for international neglect. Int Dent J. 61:124-130.
Benzian H, Hobdell M. (2011) Seizing political opportunities for oral health. J Am
Dent Assoc.142:242-243.
Benzian H, Hobdell M, Mackay J. (2011) Hit or miss: a window of opportunity for
global oral health. Br Dent J. 210:147.
Bernabé E, Watt RG, Sheiham A, Suominen AL, Vehkalahti MM, Norblad A,
Uutela A, Kivimaki M, Tsakos G. (2011) Childhood socioeconomic position, adult
sense of coherence and tooth retention. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 40:
46–52. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2011.00633.x
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Bernabé E, Suominen AL, Nordblad A, Vehkalahti MM, Hausen H, Knuuttila M,
Kivimäki M, Watt RG, Sheiham A, Tsakos G (2011). Education level and oral
health in Finnish adults: evidence from different lifecourse models.. J Clin
Periodontol, 38(1), 25 - 32. doi:10.1111/j.1600-051X.2010.01647.x
Dorri M, Sheiham A, Watt RG (2011). The relationship among educational
achievement, career aspiration, and oral hygiene behaviours in Iranian
adolescents.. Eur J Oral Sci, 119(1), 48 - 54. doi:10.1111/j.16000722.2010.00797.x
Erić J, Stančić I, Sojić LT, Popovac AJ, Tsakos G (2011). Validity and reliability of
the Oral Impacts on Daily Performance (OIDP) scale in the elderly population of
Bosnia
and
Herzegovina..
Gerodontology
,
doi:10.1111/j.17412358.2011.00584.x
Golkari A, Sabokseir A, Pakshir HR, Dean MC, Sheiham A, Watt RG (2011). A
comparison of photographic, replication and direct clinical examination methods
for detecting developmental defects of enamel.. BMC Oral Health, 11
doi:10.1186/1472-6831-11-16
Hobdell MH, (2011) Putting teeth into chronic diseases. Lancet Correspondence,
377: 464, 2011.
Holmgren CJ, Monse B, van Palenstein HW, Benzian H. (2011)Learning lessons.
Br Dent J. 210:292-293.
Holmgren C, Benzian H. (2011)Dental volunteering - a time for reflection and a
time for change. Br Dent J. 210:513-516.
Holmgren C, Benzian H. (2011) Dental volunteers – help or hindrance? Br Dent
J. 211:447-448.
Janulyte V, Puriene A, Petrauskiene J, Peciuliene V, Benzian H. (2011)
International migration of Lithuanian oral health professionals: a survey of
graduates. Int Dent J. 61:224-230.
Jung SH, Watt RG, Sheiham A, Ryu JI, Tsakos G (2011). Exploring pathways for
socio-economic inequalities in self-reported oral symptoms among Korean
adolescents.. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol, 39(3), 221 - 229.
doi:10.1111/j.1600-0528.2010.00595.x
Sabbah W, Tsakos G, Chandola T, Newton T, Kawachi I, Sheiham A, Marmot
MG, Watt RG (2011). The relationship between social network, social support
and periodontal disease among older Americans. J Clin Periodontol, 38(6), 547 552. doi:10.1111/j.1600-051X.2011.01713.x
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Sheiham A, Alexander D, Cohen L, Marinho V, Moysés S, Petersen PE, Spencer
J, Watt RG, Weyant R (2011). Global oral health inequalities: task group-implementation and delivery of oral health strategies. Adv Dent Res, 23(2), 259 267. doi:10.1177/0022034511402084
Tsakos G, Demakakos P, Breeze E, Watt RG (2011). Social gradients in oral
health in older adults: findings from the English longitudinal survey of aging.. Am
J Public Health, 101(10), 1892 - 1899. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2011.300215
Tsakos G, Allen PF, Steele JG, Locker D (2011). Interpreting oral health-related
quality of life data. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol, doi:10.1111/j.16000528.2011.00651.x
Tsakos G (2011). Inequalities in oral health of the elderly: rising to the public
health challenge?. J Dent Res, 90(6), 689-690. doi:10.1177/0022034511407072
Other publications
Benzian, H, Monse, B. (2011) Promoting Oral Health. In: Bundy, D (Ed)
Rethinking School Health. A Key Component of Education for All. The World
Bank, Directions for Development; p. 111-115.
Benzian, H. (2011) Paysage des ONG dentaires. In: Decroix, B (Ed) Santé
bucco-dentaire et santé générale. Enjeux d'intégration, de cooperation et de
développement. Paris: Aide Odontologique Internationale et Agence Francaise
de Développement; p. 67-69.
Benzian, H. (2011) Ressources humaines en santé bucco-dentaire: apects
macro, global, international. In: Decroix, B (Ed) Santé bucco-dentaire et santé
générale. Enjeux d'intégration, de cooperation et de développement. Paris: Aide
Odontologique Internationale et Agence Francaise de Développement; p. 91-94.
Floriano F, Mda CC, Tsakos G, Sheiham A, Vianna MI, Cabral MB, dos Santos
M, Santos G (2011). Impact of oral health status on quality of life in adults Brazil.
J Epidemiol Commun H, 65, A431 - A431. doi:10.1136/jech.2011.142976o.84
Floriano F, Mda CC, Sheiham A, Tsakos G, Vianna MI, Cabral MB, Santos G,
dos Santos M (2011). Relationship between clinical dental status and the
perception of oral health related quality of life in adults, Brazil.
J Epidemiol Commun H, 65, A431 - A431. doi:10.1136/jech.2011.142976o.83
Nuttall N, Tsakos G, Lader D, Hill K. Outcome and impact – a report from the
Adult Dental Health Survey 2009. The NHS Health and Social Care Information
Centre 2011.
(http://www.ic.nhs.uk/webfiles/publications/007_Primary_Care/Dentistry/dentalsur
vey09/AdultDentalHealthSurvey_2009_Theme7_Outcomeandimpact.pdf).
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Fuller E, Steele J, Watt R, Nuttall N. Outcome and impact- a report from the Adult
Dental Health Survey 2011. Oral Health and Function. The NHS Health and
Social Care Information Centre 2011.
http://www.ic.nhs.uk/webfiles/publications/007_Primary_Care/Dentistry/dentalsur
vey09/AdultDentalHealthSurvey_2009_Theme1_Oralhealthandfunction.pdf
Peres M, Tsakos G, Barbatto P, Silva D, Peres K (2011). Tooth loss is
associated with increased blood pressure in adults. A Brazilian population-based
study.
J
Epidemiol
Commun
H,
65,
A288
A288.
doi:10.1136/jech.2011.142976j.75
Sheiham A. (2011) Strategies for further reductions in dental caries: applying the
common risk factor approach and directed vulnerable populations strategy.
Chapter 6. In: Splieth Ch. H. Revolutions in Paediatric Dentistry. Quintessence
Publishing.
Watt R. (2011) Commentary in Summary of: A PCT-wide collaborative clinical
audit selecting recall intervals for patients according to risk. Br Dent J, 210, E8.
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2011.219
NHS and Other Health Services Activity
Tsakos, G. Yusuf, H. Hatim, E. Lau, C. Watt, R. (2011) Oral Health Status
Behaviours and Quality of Life of Preschool Children in Islington.
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Conference presentations
Benzian H, Monse B. Analysis of intersectoral stakeholders in the Philippine Fit
for School Programme — Mapping interest and power as a basis for success.
European Union of School and University Health and Medicine. 16th Congress;
9-11 June 2011; Moscow, Russia.
Benzian H. Intervention for inclusion of oral diseases in the context of prevention
and control of NCDs, on behalf of Fit for School International. United Nations.
Informal Interactive Hearing on Non-communicable Diseases; 16 June 2011;
New York, USA.
Benzian H. Global health without teeth – mapping a neglected global health
issue. Global Health Council. 38th Annual Conference on Global Health; 13-17
June 2011; Washington DC, USA.
Benzian H. A silent public health crisis: The burden of untreated caries and
dental infections in the Philippine National Oral Health Survey 2006. World
Congress of Epidemiology; 7-11 Aug 2011; Edinburgh, Scotland.
Benzian H. Bringing public health to a public place – using innovation research in
the Philippine Fit for School Programme. The Poverty Reduction, Equity, and
Growth Network (PEGNet). Conference; 7-9 Sept 2011; Hamburg, Germany.
Benzian H. Oral Health for All - A dream? Keynote lecture at Oral Health Side
Event of the United Nations High-level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases;
19 Sept 2011; New York, USA.
Benzian H. Comprehensive School Health Care: Where does oral health fit? FDI.
99th Annual World Dental Congress; 14-17 Sept 2011; Mexico City, Mexico.
Benzian H. Fit for School - An integrated school health programme in the
Philippines addressing oral health, soil-transmitted helminth infections and other
hygiene-related diseases. Children Without Worms STH Advisory Committee. 7th
Meeting; 19-20 Oct 2011; Geneva, Switzerland.
Benzian H. Integrating oral health into global health. Fit for school – Innovating
school health in the Philippines.Global Health Conference; 13-15 Nov 2011;
Montreal, Canada.
Benzian H. Integration of oral health into non-communicable diseases. WHO
AFRO Meeting of francophone Chief Dental Officers (CDOs) on NCDs and oral
health; 17-18 Nov 2011; Ouidah, Benin.
Janulyte V, Puriene A, Benzian H. Intentions of Lithuanian oral health graduates
to practice abroad. Poster No 1686, European Association for Dental Public
Health 16th Annual Meeting; 22-24 Sept 2011; Rome, Italy.
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Monse B, Benzian H. The Fit for School Action Framework — Innovation for
School Health. European Union of School and University Health and Medicine.
16th Congress; 9-11 June 2011; Moscow, Russia.
Sheiham A.“Integrating oral health with general health.” IADR Global Oral Health
Inequalities Research Agenda (GOHIRA). Alexandria Meeting, Palomar Hotel,
Arlington, USA. May 2011
Sheiham, A. Evolutionary explanations of universal social gradients in health
and health related behaviours.
Evolutionary Approaches to Public Health
Symposium. University of East London. 22nd July 2011.
Sheiham A. “Oral health strategies; shifting from downstream victim blaming to
upstream strategies.” “Promoting oral health using a social determinants
common risk factor approach.” Norwegian Dental Association Annual Meeting,
Bergen, Norway October 2011.
Sheiham A. “IADR Global Task Force on Reducing Inequalities on Oral Health:
Implementation”. BASCD November Meeting, RIBA, London.
Tsakos, G. Assessing dental needs: the socio-dental approach. Keynote
presentation in the National and International Congress in Dental Public Health,
organised by the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM). Mexico
City, 9th February 2011.
Tsakos, G. Pathways to oral health inequalities. Presentation in the National and
International Congress in Dental Public Health, organised by the Universidad
Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM). Mexico City, 10th February 2011.
Tsakos, G. So does it matter? Impacts. Presented at the Adult Dental Health
Survey 2009 Launch Event. London, 6th May 2011.
Tsakos, G. Reporting and interpreting quality of life data. Invited presentation the
16th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Dental Public Health
(EADPH). Rome, 22nd September 2011.
Tsakos, G. Measuring quality of life in young children: is it worth it? Presented at
the Annual Meeting of the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry (BSPD).
Glasgow, 15th September 2011
Watt, R. Adult Dental Health Survey 2009; Implications for policy and practice.
Adult Dental Health Survey Launch, Queen Elizabeth 2 Conference Centre,
London, 6th May 2011.
Watt, R. The role of community dentistry in dental education. 100th Celebration,
Athens Dental School, Athens, Greece, 18th June 2011.
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Watt, R. Oral health through public health. 16th National Indian Association for
Public Health Dentistry Annual Conference Bangalore, India, 4th November 2011
Watt, R. Dental public health research agenda. 16th National IADPH Bangalore,
India, 5th November 2011.
Watt, R. Challenges in moving forwards with a social determinants agenda.
Public Health Foundation of India, Delhi, 9th November 2011.
Watt, R. Applying the common risk approach to oral health improvement. Turku
Finland, 2nd December 2011.
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Postgraduate students
MSc in Dental Public Health
2011 was a successful year for our MSc course with all 10 students passing their
exams in August, distinctions were awarded to: Albandary Al Jameel and
Carla De Sa and merits to Esraa ALdalooj, Masuma Mishu, Blanaid Daly (KCL)
praised the performance and quality of our students work.
MSc Dental Public Health 2010/11
PhD students
Current students
Abdul Murat, N. Oral health personnel planning in Malaysia.
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.
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Delgado-Angulo, E. Depression and oral health.
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
Mathur, M. Social determinants of oral health inequalities in India.
Rouxel, P. Exploring the association between social capital and oral and general
health in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA): A multilevel analysis.
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 2011
Congratulations to the following student who gained her UCL PhDs in 2011:
Sahota, H. (2011) Factors which may affect health care seeking behaviour
following symptoms of angina amongst South Asians and Whites.
(Supervisors: Prof. Richard Watt, Dr Saffron Karlsen)
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