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School of Dentistry
and the
Oral Health Centre of WA
Winthrop Prof. Paul Abbott
Director of Postgraduate Studies & Research
School of Dentistry
Main Research Fields
1.
Dental Public Health
7.
Periodontics
2.
Dental Traumatology
8.
Oral Cancer
3.
Education & Assessment
9.
Oral Medicine & Oral Pathology
4.
Simulation Teaching
10.
Orthodontics
5.
Endodontics
11.
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
6.
Materials Science
12.
Tissue Regeneration and
Auto-transplantation
School of Dentistry
Some Current Collaborations
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ICHR
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University of Queensland
2.
University of North Carolina
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Fremantle Hospital
3.
School of Population Health
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Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
4.
University of Michigan
10.
5.
Kerman University, Iran
University of Peradeniya, Sri
Lanka
6.
School of Mechanical
Engineering
11.
University of Melbourne
12.
Centre for Orthopaedic Research
Oral Health Group – Recent Collaborations
Prof.
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Linda
Slack-Smith
University of Bristol
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University of Melbourne
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Curtin University
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Telethon Institute for Child Health Research
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Combined Universities Centre for Rural Health
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Western Australian Cancer Registry
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Ruah Community Services
Oral Health Group – Some Recent Papers
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Slack-Smith L, Ree M and Leonard H (accepted 30/10/10) Oral health and children with an intellectual disability: A
focus group study of parent issues and perceptions. Journal of Disability and Oral Health.
Prof.
Linda
Slack-Smith
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Colvin L, Slack-Smith L, Stanley F, Bower C (accepted 7/5/10) Linking a pharmaceutical claims database with
a birth defects registry to investigate birth defect rates of suspected teratogens. Pharmacoepidemiology and
Drug Safety.
3.
Frydrych A, Parsons R, Threlfall T, Austin N, Davies G, Booth D, Slack-Smith L. (accepted 28/3/10) Oral cavity
squamous cell carcinoma survival by biopsy type: a cancer registry study. Australian Dental Journal.
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Wilkins A, Leonard H, Jacoby P, MacKinnon E, Clohessy P, Foroughi S, Slack-Smith L. Evaluation of the
processes of family-centred care for young children with intellectual disability in Western Australia. Child:
Care, Health & Development 36(5):709–718.
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Lette H, Tursan d’Espaignet E, Slack-Smith L, Hunt K, Nannup J (2009) Indigenous mothers’ aspirations for
their children in Perth, Western Australia: the value of education and schooling. Australian Journal of
Indigenous Education 38:65-73.
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Slack-Smith L, Lange A, Paley G, O’Grady M, French D, Short L (2010) Oral health and access to dental care: a
qualitative investigation among older people in the community Gerodontology 27(2):1-4-113.
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Paley G, Slack-Smith L, O’Grady M. Oral health care issues in aged care facilities in Western Australia:
Resident and family caregiver views Gerodontology 2009; 26(2):97-104.
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Slack-Smith L, Colvin L, Leonard H, Kilpatrick N, Bower C, Messer L (2009) Factors associated with dental
admissions for children aged under five years in Western Australia. Archives of Disease in Childhood;
94(7):517-523.
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Colvin L, Slack-Smith L, Stanley F, Bower C (2008) Pharmacovigilance in pregnancy using population-based
linked datasets. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 18(3):211-225.
10. Wood L, France K , Hunt K, Eades S, Slack-Smith L (2008) Indigenous women and smoking during
pregnancy: knowledge, cultural contexts and barriers to cessation. Social Science & Medicine
66(11):2378-2389.
Oral Health Group – Some Recent Papers
Prof.
Linda
Slack-Smith
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Aged Care and access to care
Children’s oral health and admissions
to hospital
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Disability and access to care
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Birth defects
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Oral cancer
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Indigenous women and smoking
during pregnancy
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Etc.
Practice profile and demographics of
patients treated at the Oral Health Centre of
Western Australia (OHCWA): a descriptive
study.
Assoc. Prof. Erica Yates
School of Dentistry
Assoc. Prof. David Preen and Dr Kristjana Einarsdottir
School of Population Health
The attitude of novice clinicians to
Virtual Reality Based Technology in
dental pre-clinical training
Assoc. Prof. Erica Yates
Dr Michael Khoury
Towards Defining Dental
Drilling Competence
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A Study of Bone Drilling
Technique
2.
A Study of Cues and
Factors in Bone Drilling
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Ioanna Ioannou, Edmund
Kazmierczak, Linda Stern,
Andrew Smith, Lisa Wise,
Bruce Field
Current Oral Surgery
Research Projects
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Williamson R.A. Surgical management of
bisphosphonate induced osteonecrosis of the jaws.
Int J Oral & Maxillofac Surg. 2009.
Reference
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Williamson RA. An experimental study of the use of
hyperbaric oxygen to reduce the side effects of
radiation treatment for malignant disease.
Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2007; 36: 533 540.
Salivary
Gland
Bone
HBO used
Oral Medicine and Oral
Pathology Group
Oral Cancer
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Frydrych AM, Parsons R, Threlfall T, Austin N, Davies GR,
Booth D, Slack-Smith LM.
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Oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma survival by biopsy type:
a cancer registry study. Aust Dent J 2010.
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Investigated different methods of taking biopsies of SCC’s
Showed the biopsy type does not affect 5-year survival or
recurrence of Stage I and II oral SCC.
Use of T-Scan and Periotest
for Cases of Trauma
From Occlusion
• To Assess Strong Occlusal
contacts in TFO Cases
• Assess changes in tooth
mobility
• Assess occlusal force changes
and tooth mobility before and
after using occlusal splints
Assoc. Prof. Julio Rincon
Epithelial Rests of Malassez and
Periodontal Regeneration
• Tissue Engineering in Periodontal Defects
• Expression of Cementum Proteins by ERM
What is Periodontal Regeneration ?
Restoration of damaged tissues to their original form and function
and requires regeneration of connective tissues through the
Formation of new bone, new cementum and new periodontal ligament.
What about ERM? Rincon et al. The ERM, a Role of ERM in Periodontal Regeneration? J Perio Res 2006