Winthrop Prof . Paul Abbott Director of Postgraduate Studies & Research

1. School of Dentistryand theOral Health Centre of WA Winthrop Prof. Paul Abbott Director of Postgraduate Studies & Research

2. School of Dentistry • Main Research Fields • Dental Public Health • Dental Traumatology • Education & Assessment • Simulation Teaching • Endodontics • Materials Science • Periodontics • Oral Cancer • Oral Medicine & Oral Pathology • Orthodontics • Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery • Tissue Regeneration and Auto-transplantation

3. School of Dentistry • Some Current Collaborations • ICHR • University of North Carolina • School of Population Health • University of Michigan • Kerman University, Iran • School of Mechanical Engineering • University of Queensland • Fremantle Hospital • Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital • University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka • University of Melbourne • Centre for Orthopaedic Research

4. Oral Health Group – Recent Collaborations • Prof. Linda Slack-Smith • University of Bristol • University of Melbourne • Curtin University • Telethon Institute for Child Health Research • Combined Universities Centre for Rural Health • Western Australian Cancer Registry • Ruah Community Services

5. Oral Health Group – Some Recent Papers • Prof. Linda Slack-Smith • 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. • 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. Pharmacoepidemiologyand Drug Safety. • 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. • 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. • LetteH, Tursand’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. • 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. • 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. • 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. • 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.   • 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.

6. Oral Health Group – Some Recent Papers • Prof. Linda Slack-Smith • Aged Care and access to care • Children’s oral health and admissions to hospital • Disability and access to care • Birth defects • Oral cancer • Indigenous women and smoking during pregnancy • Etc.

7. Practice profile and demographics of patients treated at the Oral Health Centre of Western Australia (OHCWA): a descriptive study.Assoc. Prof. Erica YatesSchool of Dentistry Assoc. Prof. David Preen and Dr KristjanaEinarsdottir School of Population Health

8. The attitude of novice clinicians to Virtual Reality Based Technology in dental pre-clinical training Assoc. Prof. Erica Yates Dr Michael Khoury

9. Towards Defining Dental Drilling Competence • A Study of Bone Drilling Technique • A Study of Cues and Factors in Bone Drilling • IoannaIoannou, Edmund Kazmierczak, Linda Stern, Andrew Smith, Lisa Wise, Bruce Field

10. Current Oral Surgery Research Projects • Williamson R.A. Surgical management of bisphosphonate induced osteonecrosis of the jaws. Int J Oral & Maxillofac Surg. 2009.

11. Reference • 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

12. Oral Medicine and Oral Pathology Group Oral Cancer • Frydrych AM,Parsons R, Threlfall T, Austin N, Davies GR, Booth D, Slack-Smith LM. • Oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma survival by biopsy type: a cancer registry study. Aust Dent J 2010. • 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.

13. 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

14. 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