Dr Arthi Senthilkumar
| Position | Lecturer |
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| Department | Department of Oral Rehabilitation |
| Qualifications | BDS PGDipHealSc MHealSc PhD DClinDent MRACDS (Pros) |
| Research summary | Dental education, gerodontology, biomaterials public health, oral and overall health connection |
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Research
Dr Arthi Senthilkumar has education qualifications in both dental public health and prosthodontics which helped her to contribute to knowledge base in both fields, especially dental epidemiology, dental materials and dental education.
Dental epidemiology and public health
Oral health literacy of an individual has a direct effect on one’s oral health. In her PhD research, extensive dental epidemiological data was collected from a large adolescent population and compared with their oral health literacy. This research identified the rare predictors of dental caries in the Indian adolescent population namely mother’s education status, father’s employment status, and child’s caste system.
Dental education
Dr Senthilkumar has conducted various dental education research including sustaining clinical teaching staff and mobility of international students after graduation. She is currently working on adding oral health education in non-dental health programmes.
Dental materials
She has also been involved in various dental materials research and is currently starting a new project on developing new biomaterials.
Research methodology
Dr Senthilkumar has strong research methodological and statistical skills which helps her to supervise both undergraduate and postgraduate students efficiently. She has experience in conducting and supervising qualitative, quantitative, clinical and laboratory studies.
Publications
Veerasamy, A., Lyons, K., Crabtree, I., & Brunton, P. (2023). Geriatric oral health care content and barriers to its incorporation in undergraduate nursing curricula: New Zealand survey. Journal of Dental Education, 87, 70-77. doi: 10.1002/jdd.13088
Ratnayake, J., Veerasamy, A., Ahmed, H., Coburn, D., Loch, C., Gray, A. R., Lyons, K. M., Heng, N. C. K., Cannon, R. D., … Brunton, P. A. (2022). Clinical and microbiological evaluation of a chlorhexidine-modified glass ionomer cement (GIC-CHX) restoration placed using the atraumatic restorative treatment (ART) technique. Materials, 15, 5044. doi: 10.3390/ma15145044
Veerasamy, A., Lyons, K., Crabtree, I., & Brunton, P. (2022). Knowledge of nursing graduates on oral health care for older people in the long-term care. Journal of Dental Education, 86, 830-838. doi: 10.1002/jdd.12895
Olson, H., Ratnayake, J., Senthilkumar, A., Quaranta, A., & Meldrum, A. (2022). Working characteristics for practicing dental hygienists in two countries in different hemispheres. International Journal of Dental Hygiene, 20, 209-218. doi: 10.1111/idh.12538
Brunton, P. A., Ratnayake, J., Bodansky, H. J., Mei, L., Veerasamy, A., & Hall, R. (2021). An intraoral device for weight loss: Initial clinical findings. British Dental Journal. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1038/s41415-021-3081-1
Veerasamy, A., Lyons, K., Crabtree, I., & Brunton, P. (2023). Geriatric oral health care content and barriers to its incorporation in undergraduate nursing curricula: New Zealand survey. Journal of Dental Education, 87, 70-77. doi: 10.1002/jdd.13088
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Olson, H., Ratnayake, J., Senthilkumar, A., Quaranta, A., & Meldrum, A. (2022). Working characteristics for practicing dental hygienists in two countries in different hemispheres. International Journal of Dental Hygiene, 20, 209-218. doi: 10.1111/idh.12538
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Ratnayake, J., Veerasamy, A., Ahmed, H., Coburn, D., Loch, C., Gray, A. R., Lyons, K. M., Heng, N. C. K., Cannon, R. D., … Brunton, P. A. (2022). Clinical and microbiological evaluation of a chlorhexidine-modified glass ionomer cement (GIC-CHX) restoration placed using the atraumatic restorative treatment (ART) technique. Materials, 15, 5044. doi: 10.3390/ma15145044
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Veerasamy, A., Lyons, K., Crabtree, I., & Brunton, P. (2022). Knowledge of nursing graduates on oral health care for older people in the long-term care. Journal of Dental Education, 86, 830-838. doi: 10.1002/jdd.12895
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Brunton, P. A., Ratnayake, J., Bodansky, H. J., Mei, L., Veerasamy, A., & Hall, R. (2021). An intraoral device for weight loss: Initial clinical findings. British Dental Journal. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1038/s41415-021-3081-1
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Brunton, P. A., Ratnayake, J., Loch, C., Veerasamy, A., Cathro, P., & Lee, R. (2019). Indirect restorations and fixed prosthodontics: Materials and techniques used by general dentists of New Zealand. International Journal of Dentistry, 2019, 5210162. doi: 10.1155/2019/5210162
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Loch, C., Ratnayake, J., Veerasamy, A., Cathro, P., Lee, R., & Brunton, P. A. (2019). Direct restorations, endodontics, and bleaching: Materials and techniques used by general dentists of New Zealand. International Journal of Dentistry, 2019, 6327171. doi: 10.1155/2019/6327171
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Veerasamy, A., Loch, C., Adam, L., & Brunton, P. A. (2019). Graduate mobility: Where do dentistry graduates choose to practice? European Journal of Dental Education, 23, 424-430. doi: 10.1111/eje.12448
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Lee, R. J., Ratnayake, J., Veerasamy, A., Loch, C., Cathro, P., & Brunton, P. A. (2018). Demographics, practising arrangements, and standards: Survey among New Zealand dentists. International Journal of Dentistry, 2018, 7675917. doi: 10.1155/2018/7675917
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Veerasamy, A., Gage, J., & Kirk, R. (2018). Head teachers’ views of oral health education in schools in Tamil Nadu, India. Health Education Journal, 77(1), 73-84. doi: 10.1177/0017896917733120
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Veerasamy, A., Loch, C., Adam, L., Howe, B. J., & Brunton, P. A. (2018). Challenges in clinical teaching investigated: Towards sustainable staff recruitment and retention in dentistry. European Journal of Dental Education, 22(4), 234-242. doi: 10.1111/eje.12336
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Veerasamy, A., Kirk, R., & Gage, J. (2016). A cross-sectional study examining the association between dental caries and oral health literacy among adolescents in Tamil Nadu, India. Scholars Journal of Dental Sciences, 3(4), 104-111.
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Veerasamy, A., Kirk, R., & Gage, J. (2016). Epidemiology of dental caries among adolescents in Tamil Nadu, India. International Dental Journal, 66, 169-177. doi: 10.1111/idj.12216
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Veerasamy, A., Kirk, R., & Gage, J. (2016). Oral health literacy of adolescents in Tamil Nadu, India. Scholars Journal of Dental Sciences, 3(4), 112-120.
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Veerasamy, A., & Kirk, R. C. (2013). Oral health literacy of parents of pre‐schoolers in New Zealand. Journal of Theory & Practice of Dental Public Health, 1(4), 20-29.
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