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Contact Details

Phone
64 3 479 7114
Email
deanna.beckett@otago.ac.nz
Position
Senior Lecturer
Department
Department of Oral Sciences
Research summary
Oral health

Research

My main research focus is on how we measure oral-health-related quality of life (QoL), and this was the topic of my Master of Public Health thesis, completed in 2017. I also have an interest in tooth development, and in particular the presence of dental defects of the enamel and/or dentine.

Publications

Pritchard, L., Keshoor, S., Eley, D., Beckett, D., Bromage, A., Knevel, R., … Stormon, N. (2024). Oral health students' perceptions of the learning environment in Australia and New Zealand: A DREEM study. European Journal of Dental Education. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/eje.13005

Beckett, D. M., Vaz Viegas, S., Broadbent, J. M., Wheeler, B. J., Bērziņš, K., Fraser-Miller, S. J., Gordon, K. C., Drummond, B. K., Mahoney, E. K., & Loch, C. (2023). An exploration of mineral density, elemental and chemical composition of primary teeth in relation to cord-blood vitamin D, using laboratory analysis techniques. Journal of Bone & Mineral Research, 38(12), 1846-1855. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.4928

Chai, X., Noh, G., Beckett, D. M., Broadbent, J. M., Schluter, P. J., & Carrington, S. D. (2023). Awareness and experience of dental care services among students enrolled at two New Zealand universities. New Zealand Dental Journal, 119(1), 49-56.

Beckett, D. M., Wheeler, B. J., Loch, C., Mahoney, E. K., Drummond, B. K., & Broadbent, J. M. (2022). Dental health in a cohort of six-year-old New Zealand children who were breastfed as infants: A comprehensive descriptive study. New Zealand Dental Journal, 118(1), 5-13.

Beckett, D. M., Broadbent, J. M., Loch, C., Mahoney, E. K., Drummond, B. K., & Wheeler, B. J. (2022). Dental consequences of vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy and early infancy: An observational study. International Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health, 19, 1932. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19041932

Pritchard, L., Keshoor, S., Eley, D., Beckett, D., Bromage, A., Knevel, R., … Stormon, N. (2024). Oral health students' perceptions of the learning environment in Australia and New Zealand: A DREEM study. European Journal of Dental Education. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/eje.13005

Journal - Research Article

Beckett, D. M., Vaz Viegas, S., Broadbent, J. M., Wheeler, B. J., Bērziņš, K., Fraser-Miller, S. J., Gordon, K. C., Drummond, B. K., Mahoney, E. K., & Loch, C. (2023). An exploration of mineral density, elemental and chemical composition of primary teeth in relation to cord-blood vitamin D, using laboratory analysis techniques. Journal of Bone & Mineral Research, 38(12), 1846-1855. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.4928

Journal - Research Article

Chai, X., Noh, G., Beckett, D. M., Broadbent, J. M., Schluter, P. J., & Carrington, S. D. (2023). Awareness and experience of dental care services among students enrolled at two New Zealand universities. New Zealand Dental Journal, 119(1), 49-56.

Journal - Research Article

Beckett, D. M., Broadbent, J. M., Loch, C., Mahoney, E. K., Drummond, B. K., & Wheeler, B. J. (2022). Dental consequences of vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy and early infancy: An observational study. International Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health, 19, 1932. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19041932

Journal - Research Article

Beckett, D. M., Wheeler, B. J., Loch, C., Mahoney, E. K., Drummond, B. K., & Broadbent, J. M. (2022). Dental health in a cohort of six-year-old New Zealand children who were breastfed as infants: A comprehensive descriptive study. New Zealand Dental Journal, 118(1), 5-13.

Journal - Research Article

Loch, C., Beckett, D., Kawe-Small, T., Cannon, R. D., Foster Page, L. A., Te Morenga, L., & Smith, L. A. (2021). Sugar in your diet: Kino te pai! An evaluation of oral health science outreach and community impact. International Journal of Health Promotion & Education. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/14635240.2021.2004439

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Stormon, N., Beckett, D., Gardner, S., Keshoor, S., Smart, K., Wallace, L., … Eley, D. (2021). Empathetic, persistent and female: A snapshot of Oral Health Therapy Students in Australia and New Zealand. European Journal of Dental Education, 26, 206-215. doi: 10.1111/eje.12689

Journal - Research Article

Bērziņš, K., Sutton, J. J., Loch, C., Beckett, D., Wheeler, B. J., Drummond, B. K., Fraser-Miller, S. J., & Gordon, K. C. (2019). Application of low‐wavenumber Raman spectroscopy to the analysis of human teeth. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 50, 1375-1387. doi: 10.1002/jrs.5648

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Olson, H., Beckett, D. M., Adam, L. A., Tawse-Smith, A., & Moffat, S. M. (2019). Self-perceived stressors of Bachelor of Oral Health students and implications for student support. Focus on Health Professional Education, 20(1), 36-49. doi: 10.11157/fohpe.v20i1.313

Journal - Research Article

Foster Page, L. A., Beckett, D., Ahmadi, R., Schwass, D. R., Leon de la Barra, S., Moffat, S. M., Meldrum, A., & Thomson, W. M. (2017). Resin infiltration of caries in primary molars in a community setting: 24-month randomized controlled trial findings. JDR Clinical & Translational Research, 2(3), 287-294. doi: 10.1177/2380084417699400

Journal - Research Article

Foster Page, L. A., Beckett, D. M., Cameron, C. M., & Thomson, W. M. (2015). Can the Child Health Utility 9D measure be useful in oral health research? International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, 25(5), 349-357. doi: 10.1111/ipd.12177

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