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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

Beckett, D., & Loch Santos da Silva, C. (2025, November). Fostering an interprofessional approach to learning and teaching: A pilot study of interdisciplinary Tooth Morphology education. Verbal presentation at the University of Otago Learning & Teaching Symposium: Learning through the Lens of Educators, [Hybrid]. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Strachan, J., Oliver, S., Ekambaram, M., Firth, F., Bennani, F., & Beckett, D. M. (2024). Maxillary canine impaction: Knowledge and referral practices amongst registered dental therapists/oral health therapists and final year Bachelor of Oral Health students in New Zealand. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Dental & Oral Health Therapy, 12(12), 15-21. Journal - Research Article

Smart, K., Nevin, C., & Beckett, D. (2024, December). Promoting the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Dental and Oral Health Therapy (ANZJDOHT) in oral health programs. Verbal presentation at the College of Oral Health Academics (COHA) Conference, Auckland, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Beckett, D. M. (2024). Dental consequences of vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy and early infancy (PhD). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/16690 Awarded Doctoral Degree

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, 28(3), 779-788. doi: 10.1111/eje.13005 Journal - Research Article

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