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Dental Research Institute (DRI)
Institute theme: Health Status, Clinical Outcome Measures & Health Care Delivery
This theme focuses on the studies of health care policies and measures of “quality of life” outcomes
for different population groups in local, national and international environments.
Studies related to children and elderly populations are becoming an increased area of interest to the investigators within this theme. The group remains an important scientific advisory groups for Canada’s aboriginal health studies. 80% of their work is devoted to clinical/epidemiological studies, with the remaining 20% focused on the applied area of analytical measurement and protocol development.
New areas under development include strategies for the delivery of health care in the home and pain/implant studies in pediatric dentistry.
The names of investigators who are members of the Graduate Department of Dentistry and who are currently supervising M.Sc. and/or Ph.D. students are indicated with an asterisk (*).
Investigators
H. Grad
QoL issues with respect to clinical dental populations.
H. Lawrence *
Clinical epidemiological studies focus on: the oral aspects of gerontology and the delivery of dental services to the elderly; the relationship between oral infections (emphasis on root caries) and systemic co-morbidies that are natural components of the aging process; and Phases I/II clinical trials evaluating pharmacotherapeutic agents for the treatment of adult periodontitis.
J.L. Leake
Influence of clinical guidelines on the patterns of dental care provided to children. Application of Primary Health Care principles to dental care.
D. Locker *
Applications of epidemiology and behavioural sciences to dentistry. Oral disorders in the elderly and their impact on daily life. Prevalence and causes of dental anxiety. Epidemiology of oral disorders and their prevention in children. Effectiveness and efficiency of community dental health services. Development, evaluation and application of measures of oral health-related quality of life.
M. Sigal *
Epidemiological studies pertaining to oral health status and access to care for persons with disabilities and innovations for the dental care for persons with disabilities. Innovations in clincial pediatric dentistry. Dental implants for patients with special needs. Hospital dentistry for the medically compromised individual.