Dr Maria Davies
B.Sc.(E.Ang.), Ph.D.(Bristol)
Current positions
Clinical Research Manager
Bristol Dental School
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Research interests
I am a member of the Clinical Trials Unit (CTU) within the Applied Clinical and Materials Sciences Research Program based at Bristol Dental Hospital. The CTU carries out both lab based hard tissue research as well as running clinical trials to determine the efficacy of dental treatments that aim to reduce dentine hypersensitivity and/or erosion. I am involved in both lab based research as well as protocol development, trial preparation, and co-ordinating clinical trials while they are running. The CTU is also involved in studies to examine the prevention of plaque and gingivitis, the treatment of diseases of the periodontium, and soft and hard tissue regeneration in periodontology and implantology. This area of research is new to me, but with my background in cell biology is one that I will be involved in in the future.
Projects and supervisions
Thesis supervisions
Development and application of a novel cervical index in an epidemiological investigation of tooth wear, recession and dentine hypersensitivity
Supervisors
An epidemiological study in General Dental Practice to better understand the links between periodontal disease and other common oral conditions
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
01/02/2024Why don't dental teams routinely discuss dentine hypersensitivity during consultations?
Journal of Clinical Periodontology
Comparative efficacy of self-administered dentifrices for the management of dentine hypersensitivity
Journal of Dentistry
Patient-reported understanding and dentist-reported management of periodontal diseases
British Dental Journal