Treatment Strategies

  1. Nguyen, S., Ahmed, L., Villarosa, A., George, A., Yaacoub, A. (2022) The use of antibiotics in acute oral health patients presenting at public dental clinics in the Western Sydney region. Family Practice Q1 https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmac057
  2. Sapountzis, F., Mahony, T., Villarosa, A., George, A., Yaacoub, A. (2021) The Success of ‘The Hall Technique’ as a Treatment Option in Western Sydney, Australia. Clinical and Experimental Dental Research http://doi.org/10.1002/cre2.421
  3. Yaacoub, A., Mahony, T., Sapountzis, F., George, A., Villarosa, A., Dwyer, C. (2019) Acceptability of the ‘Hall Technique’ as a Treatment Option within Public Dental Health Clinics in the Western Sydney Region – Sydney, NSW Australia. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Dental and Oral Health Therapy 7(3)- 17-23

 Perceptions of Oral Health 

  1. Norrie, T.P., Ramjan, L., Sousa, M., George, A., (2024). Perceptions of Dieticians towards promoting oral health: A National Survey. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. http://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.840 (Q2)
  2. Mahony, T., Wang, C., Coilparampil, A., Kong, A., Patterson, T., Villarosa, A., George, A., Yaacoub, A. (2023) Dental clinicians’ perceptions on the use of tele-dentistry consultations during COVID-19 within public dental clinics in Sydney, Australia. Australian Dental Journal (Q1) 
  3. Ajwani, S., Ferguson, C, Kong AR, Villarosa, AC, George, A. (2021) Patient perceptions of oral health care needs after stroke: a qualitative study. BMC Oral Health, 21,127. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12903-021-01501-7
  4. Sanchez, P., Everett, B., Salamonson, Y., Ajwani, S., Bhole, S., Rajaratnam, R., Redfern, J., Srinivas, R., George, A. (2017). Perceptions of cardiac clinicians towards oral health promotion in the cardiac care setting: A qualitative study. Collegian. 25(5): 471-478. Q1
Conferences
  1. Patterson Norrie, T., Ramjan, L., Sousa, M. S., George, A (2023) Perceptions of Dieticians towards promoting oral health: A National Survey. IADR ANZ Division Wednesday 27 – Friday 29 September, 2023

Strategies to integrate oral health 

  1. Norrie, PT., Kong, A., Yaacoub, A., Srinivas, R., Kezhekkekara, G.S, George, A. (2024) Providing public dental services during the COVID-19 pandemic: Experiences of Dental staff in Greater Western Sydney, Australia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 21(11), 1451; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21111451
  2. Molete, Y. Malele-Kolisa, M Thekiso, A Lang, A Kong, A., George. A.  (2023) The role of Community Health Workers in promoting oral health at school settings: A scoping review. Journal of Public Health Dentistry Q2 
  3. Christian, B., George, A., Veginadu, P., Villarosa, A., Makino, Y., Junsuk Kim, W., Masood, M., ; Martin, R., Harada, Y., Carmela Mijares-Majini, M (2023) Effective strategies to integrate oral health into primary care: a systematic review. BMJ Open Q1
  4. Wilson, N., Patterson-Norrie, T., Bedford, C., Bergstedt, N., Mendoza, LM., Villarosa, AR., George, A., Karve., A. (2022) Evaluation of Smiles for Life: A caregiver focussed oral health education program. Disabilities. 2, 564–574. https://doi.org/ 10.3390/disabilities2040040
  5. Bastani, P., Izadi, R. Manchery, N., Ha, D., Calache, H., George, A. Do, D (2022) How does the Dental Benefits Act encourage Australian Families to Seek and Utilise Oral Health Services? PLOS ONE Q1 
  6. Lombardo, L., Ferguson, C., George, A., Villarosa, A., Villarosa, B., Kong, A., Wynne, R., Salamonson, Y., (2021) Interventions to promote oral health in critical care: A systematic review. Australian Critical Care. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2021.08.010 Q1
  7. Fung T, Abbott P, Arora A, George A, Villarosa A, Reath J (2021) Managing oral health: experience and learning needs of urban general practitioners. Australian Journal of Primary Health. https://doi.org/10.1071/PY20239
  8. Villarosa, AR., George, D., Ramjan, LM., Srinivas, R., George, A. (2019) Guideline implementation strategies in the dental setting: a systematic review protocol. BMC Implementation Science. 14,  doi:10.1186/s13012-019-0954-7. Q1
Conferences
  1. George, A., & Calache, H. (2022- invited Speaker) Effective Strategies for Oral Health Integration. Symposium 3 - Integrating oral health into general health. A call to action. International Association of Dental Research- ANZ Division. 26-28 September 2022, Melbourne, Australia

Critical care nursing interventions to promote oral hygiene- The CIOH project

  1. Lombardo, L., Ferguson, C., George, A., Villarosa, A., Villarosa, B., Kong, A., Wynne, R., Salamonson, Y., (2021) Interventions to promote oral health in critical care: A systematic review. Australian Critical Care. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2021.08.010

Developing, implementing and evaluating a palliative oral health program for patients in South Western Sydney- The PALLIOH program

  1. Kong A., George, A., Villarosa, A., Srinivas, R., Agar, M., Harlum, J., Wiltshire, J., Parker, D., (2020) Oral health and Palliative care: Perceptions of Hospital and Community Nurses. Collegian. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2022.01.002
  2. Patterson Norrie, T., Villarosa, AR., Clark, S., Villarosa, AC., Macdonald, S., Srinivas, R., Anlezark, J., George, A. (2020) Oral Health in Residential Aged Care: Perceptions of Nurses and Management Staff. Nursing Open, 7(2). 536-546

Integrated oral healthcare in the undergraduate nursing/midwifery curriculum 

  1. Rojo, J., George, A., Ramjan, LM, Hunt, L.,, Salamonson, Y.  (2023) To develop and test the psychometric properties of the attitude and confidence with oral healthcare among nursing students (ACORN) scale. Nurse Education in Practice. Q1 
  2. Rojo., J., George, A., Smith., B., Ramjan., L., Hunt, L., Hartnett, E., Salamonson., Y. (2022) Integration of oral healthcare into undergraduate health professional educational programs: A scoping review. Collegian Q1
  3. Rojo, J., Ramjan, LM, George, A., Hunt, L., Heaton, L., Kaur, A., Salamonson, Y. (2022-accepted) Applying Mezirow’s Transformative Learning Theory into nursing and health professional education programs: A scoping review. Teaching & Learning in Nursing https://doi.org/10.1016/j.teln.2022.09.013 Q2
  4. Rojo., J., George, A., Smith., B., Ramjan., L., Hunt, L., Hartnett, E., Salamonson., Y. (2022) Integration of oral healthcare into undergraduate curricula: A scoping review. Collegian. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2022.01.002
  5. Faghihian, R., Saied-Moallemi, Z., Zakizade, M., Faghihian, E., George, A., Abbasi, S. (2022-accepted) Effectiveness of an educational program on the oral health knowledge of midwives and other antenatal care providers in Iran. Iranian Journal of Nursing & Midwifery Research DOI: 10.4103/ijnmr.IJNMR_297_20 Q2 
  6. George, A., Rojo, J., Alomari, A., Marks, A., Villarosa, A., Kong, A., (2020) Oral Health Matters: Enhancing the undergraduate nursing curriculum. Australian Nursing & Midwifery Journal: 26 (9), 46.
  7. Tannous, K., George, A., Ahmed, M.U., Blinkhorn, A., Dahlen, H.G., Skinner, J., Ajwani, S., Bhole, S., Yaacoub, A., Srinivas, R., Johnson, M., (2021). Economic evaluation of the Midwifery-initiated Oral Health Dental Service program in Australia. BMJ Open.11(8) http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-047072 Q1
  8. George A, Kong A, Villarosa A, Duff M, Sheehan A, Burns E, Priddis H, Clarity C, Dahlen H. (2020) Implementing and evaluating the effectiveness of an oral health module for the Bachelor of Midwifery program at an Australian university. Nurse Education Today. 90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2020.104457
  9. George, A., Rojo, J., Alomari, A., Marks, A., Villarosa, A., Kong, A., (2020) Oral Health Matters: Enhancing the undergraduate nursing curriculum. Australian Nursing & Midwifery Journal: 26 (9), 46.
  10. Dahlen, H.G., Johnson, M., Farley, J., Patterson N.T, Ajwani, S., Bhole, S., Blinkhorn, A, Ellis, S., Srinivas, R., Yaacoub, A., Milat, A, Skinner, J., George, A. (2019). Process Evaluation of the Midwifery Initiated Oral Health-Dental Service Program: Perceptions of Midwives. Women and Birth; 32(2): e159-e165. Q1
  11. Duff, M., Dahlen, M., Burns, E., Priddis, H., Schmeid, V., George A (2017). Designing an Oral Health Module for the Bachelor of Midwifery Program at an Australian University. Nurse Education in Practice , 23: 76-81.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2017.02.005. Q1
Conferences
  1. Rojo, J., George, A., Salamonson, Y., Hunt, L., Ramjan, LM. (2023). Using codesign to develop an oral healthcare educational intervention. FDI World Dental Congress 24-27th Sept 2023. Sydney, Australia.

Oral healthcare Practice, Awareness, Attitude study on Nurses in a tertiary care setting of South India: The Oral PAAN Project

  1. Philip, P., Villarosa, A., Gopinath, A., Elizabeth, C., Norman, G., George, A. (2019) Oral Health Knowledge, Attitude and Practices among Nurses in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Bangalore, India: A Cross Sectional Survey. Contemporary Nurse. 55 (2-3): 261-274. doi: 10.1080/10376178.2019.164779