Research output per year
Research output per year
We undertake world-leading research that has significant impact on improving the delivery and quality of dental services and clinical care and reducing oral health inequalities.
Our research was judged to be excellent in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework, in combination with allied health professions, nursing and pharmacy.
Dentistry has three highly successful and innovative core research areas:
These research areas are delivered through programmes of both basic science and health service research. Our internationally renowned research is funded by research councils, the NHS, the EU, charity and industry.
Craniofacial anomalies are among the most common and distressing congenital malformations affecting humans. Research in our laboratories uses systems-level approaches to delineate gene regulatory networks underlying development of the lip and palate, and dissect how their modification is related to the pathogenesis of cleft lip and palate.
Research in this group uses the latest genomics technologies to decipher the transcriptional networks that guide neural crest cells cell into forming diverse anatomical structures such as the face, the ear and the heart and shape the countless anatomical features of vertebrates.
This group studies embryonic stem (ES) cell pluripotency, with a special interest in the role of adhesion molecules. The group has also a major focus on developing new methods for the growth and differentiation of ES cells in bioreactors, to expand the clinical applications of ES cell-based therapies.
This group conducts research at the clinical/basic science interface and covers many biomaterials for operative dentistry, prosthodontics, endodontics, orthodontics, and oral surgery, plus research on orthopaedic bone cements. Special interests include photo-polymerization phenomena, adhesion, visco-elastic behaviour, surface analysis, x-ray microtomography and a wide range of composite biomaterial behavior.
Cleft lip and palate are among the most common congenital malformations. Our aim is to reduce the human burden associated with cleft lip and palate and other craniofacial problems, through creation of a platform to rapidly develop, co-ordinate, support, and undertake a broad range of applied research.
Our work includes both laboratory based development and in field clinical trials. We have strong collaborative links with groups in Asia, China, United States and South America.
Current research interests include assessment and characterisation of dental fluorosis, water fluoridation and prevention of extractions for dental caries under general anaesthetics in children.
Our researchers in this area have an overriding aim of promoting evidence-based use of x-ray based imaging, taking into account the diagnostic benefits and the risks.
This aim is addressed through three main research strategies:
Oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMFS) corrects a wide spectrum of diseases, injuries and defects in the head, neck, face, jaws and hard/soft tissues of the oral/maxillofacial region.
Current research includes prevention of postoperative pain, prevention of domestic violence, aetiology of neuropathic pain, and axonal regeneration within the trigeminal system.
Our researchers use a variety of study designs (large pragmatic trials, epidemiological observational studies, qualitative studies, quasi-randomised studies and interrupted time series studies and health economic modelling) to investigate fundamental research questions to inform dental policy and the commissioning of dental public health programmes and dental services.
We have a strong reputation for the delivery of high-quality systematic reviews, predominantly through our support of Cochrane Oral Health. Researchers in this area also investigate aspects of clinical trial and systematic review methodology, and are involved in the development of national and international evidence based guidelines.
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Professor Anne-Marie Glenny
tel: +44 (0)161 2757811
email: a.glenny@manchester.ac.uk
Person: Academic
Person: Academic
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Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Foster, D., Amano, K., Cartmell, S. & Yates, J.
1/04/23 → 31/03/28
Project: Research
Goodwin, M., Allen, T., Pretty, I. & Walsh, T.
1/02/23 → 1/05/26
Project: Research
Schultz, D., Parkes, B., Femi-Ajao, O., Mccormick Kilbride, B., Jankovic, V., Müller, T., Foster, T., Foster, A., Panteli, M., Sedighi, M., Morgan, J., Souvannaseng, P., Hadi Mosleh, M., Taithe, B., Lombardi, D. & Clay, G.
1/11/19 → …
Project: Research
Hart, J., Finn, G., Byrne-Davis, L., Alghanaim, N., Alotibi, W., Carr, N., Fisher, R., Conen, S., Oladipo, E., Mawdsley, A., Grundy, J., Jopling, H., Davies, A., Cowen, R., Burns, D., Choudhury, B., Ho, T. K., Singh, M., Thampy, H., Roudsari, R., Lindley, R., Farrington, R., Collins, L., Schafheutle, E. & Brown, L.
Project: Research
Pretty, I., Allen, T., Birch, S., Tickle, M. & Walsh, T.
1/02/20 → 31/01/22
Project: Research
Lee Hooper (Participant), Richard Oliver (Participant) & Helen Worthington (Participant)
Impact: Health impacts
Wendy Thompson (Corresponding participant)
Impact: Health and wellbeing
Wendy Thompson (Corresponding participant)
Impact: Health and wellbeing, Awareness and understanding, Attitudes and behaviours, Policy
Anne-Marie Glenny (Participant), Helen Worthington (Participant), Janet Clarkson (Participant) & Tanya Walsh (Participant)
Impact: Health and wellbeing, Society and culture, Attitudes and behaviours, Awareness and understanding
Hugh Devlin (Corresponding participant), Keith Horner (Participant) & James Graham (Participant)
Impact: Health and wellbeing, Technological, Economic
Georgios Kitsaras (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Georgios Kitsaras (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
Wendy Thompson (Other), Michael Bottery (Other), Michael Brockhurst (Other), Lucie Byrne-Davis (Other) & Michael Bromley (Other)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work
Georgios Kitsaras (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
Georgios Kitsaras (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Hayes, D. (Creator), Dumville, J. (Creator), Walsh, T. (Creator) & Heazell, A. (Creator), University of Manchester, 30 Mar 2022
DOI: 10.48420/19467242.v1, https://figshare.manchester.ac.uk/articles/online_resource/RFM_survey_of_practice_protocol_docx/19467242/1
Dataset
Hua, F. (Contributor), Walsh, T. (Contributor), Glenny, A. (Contributor) & Worthington, H. (Contributor), figshare , 10 Jan 2018
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3972603.v1, https://figshare.com/collections/Structure_formats_of_randomised_controlled_trial_abstracts_a_cross-sectional_analysis_of_their_current_usage_and_association_with_methodology_reporting/3972603/1
Dataset
Astley, S. (Contributor), Byers, R. (Contributor), Dave, M. (Contributor), Fergie, M. (Contributor), Harkness, E. (Contributor), Linton, K. (Contributor), Rosenberg, A. (Contributor), Sperrin, M. (Contributor), Tsakiroglou, A. M. (Creator) & West, C. (Contributor), Mendeley Data, 4 Jan 2021
DOI: 10.17632/274xbhc5rx.3, https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/274xbhc5rx
Dataset
Batista, K. B. D. S. L. (Contributor), Lima, T. (Contributor), Palomares, N. (Contributor), Carvalho, F. (Contributor), Quintão, C. (Contributor), Miguel, J. A. M. (Contributor), Lin, Y. (Contributor), Su, T. (Contributor) & O'Brien, K. (Contributor), figshare , 25 Nov 2017
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3938485.v1, https://figshare.com/collections/Herbst_appliance_with_skeletal_anchorage_versus_dental_anchorage_in_adolescents_with_Class_II_malocclusion_study_protocol_for_a_randomised_controlled_trial/3938485/1
Dataset
Alkhaffaf, B. (Contributor), Glenny, A. (Contributor), Blazeby, J. M. (Contributor), Williamson, P. (Contributor) & Bruce, I. (Contributor), figshare , 9 Aug 2017
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3849538.v1, https://figshare.com/collections/Standardising_the_reporting_of_outcomes_in_gastric_cancer_surgery_trials_protocol_for_the_development_of_a_core_outcome_set_and_accompanying_outcome_measurement_instrument_set_the_GASTROS_study_/3849538/1
Dataset
Dixon, Michael (Recipient), 6 Jan 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Dave, Manas (Recipient), 13 Jun 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
13/03/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert comment
23/11/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert comment
14/11/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
Supervisor: Watts, D. C. (Supervisor) & Yates, J. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Master of Philosophy
Supervisor: Silikas, N. (Supervisor), Watts, D. C. (Supervisor) & Cunliffe, J. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Unknown
Supervisor: Watts, D. C. (Supervisor) & Seymour, K. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Master of Philosophy
Supervisor: Worthington, H. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Unknown
Supervisor: Horner, K. (Supervisor) & Theodorakou, C. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Phd