School of Dentistry

2020-2021

Hoyte T, Ali A, Bearn D. Anchorage methods and treatment outcomes in the treatment of bimaxillary protrusion: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Orthodontic Wave. 2021; 80(2):55-64. https://doi.org/10.1080/13440241.2021.1902061

Hoyte T, Ali A, Bearn D. Prevalence of Bimaxillary Protrusion: A Systematic Review. Open Journal of Epidemiology. 2021;11;37-46. 10.4236/ojepi.2021.111004 

Hoyte T, Kowlessar A, Mahabir A, Khemkaran K, Jagroo P, Jahoor S.  The Knowledge, awareness, and attitude regarding COVID-19 among Trinidad and Tobago dentists. A Cross-Sectional Survey.Oral. 2021 ;1(3): 250-260.

Hoyte T, Kowlessar A, Henry K, Mahabir A, Ali A, Manwah T. Psychological Impact and Coping Strategies of Dental Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic. A Cross-Sectional Survey. Creative Education. 2021; 12(8) :926-1938.

Hoyte T, Kowlessar A, Henry K, Mahabir A, Ali A.
Factors affecting the Career and Speciality Preferences of Dental Students in Trinidad and Tobago. A Cross-Sectional Survey. Creative Education. 2021;12(8):1792-1804.

Kowlessar A, Henry K, Bisson, A, Hoyte T.
Fusion of a Mandibular Third Molar and a Distomolar in a Trinidadian Child: Report of a Rare Case Diagnosed Using CBCT. Open Journal of Stomatology. 2021;11(8):271-277.

Naidu R S, Nunn J H, Pahel B, Niederman R. Editorial: Promoting Oral Health in Early Childhood: The Role of the Family, Community and Health System in Developing Strategies for Prevention and Management of ECC. Frontiers in Public Health. 2021; 9: 716695. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.716695

Sampaio FC, Bönecker M, Paiva SM, Martignon S, Ricomini Filho AP, Pozos-Guillen A, Oliveira BH, Bullen M, Naidu R, Guarnizo-Herreño C, Gomez J, MalheirosZ, Stewart B, Ryan M, Pitts N. Dental caries prevalence, prospects and challenges for Latin America and Caribbean countries: a summary and final recommendations from a Regional Consensus. Brazil Oral Research .2021; 3 (suppl): e056 DOI: 10.1590/1807-3107bor-2021.vol35.0056

Abreu-Placeres N, Grau-Grullón P, Naidu R, García-Godoy F, Newton JT, Ekstrand KR, Pitts N, López L, Babu AS, Féliz-Matos Evangelia Morou L, Jácome-Liévano S, Stefania Martignon. Cariology consensus for undergraduate at dental schools in the Caribbean region. European Journal of Dental Education .2021; 25: 717-732. https://doi.org/10.1111/eje.12651 3.

Naidu R, Gelbier S. Dentistry and oral health during the 1918 influenza pandemic. Dental Historian. 2021; 66: 56-60.
Balkaran R, Al-Bayaty, Santo R, Lynch L, Harrynarine D. Oral Medicine Referral patterns in the Emergency Dental Clinic. Caribbean Medical Journal [internet]:2021 Apr 29.DOI: https://doi.org/10.48107/CMJ.2021.04.003 

Balkaran R, Bhat M, Smith W, Marchan S. COVID-19 Stressors among Dental Academics at UWI—A Caribbean Perspective. Oral 2021; 1(1):36-44. https://doi.org/10.3390/oral1010005 

Balkaran R, Teelucksingh S, Lutchmansingh F, Naidu RS, Rafeek RN. Gestational diabetes and periodontal disease in Trinidad – A Pilot study. Caribbean Medical Journal. 2021; 83(2):1-7. https://doi.org/10.48107/CMJ2021.04.005

Rafeek RN, Sa B, Harnarayan P , Farnon N, Singh S, Giddings S, Reid S. Effectiveness of rapid transition to Online teaching during COVID 19: An online cross-sectional survey of students’ and teachers’ perceptions in a West Indian Dental School. Creative Education .2021; 12:1222-1234. https://doi.org/10.4236/ce.2021.126092 

Rafeek RN, Naidu RS, Peters T, Paul G, Tripathi V. Prevalence and factors associated with dentine hypersensitivity among adult patients attending a university dental clinic in Trinidad, West Indies. A cross-sectional study. Oral Health and Preventive Dentistry. 2020; 18:1077-1086. doi: 10.3290/j.ohpd.b871073

Marchan SM, Lynch L-L, Bascombe K, Carty X, Smith WAJ, Rafeek RN. Color stability of gingiva-colored based restorative materials: An in-vitro study. General Dentistry .2020 Sept-Oct.

Rajapakse S, Giardino M, Kulasekara, H, Darveau, R, Chang A. An Ayurvedic Herbal Extract Inhibits Streptococcus mutans Biofilm Formation and Disrupts Preformed Biofilms in vitro. Journal of traditional medicine & clinical naturopathy. 2020; 9(3):291 

Raman V, Ramlogan S. Academic integrity and the implementation of the honour code in clinical training of undergraduate dental students. International Journal for Educational Integrity. 2020; 16:9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40979-020-00058-2

Raman V, Ramlogan S, Sweet J, Sweet D. Application of Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA) in assessing chairside ergonomic risk of dental students. British Dental Journal. 2020. doi: 10.1038/s41415-020-1855-5

Naraynsingh C, Martin D. Beware of chicken bones: An uncommon presentation of a foreign body in the palate. Dental Update. 2021; 48 (2):115.

2019-2020

R Balkaran, S Teelucksingh , RS Naidu , K Lutchmansingh, L Morris, V Tripathi , S Teelucksingh.
The Use of the Slipping Slipper Sign to Explore the Connection between the Feet and the Mouth
in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus. Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal (2020); 39 ( 2)

RS Naidu, JH Nunn. Oral Health Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviour of Parents and Caregivers
of Preschool Children: Implications for Oral Health Promotion. Oral Health and Preventative
Dentistry (2020);18(2): 245-252 Doi:10.3290/j.ohpd.a43357

N Abreu-Placeres, P Grau-Grullon, R Naidu, F Garcia-Godoy, JT Newton, KR Ekstrand, N Pitts, LM
Lopez del Valle, L Feliz-Matos, Y Rivera , Ramón F. González , Arvind Babu Rajendra Santosh,
Evangelia Morou‐Bermudez, Sofía Jácome‐Liévano Stefania Martignon. Cariology consensus for
undergraduates at dental schools in the Caribbean region. European Journal of Dental
Education (2020) https://doi.org/10.1111/eje.12651

R Naidu, Children’s oral health in the Caribbean: A public health problem. Caribbean Medical Journal
(2019) ISSN: 2664-5599

V Ramroop, A Kowlessar, V Ramcharitar-Maharaj, L Morris, R Naidu. Knowledge, attitudes and
behaviour towards preventive oral care in early childhood among paediatricians in Trinidad and
Tobago: findings of a national survey. International Dental Journal (2019);69(1), 67-76
https://doi.org/10.1111/idj.12408

T Percival, J Edwards, Salvacion Barclay, B Sa, M MajumdeA , Early Childhood Caries in 3 to 5-
Year-Old Children in Trinidad and Tobago. Dentistry Journal (2019);7(1), 16
https://doi.org/10.3390/dj7010016

A Chang, S Bamashmous, R Darveau, S Rajapakse. An Ayurvedic herbal extract inhibits oral
epithelial cell IL-8 responses to host and bacterial agonists. BMC Complementary Mendicine
and Therapies. (2020);20:62 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-020-2850-8

Raman V, Ramlogan S, Sweet J and Sweet D 
Application of Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA) in assessing chairside ergonomic risk of
dental students  Br Dent J Accepted for publication 6th April 2020. 

Ramlogan S, Raman V, Abraham K and Pierre K 
Self‐reported stress, coping ability, mental status, and periodontal diseases among police
recruits  Clin Exp Dent Res 2020 Feb;6(1):117-123. 

Trudee Hoyte, Anne Kowlessar, Anil Ali, and David Bearn
Prevalence and Occlusal Risk Factors for Fractured Incisors among 11–12-Year-Old Children in
the Trinidad and Tobago Population
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute(MPDI)
Dent J (Basel). 2020 Mar 6;8(1):25. doi: 10.3390/dj8010025

Trudee Hoyte, Anne Kowlessar, Anil Ali and David Bearn
Cross-Sectional survey to ascertain the prevalence of Molar Incisor Hypo-mineralization in the
Trinidad and Tobago population.
American Journal of Biomedical Science & Research
ISSN: 2642-1747
2020 - 7(3). AJBSR.MS.ID.001141.
DOI: 10.34297/AJBSR.2020.07.001141.

A.Kowlessar, R. Naidu, V. Ramroop, J. Nurse, K. Dookie, Dr. Curt Bodkyn and Dr. Sanjay
Lalchandani
Oral health among children attending an oncology clinic in Trinidad
Clinical And Experimental Dental Research
Clin Exp Dent Res. 2019 Aug 16;5(6):665-669. doi: 10.1002/cre2.232. eCollection 2019 Dec.

K Davis, RY Low and RN Rafeek. A Conservative Approach to Treatment of Dental
Erosion: Case Report. Open Journal of Stomatology (2019); 9, 241-248.
https://doi.org/10.4236/ojst.2019.911025 (Journal Impact factor Google based: 0.54)

SM Marchan, L-L Lynch, K Bascombe, X Carty, WAJ Smith, RN Rafeek. Color stability
of gingiva-colored based restorative materials: An in-vitro study. General Dentistry (2020)
Sept-Oct 

RN Rafeek, V Ramroop, R Balkaran, A Kowlessar, A Bissoon, C Royer, R Yuk Low. The
perceived oral health status, practices, knowledge and periodontal status of pregnant
women in a maternity hospital in Trinidad. Acta Scientific Dental Sciences (2020);
4(11):74-83. (International Scientific Indexing 0.812)

Rafeek RN, Naidu RS, Peters T, Paul G, Tripathi V. Prevalence and factors associated
with dentine hypersensitivity among adult patients attending a university dental clinic in
Trinidad, West Indies. A cross-sectional study. Oral Health and Preventive Dentistry
(Accepted: in Press, Proofs seen). (Journal Impactor factor 0.920)

Marchan SM, Bascombe K, Hector T, Smith WAJ, Ramnanasingh TG. 
The long term effect of flavored sparkling water on human tooth enamel determined by
gravimetric analysis: a preliminary evaluation 

Marchan SM, Lynch LT, Bascombe K, Carty XJ, Smith WA, Rafeek RN The color stability of
gingival shade restorative materials. 2020; 68(5): 61-65. 
Brazilian Dental Science 2020; Vol 23(1): 1-7