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Oral Health Unit (OHU)

Oral Health Unit (OHU) - Publications

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  • 2010

    Journal article

    • Aggarwal, V., Tickle, M., Javidi, H. & Peters, S (2010). Reviewing the evidence: can cognitive behavioral therapy improve outcomes for patients with chronic orofacial pain? J Orofac Pain, 24(2), 163-71. eScholarID:79957 | PMID:20401354
    • Sharif, M., Catleugh, M., Merry, A., Tickle, M., Dunne, S., Brunton, P. & Aggarwal, V (2010). Replacement versus repair of defective restorations in adults: resin composite. Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 2, CD005971. eScholarID:79947 | PMID:20166078 | DOI:10.1002/14651858.CD005971.pub2
    • Sharif, M., Merry, A., Catleugh, M., Tickle, M., Brunton, P., Dunne, S. & Aggarwal, V (2010). Replacement versus repair of defective restorations in adults: amalgam. Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 2, CD005970. eScholarID:79948 | PMID:20166077 | DOI:10.1002/14651858.CD005970.pub2

  • 2009

    Journal article

    • GRK Foster, MC Downer, M Lunt, V Aggarwal and M Tickle. (2009). Predictive tool for estimating the potential effect of water fluoridation on dental caries. Community Dental Health, 26(1), 5-11. eScholarID:29871
    • Jones C, Joughin A, Tickle M. (2009). Darzi and dentistry: the emerging quality agenda for GDPs in England. Dental Update, 36(9), 558-568. eScholarID:77248
    • Milsom K, Jones C, Kearney-Mitchell P, Tickle M. (2009). A comparative needs assessment of the dental health of adults attending dental access centres and general dental practices in Halton & St Helens and Warrington PCTs 2007. Br Dent J, 206( 5), 257-61. eScholarID:1d18861 | DOI:10.1038/sj.bdj.2009.165
    • Tickle M, Jones C, Buchannan K, Milsom K, Blinkhorn A, Humphris G. (2009). A prospective study of dental anxiety in a cohort of children followed from 5 to 9 years of age. Int J Paediatr Dent, 19( 4), eScholarID:1d19559 | DOI:10.1111/j.1365-263X.2009.00976.x

  • 2008

    Journal article

    • Buchanan K, Milsom K, Zoitopoulos L, Pau A, Tickle M. (2008). The performance of a screening test for urgent dental treatment need in a prison population. Br Dent J, 205( 10), E19; discussion 560-. eScholarID:1d18297 | DOI:10.1038/sj.bdj.2008.950
    • Milsom K, Threlfall A, Pine K, Tickle M, Blinkhorn A, Kearney-Mitchell P. (2008). The introduction of the new dental contract in England - a baseline qualitative assessment. Br Dent J, 204( 2), 59-62. eScholarID:1d17343
    • Milsom KM, Blinkhorn AS, Tickle M. (2008). The incidence of dental caries in the primary molar teeth of young children receiving National Health Service funded dental care in practices in the North West of England. Br Dent J, eScholarID:1d17817 | DOI:10.1038/sj.bdj.2008.582
    • Milsom KM, Tickle M, Blinkhorn AS. (2008). Is School Dental Screening a Political or a Scientific Intervention? J Dent Res, 87( 10), 896-899. eScholarID:1d17813
    • Tickle M, Blinkhorn AS, Milsom K. (2008). The occurrence of dental pain and extractions over a 3-year period in a cohort of children aged 3-6 years. J Public Health Dent, 68( 2), 63-9. eScholarID:1d17815
    • Tickle M, Milsom K, Qualtrough AJ E, Blinkhorn FA, Aggarwal VR. (2008). The failure rate of NHS funded molar endodontic treatment delivered in general dental practice. Br Dent J, 204( 5), E8; discussion 254-5. eScholarID:1d17342
    • Tickle M, Milsom K. (2008). The whole population approach to caries prevention in general dental practice. Br Dent J, 205( 10), eScholarID:1d18295 | DOI:10.1038/sj.bdj.2008.985
    • Tickle M. (2008). No problem up north. Br Dent J, 204( 12), eScholarID:1d17818 | DOI:10.1038/sj.bdj.2008.509
    • Walsh TC, Tickle M, Milsom K, Buchanan K, Zoitopoulos L. (2008). An investigation of the nature of research into dental health in prisons: a systematic review. Br Dent J, 204( 12), 683-9; discussion 66. eScholarID:1d17820 | DOI:10.1038/sj.bdj.2008.525

  • 2007

    Journal article

    • Dailey Y, Milsom K, Pilkington L, Blinkhorn A, Threlfall A, Tickle M. (2007). A qualitative investigation of the influence of time since graduation on English dentists' approach to the care of young children. Int J Paediatr Dent, 17( 5), 336-44. eScholarID:1d17345
    • Threlfall A, Hunt CM, Milsom K, Tickle M, Blinkhorn AS. (2007). Exploring factors that influence general dental practitioners when providing advice to help prevent caries in children. Br Dent J, eScholarID:1d15227
    • Threlfall A, Milsom K, Blinkhorn AS, Tickle M. (2007). General Dental Practitioner's views on dental general anaesthesia services. Community Dental Health, 24, 93-96. eScholarID:1d26544
    • Threlfall A, Milsom K, Hunt CM, Tickle M, Blinkhorn AS. (2007). Exploring the content of the advice provided by general dental practitioners to help prevent caries in young children. Br Dent J, eScholarID:1d15139
    • Tickle M, Threlfall A, Pilkington L, Milsom K, Duggal MS, Blinkhorn AS. (2007). Approaches taken to the treatment of young children with carious primary teeth: a national cross-sectional survey of general dental practitioners and paediatric specialists in England. Br Dent J, eScholarID:1d15921
    • Tickle M, Yeung C, Milsom K, Blinkhorn A. (2007). The prescription and outcomes of fissure sealants applied to a group of high caries risk children by general dental practitioners working in the North West of England. Community Dent Health, 24( 3), 135-9. eScholarID:1d17344

  • 2006

    Journal article

    • Elkind AK, Blinkhorn FA, Mackie IC, Tickle M, Duxbury JT, Blinkhorn AS. (2006). Service quality implications of dental undergraduate outreach teaching for Primary Care Trusts in England, UK. Community Dental Health, 23, 75-79. eScholarID:1d13451
    • Kearney-Mitchell P, Milsom K, Blinkhorn AS, Tickle M. (2006). The development of a consensus among primary care dentists of referral criteria for school dental screening. Br Dent J, 200( 9), 509-12. eScholarID:1d13565
    • Milsom K, Blinkhorn AS, Worthington HV, Threlfall A, Buchanan K, Kearney-Mitchell P, Tickle M. (2006). The Effectiveness of School Dental Screening: a Cluster-randomized Control Trial. J Dent Res, 85( 10), 924-8. eScholarID:1d13855
    • Milsom K, Threlfall A, Blinkhorn AS, P.I. Kearney-Mitchell, K.M. Buchanan, Tickle M. (2006). The effectiveness of school dental screening: dental attendance and treatment of those screened positive. British Dental Journal, 200, 687-690. eScholarID:1d13456
    • Threlfall A, Milsom K, Catleugh M, Kearney-Mitchell P, Blinkhorn AS, Tickle M. (2006). A survey of school dental screening practise in community dental services of England and Wales in 2003. Community Dent Health, 23( 4), 236-8. eScholarID:1d14650
    • Tickle M, Milsom K, Buchanan K, Blinkhorn AS. (2006). Dental screening in schools: the views of parents, teachers and school nurses. Br Dent J, 201( 12), 769-73; discussion 7. eScholarID:1d14648
    • Tickle M. (2006). Improving the oral health of young children through an evidence-based approach. Community Dent Health, 23( 1), 2-4. eScholarID:1d12884

  • 2005

    Journal article

    • Anthony Threlfall, Catleugh M, Milsom K, Blinkhorn AS, Tickle M. (2005). IN PRESS School Dental Screening in the Community Dental Services of the England and Wales in 2003. Community Dental Health, eScholarID:1d26546
    • Duxbury JT, Davies GM, Catleugh MA, Woodward M, Tickle M. (2005). The use of audit as a means of improving the quality of a health promotion intervention - an example from the Manchester School Fluoride Milk Scheme. International Journal of Health Promotion and Education, 43, 87-91. eScholarID:1d26550
    • Threlfall A, Kanaa M, Davies SJ, Tickle M. (2005). Possible link between extraction of wisdom teeth and temporomandibular disc displacement with reduction: matched case control study. Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg, 43( 1), 13-6. eScholarID:1d9601
    • Threlfall A, Pilkington L, Milsom K, Blinkhorn AS, Tickle M. (2005). General Dental Practitioner's views on the use of stainless steel crowns to restore primary molars. British Dental Journal, 199, 453-455. eScholarID:1d26542
    • Tickle M, Yeung CA, Milsom K, Blinkhorn AS. (2005). IN PRESS The outcomes of fissure sealants placed by dentists working in the General Dental Service in the North West of England. Community Dental Health, eScholarID:1d26548
    • Yeung CA, Hitchings J, Macfarlane TV, Threlfall A, Tickle M, Glenny A. (2005). Fluoridated milk for preventing dental caries. Cochrane Database Syst Rev, ( 3), eScholarID:1d33972

  • 2003

    Journal article

    • Milsom K, Tickle M, Humphris G, Blinkhorn AS. (2003). The relationship between anxiety and dental treatment experience in 5 year old children. British Dental Journal, 194, 503-506. eScholarID:1d24388
    • Milsom K, Tickle M, King D. (2003). Does the dental profession know how to care for the primary dentition. British Dental Journal, 195, 301-303. eScholarID:1d25456
    • Tickle M, K Milsom, Humphries GM, Blinkhorn AS. (2003). Parental attitudes to the care of the carious primary dentition. British Dental Journal, 195, 451-455. eScholarID:1d6694 | DOI:10.1038/sj.bdj.4810600
    • Tickle M, Milsom K, Blinkhorn AS, Worthington HV. (2003). Comparing different methods to detect and correct non-response bias in postal questionnaire studies. Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 63, 112-118. eScholarID:1d24036 | DOI:10.1111/j.1752-7325.2003.tb03484.x
    • Tickle M, Milsom K, Jenner T, Blinkhorn AS. (2003). The geodemograhic distribution of caries experience in neighboring fluoridated and non-fluoridated populations. Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 63, 92 - 98. eScholarID:1d24235
    • Tickle M, Milsom K, Jenner T, Blinkhorn AS. (2003). The geodemographic distribution of caries experience in neighboring fluoridated and nonfluoridated populations. J Public Health Dent, 63( 2), 92-8. eScholarID:1d16079
    • Tickle M, Milsom K, King D, Blinkhorn AS. (2003). The influences on preventive care provided to children who frequently attend the UK General Dental Service. British Dental Journal, 194, 329-332. eScholarID:1d24292

  • 2002

    Journal article

    • G M Humphries, Milsom K, Tickle M, H Holbrook, Blinkhorn AS. (2002). A new dental anxiety scale for 5-year-old children (DA5): Description and concurrent validity. Health Education Journal, 61, 5-19. eScholarID:1d2212
    • K Milsom, Tickle M, Blinkhorn AS. (2002). Dental pain and dental treatment of young children attending the general dental service. British Dental Journal, 192, 280-284. eScholarID:1d2217
    • K Milsom, Tickle M, D King, P Kearney-Mitchell, Blinkhorn AS. (2002). Outcomes associated with restored and unrestored deciduous molar teeth. Primary Dental Care, 9, 16-19. eScholarID:1d2215
    • Milsom K, Tickle M, Blinkhorn AS. (2002). The prescription and relative outcomes of different materials used in general dental practice in the north west region of England to restore the primary dentition. Journal Of Dentistry, 30, 77-82. eScholarID:1d24230
    • Tickle M, Milsom K, Blinkhorn AS. (2002). Inequalities in the dental treatment provided to children: an example from the UK. Community Dentistry And Oral Epidemiology, 30, 335-341. eScholarID:1d24232
    • Tickle M, Milsom K, D King, P Kearney-Mitchell, Blinkhorn AS. (2002). The fate of the carious primary teeth of children who regularly attend the general dental service. British Dental Journal, 192, 219-223. eScholarID:1d2219
    • Tickle M. (2002). The 80:20 phenomenon: help or hindrance to planning caries prevention programmes?. Community Dental Health, 19, 39-42. eScholarID:1d2246

  • 2001

    Journal article

    • Blinkhorn FA, Blinkhorn AS, Tickle M. (2001). A profile of the dentists working in the community dental service in the United Kingdom in 1999. British Dental Journal, 190, 266-268. eScholarID:1d1800
    • Ireland R.S, Jenner A.M, Williams M.J, Tickle M. (2001). A clinical minimum data set for primary dental care. British Dental Journal, 190, 663-667.. eScholarID:1d1801
    • Tickle M, Craven RC, Milsom K.M, Kay EJ. (2001). The relative effects of residential and school environments on the dental caries experience of 5- and 12-year old children in the North West of England. Health Education Journal, 60, 120-126. eScholarID:1d1664
    • Tickle M, Hayhurst G, Moulding G, Jenner A.M, Blinkhorn AS. (2001). Matching Dental Practice Board data to the Health Authority Population Register. Community Dental Health, 18, 37-41. eScholarID:1d1813
    • Tickle M. (2001). Chartermark criteria - what interests the patients? British Dental Journal, 190, eScholarID:1d1814

  • 2000

    Journal article

    • Milsom K.M, Tickle M, Jenner A.M, Peers A. (2000). A comparison of the normative and subjective assessment of the child prevalence of developmental defects of enamel amongst 12-year-olds living in the North West Region, UK. Public Health, 114, 340-344. eScholarID:1d1802
    • Tickle M, Blinkhorn AS, Brown P.J.B, Matthews R. (2000). A geodemographic analysis of the Denplan patient population in the North West Region. British Dental Journal, 189, 494-499.. eScholarID:1d1811
    • Tickle M, Brown P.J, Blinkhorn AS, Jenner T. (2000). Comparing the ability of different area measures of socio-economic status to segment a population according to caries prevalence. Community Dental Health, 17, 138-144. eScholarID:1d23422
    • Tickle M, Jenner T, Blinkhorn AS. (2000). The utility of anonymised postcoded registration data provided by the Dental Practice Board. Community Dental Health, 17, 254-256. eScholarID:1d23426
    • Tickle M, Kay EJ, Worthington HV, Blinkhorn AS. (2000). Predicting population dental disease experience at a small area level using census and health service data. Journal Of Public Health Medicine, 22, 368-374. eScholarID:1d23424
    • Tickle M, Moulding G, Milsom K.M, Blinkhorn AS. (2000). Dental caries, contact with dental services and deprivation in young children their relationship at a small area level. British Dental Journal, 189, 376-379. eScholarID:1d1809
    • Tickle M, Moulding G, Milsom K.M, Blinkhorn AS. (2000). Socio-economic and geographical influences on primary dental care preferences in a population of young children. British Dental Journal, 188, 559-562. eScholarID:1d1806
    • Tickle M, Williams M.J, Jenner A.M, Blinkhorn AS. (2000). The concept of sentinel practices in dentistry a preliminary evaluation. Primary Dental Care, 7, 39-40. eScholarID:1d1804
    • Tickle M. (2000). Proposals for the 2001 UK Census. Community Dental Health, 17, 68-69. eScholarID:1d1807
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