Prof Sarah Baker @sarahRbakerDPH Twitter profile

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Prof Sarah Baker

3 years

Really happy to announce that I am starting today as the new Editor-in-Chief of Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology I am super excited and honoured and really looking forward to serving the oral and dental research community

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

1 year

Posted without comment A published paper withdrawn because the authors couldn’t pay the Article Processing Charge #AcademicChatter

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

2 years

@EddieIzzardLab We have excellent local candidates standing for the #Sheffield central seat Eddie. People who live, work and have campaigned for @LabourSheffield and the city for years 👇👇 @Abtisam_Mohamed @Abdi_SHF @Rizwanalala

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

4 years

@VenthanMailoo @Lindajdempster @HilaryGarratt @SamSherrington @teamCNO_ @NHSEngland @MattHancock @carolecadwalla @WeNurses My original tweet was sent on 16th March - still no testing of community NHS and social care staff - staff going into residential care homes and visiting the vulnerable in the community. Inadequate PPE. Nothing has changed 2 weeks on.

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

2 years

Academics: When July and August were ‘clear for research’ and you look at your to-do list

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

24 days

@JoPhoenix1 This would make a really interesting discussion, and many I’m sure would be interested in attending - myself included. Perhaps we could host it in Sheffield - given both @sally_hines and I are based at the University?

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

2 years

It’s #WorldOralHealthDay2022 Oral diseases affect nearly 3.5 billion people around the world leading to pain, discomfort, social isolation, loss of self-confidence, and so much more Let’s help raise awareness and encourage global action to allow good #OralHealth for all

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

3 years

Writing a lecture today, and was reminded of this great visual distinction between: Stakeholders & Users

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

3 years

We receive around 10 times as many manuscripts as we can print in @CommDentOralEpi In 2020, we received 968 manuscripts As Editor-in-Chief, I desk reject about 65-70% of manuscripts For authors this can be painful & frustrating This👇on desk rejection is worth a read 🧵1/8

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

2 years

My ‘Ten Top Tips guide for writing a journal article’ Some thoughts with my Editor’s hat on 1/🧵

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

3 years

Every time this pops up in my timeline, I think just wow 😯 Teeth are pretty amazing - as are the dental professionals who look after, repair and restore this complex system #teeth #Dentistry

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

3 years

We’ve officially started the SENIOR trial to test whether Dental Care Professionals instead of dentists, could offer an alternative to NHS dental provision for residents in care-homes. Led by @brocklehurstp and running in Wales, London & N.Ireland

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

8 months

Oral health doesn’t have to be linked to diabetes, Alzheimer’s, heart disease, dementia, erectile dysfunction, cancer, hypertension, arthritis, mental health, fossil fuels or climate change, to make it important or worthwhile. Having good oral health is essential full stop.

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

4 years

By far, the greatest challenge in lockdown so far? Making a cake for my girl turning 13 today. My mum, a professional cake maker, has always made her cakes. She’s isolating many miles away. The all important teenage cake was down to me 😳 Verdict? Blood, sweat, tears x1000!

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

2 years

I’ve re-written that misplaced and disingenuous headline for you Shaun

Shaun Lintern

@ShaunLintern

2 years

Away from Covid, dental services across England are in freefall with parents unable to get their kids seen on the NHS - there has been a 44% drop in treatments and some parts of England are now dental deserts warns @HealthwatchE

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

4 years

Great question for dentistry too: Should psychology be a subject requirement to study dentistry? Arguably more useful than chemistry? Would this impact on the type of graduates that we see in dentistry? More critical thinking, empathy, reflection, understanding of behaviour...

Association for the Study of Medical Education

@asmeofficial

4 years

Why is chemistry a requirement for medicine, but sociology or psychology is seen as a lesser subject? Is it time that we changed the subject requirements, and is this impacting the type of graduates that we see in medicine?

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

8 months

Well, well, well - some good #PublicHealth news to celebrate 💦 🦷 Nottingham council to add fluoride to tap water to tackle rising tooth decay in children and growing inequalities #Dentistry #fluoridation

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

10 months

Delighted & privileged to be nominated for a Fellowship of the College of General Dentistry @CGDent Very welcome to see the College recognising all dental, health & other professionals who contribute to the inter-professional dental team 👏 #Dentistry #teamwork

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

2 months

Small change, big difference Sheffield to ban ads for low/zero alcohol drinks from alcoholic brands, gambling & betting products, food & drink high in fat, salt or sugar. Ads of e-cig & vaping products only allowed as part of stop-smoking campaigns. ‘Lucky’ for #sheffield that…

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

8 months

Oral diseases are *the* most prevalent condition across low, lower-middle, upper-middle and high income countries Despite this they are the poor relation when it comes to health - under-funded, under-researched, under-served #HealthForAll #Dentistry

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

1 year

There were 26,741 extractions for tooth decay for 0-19 yr olds in 2021-2022 The rate is 3.5 times greater for children from the most deprived communities #inequality Tooth decay is the most common reason for hospital admissions for 6-10 yr olds New data from @OHID #dentistry

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

3 years

Always lovely when your PhD student submits their thesis but doubly so because this is an area that needs so much more attention: The inclusion of disabled children in oral health and because @Maram_alwadie is a super brilliant researcher! @bspduk @IADH_org @ShefDentistry

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

1 year

Today was my last day as a department head After 5.5 years of living hell, let the good times roll Words cannot express the sheer joy 💃🏻 #AcademicChatter

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

5 months

Sexism in academia is bad for science Why are there high rates of female attrition across career stages - Hostile workplaces? Biased performance assessments? Inequity in workloads? All of the above & more A great piece and one that hit’s home #AcademicChatter

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

2 years

Amazing 3D model resources for #dental education and teaching from @AnatomyStandard

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

1 year

For all of you oral epidemiologists out there: A great new book well worth a dip into👇 Includes chapters on past, present & future challenges in oral diseases, inequalities, methods & hot topics from authors around the world #dentistry #epitwitter #oralhealth #publichealth

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

2 years

Wait until I tell my teenage Gen Z daughter - it’s going to blow her incredulous mind 🤯 In her words “You just do teeth. Why would anyone follow you. So dull” Thanks to all of you + the bots, random dave87547ers, & curtain shops, I’ve shown her that Gen Xers still have it 💪🏼

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

2 years

A classic updated for #dentistry

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

3 years

What is the most accurate method for detecting caries lesions? Systematic Review Spoiler alert: Visual caries detection alone is adequate for most patients in daily clinical practice regardless of tooth type or surface

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

2 years

“Who’d want to follow you. You just talk about teeth. So, boriinngg. So, dullll”Teenage Daughter, 2017, 2018, 2019 etc Thanks to you lovely twitter folk (+ a few random simon567091203, bots & carpet shops), today I can tell her 3,000 of you enjoy teeth-talk 😊 #Twitterversary

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

2 years

What are the structural (upstream) determinants of children’s oral health? How do a country’s public, macroeconomic & social policies shape children’s oral health? We tested this with cross-national data from 11 countries 👇 A tweetorial 🧵 /1

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

3 years

Writing a research stats lecture and reminded again of this great analogy Understanding Type 1 Vs Type 2 errors 👇

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

2 months

In #dentistry we tend not to publish many solely theoretical papers - those that describe theories, ideas, hypotheses. Yet, theoretical papers are **hugely** important to foster debate & stimulate new ideas. Here👇is such a paper on how exposure to Adverse Childhood…

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

3 months

This is a really important study. Why? It is the 1st multi centre RCT of a behaviour change intervention promoting toothbrushing for preventing tooth decay in school children which includes clinical and cost-effectiveness & a child-reported outcome measure (quality of life)…

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

7 months

Water fluoridation is a public health measure to reduce levels of tooth decay in populations. What can recent studies tell us about clinical & cost benefits of CWF? A welcome paper on a controversial topic. Free to read here: #PublicHealth #dentistry

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

11 months

New position statement on water fluoridation "BASCD strongly supports community water fluoridation as a safe, equitable & effective intervention, which should be implemented on a universal basis to reduce prevalence & severity of tooth decay & reduce oral health inequalities" 👏

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

3 years

Trying to convince a dental student today of the role health psychology can play in many areas of dentistry 😅 I was reminded of why myself @heather_nott @Suzanne_Scott_ decided to write this piece 9 years ago! @divhealthpsych

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

4 years

Another all male panel 🤨 Are there no female dental professionals? Or are they not expert enough?

Len D'Cruz

@len_dent

4 years

Round table discussion with key stakeholders discussing the way back for dentistry from lockdown #skininthegame @TheBDA

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

10 months

“Teeth are made from stern stuff. They can withstand floods, fires, even centuries in the grave. But teeth are no match for the slow-motion catastrophe that is a life of poverty” Teeth: The story of beauty & inequality A must read for all in #PublicHealth #equity & #Dentistry

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

3 years

I was so very sad to hear of Prof Ruth Freeman's passing and wanted, in my own tiny way, to pay respect to the immense intellectual contribution she made in the oral & dental field In @CommDentOralEpi alone, she published 19 papers between 1988 and 2020 in diverse areas 🧵1/12

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

1 year

“From water fluoridation to supervised brushing in schools, they [the government] have tried & tested policies that can save money & improve oral health. All that’s missing is the will to implement them” Well said @EddieCrouch @TheBDA 👏

Water fluoridation not enough to shrink dental health inequalities, study finds

Approach brings smaller benefits to children’s teeth than previously suggested

www.theguardian.com

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

7 months

I’m privileged to have supervised #PhD students from Thailand, Malaysia, Germany, UK, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Libya, India & South Africa. I have learnt so much from them all. Super proud of my 20th PhD student this week -with many tears for these words🙏 #WeAreInternational

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

3 years

One small step for a journal, one giant leap for frustrated academics - The journal Community Dentistry Oral Epidemiology now accepts free format submissions - you now don’t need to format until the revision stage. 👏👏🏼 @DrMuzz57

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

1 year

The new toothpaste for diabetics “Colgate for diabetics toothpaste is a clinically proven formula with a unique blend of Ayurvedic ingredients” I smell 🐂💩 What’s next? Toothpaste for Cancer Toothpaste for Heart Disease Toothpaste for Erectile Dysfunction

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

3 years

“There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. Some of us need to go upstream and find out why they are falling in” Desmond Tutu Love this updated river metaphor on why we need to reorientate to upstream action to reduce oral health inequalities

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

2 months

Something that has been weighing on my mind for a while - What can I do, in my role as Editor of a scientific journal, to help promote and credit fairly those authors from low-to-middle income countries on international research papers? This consensus statement is an excellent…

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

3 years

Late to this one but what a great paper: Why is it not enough to just help people maintain good oral health and keep their teeth? Promoting oral health care because of its possible effect on systemic disease is premature and may be misleading

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

1 year

A useful paper on an often contested topic in #dental #epimethods research Do "descriptive epidemiologic studies have value in their own right & not merely as stepping stools toward causal inference?" A framework for descriptive epidemiology in @AmJEpi

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

9 days

If you want to see how your research influences policy, this is a super new tool Sage Policy Profiles - searches through 10+million policy documents for your papers/name I found out so much I had absolutely no idea about - NICE guidelines, Public Health England, CDC & WHO…

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

3 years

What happens to tooth decay when you stop community water fluoridation? A 7 year follow-up of two Canadian cities: Calgary and Edmonton An important paper in the evidence jigsaw From a great team led by ⁦⁦ @lindsayamclaren ⁩ ⁦ @UCalgary ⁩

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

3 years

What is Dental Public Health? What role does it play? How can the specialty learn from COVID-19 to help reduce widening inequalities in oral health? Dental public health: connect, challenge and change | Faculty Dental Journal @bascd_uk @WittonRobert

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

10 months

Lip reading clearly showing Brad Pitt at #WimbledonFinal saying: “NHS dentistry is in intensive care. We must do something to save it”

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

4 years

My lovely 13 year old daughter and her friend decided to cook a 3-course Mini-Masterchef meal for their responsible adults. All to cheer us up in these difficult times. Aren’t kids wonderful 😊 (❤️ the byeline on their menu!)

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

4 years

“I have huge respect for my dental colleagues. When I’m faced with a dental problem in A&E, I’m reminded why having expertise of my dental colleagues is so important. The best outcomes happen when we work together...patients get the best care” Well said @DrRanj #DCby1 @bspduk

Dentistry

@Dentistry

4 years

@DrRanj – dentistry ‘chronically under-resourced and neglected’ we speak to BAFTA award-winning TV presenter & NHS consultant paediatrician, Dr Ranj, about his lockdown experience ⬇️ with @bspduk #drranj #dentistryonline #fmc #lockdown #bspd #dental

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

2 years

I am a professor, a senior academic, in the late stage of my career. I am in a privileged position relative to the many. I am striking today primarily for my colleagues new to #highered over working conditions, & erosion to our pay and pensions @ucu #UCUstrike @sheffielducu

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

1 year

Really? Call me a skeptic but …. Is robotic #Dentistry the future? What about empathy? trust? listening? etc etc etc etc etc

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

4 years

Super excited to be appointed Honorary Professor at @ucleastman The aim is to continue work on developing patient outcome sets for trigeminal neuralgia with Joanna Zakrzewska & Carolina Venda Nova funded by @RosetreesT and develop some exciting new projects. Bring it on!

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

11 months

Two wonderful talks from Prof George Tsakos from @UCL_DentalPH here at #IADR2023 Inspiring, thought provoking, and such a very worthy winner of the @IADR Distinguished Scientist Award 👏

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

2 years

An important paper in a very important area: how to provide oral health care for older people in their own homes The potential role of community nurses From @GerryMcKenna_ @TsakosGeorgios @CarolineLappin and team Open access here: @Gerodontology

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

3 years

The Professor David Locker Scholarship in Dental Public Health 2021 We are offering three scholarships of £7,500 each for students from LMICs who will be/are registered on the Masters in Dental Public Health @ShefDentistry 2021/22 Details 👇

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

1 year

Interesting umbrella review (of 293 meta-analyses!) on a very topical question Is there a bidirectional association between oral disease and systemic health? [ #dentistry folks: Please, read the *whole* paper before proclaiming that sorting oral disease will cure world hunger😉]

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

2 years

Love this paper we just published in @CommDentOralEpi Calling for a "theoretically informed, contextualized approach to measuring oral health from a multidisciplinary perspective that goes beyond the commonly used clinical indices & sociodental measures"

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

5 months

A new textbook on 'Oral Health Psychology: Psychological Aspects Related to Dentistry' has been published this year Including trauma-sensitive care, pain, dental anxiety, child maltreatment, communication in #dentistry , and much much more

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

2 years

A new textbook on 'Oral Health Psychology: Psychological Aspects Related to Dentistry' has just been published Including trauma-sensitive care, pain, dental anxiety, child maltreatment, communication in #dentistry , child sexual abuse, and much more 🧵

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

8 months

@ithinkwellHugh I couldn’t agree more. I have supervised international PhD students from Libya, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Germany, Malaysia, Bahrain, Poland. I am constantly inspired by their motivation, determination and achievements.

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

3 years

Fascinating stuff - Middle Ages #dentistry … The tooth puller as performance artist “The ‘dentist’ attracted a crowd by telling stories, singing and dancing, performing tricks, or juggling. The toothpuller’s assistant was dressed as a clown or a harlequin”

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

9 months

Predatory publishing & research waste MDPI will publish 65,191 special issues in 2023. Assuming 10 papers per issue, that’s 651,191 papers for 1 publisher in 1 year alone. Open access cost of £1000-2500 each = £1billion++ Someone is making a lot of money #AcademicChatter

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

3 years

Every single afternoon #JustMe ?

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

3 years

News to brighten up any day when your fantastic PhD student passes her #PhD viva with flying colours 👏 So richly deserved @Maram_alwadie and a huge credit to @ShefDentistry #ProudSupervisor

Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

3 years

Always lovely when your PhD student submits their thesis but doubly so because this is an area that needs so much more attention: The inclusion of disabled children in oral health and because @Maram_alwadie is a super brilliant researcher! @bspduk @IADH_org @ShefDentistry

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@sarahRbakerDPH

1 month

@jk_rowling @MCleaver @glosswitch “There are two kinds of scientific writing: that which is intended to be read, and that which is intended merely to be cited. The latter tends to be infected by an overblown and pompous style. The disease is ubiquitous, but often undiagnosed” I think in this instance you have…

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@sarahRbakerDPH

3 years

Having teeth is not a luxury. Progressive thinking 🤔

Bernie Sanders

@BernieSanders

3 years

I do not think it is too radical an idea to say that keeping teeth in your mouth should not be a luxury. Medicare must be expanded to include dental care, eyeglasses, and hearing aids.

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

3 months

Our first paper of 2024 A really important area but one that gets very little attention because it’s neither trendy or sexy What’s the impact of tooth loss? How do people adapt to dentures? A great project with a fantastic team @tw_broomhead @GerryMcKenna_ #dentistry

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

1 year

“Funny how life turns out” It’s so very rare to receive a lovely message, out of the blue, which makes your day, brings a smile, takes you back 20 years, and helps remind you why you chose this job 😊 Academia can be tough; messages like this really help 🙏 #AcademicTwitter

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

11 months

It’s been a hugely enjoyable #IADR2023 A great scientific programme, a thriving social & behavioural science community, & meeting friends & colleagues again for the first time since #IADR2019 + meeting fellow twitterers in *real life* @paula_vassallo @KevMacGP @DrEFleming7

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

4 years

COVID symptom tracker Help doctors and scientists in the UK to identify: • High-risk areas • Who is most at risk, by better understanding symptoms linked to underlying health conditions • How fast the virus is spreading in your area

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

3 years

Tweetalong Dentistry Critical Appraisal Class 2021 At popular request* I am going to post a paper that we use on the Research Methods module on Masters in Dental Public Health course @ShefDentistry Followed by the 11 questions over the course of this week 1/ *1 person 😉

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

2 years

"Anti-Racism in Dental Public Heath: A Call to Action" An important white paper from @AAPHDorg The role of racism & action steps to advance anti-racist practices in DPH Will other organisations in the #dental community lead? @DrEFleming7 @Rizwanalala @MuirheadVanessa #DDAG

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

1 year

𝗢𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗮 𝗹𝘂𝘅𝘂𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗶𝘁𝘆 Meanwhile, around the world - *Oral diseases affect 3.5 billion people *Treatment remains unaffordable or inaccessible for large segments of society What can 𝒘𝒆 do?

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

6 years

1/2 It’s such an absolute honour to receive this award. As a health psychologist, & non-dentist, It means so much that the important contribution of social & behavioural sciences to oral health and dentistry is being recognised by the international dental community @IADR

BEHSR

@BEHSRofIADR

6 years

Congratulations to Professor Sarah Baker who has been awarded the prestigious 2018 Distinguished Scientist Award for Behavioural, Epidemiological and Health Services Research by IADR. The award will be presented at the IADR conference in London on 25th July.

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Prof Sarah Baker

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3 years

We have been busy meeting up with Community Dental Service leads in N.Ireland, England and Wales to plan training for our SENIOR trial investigating role substitution in care-homes to improve oral health. Super interesting, super challenging and super 'p'olitical 😉

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

2 years

One of the best bits of the day job is reading the final version of a PhD before submission The culmination of 3-4 years of blood, sweat, tears, doubts & angst! Just finished reading a whopping 356 pages & 92,787 words of brilliance Very proud of this amazing woman 😊 #phdlife

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@sarahRbakerDPH

1 year

Does statistical literacy matter in the context of #dentistry ? Do dental professionals have a similarly poor proficiency in statistics as shown here👇by medical clinicians? Do #dentists have an overconfidence bias?

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

4 years

A lovely PhD success to celebrate today. Many congrats to @MagdalenaFrauke for her thesis ‘Obesity and dental caries in children: Are there more common determinants than diet?’ Thanks to @MVVettore for wonderful co-supervision and @ProfHRodd & Liz Kay for examining.

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

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“On empty, redundant, pointless systematic reviews” This👇should be required reading in all oral health and #dentistry graduate courses - for PhD students, clinical trainees *and* academics. We need more critically reflective commentaries & less of the (ever-increasing)…

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

2 years

Yearly reminder this #HalloweenWeekend * Humans only have 2 sets of teeth in their lifetime * Teeth can’t repair themselves * Teeth don’t grow back when lost * Teeth are as unique as fingerprints Look after them 👇 #dentistry #oralhealth

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

4 years

Genuine question: Are there any Cochrane Oral Health reviews that don’t end “More high quality clinical trials are needed” Not all OH questions require an RCT .. Bearing in mind that any trial is likely to cost £1 million++ Do we need different ways of thinking & understanding?

Cochrane Oral Health

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4 years

Do dental check-ups at school improve children's oral health? If so, which is the best screening method?

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

11 months

I will be talking about the SENIOR trial at #IADR2023 in Bogota SENIOR is a @NIHRresearch funded cluster-randomised trial which is evaluating a skill-mix model of Dental Nurses & Dental Therapists delivering oral care to care home residents @IADR @GerryMcKenna_

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

3 years

11 February is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Let’s celebrate all those women and girls aspiring to study dentistry and role models in the profession leading the way #WomenInScience #WomenInDentistry #EqualityInScience #GirlsInSTEM

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

2 years

Delighted to be welcoming Dr Muirhead @MuirheadVanessa from @DentistryQMUL to our team of Associate Editors at @CommDentOralEpi Vanessa has a wealth of experience in dental public health, oral health inequalities, dental services, mixed methods & more!

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

4 years

⁦⁦ @bascd_uk ⁩ is the UK’s professional association for the science & practice of promoting the oral health of populations and groups in society. Excited to be taking up the position of Research Lead & help forward the community dentistry agenda 👍

About BASCD - BASCD

BASCD is the UK’s professional association for the science, philosophy and practice of promoting the oral health of populations and groups in society.

www.bascd.org

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

4 years

Information on dental health has been added to the teacher training materials for primary and secondary schools 👍 Dental health added to school curriculum materials – Dentistry Online ⁦ @bascd_uk ⁩

Dental health added to school curriculum materials – Dentistry Online

Information on dental and oral health has been added to the teacher training materials for the primary and secondary school curriculum.

dentistry.co.uk

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

2 months

‘The old boy’s club’ in dental academia Of 159 chief editors across the 124 dental journals, 131 (82%) are men. “There is an urgent and pressing need to address the lack of equity, diversity and inclusivity of editorial teams across all #dental journals” You can't be what…

Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

2 months

On the run-up to #InternationalWomensDay I will share key papers on a subject I’m passionate about - gender (in)equality in research & academia Highlighting the ways in which women are still - in *2024* - under-represented in leadership, decision-making positions, promotion,…

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

4 years

Dental school lectures that centre on patient experiences would be fantastic too. Unfortunately, I’m not aware it happens too often in #dentalschools Patients as educators would be great to see in a person-centred dental undergraduate curriculum #patientcentreddentistry

Zarin Rahman, MD

@ZarinIRahman

4 years

Medical school lectures that bring in patients to share their stories are the most superior med school lectures.

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

2 years

Good to see a dentally-related study in a mainstream (& good) health psych journal Does habit strength predict toothbrushing behaviour at inter- & intra-individual levels? Slowly, oral health is making its way into mainstream health psych - & not before time🐢 @divhealthpsych

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

1 year

"Oral health inequities will remain a global issue unless intersecting systems of oppression are taken seriously" Moving from research to policy A global perspectives paper from a brilliant team @DrEFleming7 @jl_antiracismo @prof_rkc @DrNGomaa @tamannatiwari78 @dr_raskin

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

2 years

Fancy doing a PhD on 'Integrating oral health into general health and social care'? with a fabulous team @1markgussy @AjKenny20 at @unilincoln Open to graduates from not just dentistry but also nursing, allied health, psychology or social science

Integrating oral health into general health and social care at University of Lincoln on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Integrating oral health into general health and social care at University of Lincoln, listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

1 year

Question for you #dental twitter❓ Why don’t we put oral hygiene vending machines - with toothbrush and toothpaste kits - in all schools Perhaps part of a health promoting school strategy … Good idea or not? Has this been done? Are there any evaluation studies? Cluster RCT?

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

2 years

A study I’m proud to be a (very small) part of: the @toothPASTEstudy Working with children with autism, their families & health professionals to help enable good oral health Led by @amritkchauhan @DrPeterDay @KGrayBurrows at @leedsdentistry with @zmarshman at @ShefDentistry

toothPASTE Autism Study

@toothPASTEstudy

2 years

A little about "toothPASTE (emPowering fAmilies of young autistic children to esTablish good oral hEalth habits). It's a study that aims to develop an oral health support package to help families be confident in looking after their autistic child's teeth #autismresearch #teeth

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

16 days

The oral hygiene of older people in care homes is often neglected & their oral health poor Free resources have been developed as part of the TOPIC study - please do share widely with all those working in the care home sector - including staff, & #medical & #dental teams👇…

UCL Dental Public Health

@UCL_DentalPH

16 days

Intervention materials to support oral hygiene in care homes developed as part of the #TOPICstudy are available online 👇

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Prof Sarah Baker

@sarahRbakerDPH

2 years

The behavioural and social sciences have an essential role in oral health The new consensus statement in @JDentRes reflects current state of knowledge in the behavioural & social oral health sciences and identifies future directions for #dentistry 🧵1/

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