Professor Zoe Marshman
BDS, MPH, DDPH, FDS (DPH), PhD
School of Clinical Dentistry
Professor in Dental Public Health
Honorary Consultant in Dental Public Health
+44 114 215 9398
Full contact details
School of Clinical Dentistry
19 Claremont Crescent
Sheffield
S10 2TA
- Profile
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I joined the University of Sheffield in 2002 as a Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Specialist Registrar in Dental Public Health. Since then I have completed specialist training and was awarded a PhD in 2008. I am currently a Professor and Honorary Consultant in Dental Public Health.
- Research interests
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My main interest is child-centred dental research to improve the oral health and treatment experiences of children and their families. I have led, published and presented internationally and nationally many child-centred research projects and have become recognised as an advocate for involving children in high quality oral health research, using innovative participatory methods. I lead the Transforming Oral Health theme of the School of Clinical Dentistry and the joint University/NHS CREATE research theme.
My current projects include:
Self-help Cognitive Behavioural Therapy resource for young people with dental anxiety
I am the principal investigator on a project to develop and evaluate a self-help Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) resource for young people with dental anxiety. This project involved collaboration with Kings College London, University of Reading and University of Glasgow. This project resulted in the first self-help CBT resource for young people with dental anxiety and accompanying resources for parents and dental teams.
The CALM trial
Since then, further funding has been obtained from the NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme for the CALM trial to investigate the clinical and cost-effectiveness of the self-help CBT resource to reduce dental anxiety in children seen in primary dental care.
CALM is being conducted in collaboration with universities in Cardiff, Leeds, Newcastle, London & York with help from children, parents, dental professionals and patient representatives. Around 600 children with dental anxiety with a parent/carer will be recruited from 30 dental practices across England and Wales.
BRIGHT Trial: Brushing RemInder 4 Good oral Health
I am co-PI on the BRIGHT Trial (Brushing RemInder 4 Good oral HealTh), funded by the NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme. BRIGHT is a multi-centre UK-wide trial evaluating the clinical and cost-effectiveness of a Short Messaging Service behaviour change programme to improve the oral health of young people living in deprived areas.
BRUSH: Optimising toothbrushing programmes in nurseries and schools
This project is investigating the implementation of supervised toothbrushing programmes in nursery and school settings and how to increase their uptake and success in the longer term. The project will lead to the co-production of a toolkit to optimise their implementation across England.
Other projects
PIP: Pulpotomy for the management of Irreversible Pulpitis in mature teeth
SCRIPT: Selective Caries Removal In Posterior Teeth
Public health research projects: Public Health Practice Evaluation Scheme - First Dental Steps
Collaborative networks
Yorkshire and Humber Applied Research Collaboration
Internationally-funded research projects
Norwegian Research Council. #Care4YoungTeeth, 2022 - present
- Publications
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Journal articles
- Does poor oral health impact on young children's development? A rapid review. British Dental Journal, 237(4), 255-260.
- Silver diamine fluoride for the management of dental caries in children in primary dental care: protocol for a feasibility study. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 10. View this article in WRRO
- How to have healthy conversations: Contemporary Evidence and Behaviour Change Tools in support of Delivering Better (Oral) Health. Primary Dental Journal, 13(1), 32-37.
- Investigating hope in oral health promotion for adolescents: an exploratory study based on observations at the dental clinic. Frontiers in Oral Health, 5, 1303933.
- The oral health of adults with learning disabilities: A secondary analysis of the Adult Dental Health Survey 2009.. Community Dent Health.
- Powered toothbrushes and toothbrushing resistance in young children: a qualitative content analysis of an online parenting forum.. Community Dent Health.
- Facilitators for increasing dental attendance of people from vulnerable groups: a rapid review of evidence relevant to the UK. British Dental Journal, 1-7.
- The oral health of secondary school pupils: baseline data from the Brushing RemInder 4 Good oral HealTh (BRIGHT) trial. British Dental Journal, 1-6.
- Are teenagers ‘drowning' in sports and energy drinks? The need for upstream and downstream interventions. British Dental Journal, 235(10), 779-781.
- An ‘explosion in the mouth’: The oral health experiences of autistic children. Autism.
- A Behavior-Based Model to Validate Electronic Systems Designed to Collect Patient-Reported Outcomes: Model Development and Application. JMIR Formative Research, 8, e56370-e56370.
- Behaviour change intervention (education and text) to prevent dental caries in secondary school pupils: BRIGHT RCT, process and economic evaluation. Health Technology Assessment, 1-142.
- Barriers and facilitators to accessing oral healthcare for older people in the UK: a scoping review. British Dental Journal.
- Parental acceptability of silver diamine fluoride: The UK and US experiences. International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry.
- Oral health experiences of people living with Parkinson's disease: a scoping review. British Dental Journal.
- Behaviour change intervention for toothbrushing (lesson and text messages) to prevent dental caries in secondary school pupils: The BRIGHT randomized control trial. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology.
- Dimensions of young children's toothbrushing resistance: A qualitative content analysis of discussions on the online parenting forum Mumsnet. International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry.
Preprints
- A Behavior-Based Model to Validate Electronic Systems Designed to Collect Patient-Reported Outcomes: Model Development and Application (Preprint), JMIR Publications Inc..
- Barriers and facilitators to accessing oral healthcare for older people in the UK: a scoping review, Research Square Platform LLC.
- Does poor oral health impact on young children's development? A rapid review. British Dental Journal, 237(4), 255-260.
- Research group
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Research associates
- Dr Jennifer Kettle
- Dr Sarab El Yousfi
- Dr Tom Broomhead
PhD student
- Sultan Attamimi: Investigation on the feasibility and utility of electronic administration of patient-reported outcome measures in Paediatric Dentistry. September 2020-. Funded by the Saudi Arabian Cultural Bureau (SACB) office, the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia, London.
- Ashwag Alotaibi: Oral health of children in special schools in Saudi Arabia. 2019-present. Funded by Saudi Arabia government.
- Bhupinder Dawett: The implementation and acceptability of Minimum Intervention Dentistry in children attending NHS dental practice – a feasibility study. October 2017-present. Funded by NIHR Doctoral Research Fellowship.
- Fiona Noble: No need(le) to worry: development and feasibility study of a self-help cognitive behavioural therapy resource for children with needle fear. June 2021-. Funded by NIHR Doctoral Research Fellowship.
- Laura Timms: Silver diamine fluoride for the management of dental caries in children in primary dental care – a feasibility study. March 2022-. Funded by NIHR Doctoral Research Fellowship.
- Ziyad Alaskar: Development and Evaluation of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for the Reduction of Dental Fear and Anxiety Among Children in Saudi Arabia. March 2023-s
- Teaching interests
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I teach undergraduate dental students, dental hygiene and dental therapy students and on the Masters in Dental Public Health programme. My main teaching interests include dental epidemiology and the organisation of dental healthcare systems.
- Teaching activities
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I am the dental public health lead for the BDS programme and teach several modules on the masters in Dental Public Health.
I am an external examiner for several undergraduate and postgraduate programmes across the UK.
- Professional activities and memberships
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- Invited speaker at International Association of Dental Research and International Association of Paediatric Dentistry conferences
- National policy work for Department for Education and Public Health England
- Chair of the North of England and Yorkshire Dental Public Health Audit group: 2014 - present
- NIHR Yorkshire and Humber Oral and Dental specialty group lead 2016 - present
- Academic director for Charles Clifford Dental Services, Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, 2017- present
- Journal referee for Journal of Dental Research, Community Dentistry & Oral Epidemiology, Community Dental Health, Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, Quality of Life Research, British Dental Journal.
- Chair and member of various trial and project steering committees.