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Personal Profile:
Editorial Board Journal of Disability and Oral Health
Name: Dr Denise Faulks
Present appointment:
Hospital practitioner, Unit of Special Care Dentistry, University Hospital of Clermont Ferrand, France
Qualifications: BDS, MSc, PhD, Specialist in Special Care Dentistry (UK)
Work contact details:
Email: denise.faulks@u-clermont1.fr
Address: Research group EA 3847, Faculté de Chirurgie Dentaire, 11 bvd Charles de Gaulle, 63000 Clermont Ferrand, France
Memberships / External Activities:
Secretary: Groupe d’études pour les troubles orofaciaux des personnes handicapées, Clermont-Ferrand. French Disability and Oral Health Association.
Teaching Profile:
Undergraduate:
Development of curriculum in Special Care Dentistry and Sedation

Postgraduate:
Development of Certificate in Nitrous Oxide Sedation and Diploma in Conscious Sedation for Dentistry.

E-learning curriculum for dentists wishing to undertake preventive programmes in special schools and residential homes.

Awards / Prizes: Wyeth Institute Research grant 2009-2011
Research Interests:

Developing an ICF Core Set for Oral Health in relation to the WHO International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF).

Implications of facial dysmorphology on orofacial function in Down syndrome.

Development of epidemiological instruments to evaluate oral impairment in individuals with special needs.

Evaluation of masticatory efficiency for persons with special needs.

Conscious sedation in special care dentistry: the use of nitrous oxide, IV, per os and IR midazolam.

Prevention in oral health for persons in special schools and residences.
Administrative models for the provision of oral health for persons with special needs.

Clinical Interests- All aspects of prevention and clinical care for adults and children with special needs.

Selected Publications:

Collado V, Nicolas E, Faulks D, Tardieu C, Maniere MC, Droz D, Onody P, Hennequin M. Evaluation of safe and effective administration of nitrous oxide after a postgraduate training course. BMC Clin Pharmacol. 2008; 8:3.

Hennequin M, Faulks D, Collado V, Thellier E, Nicolas E. French versions of two indices of dental anxiety and patient cooperation. European Cells and Materials. 2007 13 Suppl.1: 38.

Faulks D, Hennequin M, Albecker-Grappe S, Manière MC, Tardieu C, Berthet A, Wolikow M, Droz D, Koscielny S, Onody P. Sedation with 50% nitrous oxide/ oxygen for outpatient dental treatment in individuals with intellectual disability. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology. 2007 49: 621-625.

Nicolas E, Collado V, Faulks D, Bullier B, Hennequin M. A national cross-sectional survey of dental anxiety in the French adult population. BMC Oral Health. 2007; 7: 12.

Selected Projects/Publications in Special Care Dentistry: list up to 4

Faulks D, Collado V, Mazille MN, Veyrune JL, Hennequin M. Masticatory dysfunction in persons with Down syndrome Part 1: aetiology and incidence. Journal of Oral Rehabilitation. 2008; 35: 854-862.

Faulks D, Mazille MN, Collado V, Veyrune JL, Hennequin M. Masticatory dysfunction in persons with Down syndrome Part 2: management. Journal of Oral Rehabilitation. 2008; 35: 863-869.

Faulks D, Collado V, Hennequin M, de Freminville B, JT Newton. A controlled national survey in France of health related challenges for persons with Down syndrome. Nursing Outlook. 2006 54:345-352.

Faulks D, Hennequin M. Defining the population requiring Special Care Dentistry using the International Classification of Functioning, disability and health. Journal of Disability and Oral Health. 2006 7:143-152.

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