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Gerald McKenna

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Professor / Consultant in Restorative Dentistry

The Queen's University Belfast

United Kingdom

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Professor Gerald McKenna is a faculty member at Queen's University Belfast in the United Kingdom. His research primarily focuses on restorative dentistry, with recent articles exploring the oral health challenges faced by older adults, including nutrition, care home environments, and the impacts of previous medical treatments. His work aims to enhance strategies for improving oral health outcomes in geriatric populations and examines factors influencing dental treatment efficacy.

Recent Grants

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Study of the utilisation of Clinical skills Of dental nurses/hygienists/therapists working in Primary dental care: realism and Economic evaluation (SCOPE).

Open Date: 2025-10-01

Close Date: 2028-09-30

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Medicines in an ageing society – an interdisciplinary research programme: MED-AGE

Open Date: 2023-12-01

Close Date: 2028-12-01

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Academy of Medical Sciences INSPIRE Round 6

Open Date: 2023-01-01

Close Date: 2026-01-01

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The impaCt Of dietary intake and Nutritional status in CarE homes on orAl heaLth: an EviDence synthesis (CONCEALED)

Open Date: 2022-02-01

Close Date: 2024-01-31

Grant: Open

Irish Clinical Academic Training: An All-Ireland Integrated Training Programme for Clinical Academics

Open Date: 2022-01-01

Close Date: 2030-12-01

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Michael Donnelly

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The Queen's University Belfast

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Articles (50)

Staging and grading in gerodontology: A consensus-based framework for comprehensive assessment of oral health and care complexity in older adults

Using Role Substitution to Improve Oral Health of Dependent Older People Residing in Care Homes and Assisted Living Settings in the United Kingdom

Dental Caries Prevalence Among Dubai and Northern Emirates Public Schoolchildren: An Epidemiological Retrospective Study (2015–2019)

Staging in Gerodontology: A Framework

Improving the Oral Health of Older People In Care Homes: the TOPIC randomised feasibility study

Grading in Gerodontology: A Framework

Adverse Oral Health in Older Adults With Head and Neck Cancer (And Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders): A Systematic Review

Oral Health and Risk of Liver Cancer: Evidence from Pooled and Meta-Analyses

Patient perceptions of prosthodontic management options for partially dentate older adults: a qualitative study

Response to Letter ‘Polypharmacy and Oral Health in Older Adults: Measure Anticholinergic and Sedative Burden, Not Pill Count Alone’

Staging and Grading in Gerodontology—An Introduction

Integrating Staging and Grading in Gerodontology: From Frameworks to Clinical Practice

From Paper to Pixels—A Narrative Review of Occlusal Analysis

Undergraduate dental implantology education in the United Kingdom – looking to the past to plan for the future

The Development and Validation of the Partial Denture Experience Questionnaire (P‐DEQ): Reliability and Validity

The impact of COVID-19 on head and neck cancer in Northern Ireland – a population-based study

Assessing clinical competence of postgraduate dental specialty trainees: a scoping review

Provision of dental prostheses in the oral health care network a mixed methods study, Goiânia, Brazil, 2019

Development of entrustable professional activities for competency-based prosthodontic specialty training programmes

Educational Needs in Geriatric Medicine Among Health Care Professionals and Medical Students in COST Action 21122 PROGRAMMING: Mixed-Methods Survey Protocol

Nutrition and oral health in care homes: a qualitative study of stakeholder perspectives

A systematic review of the factors affecting textural perception by older adults and their association with food choice and intake

Using Role Substitution to Improve Oral Health in Care Homes: A Process Evaluation

Improving the Oral Health of Older People in Care Homes: Results From a Randomised Feasibility Study

A feasibility study of the costs and consequences of improving the oral health of older people in care homes: findings from the TOPIC study

A prospective clinical study of the influence of dental and salivary gland radiation dose on dental caries development in patients with head and neck cancer

Apical fracture of one-piece titanium–zirconium mini-implant for mandibular overdenture: a prospective 3-year follow-up

General Dental Practitioners’ views of managing dental disease in adults who have been previously treated with head and neck radiotherapy: a qualitative study

What role do luting cements play in zirconia crown survival?

Making the right to oral health a reality for older adults

Changes in masticatory performance and bite force after treatment with mandibular overdentures retained by four titanium–zirconium mini implants: One‐year randomised clinical trial

Mandibular overdenture retained by four one-piece titanium-zirconium mini implants: A 2-year RCT on patient-reported outcomes

Mandibular overdenture retained by four one-piece titanium-zirconium mini implants: A 2-year follow-up on prosthodontic outcomes

Barriers to postgraduate education in primary dental care: a qualitative study

Prolonged use of old dentures: a qualitative study with Brazilian older adults

'It's like being in a tunnel': Understanding the patient journey from tooth loss to life with removable dentures

A 1-year parallel-group randomized clinical trial comparing effectiveness of a mandibular complete denture versus an early loaded single-implant overdenture

Setting the context for a complex dental intervention of role substitution in care homes: initial process evaluation findings

Establishing Healthy Eating ‘Habits’: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial of a Habit-Based Dietary Intervention following Oral Rehabilitation for Older Adults

Exploring preferences of older adults for dental services: A pilot multi‐national discrete choice experiment

Exploring facilitators and barriers associated with oral care for inpatients with dysphagia post‐stroke

An analysis of the clinical appropriateness of out-of-hours emergency dental prescribing of antibiotics in Northern Ireland

Association between oral health status and future dietary intake and diet quality in older men: The PRIME study

Can oral rinses play a role in preventing transmission of Covid 19 infection?

Dental caries following radiotherapy for head and neck cancer: A systematic review

Development of a core outcome set for oral health services research involving dependent older adults (DECADE): A study protocol

Mandibular implant-supported fixed complete dental prostheses on implants with ultrashort and standard length: A pilot treatment

Pre-radiotherapy dental extractions in patients with head and neck cancer: a Delphi study

The association between erosive toothwear and gastro-oesophageal reflux-related symptoms and disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis

The impact of oral rehabilitation coupled with healthy dietary advice on the nutritional status of adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Collaborators (52)

Michael Donnelly

R. Wassall

Sarah Meaney

Joe Langley

Ciaran Moore

Martin Schimmel

Zoe Hoare

Saif Sayeed Syed

Georgios Tsakos

Barbara Janssens

Stephanie Bull

Najla Chebib

Martina Hayes

Meltem Koca

Murali Srinivasan

Frauke Müller

A Heather Eliassen

Francis Burke

Miriam Clegg

Danielle Logan

Amanda Willis

Bernadette McGuinness

General Dental Practitioners’ views of managing dental disease in adults who have been previously treated with head and neck radiotherapy: a qualitative study  