Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Mac Giolla, Phadraig, C., McCallion, P., Nunn, J., McCarron, M., Total tooth loss without denture wear is a risk indicator for difficulty eating among older adults with intellectual disabilities., Journal of Oral Health, 46, (2), 2018, p170 - 178
Sagheri D, Devine C, Donnelly-Swift E, Nunn J., 'A Split Mouth Trial to Compare Microneedles vs. Standard Needles in Dental Anaesthetic Delivery', A Split Mouth, Randomised Controlled Trial to Compare the Efficacy of an Array of 2x3 Pyramidal Microneedles of 280μm Height Versus a Standard 30- gauge Dental Needle in the Delivery of Local Anaesthetic Solution for Dental Procedures, ClinicalTrials.gov, US National Library of Medicine, 2017, -
Dental care for the child and adolescent with disabilities in, editor(s)Goran Koch, Sven Poulsen, Ivar Espelid, Dorte Haubek , Pediatric Dentistry. A clinical approach, UK, Wiley Blackwell, 2017, pp334 - 350, [Klingberg G, Nunn J, Nordeyrd J, Jacobsen PE]
Mac Giolla Phadraig C, Nunn J, Carroll R, McCarron M, McCallion P., Why do edentulous adults with intellectual disabilities not wear dentures? Wave 2 of the IDS TILDA cohort study., Journal of Prosthodontics Research, 61, (1), 2017, p61 - 66
Mac Giolla Phadraig C, Ho JD, Guerin S, Yeoh YL, Mohamed Medhat M, Doody K, Hwang S, Hania M, Boggs S, Nolan A, Nunn J., Neither Basic Life Support knowledge nor self-efficacy are predictive of skills among dental students., European Journal of Dental Education, 2016, pdoi: 10.1111/eje.12199.
Waldron C, Nunn J, MacGiollaPhadraig C, Comiskey C. , Oral health interventions for children and adolescents with disabilities: A Scoping Review. , Journal of Disability and Oral Health, 17, (4), 2016, pDOI:10.443/JDOH/Waldron_06
AlKindi NA, Nunn J., The use of the BDA Case Mix Model to assess the need for referral of patients to specialist dental services., British Dental Journal, 220, (8), 2016, pdoi: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2016.296.
Naidu, R, Nunn J, Donnelley-Swift E, Oral-health related quality of life and early childhood caries among preschool children in Trinidad, BMC Oral Health, 16, (1), 2016, pDOI: 10.1186/s12903-016-0324-7
Daly K, Nunn J, Clinical and radiographic assessment of maxillary canine eruption status in a group of 11- to 14-year-old Irish children, Journal of the Irish Dental Association, 62, (3), 2016, p162 - 166
115. Anderson S, Nunn J, Stassen LF, McLoughlin J., . A survey of dental school's emergency departments in Ireland and the UK: provision of undergraduate teaching and emergency care., 218, (12), 2015, pdoi: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2015.436
Kelly, A., Nunn, J. & Walsh, I.P. , Triadic interaction in the dental encounter: dynamic alliances between the dentist, the dental nurse, and the reluctant patient. ., International Conference on Communication in Healthcare (ICCH), New Orleans, Louisana, USA, 25th-28th Oct 2015, 2015
Mac Giolla Phadraig C, Guerin S, Nunn J, Should we educate care staff to improve the oral health and oral hygiene of people with intellectual disability in residential care? Real world lessons from a randomized controlled trial., Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry, 2015
Kelly, A., Nunn, J. & Walsh, I.P. , The Triadic Dental Visit and the 'Teasing' Nurse: Exploring the Dividend of an Interactional Approach to Communication in Dentistry, Association for Dental Education in Europe 2015 Szeged Meeting , Szeged Hungary , 25th-29th Aug 2015, 2015
Naidu R, Nunn J, Irwin JD. , The effect of motivational interviewing on oral health care knowledge attitudes and behaviour of parents and caregivers of caregivers. An exploratory, cluster randomised controlled study., BMC Oral Health, 15, 2015, pdoi: 10.1186/s12903-015-0068-9
Mac Giolla Phadraig C, Nunn JH, Tornsey O, Timms M, Does Special Care Dentistry undergraduate teaching improve dental student attitudes towards people with disabilities?, European journal of dental education : official journal of the Association for Dental Education in Europe, 2014
Dougall A, Thompson SA, Faulks D, Ting G, Nunn J, Guidance for the core content of a Curriculum in Special Care Dentistry at the undergraduate level., European journal of dental education : official journal of the Association for Dental Education in Europe, 18, (1), 2014, p39-43
Mac Giolla Phadraig C, McCallion P, Cleary E, McGlinchey E, Burke E, McCarron M, Nunn J, Total tooth loss and complete denture use in older adults with intellectual disabilities in Ireland., Journal of public health dentistry, 2014
Mac Giolla Phadraig C, Nunn J, Dougall A, O'Neill E, McLoughlin J, Guerin S, What should dental services for people with disabilities be like? Results of an irish delphi panel survey., PloS one, 9, (11), 2014, pe113393
Phadraig C MG, Burke E, McCallion P, McGlinchey E, Nunn J, McCarron M, Dental attendance among older adults with intellectual disabilities in Ireland., Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry, 34, (6), 2014, p265-72
MacGiolla Phadraig, C.M.G., Burke, E., Mccallion, P., (...), Nunn, J., Mccarron, M. , Dental attendance among older adults with intellectual disabilities in ireland , Special Care in Dentistry, 34, (6), 2014, p265 - 272
Mac Giolla Phadraig, Caoimhin el Helaali, Ruaa Nunn, June Burke, Eilish Mccallion, Philip Mcglinchey, Emer McCarron, Mary, Reported difficulty tooth and denture cleaning among an ageing population with intellectual disabilities in Ireland, Journal of Disability and Oral Health, 15, (2), 2014, p48 - 53
Margaritis, V. Nunn, J., Challenges in assessing erosive tooth wear, 25, 2014, 46 - 54
Caoimhe MacGiolla, P., McCallion, P., Burke, E., McGlinchey, E., Nunn, J., McCarron, M, Dental attendance among older adults with intellectual disabilities in Ireland, IASSID, Vienna, July , 2014
Smith, Martine, Nunn, June & Morrison, Trish., A feasibility study of the use of oral screens in reducing saliva loss in young people with physical and intellectual impairments, Journal of Disability and Oral Health, 14, (4), 2013, p145 - 152
Kelly, A., Nunn, J. & Walsh, I.P. , "Exploring Triadic Communication";, International Association for Dental Research (Ireland), University College Cork, Ireland , November 2013, 2013
Kelly, A., Nunn, J. & Walsh, I.P. , "A Narrative Analysis of Dental Interaction"., A Narrative Future for Healthcare- International Network of Narrative Medicine Conference , Guy's Hospital UCL London, June 19-21 , 2013
Sagheri D, McLoughlin J, Nunn JH, Dental caries experience and barriers to care in young children with disabilities in Ireland., Quintessence International (Berlin, Germany), 44, (2), 2013, p159 - 169
Mac Giolla Phadraig C, Guerin S, Nunn J, Train the trainer? A randomized controlled trial of a multi-tiered oral health education programme in community-based residential services for adults with intellectual disability., Community dentistry and oral epidemiology, 41, 2013, p182 - 192
Dougall, A, Pani, SC, Thompson, S, Faulks, D, Romer, M, Nunn, J., Developing an undergraduate curriculum in special care dentistry - by consensus, European Journal of Dental Education, 17, (1), 2013, p46 - 56
Kelly, A, Walshe I, Nunn J, The quest for patient engagement: a case study following the trajectory of narratives in a primary care dental consultation. "A Narrative Future for Healthcare, Narrative Medicine, London UK, June 2013, 2013
Naidu R, Nunn J, Kelly A, Socio-behavioural factors and early childhood caries: A cross-sectional study of preschool children in central Trinidad., BMC oral health, 13, (1), 2013, p30
Naidu R, Nunn J, Forde M, Oral healthcare of preschool children in Trinidad: a qualitative study of parents and caregivers., BMC oral health, 12, 2012, p27
Kelly G, Nunn J, Access to care: waiting times for special care patients accessing specialist services in a dental hospital. , Journal of Disability and Oral Health, 13, (1), 2012, p27 - 34
MacCarthy D, Nunn J, Healy CM, Stassen LF, Gorman T, Martin B, Toner M, Clarke M, Dougall A, McLoughlin J, Kelly A, Waldron C, O'Sullivan M, Doyle C, Flint S, Outcomes from the first mouth cancer awareness and clinical check-up day in the Dublin Dental University Hospital., Journal of the Irish Dental Association, 58, (2), 2012, p101-8
MacCarthy D, O'Sullivan E, McAlister C, Healy CM, Flint S, Toner M, Nunn J, Allen F, Gorman T, O'Sullivan M, Stassen LF, The development of mouth, head and neck cancer awareness in Ireland and results of Mouth Cancer Awareness Day 2011., Journal of the Irish Dental Association, 58, (2), 2012, p109-13
McManus BA, McGovern E, Moran GP, Healy CM, Nunn J, Fleming P, Costigan C, Sullivan DJ, Coleman DC, Microbioloigcal screening of Irish autoimmune polyendocrinopathy-candidiasis-ectodermal dystrophy (APECED) patients shows persistence of Candida albicans strains, gradual reduction in susceptibility to azoles and incidences of clinical signs of oral candidiasis without culture evidence, Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 49, (5), 2011, p1879 - 1889
Freedman, L., Nunn, J., Thomas, W., Kelly, A., Preventive strategies to improve periodontal health in people with Down-syndrome, Journal of Disability and Oral Health, 12, (2), 2011
Fisher V, Stassen LF, Nunn J, A survey to assess the provision of conscious sedation by general dental practitioners in the Republic of Ireland., Journal of the Irish Dental Association, 57, (2), 2011, p99-106
Prabhu NT, Nunn JH, Evans DJ, Girdler NM, Access to dental care-parents' and caregivers' views on dental treatment services for people with disabilities., Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry, 30, (2), 2010, p35-45
Hashem AA, O'Connell B, Nunn J, O'Connell A, Garvey T, O'Sullivan M, Tooth agenesis in patients referred to an Irish tertiary care clinic for the developmental dental disorders., Journal of the Irish Dental Association, 56, (1), 2010, p23-7
McGovern E, Owens L, Nunn J, Bolas A, Meara AO, Fleming P, Oral features and dental health in Hurler Syndrome following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation., International journal of paediatric dentistry / the British Paedodontic Society [and] the International Association of Dentistry for Children, 20, (5), 2010, p322-9
Smith G, Rooney Y, Nunn J, Provision of dental care for special care patients: the view of Irish dentists in the Republic of Ireland., Journal of the Irish Dental Association, 56, (2), 2010, p80-4
Auad SM, Waterhouse PJ, Nunn JH, Moynihan PJ, Dental caries and its association with sociodemographics, erosion, and diet in schoolchildren from southeast Brazil., Pediatric dentistry, 31, (3), 2009, p229-35
Nunn J, A longitudinal study of tooth erosion in adolescents indicates that this may be a progressive phenomenon, at least on some tooth sites., The journal of evidence-based dental practice, 9, (4), 2009, p221-2
Nunn, J., A Longitudinal Study of Tooth Erosion in Adolescents Indicates that this May be a Progressive Phenomenon, at Least on Some Tooth Sites, Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice, 9, (4), 2009, p221 - 222
Young A, Amaechi BT, Dugmore C, Holbrook P, Nunn J, Schiffner U, Lussi A, Ganss C, Current erosion indices--flawed or valid? Summary., Clinical oral investigations, 12 Suppl 1, 2008, pS59-63
Nunn J, Clinical audit--what, why and how?, Journal of the Irish Dental Association, 54, (3), 2008, p132-3
Nunn J, Foster M, Master S, Greening S, British Society of Paediatric Dentistry: a policy document on consent and the use of physical intervention in the dental care of children., International journal of paediatric dentistry / the British Paedodontic Society [and] the International Association of Dentistry for Children, 18 Suppl 1, 2008, p39-46
McGovern E, Fleming P, Costigan C, Dominguez M, Coleman DC, Nunn J, Oral health in Autoimmune Polyendocrinopathy Candidiasis Ectodermal Dystrophy (APECED)., European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry, 9, (4), 2008, p236-44
Prabhu NT, Nunn JH, Evans DJ, Girdler NM, Development of a screening tool to assess the suitability of people with a disability for oral care under sedation or general anesthesia., Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry, 28, (4), 2008, p145-58
Dye BA, Nowjack-Raymer R, Barker LK, Nunn JH, Steele JG, Tan S, Lewis BG, Beltran-Aguilar ED, Overview and quality assurance for the oral health component of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 2003-04., Journal of public health dentistry, 68, (4), 2008, p218-26
Nunn J, Freeman R, Anderson E, Carneiro LC, Carneiro MS, Formicola A, Frezel R, Kayitenkore J, Luhanga C, Molina G, Morio I, Nartey NO, Ngom PI, de Lima Navarro MF, Segura A, Oliver S, Thompson S, Wandera M, Yazdanie N, Inequalities in access to education and healthcare., European journal of dental education : official journal of the Association for Dental Education in Europe, 12 Suppl 1, 2008, p30-9
Auad SM, Waterhouse PJ, Nunn JH, Steen N, Moynihan PJ, Dental erosion amongst 13- and 14-year-old Brazilian schoolchildren., International dental journal, 57, (3), 2007, p161-7
Maguire A, Baqir W, Nunn JH, Are sugars-free medicines more erosive than sugars-containing medicines? An in vitro study of paediatric medicines with prolonged oral clearance used regularly and long-term by children., International journal of paediatric dentistry / the British Paedodontic Society [and] the International Association of Dentistry for Children, 17, (4), 2007, p231-8
Prabhu NT, Nunn JH, Evans DJ, A comparison of costs in providing dental care for special needs patients under sedation or general anaesthesia in the North East of England., Primary dental care : journal of the Faculty of General Dental Practitioners (UK), 13, (4), 2006, p125-8
Quinn D, Lyne J, Nunn J, O'Farrell M, The practice of conscious sedation by Senior Dental Surgeons in the Health Board Dental Service in the Republic of Ireland., Journal of the Irish Dental Association, 52, (1), 2006, p23-7
Nunn JH, The burden of oral ill health for children., Archives of disease in childhood, 91, (3), 2006, p251-3
MacCarthy D, Omer O, Nunn J, Cotter E, Oral health needs of the head and neck radiotherapy patient: 1. Epidemiology, effects of radiotherapy and role of the GDP in diagnosis., Dental update, 32, (9), 2005, p512-4, 516-8, 521-2
Dugmore CR, Nunn JH, Does the Community Dental Service provide primary dental care for dentally disadvantaged children?, Primary dental care : journal of the Faculty of General Dental Practitioners (UK), 11, (1), 2004, p9-15
Finucane D, Nunn JH, O'Connell AC, Paediatric dentistry experience of the first cohort of students to graduate from Dublin Dental School and Hospital under the new curriculum., International journal of paediatric dentistry / the British Paedodontic Society [and] the International Association of Dentistry for Children, 14, (6), 2004, p402-8
Research Expertise
Description
Special Care Dentistry; dental epidemiologyRecognition
Awards and Honours
British Council Visiting Scholar 1990-1993
Fellow, Royal College Paediatrics and Child Health
Fellow, Higher Education Academy (4831)
Honorary Life Member, British Society for Disability and Oral Health
Lifetime Achievement Award, International Association
Honorary Life Member, Irish Society for Disability and Oral Health
Memberships
Irish Society for Disability and Oral Health
British Society for Disability and Oral Health
International Association for Disability and Oral Health
European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry- Irish Division
International Association for Dental Research- Irish Division
British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry
British Society of Paediatric Dentistry