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40
Citations
8048
World Ranking
5305
National Ranking
896

Overview

Ruth Freeman was affiliated with the University of Dundee in the United Kingdom. Their research spanned several key fields, primarily Health Professions and Dentistry, with a notable focus on subfields such as General Health Professions, Periodontics, Oral Surgery, General Dentistry, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

Their work covered a broad range of topics linked to oral health and dental care including:

  • Dental Health and Care Utilization
  • Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
  • Dental Research and COVID-19
  • Mental Health and Patient Involvement
  • Healthcare professionals' stress and burnout

Freeman's recent scholarly articles featured in several academic journals, illustrating a consistent engagement with both applied and theoretical aspects of dental health. Some of the notable papers include:

  • What is intersectionality and why is it important in oral health research?, 2020, Community Dentistry And Oral Epidemiology
  • Communication, Trust and Dental Anxiety: A Person-Centred Approach for Dental Attendance Behaviours, 2020, Dentistry Journal
  • Virtual Reality Relaxation to Decrease Dental Anxiety: Immediate Effect Randomized Clinical Trial, 2020, JDR Clinical & Translational Research
  • Best-practice prevention alone or with conventional or biological caries management for 3- to 7-year-olds: the FiCTION three-arm RCT, 2020, Health Technology Assessment
  • Oral health-related stigma: Describing and defining a ubiquitous phenomenon, 2023, Community Dentistry And Oral Epidemiology

The venues in which their research was frequently published include:

  • Community Dentistry And Oral Epidemiology
  • Dentistry Journal
  • Frontiers in Oral Health
  • BMC Oral Health
  • JDR Clinical & Translational Research

Freeman collaborated extensively with several co-authors in the field. Frequent collaborators included Gerry Humphris, Jan Clarkson, Siyang Yuan, Laura Beaton, and Gail Douglas.

In addition to journal articles, they contributed to book publications through University of Dundee eBooks. Three books published in 2022 include Dental Health Access When Using Drugs, Looking After My Family's Dental Health, and Looking After My Dental Health. These works expanded their influence beyond research articles and into more accessible educational materials.

Best Publications

  • Obesity and dental caries in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Ceara Hayden;Jennifer O. Bowler;Stephanie Chambers;Ruth Freeman

  • Familial and cultural perceptions and beliefs of oral hygiene and dietary practices among ethnically and socio-economicall diverse groups

    Pauline M Adair;Cynthia M Pine;Girvan Burnside;Alison D Nicoll

  • Further evidence for the reliability and validity of the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale.

    G.M. Humphris;R. Freeman;J. Campbell;H. Tuutti

  • Psychological stress in undergraduate dental students: baseline results from seven European dental schools.

    Gerry Humphris;Andy Blinkhorn;Ruth Freeman;Ronald Gorter

  • Psychological stress and health in undergraduate dental students: fifth year outcomes compared with first year baseline results from five European dental schools

    R.C. Gorter;R. Freeman;S. Hammen;H. Murtomaa

  • Adult Dental Health Survey 2009: relationships between dental attendance patterns, oral health behaviour and the current barriers to dental care

    K. B. Hill;Barbara Lesley Chadwick;R. Freeman;I. O'Sullivan

  • Empirical evidence of the relationship between parental and child dental fear: a structured review and meta-analysis.

    Markus Themessl-Huber;Ruth Freeman;Gerry Humphris;Stephen MacGillivray

  • Reliability and validity of a faces version of the Modified Child Dental Anxiety Scale

    Karen E. Howard;Ruth Freeman

  • Stress and the progression of periodontal disease

    Gerard J. Linden;Brian H. Mullally;Ruth Freeman

  • International comparisons of health inequalities in childhood dental caries.

    Cynthia M. Pine;Pauline M. Adair;Alison D. Nicoll;Girvan Burnside

  • Recognizing and reporting child physical abuse: a survey of primary healthcare professionals

    Anne Lazenbatt;Ruth Freeman

  • Developing explanatory models of health inequalities in childhood dental caries.

    Cynthia M Pine;Pauline M Adair;Poul Erik Petersen;Poul Erik Petersen;Chester Douglass

  • UK population norms for the modified dental anxiety scale with percentile calculator: adult dental health survey 2009 results

    Gerald Michael Humphris;John Crawford;Kirsty Hill;Angela Gilbert

  • Internet-assisted delivery of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for childhood anxiety: systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Maki Rooksby;Paula Elouafkaoui;Gerry Humphris;Jan Clarkson

  • Why are people afraid of the dentist? Observations and explanations.

    Laura Beaton;Ruth Freeman;Gerald Michael Humphris

  • Stress measures as predictors of periodontal disease--a preliminary communication.

    Ruth Freeman;Sally Goss

  • Some psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale with cross validation

    Siyang Yuan;Ruth Freeman;Satu Lahti;Satu Lahti;Ffion Lloyd-Williams

  • Burnout and engagement in relation with job demands and resources among dental staff in Northern Ireland

    Ronald C. Gorter;Ruth Freeman

  • A systematic review and meta-analysis of face-to-face communication of tailored health messages: implications for practice

    Kristina L. Wanyonyi;Markus Themessl-Huber;Gerry Humphris;Ruth Freeman

  • Oral health-related quality of life for 8-10-year-old children: an assessment of a new measure.

    Gerry Humphris;Ruth Freeman;Barry Gibson;Kirk Simpson

  • The relationship between health related knowledge, attitudes and dental health behaviours in 14-16-year-old adolescents.

    R Freeman;J Maizels;M Wyllie;A Sheiham

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerry Humphris
Gerry Humphris University of St Andrews
David Beighton
David Beighton King's College London
Helen V Worthington
Helen V Worthington University of Manchester
Peter Salmon
Peter Salmon University of Liverpool
Lakshman P. Samaranayake
Lakshman P. Samaranayake University of Hong Kong
John Robertson Crawford
John Robertson Crawford University of Aberdeen
Andrew J. Martin
Andrew J. Martin University of New South Wales
Falko F. Sniehotta
Falko F. Sniehotta Newcastle University
Philip Marsh
Philip Marsh University of Leeds
Brian Williams
Brian Williams Edinburgh Napier University

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