Dr Kamal Hanna

• Biography/ Background

  Kamal joined ARCPOH in Jan 2013. He is an Oral Surgeon. Kamal is from Egypt. He graduated in the Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University in 1998 with a grade Very Good. After his graduation, he worked as Dentist for 3 years in National Health Service of Egypt. In 2001, he joined a 5 years Residential Training Program of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery leading to a Fellowship of Egyptian Board that was awarded to him in 2006. In 2007, he was awarded the Membership of Oral Surgery of The Royal College of Edenbutgh (MOSRCSEd).  

   

  In 2008, He was awarded MSc. Oral Surgery (by research), Cairo University. His research investigated the impact of handpiece speed on post-operative oedema after surgical removal of mandibular third molar via a controlled clinical trial.

   

  In the same year, 2008, Kamal joined Glasgow Dental Hospital and School as a staff grade (speciality doctor) Oral Surgery. He was involved in supervising the undergraduate students in oral surgery clinics and also involved in undergraduate teaching for oral surgery.

   

  In late 2009, he joined Sunderland Royal Hospital. In 2010, he joined Luton and Dunstable Hospital. In 2011, he returned to Egypt to work as an Oral Surgeon with the National Health Service. 

   

  While working with patients, in different scopes of dental services, and also in different countries, he found that, the provided patient educational materials are difficult to be understood by them. Moreover, he realised that, patients surf the internet for more information that satisfies their needs; but the information they gain is not very accurate or up-to-date, affecting their treatment preferences and satisfaction. Kamal’s research aims to evaluate the impact of patient-centred dental open educational resources on enhancing a shared clinical decision–making in dental practice. He was awarded an ASI scholarship to conduct this research. 

   

• Qualifications

   

  • PhD (Dentistry), The University of Adelaide, Australia.

  • MSc (Oral Surgery), Cairo University, Egypt.

  • MRCSEd (oral surgery), The Royal College of Surgeon of Edinburgh, UK.

  • Fellowship of Egyptian Board of Oral and Jaws Surgery, Egypt.

  • PGDip (Laser), Cairo University, Egypt.

  • BDS, Cairo University, Egypt.

   

• Research Funding

  • Adelaide Scholarship International.
  • Colgate Travel Award.
  • The University of Adelaide Eustas Travel Award.

• Publications

  Peer-reviewed journal articles

  
  

  • Junnarkar VS, Tong HJ, Hanna KMB, Aishworiya R, Duggal M. Occupational and speech therapists' perceptions of their role in dental care for children with autism spectrum disorder: A qualitative exploration. Int J Paediatr Dent 2022

  • Hanna K, Nair R, Najeth A, Armfield JM, Brennan DS: Temporomandibular dysfunction is associated with oral health-related quality of life: an Australian national study. BMC Oral Health 2021:e1.

  • Hanna K, Sambrook P, Armfield JM, Brennan DS: The impact of providing third molar extraction patients with prest-consultation internet guidance upon their knowledge, anxiety, decisionn-making and consultation outcomes: A pilot randomized controlled trial. Oral Surgery 2021, 14(2):140-150.

  • Hanna K, Nair R, Armfield JM, Brennan BS. Temporomandibular dysfunction among working Australian adults and association with workplace effort-reward imbalance. Community Dent Health 2020 37: 1-7. PMID: 32306565

  • Brennan DS, Hanna K, Luzzi L: Subjective and objective social status: associations with psychosocial predictors and oral health. Community Dent Health 2020, 37:1-7.

  • Santiago P, Song Y, Hanna K, Nair R. Degrees of xerostomia? A Rasch analysis of the Xerostomia Inventory. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 2019. PMID: 31715641

  • Nair R, Luzzi L, Jamieson L, Spencer AJ, Hanna K, Do LG. Private Dental Care Benefits Non-Indigenous Children More Than Indigenous Children. JDR Clinical & Translational Research 2019;0. PMID: 31661646

  • Hanna K, Sambrook P, Armfield JM, Brennan DS. Internet use, online information seeking and knowledge among third molar patients attending public dental services. Aust Dent J. 2017:DOI: 10.1111/adj.12509. PMID: 28241385

  • Hanna K, Sambrook P, Armfield JM, Brennan DS. Exploring and modelling impacts of third molar experience on quality of life: A real-time qualitative study using Twitter. 2017;67(5):272-280. PMID: 28338226

  • Hanna K, Sambrook P, Armfield JM, Brennan DS. Preferences for dental decisional control and associations with quality of life among third molar patients attending public dental services. Community Dental Health. 2017;34(3):163-168. PMID: 28872811.

  • Hanna K, Sambrook P, Armfield JM, Jamieson L, Brennan DS. Third molar extractions among Australian adults: Findings from the 2013 National Dental Telephone Interview Survey. Int Dent J. 2017:DOI:10.1111/idj.12330. PMID: 29034476

  • Hanna K, Brennan DS, Sambrook P, Armfield JM. Third molars on the Internet: A guide for assessing information quality and readability. Interactive Journal of Medical Research. 2015; 4 (4): e19. 

   

  Higher Degree by Research thesis

  
  

  • Hanna K. The impact of providing patients with internet guidance on clinical decision-making and health care outcomes PhD Thesis. Adelaide, Australia: Adelaide Dental School, The University of Adelaide; 2017.

  • Hanna, K. The Effect of Handpiece Speed on Post-Operative Oedema After Surgical Removal of Impacted Mandibular Third Molar, MSc Thesis, School of Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt, 2008.

  Peer-reviewed conference abstracts

  
  

  • Hanna K, Nair R, Amarasena N, Armfield JM Brennan DS: Temporomandibular Dysfunction and Oral Health-Related Quality of Life among Australian Adults. In: 2020 PHAA-SA State Population Health Conference. Adelaide: Public Health Association Australia; 2020.

  • Hanna K, Armfield J, Brennan D. Association between workplace effort-reward imbalance and temporomandibular dysfunction among Australians. the 4th Meeting of the International Association for Dental Research Asia-Pacific Region. Brisbane, Australia: International Association of Dental Research, 2019.

  • Hanna K, Chrisopoulos S, Armfield J, Luzzi L, Brennan D. Trends in Extraction Due to Decay in Australia (1994-2013): An Age-Period-Cohort Analysis. the 58th Annual Meeting of the Australian/New Zealand Division of the International Association for Dental Research. Perth, Australia, 2018.

  • Hanna K, Sambrook P, Armfield J, Brennan D. Online resources provision and wisdom teeth extractions: A pilot randomized controlled trial. 57th Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Association for Dental Research ANZ Division. Adelaide: IADR-ANZ; 2017.

  • Hanna K, Sambrook P, Armfield J, Jamieson L, Brennan DS. Wisdom teeth extractions among Australian adults: Findings from the 2013 National Dental Telephone Interview Survey. School of Dentistry Research Day. Adelaide, Australia: The University of Adelaide, 2016.

  • Hanna K, Brennan D, Sambrook P, Armfield J. Dental decisional control preferences and associations with quality of life among third molar patients attending South Australia Dental Services. The 2016 Primary Health Care Research Conference. National Convention Centre, Canberra, Australia, 2016.

  • Hanna K, Brennan D, Sambrook P, Armfield J.  Why do dentists need to provide patients with guidance in surfing the internet? . 13th Annual Research Day, School of Dentistry, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Adelaide, Friday 10 July. Adelaide Convention Centre, Adelaide, South Australia: The University of Adelaide, 2015.

  • Hanna K, Brennan D, Sambrook P, Armfield J. Evaluating impacts of third molars experience on QoL using Twitter. 55th Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Association for Dental Research Australian & New Zealand Division. Dunedin, New Zealand, 2015.

  • Hanna K, Brennan D, Sambrook P, Armfield J. Quality and Readability of Online Information concerning Wisdom Tooth Problems 54th Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Association for Dental Research Australian & New Zealand Division Brisbane, Australia, pp:125-126, 2014.

Entry last updated: Monday, 30 May 2022