Paul J Allison
I am a dentist with professional training in the fields of oral surgery and dental public health, plus聽research training in the field of clinical epidemiology. My research interests concern evaluation of clinical and other interventions aimed at improving oral health among patient and community groups, plus health service and population level聽interventions to improve oral health,聽oral health care and health policies. My particular area聽of research interest is understanding barriers to accessing聽dental care and how to overcome them, including training dental and other health care professionals in ways that help improve access to dental care. I am currently leading a team of researchers from all 10 Canadian, working with Statistics Canada to perform the next national oral health survey as part of the Canadian Health Measures survey, cycle 7.听I have also recently become heavily involved in evaluating COVID-19 infection rates in dentists and dental hygienists in the community as well as across Canadian dental schools. I also aim to help translate evidence into action through participation in a number of organizations whose goals aim to improve education, research health, health care and health policy.听I am聽a member of a Lancet Commission on Global Oral Health ().
BDS, FDSRCS(Eng), MSc, PhD, FCAHS
- Dental public health
- Access to dental care
DENT 685 Theory of Dental Public Health
DENT 217 Foundations of Dentistry
DENT 125 Oral Health Research
2011: Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
2012: Winner of the聽R茅seau de recherche en sant茅 buccodentaire et osseuse prix Micheline Blaine聽pour la contribution exceptionnelle d'un scientifique, d'un clinicien ou d'un gestionnaire 脿 l'茅volution de la sant茅 buccodentaire par la qualit茅 de son travail, de sa vision ou de son influence
2013: Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medal
2020:聽International Association of Dental Research, Behavioural, Epidemiologic & Health Services Scientific Group; The Aubrey Sheiham Award for Distinguished Research in Dental Public Health
Selected recent聽peer-reviewed publications
PJ Allison, RF de Souza, L. Aboud and M. Morris: 鈥�Evidence to support safe return to clinical practice by oral health professionals in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic: A report prepared for the Office of the Chief Dental Officer of Canada.鈥� This evidence synthesis was prepared for the Office of the Chief Dental Officer, based on a comprehensive review, under contract (August 2020)
Cost estimate of a federal dental care program for uninsured Canadians. Parliamentary Budget Office; October 2020;
PJ Allison, RF de Souza, L. Aboud and M. Morris: 鈥�Evidence to support safe return to clinical practice by oral health professionals in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic: A report prepared for the Office of the Chief Dental Officer of Canada. November 2020 update鈥� This evidence synthesis was prepared for the Office of the Chief Dental Officer, based on a comprehensive review, under contract (November 2020)
Allison P, Tamimi F. (2020): Mouthguards should be worn in contact sports. British Journal of Sports Medicine; 54:1015鈥�1018诲辞颈:10.1136/产箩蝉辫辞谤迟蝉-2020-102041
Richard G Watt, Bl谩naid Daly, Paul Allison, Lorna M D Macpherson, Renato Venturelli, Stefan Listl, Robert J Weyant, Manu R Mathur, Carol C Guarnizo-Herre帽o, Roger Keller Celeste, Marco A Peres, Cristin Kearns and Habib Benzian (2019): The Lancet Oral Health Series 鈥� Implications for Oral and Dental Research. Journal of Dental Research. 99(1):8-10.
Marco A Peres, Lorna M D Macpherson, Robert J Weyant, Bl谩naid Daly, Renato Venturelli, Manu R Mathur, Stefan Listl, Roger Keller Celeste, Carol C Guarnizo-Herre帽o, Cristin Kearns, Habib Benzian, Paul Allison, Richard G Watt (2019): Oral diseases: A global public health challenge. The Lancet. Vol 394:249-60. (see )
Richard G Watt, Bl谩naid Daly, Paul Allison, Lorna M D Macpherson, Renato Venturelli, Stefan Listl, Robert J Weyant, Manu R Mathur, Carol C Guarnizo-Herre帽o, Roger Keller Celeste, Marco A Peres, Cristin Kearns, Habib Benzian (2019): Ending the neglect of global oral health: Time for radical action. The Lancet. Vol 396:261-72. (see )
C. Laprise, S. Arekunnath Madathil, N. Schlecht, G. Castonguay D. Soulieres, F. Nguyen, P. Allison, F. Coutlee, M. Hier, M-C, Rousseau, E. Franco & B. Nicolau (2019): Increased risk of oropharyngeal cancers is mediated by oral human papillomavirus infection: results from a Canadian study. Head & Neck. 1-8.
N. Makansi, PJ Allison, M. Awad & C. Bedos (2018): Fruit and vegetable intake among Emirati adolescents: A mixed methods study. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. Vol 24(7):653鈥�663.
Furlini L, Noushi N, Castonguay G, Bedos C, Allison P, De Souza R, Esfandiari S, Hovey R, Macdonald ME, Morris M, Nicolau B, Power F, Feine JS (2018): Assessing Dental Student Readiness to Treat the Underserved: A Scoping Review. Journal of Dental Education. Vol 82(5):483-91
V. D鈥橲ouza*, E. Watson*, E. Blouin, A. Zeitouni, & P.J. Allison (2018): Information Service in Head and Neck Cancer Care 鈥� a qualitative study. Supportive Care in Cancer. 26(1):91-98
V. D鈥橲ouza, E. Blouin, A. Zeitouni,K. Muller & PJ Allison (2017): Multimedia Information Intervention and its Benefits in Partners of the Head and Neck Cancer Patients. European Journal of Cancer Care. 26(4): e12440
Laprise C, Shahul HP, Madathil SA, Thekkepurakkal AS, Castonguay G, Varghese I, Shiraz S,聽Allison P, Schlecht NF, Rousseau MC, Franco EL & Nicolau B. (2016):聽Periodontal diseases and risk of oral cancer in Southern India: Results from the HeNCe Life study.听滨苍迟别谤苍补迟颈辞苍补濒听闯辞耻谤苍补濒听辞蹿听颁补苍肠别谤. 139(7):1512-9
C. Laprise, S. Arekunnath Mathadil, P Allison, P. Abraham, A. Raghavendran, S.H.K. Puthiyannal, A.S. Thekkepurakkal, G. Castonguay, F. Coutl茅e, N. Schlecht, M-C. Rousseau, E.L. Franco, & B. Nicolau (2016): No role for human papillomavirus infection in oral cancers in Southern India. International Journal of Cancer. 138(4):912-17
H. Dahan*, Y. Shir, B. Nicolau, D. Keith & 笔听础濒濒颈蝉辞苍 (2016): Migraine and chronic fatigue syndrome are more prevalent in people with myofascial vs. non-myofascial temporomandibular disorders. Journal of Oral and Facial Pain and Headache. 30(1):7-13