Dr. Claire Elcock ( BDS, PhD )
Lecturer
Department of Oral Health and Development, School of Clinical Dentistry, Claremont Crescent, University of Sheffield, S10 2TA, UK.
Tel: 0114 271 7885
Fax: 0114 271 7843
Email: c.elcock@sheffield.ac.uk
Administrative Role
Dental Undergraduate and Postgraduate Tutor.
Postgraduate Academic Advisor.
University Administrative Role
Member of Board of Dental Studies, School of Clinical Dentistry.
Member of Oral Disease Research Group, School of Clinical Dentistry.
Member of Teaching Resources Review Group, Department of Oral Health & Development, School of Clinical Dentistry.
National Administrative Role
Reviewer for International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry.
Past-chair of South Yorkshire Branch of Paediatric Dentistry Committee.
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Research Interests
Oral clinical phenotyping, involving the accurate measurement of oral parameters using image analysis.
Normal and abnormal oral growth and development, including investigations into anomalies of tooth number, size, form and structure.
Quantification of dental plaque and periodontal disease.
Child protection, children and young people's oral health, oral neuroscience.
Recently Published Papers
K. Khalaf, R.N. Smith, C. Elcock, and A.H. Brook (2005). Fluctuating dental asymmetry of multiple crown variables measured by an image analysis system. Archives of Oral Biology 50: 249-253.
K. Khalaf, D. L. Robinson, C. Elcock, R. N. Smith and A. H. Brook (2005). Tooth size in patients with supernumerary teeth and a control group measured by a new image analysis system. Archives of Oral Biology 50: 243-248.
J. Kirkham, R. Kaur, E.C. Stillman, P.G. Blackwell, C. Elcock and A.H. Brook (2005). The patterning of hypodontia in a group of young adults in Sheffield, UK. Archives of Oral Biology 50: 287-291.
A. Rawlinson, C. Elcock, A. Cheung, A. Al-Buhairi, S. Khanna, T.F. Walsh and R.P. Ellwood (2005). An in-vitro and in-vivo methodology study of alveolar bone measurement using extra-oral radiographic alignment apparatus, image pro-plus software and a subtraction programme. Journal of Dentistry 33: 781-788.
Brook A H, Smith R N, Elcock C, Al-Sharood M H, Shah AA, Khalaf K, Robinson DL, Lath DL and Karmo M (2005). The measurement of tooth morphology: validation of an image analysis system. 13th International Symposium on Dental Morphology 2005. Ed: E Zydzinska, Wydawnictwo Gniwersytetu Lodzkiegp, Lodz, Poland: 475-482.
A.A. Shah, C. Elcock and A.H. Brook (2005). Posterior tooth morphology and lower incisor crowding. Dental Anthropology 18(2): 37-42.
A.T. DiBiase, C. Elcock, R.N. Smith and A.H. Brook (2006). A new technique for symmetry determination in tooth morphology using image analysis: application in the diagnosis of the solitary maxillary median central incisor. Archives of Oral Biology 51: 870-875.
C Elcock, DL Lath, JD Luty, MG Gallagher, A Abdellatif, B Bäckman and AH Brook (2006). The new Enamel Defects Index: testing and further expansion. European Journal of Oral Science (114) Suppl. (1): 35-38.
C Elcock, RN Smith, J Simpson, A Abdellatif, B Bäckman and AH Brook (2006). Comparison of methods for measurement of hypoplastic lesions. European Journal of Oral Science (114) Suppl. (1): 365-369.
H.D. Rodd, R. Malhotra, CH O`Brien, C. Elcock, LE Davidson and S North. (2007). Change in supporting tissues following loss of a permanent maxillary incisor in children. Dental Traumatology 23: 328-332.