Oral Neuroscience Research Group
Research Group Leader
Summary and Principal Aims
The aim of this research group is to develop new methods of managing the distressing pain and sensory disturbances that result from injury or from dental and oral disease.
Our group includes dental and basic scientists, and clinicians, and so we are able to pursue a wide range of activities, from investigations undertaken within the field of oral biology through to clinical investigations on our patients. We have modern research laboratories utilising techniques such as immunocytochemistry, electron microscopy and image analysis, and we run a clinical service for the treatment of patients with facial pain and with nerve injuries.
By using the information obtained in the laboratory to guide clinical decisions, this has led to improved patient care.
Our work is divided into two main areas:
The management of nerve injuries
Mechanisms of pain arising from the tooth pulp
Staff List
Names link through to personal profiles where available.
Academic Staff
- Dr David Andrew
- Dr Simon Atkins
- Professor Fiona M Boissonade
- Professor A Loescher
- Professor Peter P Robinson
- Professor Helen Rodd
- Dr Keith Smith
- Dr Julian Yates
Research Associates
- Dr Emma Bird
- Dr Matthew Worsley
Technical staff
- Ms Ceri Allen
- Mrs Sarah Bodell
- Dr Claire Morgan
Research Students
- Mark Barber
- James Biggs
- Yvonne Fok
Key Achievements
Members of our group have won a series of national prizes for their research, including:
- The Unilever Poster Prize of the British Society for Dental Research awarded to Amit Vora at the Pan-European Federation of Oral Science in 2002.
- The BDA/Dentsply Student Clinician prize to Rose Matusiak at the annual BDA meeting in 2003.
- The Unilever Poster Prize of the British Society for Dental Research awarded to Paula Smith at the IADR annual meeting in Gothenburg in 2003.
- The Senior Colgate Research Prize of the British Society for Dental Research awarded to Simon Atkins at the annual meeting in Dundee in 2005.
Contact details
For further information, please contact Professor Peter P Robinson at
email : oralneuroscience@sheffield.ac.uk