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Determinants of childhood lead exposure in the postleaded petrol era: The Tooth Fairy cohort from Newcastle upon Tyne (2014)
Journal Article
Hodgson, S., Manmee, C., Dirks, W., Shepherd, T., & Pless-Mulloli, T. (2014). Determinants of childhood lead exposure in the postleaded petrol era: The Tooth Fairy cohort from Newcastle upon Tyne. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology, 25, 420-426. https://doi.org/10.1038/jes.2014.79

Lead is an environmental contaminant causing irreversible health effects in children. We used dentine lead levels as a measure of early-life lead exposure and explored determinants of lead exposure in children living in Newcastle upon Tyne, a histori... Read More about Determinants of childhood lead exposure in the postleaded petrol era: The Tooth Fairy cohort from Newcastle upon Tyne.

3D-Geomorphometrics tooth shape analysis in hypodontia (2014)
Journal Article
Al-Shahrani, I., Dirks, W., Jepson, N., & Khalaf, K. (2014). 3D-Geomorphometrics tooth shape analysis in hypodontia. Frontiers in Physiology, 5, Article 154. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2014.00154

Assessment of tooth morphology is an important part of the diagnosis and management of hypodontia patients. Several techniques have been used to analyze tooth form in hypodontia patients and these have shown smaller tooth dimensions and anomalous too... Read More about 3D-Geomorphometrics tooth shape analysis in hypodontia.