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Sharon Compton
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Latest papers
Exploring Oral Care in Long-Term Care Homes: An Institutional Ethnography.
Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry · 2025
Impact of myofunctional therapy on orthodontic management and orthognathic surgery outcomes: a scoping review.
European journal of orthodontics · 2025
Effectiveness of tobacco intervention education in health professional students' practice: a systematic review protocol.
JBI database of systematic reviews and implementation reports · 2016
Latest funding
- $22,948
Assessing and Taking Action on Oral Health for Older Adults in Canada
CIHR · 2012 · Nominated PI
- $21,831
Addressing barriers to improving the oral health of children of recent newcomer families
CIHR · 2012 · Co-investigator
4 publications.
Exploring Oral Care in Long-Term Care Homes: An Institutional Ethnography.
Brodie A, Caspar S, Hopper T, Compton S, Slaughter S
Impact of myofunctional therapy on orthodontic management and orthognathic surgery outcomes: a scoping review.
Stefani CM, de Lima AA, Stefani FM, Kung JY, Compton S, Flores-Mir C
Effectiveness of tobacco intervention education in health professional students' practice: a systematic review protocol.
Hyndman K, Thomas R, Patterson S, Compton S, Schira R, Godfrey C, Bradley J, Chachula K
Accuracy of measurements and reliability of landmark identification with computed tomography (CT) techniques in the maxillofacial area: a systematic review.
Lou L, Lagravere MO, Compton S, Major PW, Flores-Mir C
Assessing and Taking Action on Oral Health for Older Adults in Canada
Principal investigators: Compton, Sharon M
Keywords: Dental Health; Geriatrics; Interdisciplinary Health Care; Older Adults; Oral Health; Oral Health Care; Oral Health Status; Seniors
Addressing barriers to improving the oral health of children of recent newcomer families
Principal investigators: Sharifzadeh-Amin, Maryam
Keywords: Capacity Building; Community-Based Intervention; Determinants Of Oral Health; Early Childhood Caries; Knowledge Translation; Newcomers; Parental Behaviours; Prevention; Psychosocial/Health Behavioural Research
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Sharon Compton and Carlos Flores-Mir: 2 shared papers
- Sharon Compton and Steven Patterson: 1 shared paper
- Mike Petryk School of Dentistry
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Profile data last refreshed on July 30, 2025 from the university directory, publication records and CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding.