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Richard Hovey

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Associate ProfessorOral and Maxillofacial SurgeryMcGill University

Richard Hovey

Associate Professor

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences

McGill University

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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9 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 3 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 4 research grants (3 CIHR, 1 SSHRC), most recently in 2024.

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Research

Heath Care Utilization Linguistic Minority Mental Heath Oral Cancer Patient-Centered Care Psychosocial Distress Indigenous Gender And Wellness.Accès Aux Services

Latest papers

Edentulous patients' experiences with two-implant overdentures - A qualitative exploration.
Journal of dentistry · 2026 · senior author
Patients' Experiences With Complete Tooth Loss and Conventional Complete Dentures Use: A Phenomenological Study.
Gerodontology · 2026 · senior author
How do dental professionals perceive sustainable dentistry? A qualitative study.
BMC medical education · 2025

All 15 publications

Latest funding

Utilization of Psychosocial Oncology Services by Oral Cancer Patients in Montreal Area According to Their Minority Language Profile
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$100,000
Applied Philosophical Hermeneutics Research: the Hermeneutic Wager
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$237,970
DNA Methylation and Mediation of Risk Factors for Chronic Facial Pain
CIHR · 2018 · Co-investigator
$1,498,617

All 9 grants and awards

15 publications.

Edentulous patients' experiences with two-implant overdentures - A qualitative exploration.

Abdulkader E, Hovey R

Journal of dentistry2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jdent.2026.106913 PMID: 42457118

Patients' Experiences With Complete Tooth Loss and Conventional Complete Dentures Use: A Phenomenological Study.

Abdulkader E, Hovey R

Gerodontology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/ger.70057 PMID: 41689377

How do dental professionals perceive sustainable dentistry? A qualitative study.

Toreihi N, Baras A, Vergnes JN, Duane B, Dritsch N, Lortie JF, Somerville W, Thomson T, Khatchadourian Z, Alborzi M, Hovey R, Morneau S, Bedos C

BMC medical education2025

DOI: 10.1186/s12909-025-08382-2 PMID: 41382093

Can prosthodontic rehabilitation support social eating and return to work in head and neck cancer survivors? A scoping review.

Brodeur A, Bach N, Zerbo A, Hovey R, Idrissi Janati A

Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice2025

DOI: 10.1007/s11764-025-01861-x PMID: 40753310

Patients' Experiences Participating Within an Interdisciplinary Primary Care Program for Low Back Pain.

Gogovor A, Hunt M, Hovey R, Ahmed S

Journal of patient experience2025

DOI: 10.1177/23743735241311752 PMID: 40092973

Trajectories of opioid consumption as predictors of patient-reported outcomes among individuals attending multidisciplinary pain treatment clinics.

Angarita-Fonseca A, Lacasse A, Choinière M, Kaboré JL, Sylvestre MP, Dinkou GDT, Bruneau J, Martel MO, Hovey R, Motulsky A, Rahme E, Pagé MG

Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety2024

DOI: 10.1002/pds.5706 PMID: 37800356

The Contribution of Insomnia and Obstructive Sleep Apnea on the Transition from Acute to Chronic Painful Temporomandibular Disorders and their Persistence: A Prospective 3-Month Cohort Study.

Elsaraj SM, Gornitsky M, Hovey R, Samim F, Der Khatchadourian Z, Velly A

Canadian journal of pain = Revue canadienne de la douleur2023

DOI: 10.1080/24740527.2023.2266738 PMID: 38126045

Reflecting back to move forward: Lessons learned about COVID-19 safety protocols from pediatric anesthesiologists.

Vigouroux M, Amja K, Bertolizio G, Ingelmo P, Hovey R

Paediatric anaesthesia2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/pan.14531 PMID: 35852924

Experience and Management of the Adverse Effects of Analgesics After Surgery: A Pediatric Patient Perspective.

Li MMJ, Larche CL, Vickers K, Vigouroux M, Ingelmo PM, Hovey R, Ferland CE

Journal of patient experience2022

DOI: 10.1177/23743735221092632 PMID: 35450091

The Quebec Low Back Pain Study: a protocol for an innovative 2-tier provincial cohort.

Pagé GM, Lacasse A, Quebec Back Pain Consortium (in alphabetical order), Beaudet N, Choinière M, Deslauriers S, Diatchenko L, Dupuis L, Grégoire S, Hovey R, Leclair E, Leonard G, Meloto CB, Montagna F, Parent A, Rainville P, Roy JS, Roy M, Ware MA, Wideman TH, Stone LS

Pain reports2020

DOI: 10.1097/pr9.0000000000000799 PMID: 32072095

Utilization of Psychosocial Oncology Services by Oral Cancer Patients in Montreal Area According to Their Minority Language Profile

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant - PA: Health and Official Languages in Minority Communities

Principal investigators: Idrissi Janati, Amal; Hovey, Richard B

Keywords: Heath Care Utilization; Linguistic Minority; Mental Heath; Oral Cancer; Patient-Centered Care; Psychosocial Distress

$100,000

Applied Philosophical Hermeneutics Research: the Hermeneutic Wager

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021New Frontiers in Research Fund - Special Call

Principal investigators: Hovey, Richard

Keywords: hermeneutics medical education lived experiences patient expriences qualitative research

$237,970

DNA Methylation and Mediation of Risk Factors for Chronic Facial Pain

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Operating Grant: Epigenetics Clinical Translation

Principal investigators: Diatchenko, Luda

Keywords: Human Genetics; Human Pain Conditions; Methylation Markerts

$1,498,617

Indigenous Gender and Wellness: Idea Fair and Learning Circle

Nominated PICIHR2018Indigenous Gender and Wellness: Idea Fair and Learning Circle

Principal investigators: Hovey, Richard B

Keywords: Indigenous Gender And Wellness.

Winning pathways toward accessibility: the case of dental services for people using wheelchairs

Principal investigatorCIHR2017Project Grant

Principal investigators: Bedos, Christophe P; Esfandiari, Shahrokh; Hovey, Richard B; Rousseau, Jacqueline

Keywords: Accès Aux Services; Application Des Connaissances Intégrée; Entrevues; Observation Non Participante; Personnes En Fauteuil Roulant; Personnes En Situation De Handicap; Professionnels Dentaires; Recherche Participative; Recherche Qualitative

$378,676

A multi-sector partnership to investigate and develop policy and practice models to dismantle rape culture in universities

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Partnership Grants

Keywords: university policy; sexual violence; rape culture; human rights; social media; news media; art and popular culture; consent; sexting; intent; student agency; accountability; systemic barriers; tacit condoning; prevention; sector experts

$2,499,525

The oral health and dental care pathways of humanitarian migrants

Co-investigatorCIHR2015Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Macdonald, Mary E; Nicolau, Belinda F

Keywords: Asylum Seekers; Barriers To Care; Dental Caries; Oral Health; Oral Health Beliefs And Behaviors; Oral Pain; Periodontal Disease; Refugees; Traumatic Dental Injury; Vulnerable Populations

$100,000

Participatory Policy Intervention to Promote School-Based Physical Activity

Co-investigatorCIHR2010Operating Grant: Knowledge to Action

Principal investigators: Garcia Bengoechea, Enrique; McComber, Alex M

Keywords: Aboriginal Health; Community Health; Community-Based Participatory Research; Health Promotion; Implementation Study; Integrated Knowledge Translation; Physical Activity Intervention; Policy Intervention; School-Based Intervention

$188,770

Strategic planning and knowledge translation for KSDPP

Co-investigatorCIHR2009Knowledge Translation Supplement

Principal investigators: Gray-Donald, Katherine A

Keywords: Aboriginal Health; Diabetes Prevention

$38,090

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Richard Hovey

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Edentulous patients' experiences with two-implant overdentures - A qualitative exploration.

Patients' Experiences With Complete Tooth Loss and Conventional Complete Dentures Use: A Phenomenological Study.

How do dental professionals perceive sustainable dentistry? A qualitative study.

Can prosthodontic rehabilitation support social eating and return to work in head and neck cancer survivors? A scoping review.

Patients' Experiences Participating Within an Interdisciplinary Primary Care Program for Low Back Pain.

Trajectories of opioid consumption as predictors of patient-reported outcomes among individuals attending multidisciplinary pain treatment clinics.

The Contribution of Insomnia and Obstructive Sleep Apnea on the Transition from Acute to Chronic Painful Temporomandibular Disorders and their Persistence: A Prospective 3-Month Cohort Study.

Reflecting back to move forward: Lessons learned about COVID-19 safety protocols from pediatric anesthesiologists.

Experience and Management of the Adverse Effects of Analgesics After Surgery: A Pediatric Patient Perspective.

The Quebec Low Back Pain Study: a protocol for an innovative 2-tier provincial cohort.

Utilization of Psychosocial Oncology Services by Oral Cancer Patients in Montreal Area According to Their Minority Language Profile

Applied Philosophical Hermeneutics Research: the Hermeneutic Wager

DNA Methylation and Mediation of Risk Factors for Chronic Facial Pain

Indigenous Gender and Wellness: Idea Fair and Learning Circle

Winning pathways toward accessibility: the case of dental services for people using wheelchairs

A multi-sector partnership to investigate and develop policy and practice models to dismantle rape culture in universities

The oral health and dental care pathways of humanitarian migrants

Participatory Policy Intervention to Promote School-Based Physical Activity

Strategic planning and knowledge translation for KSDPP

Frequent collaborators

Mathieu Roy

Aude Motulsky

Guillaume Leonard

Amal Idrissi Janati

Normand Bach

Christophe Bedos

Belinda Nicolau

Matthew Hunt

Sara Ahmed

Elham Rahme

Franco Carnevale

Julie Bruneau

Ana Velly

Luda Diatchenko

Marie-Pierre Sylvestre

Mathieu Roy

Marie-Claude Tremblay

Shahrokh Esfandiari