PROFILE
Dr Jilen Patel
Improving oral health outcomes among disadvantaged communities
Dr Jilen Patel is a specialist paediatric dentist, senior lecturer in clinical dentistry at the UWA Dental School and a consultant at Perth Children’s Hospital. Dr Patel is passionate about translational research and completed his specialist training at UWA and Princess Margaret Hospital for Children.
His journey began as an intern, volunteering in a team that provided dental services to remote communities across the Kimberley region. Since then, Dr Patel has continued to play an active role in developing oral health policy and practice for underserved communities.
He has published research in both local and international journals in the areas of dental public health, paediatric dentistry, cariology and Indigenous oral health.
More recently, Dr Patel has been involved with creating an integrated, multidisciplinary oral health education and prevention program for refugee children. His work has led to the implementation of an Australian-first, randomised controlled clinical trial aiming to arrest dental caries among refugee children.
News
Teeth staining ‘six times more likely’ in young swimmers, WA researchers find
New dental findings threaten to take some shine off the excitement generated by our Olympic swimmers.
Read moreApp may take the bite out of dental visit for preschool kids
A new Australian study is investigating ways in which an app that takes photographs of young children’s teeth and allows remote screening by dental professionals might be used as an alternative method of dental care.
Read moreUWA Doctor of Dental Medicine students
Working with homeless, refugee, elderly, and Indigenous communities, our Doctor of Dental Medicine students are heading into the field as part of the Clinic to Communities program.
Read morePutting his principles in action through adversity
The new US$6000 Community Service Grant from Wrigley Company Foundation and the Australian Dental Health Foundation has been so vital for helping people in disadvantaged communities.
Read moreAn oral health education program for refugee children
Refugee children face considerable disadvantages and continue to experience alarmingly high rates of dental caries. The dental Practitioners Grant and Dental Student Grant will provide refugee families and children with much needed oral hygiene material along with access to oral health education within the multidisciplinary setting of the Refugee Health Service.
Read moreFunding
2020
Australian Rotary Health Research Fund
- Dental Volunteering in Remote Aboriginal Communities
Australian Dental Research Foundation
- Dental volunteering in remote Aboriginal communities
2019
Australian Dental Research Foundation
- Performance and validity of fluorescence systems in detecting caries in primary teeth
Australian Dental Research Foundation
- A comparison of the remineralising potential of Australian toothpastes on primary tooth enamel using Micro-CT and Raman Spectroscopy
ADHA Institute for Oral Health Wrigley Company Foundation Community Service Grant
- From Clinics to Communities
2018
Wrigley Company Foundation and ADHF Community Service Award
- Oral Health Education and Caries Stabilisation for High-Risk Children
Australian Dental Research Foundation
- Enamel microstructure of teeth with amelogenesis imperfecta
2017
Perth Children’s Hospital Foundation
- Arresting Dental Caries In Refugee Children: A Conservative Approach
Wrigley Company Foundation and ADHF Community Service Award
- An Integrated, Multidisciplinary Oral Health Education and Prevention Program for Refugee Children
2016
ANZSPD Alistair Devlin Memorial Grant
2015
Wrigley Company Foundation & ADAF Principles in Action Grant
- Strong Teeth for Kimberley Kids
2014
Wrigley Company Foundation and ADAF Community Service Award
- Remote, community based, oral health care and education
2013
Wrigley Company Foundation and ADAF Community Service Award
- Remote, community based, oral health care and education
2012
Wrigley Company Foundation and ADAF Community Service Grant
- Remote, community based, oral health care and education
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