Dental School

Dr Petrina Sweeney

  • Clinical Senior Lecturer/Honorary Consultant (Dental School)

telephone: 01412119724
email: Margaret.Sweeney@glasgow.ac.uk


Biography

Petrina Sweeney graduated with a BDS from the University of Glasgow in July 1980. She graduated MSc(MedSci) in 1996 and DDS (Hons) in 2000. She worked initially in both primary care and hospital dentistry, particularly with elderly patients, those with cancer and patients with psychiatric illness.

In 2000, Dr Sweeney was appointed as a Clinical Senior Lecturer in Adult Special Care Dentistry at the University of Glasgow. She holds an Honorary Consultant contract with NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde.


Research interests

Dr Sweeney has long standing interest in oral disease and delivery of oral care among the elderly, terminally ill cancer patients, patients with haematological malignancy and adults with intellectual disability.

Xerostomia and its link to oral infection in medically compromised adults is of particular interest. She is also involved in looking at oral health risk assessment of adults with intellectual disability.


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Number of items: 9.

2010

Davies, A., Bagg, J. , Laverty, D., Sweeney, M.P. , Filbet, M., Newbold, K., de Andres, J., and Mercadante, S. (2010) Salivary gland dysfunction ('dry mouth') in patients with cancer: a consensus statement. European Journal of Cancer Care, 19 (2). pp. 172-177. ISSN 0961-5423 (doi:10.1111/j.1365-2354.2009.01081.x)

2009

Kerr, GD, Sellars, C, Bowie, L, Bagg, J , Sweeney, MP , Langhorne, P , and Stott, D.J. (2009) Xerostomia after acute stroke. Cerebrovascular Diseases, 28 (6). pp. 624-626. ISSN 1015-9770 (doi:10.1159/000253147)

White, V.A.A., Edwards, M., Sweeney, M.P. , and Macpherson, L.M.D. (2009) Provision of oral healthcare and support in care homes in Scotland. Journal of Disability and Oral Health, 10 (3). pp. 99-106. ISSN 1470-8558

2008

Turner, S, Sweeney, MP , Kennedy, C, and Macpherson, LM (2008) The oral health of people with intellectual disability participating in the UK Special Olympics. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 52 (1). pp. 29-36. ISSN 0964-2633 (doi:10.1111/j.1365-2788.2007.00971.x)

2007

Kennedy, C, Macpherson, LMD , Manton, S, Sweeney, MP , and Turner, S (2007) Provision of domiciliary dental care by Scottish dentists: a national survey. British Dental Journal, 202 . (doi:10.1038/bdj.2007.79)

Sellars, C., Bowie, L., Bagg, J. , Sweeney, M.P. , Miller, H., Tilston, J., Langhorne, P. , and Stott, D.J. (2007) Risk factors for chest infection in acute stroke: a prospective cohort study. Stroke, 38 (8). pp. 2284-2291. ISSN 0039-2499 (doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.106.478156)

Sweeney, M.P., Williams, C., Kennedy, C., Macpherson, L.M.D. , Turner, S., and Bagg, J. (2007) Oral health care and status of elderly care home residents in Glasgow. Community Dental Health, 24 (1). pp. 37-42. ISSN 0265-539X

2005

Bagg, J, Sweeney, MP , Davies, AN, Jackson, MS, and Brailsford, S (2005) Voriconazole susceptibility of yeasts isolated from the mouths of patients with advanced cancer. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 54 . pp. 959-964. (doi:10.1099/jmm.0.45720)

2003

Bagg, J, Sweeney, MP , Lewis, MAO, Coleman, D, Al Mosaid, A, Baxter, W, McEndrick, S, and McHugh, S (2003) High prevalence of non-albicans yeasts and detection of anti-fungal resistance in the oral flora of patients with advanced cancer. Palliative Medicine, 17 . pp. 477-481. (doi:10.1191/0269216303pm793oa)

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