YEMITAN ABOSEDE TOLULASE

Child Dental Health

At the Child Dental Health department office

Appointment on Visitation important

Topic: Healthcare Workforce Dynamics, Occupational Stress, And Academic Retention

Description:

Impact on Policy Making: Quantifying the levels of occupational stress, work-family conflict, and motivational goals among Nigerian orthodontic residents and specialists provides Postgraduate Medical Colleges with data to formulate policies that counter the medical brain drain and retain top tier dental specialists. 

Impact on Orthodontic Profession: It encourages workforce wellness, and organizational commitment to the forefront of National orthodontic association agendas.

Impact on Junior Colleagues and Students: It amplifies the voice of residents, documenting their training perspectives and institutional challenges to force structural, administrative improvements in residency training programs.

Impact on General Population: Protecting the mental well-being and local retention of the orthodontic workforce guarantees patients a reliable, rested, and continuous supply of highly qualified specialists to see the patients' long-term treatments through to completion.

Key Publications: Papers xix, xxi, xxxvii, xxxviii

#	Certificate	School	Year
1.	Bachelor of Dental Surgery (Dentistry)	Faculty of Dental Sciences, College of Medicine of the University of Lagos, Lagos State	1998

Comparative Study of Tooth Size And Arch Dimensions in Crowded, Spaced and Normal Occlusion in a Population of Nigerian Adults

Background: The integrity of the dental arch is maintained by coordination between the dimensions of the teeth and dental arches. A discrepancy between these dimensions can lead to dental crowding or spacing and is therefore usually carefully considered in orthodontic treatment planning to ensure optimal treatment outcome. However, the degree of contribution of tooth and dental arch dimensions to crowding or spacing is still unclear.

Objectives: This study aims to investigate the relationship between mesiodistal tooth widths and dental arch dimensions and their influence on space anomalies in a Nigerian population. It also aims to evaluate differences in the influence of mesiodistal tooth size and arch dimensions on space anomalies based on gender and geographical area of origin.

Materials and Method:  Using multi-stage sampling, 240 adults from the Northern region of Nigeria and another 240 adults from the Southern region of Nigeria will be selected with equal gender representation. Each cohort will be categorized into normal, crowded, and spaced arches based on space analysis of maxillary and mandibular dental casts by subtracting the sum of mesio-distal (MD) dimensions of all teeth, except the permanent molars, from the arch perimeter. Tooth and arch variables will be compared within and across groups using ANOVA and student's t-test while correlation matrix for the variables will be computed to identify correlations between the variables within the three groups. A stepwise multiple regression analysis with automatic sequential deletion of the least significant variables will be employed to examine the relationship between the measured variables, gender and geographical location, aiming to evaluate their contribution to dental spacing and crowding. 

YEMITAN TOLULASE is a Associate Professor / Reader at the Department of Child Dental Health

YEMITAN has a Bachelor of Dental Surgery in Dentistry from Faculty of Dental Sciences, College of Medicine of the University of Lagos, Lagos State