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  • Promise is trained in both Oral Health (Dental Therapeutics) and Public Health. He joined the University of Northampton as a Lecturer in Public Health and module leader for the Advanced Public Health module of the BSc Health Sciences program. Before joining the University of Northampton, Promise worked as an oral health improvement practitioner, with the Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust. He had previously worked as an academic tutor in public health at the University of Sunderland and as a locum lecturer in oral physiology, public health education and community dentistry at the Federal College of Dental Technology and Therapy in Enugu, Nigeria.

     

    • Public Health
    • Epidemiology
    • Advanced Public Health (Module Lead)

     

  • Current Research:

    Promise’s current research is focusing on collaborative diabetology between oral healthcare providers (dental professionals) and medical practitioners (i.e. physicians, nurses, dietitians etc). The title of his doctorate is a person-centred common behavioural intervention for type 2 diabetes mellitus management and periodontal disease prevention and management in people living with type 2 diabetes mellitus. His research is exploring whether using a behavioural intervention (health coaching and/or motivational interviewing) as a common risk factor approach to managing diabetes mellitus can prevent and /or manage periodontal (gum) disease in type two diabetes patients.  

    Research Interest:

    Promise is open to research across the width and breadth of oral health and public health, particularly in dental public health. Promise has a special interest in collaborative diabetology (stomatodiabetology in particular), and/or collaborative oral health care for diabetes patients;  multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary oral health care, and community oral health.

    • Arua, S. O., Ngwu, C. C., & Ucheka, P. I. (2023). The influence of childhood oral health problems on physical and psychosocial development. Orapuh Literature Reviews, 3(1), OR010
    • Ucheka, P. I. (2023). The practice of stomatodiabetology in resource-limited settings. Orapuh Journal, 4. Retrieved from https://orapuh.org/ojs/ojs-3.1.2-4/index.php/orapj/article/view/165
    • Arua, S. O., Ngwu, C. C., Agbo, E. E., Silas, H., & Ucheka, P. I. (2022). Oral health disparities among underserved populations in Nigeria. Orapuh Literature Reviews, 2(1), OR009.
    • Arua, S. O., Ngwu, C. C., Agbo, E. E., Silas, H., & Ucheka, P. I. (2021). The roles of dental therapists as frontline clinicians. Orapuh Literature Reviews, 1(1), OR005.
    • Ucheka, P. I., Cinar, A. B., Ling, J., & Derek, R. (2021). A systematic review of the use of common behavioural interventions in oral health and diabetes management. Orapuh Journal, 2(3), e819. https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/orapj.v2i3.1
    • Ucheka P.I. (2020), Diabetes and Oral Health: Implication for Dental Therapy Practice. Published on the program of an event of the Nigerian Dental Therapists’ Association’s Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference. (Abuja, Nigeria. 8-9 November 2020).
    • Ucheka P.I.1; Hayes C1; Cinar A.B.2; and Ling J1. (2018), The Use of Common Behavioural Intervention for Diabetes-Periodontal Disease Management. A poster presentation at the world dental and oral health congress: annual international conference and exhibition in dental and oral health. London 20-21 July 2018.
    • Ucheka P.I. (2017), A SWOT Analysis of the Nigerian Oral Health System: Conference paper; the book of abstract of the 1st International Scientific Conference of the School of Dental Therapy and Health Science; Federal College of Dental Technology and Therapy Enugu Nigeria. 7th – 9th Nov. 2017.
    • Ucheka P.I. (2017), the Use of Common Behavioural Intervention in Oral Health and Diabetes Management: A Systematic Review. Conference paper; the book of abstract of the 1st International Scientific Conference of the School of Dental Therapy and Health Science; Federal College of Dental Technology and Therapy Enugu Nigeria. 7th – 9th Nov. 2017.
    • Tarek H1. And Ucheka P.I1. (2017), School-Based Dental Sealant Programs May Be Effective in Caries Prevention. Journal of Evidence-Based Dentistry (2017) 18, 13–14. doi:10.1038/SJ.ebd.6401218.