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Biography

Deputy Director of Oral Health Services Research Centre, University College Cork (UCC)
Senior Lecturer in Dental Public Health, University Dental School & Hospital, University College Cork (UCC)
Senior Dental Surgeon in Cork Kerry Community Healthcare, Health Service Executive (HSE)‍

Research Interests

My Areas of research focus on the epidemiology of tooth wear: PhD completed: Tooth wear in Irish teenagers: a laboratory and epidemiological study http://hdl.handle.net/10468/2813 , Dental caries and the use of fluorides in caries prevention Epidemiological Indices and measurement Health Services Research and the analysis of routinely collected oral health data Dissemination of knowledge and research led teaching

Research Grants

	Project	Funding Body	Start Date	End Date	Award
	Tooth Wear: A Prospective Cohort Study
	Mapping the Divide	Health Research Board
	Tooth Wear in Irish Teenagers	Health Research Board
	What Impact Have Major Policy Changes Had on Oral Health in Ireland? Establishing a Blueprint for Oral Health Surveillance.	Health Research Board	17-DEC-12
	Is tooth erosion in primary teeth predictive of Tooth Wear in Permanent Teeth?
	Diet, Oral Hygiene, Salivary parameters and dental erosion among dental students	Health Research Board

Contract Researchers

	Researcher Name	Project	Role	Funding Body
	Dr Patrice James	HRA_HSR/2012/25	Postgraduate Researcher	Health Research Board
	Dr Helena Guiney	CARG_2012_34	Postdoctoral Researcher	Health Research Board
	Ms Tara Beecher	CARG_2012_34	Postgraduate Researcher	Health Research Board

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Publications

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Book Chapters

	Year	Publication
	(2017)	'AC O'Connell Mairead Harding' Editors Morineke Oluwatoyin Folayan (2017) 'AC O'Connell Mairead Harding' In: Ireland in, A compendium of facts on Oral Health of Children around the world: early childhood caries. New York: Nova Science Publishers Inc. [Details]
	(2013)	'Saliva and Oral Health' Edgar M, Dawes C, O'Mullane D (2013) 'Saliva and Oral Health' In: Saliva and Oral Health 4th Edition. Oxfordshire: Stephen Hancocks Ltd. [Details]

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Conference Publications

	Year	Publication
	(2018)	BASCD Autumn Scientific Meeting, London, UK McAuliffe U, Harding M (2018) A proposed recall service for children with a history of dental extractions under general anaesthesia BASCD Autumn Scientific Meeting, London, UK [Details]
	(2017)	IADR/AADR/CADR General Session, San Francisco, California James Patrice, Harding Mairead, Whelton Helen (2017) Estimating Dental Hygienist Clinical Activity IADR/AADR/CADR General Session, San Francisco, California [Details]
	(2017)	IADR/AADR/CADR General Session, San Francisco, California Harding M, Whelton H, O'Mullane D, Cronin M, Dantani Soha (2017) Toothwear in an Eleven Year Longitudinal Study of Irish School Children IADR/AADR/CADR General Session, San Francisco, California [Details]
	(2016)	IADR Irish Division Annual Scientific Meeting Beecher, T., Harding, M., James, P., Whelton, H. (2016) Self-Perception of Enamel Opacities among Irish 12-Year-Olds IADR Irish Division Annual Scientific Meeting Cork, Ireland, , 03-MAR-16 - 04-MAR-16 [Details]
	(2016)	IADR/APR General Session, Seoul, Korea Nishi, M, Harding M, Cronin M, Allen F (2016) Subject characteristics in a caries prevention project for disadvantaged people IADR/APR General Session, Seoul, Korea [Details]
	(2016)	70(Suppl 1):A80.2-A81 McCarthy L, Harding M, Geaney F, Perry I (2016) P61 The Prevalence of Childhood Overweight and Obesity in the Republic of Ireland in 2002 and 2014 70(Suppl 1):A80.2-A81 [Details]
	(2015)	IADR/AADR/CADR General Session, Boston, Massachusetts Harding M, Whelton H, Cronin M, Dattani S (2015) A longitudinal study of toothwear in 12 and 14 year old school children IADR/AADR/CADR General Session, Boston, Massachusetts [Details]
	(2013)	Irish Division Meeting, Cork, Ireland Whelton H, Beecher T, Harding M, James P, Parnell C (2013) FACCT (Fluoride And Caring for Children's Teeth) Irish Division Meeting, Cork, Ireland Cork, Ireland, [Details]
	(2013)	Irish Division Meeting, Cork, Ireland McAuliffe U, Kinirons M, Woods N, Harding M (2013) Retrospective study of dental general anaesthesia and financial considerations Irish Division Meeting, Cork, Ireland [Details]
	(2013)	Irish Division Meeting, Cork, Ireland O'Regan A, Harding M, Whelton H, Tabirca S (2013) Developing a tooth wear training App Irish Division Meeting, Cork, Ireland [Details]
	(2010)	IADR/PER General Session, Barcelona, Spain Harding MA, Whelton H, Hu Wentao, Sheehan D (2010) Tooth Wear, Diet, Oral Hygiene and Saliva Proteomics IADR/PER General Session, Barcelona, Spain [Details]
	(2008)	Pan European Federation Meeting Harding MA, Whelton H, Shirodaria Soha C, O'Mullane DM, Cronin M (2008) Risk Factors associated with Tooth Wear Pan European Federation Meeting London, UK, [Details]
	(2008)	IADR/AADR/CADR General Session Harding MA, Whelton H, Shirodaria Soha C, O'Mullane DM, Cronin M (2008) Toothwear in the permanent dentition of 12-year-olds: A follow-on-study IADR/AADR/CADR General Session Toronto, Ontario, Canada, [Details]
	(2007)	IADR/AADR/CADR General Session Browne D, Whelton H, Crowley E, O'Mullane D, Harding M, Guiney H, Cronin M, Flannery E, Kelleher V (2007) Factors associated with Enamel Fluorosis in the Republic of Ireland IADR/AADR/CADR General Session New Orleans, Louisiana, [Details]
	(2007)	IADR/AADR/CADR General Session O'Mullane D, Whelton H, Crowley E, Cronin M, Flannery E, Harding M, Guiney H, Kelleher V (2007) Pattern of caries amongst children in the Republic of Ireland 1984-2002 IADR/AADR/CADR General Session New Orleans, Louisiana, [Details]
	(2007)	IADR/AADR/CADR General Session Harding MA, Whelton HP, O'Mullane DM, Crowley E, Browne D, Guiney H, Cronin MS, Flannery E, Kelleher V (2007) Factors affecting toothwear in the Republic of Ireland IADR/AADR/CADR General Session New Orleans, Louisiana, [Details]
	(2007)	Irish Division Meeting Harding MA, Whelton HP, Milosevic A, O'Mullane DM (2007) Toothwear and Correlates in Irish Teenagers in a Training Programme Irish Division Meeting Cork, Ireland, [Details]
	(2006)	Pan European Federation Meeting O'Mullane DM, Whelton HP, Harding MA, Flannery E, Crowley E, Cronin MS (2006) Tooth Wear Amongst Children in the Repubic of Ireland Pan European Federation Meeting Dublin, Ireland, [Details]
	(2006)	Pan European Federation Meeting Harding M, Davies A, Whelton H, O'Mullane D (2006) A Pocket PC and Web-based Software for Data Entry Pan European Federation Meeting Dublin, Ireland, [Details]
	(2003)	AADR/CADR Annual Meeting O'Mullane DM, Harding MA, Whelton HP, Cronin MS, Warren JJ (2003) Dental Fluorosis in Primary Teeth of 5-year-olds in Ireland AADR/CADR Annual Meeting San Antonio, Texas, [Details]
	(2002)	IADR/AADR/CADR General Session (San Diego, California) Harding MA and O'Mullane DM (2002) Dental erosion in 5-year-old Irish Children; a pilot study IADR/AADR/CADR General Session (San Diego, California) California, [Details]

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Peer Reviewed Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2020)	'Use and waste management of restorative materials in the Republic of Ireland' Callanan A, Harding M, Lynch C, Burke F, Martina Hayes (2020) 'Use and waste management of restorative materials in the Republic of Ireland'. Journal of The Irish Dental Association, 66 (1):29-35 [Details]
	(2020)	'Dentists’ attitudes towards the phase-down of dental amalgam in Ireland' Callanan A, Harding M, Lynch C, Hayes M, Burke F (2020) 'Dentists’ attitudes towards the phase-down of dental amalgam in Ireland'. Journal of The Irish Dental Association, 66 (2):75-79   [Details]
	(2018)	'Fluoride And Caring for Children's Teeth (FACCT): Clinical Fieldwork Protocol' James P, Harding M, Beecher T, Parnell C, Browne D, Tuohy M, Kavanagh D, O'Mullane D, Guiney H, Cronin M, Whelton H (2018) 'Fluoride And Caring for Children's Teeth (FACCT): Clinical Fieldwork Protocol'. Hrb Open Research, [Details]
	(2017)	'Brief communication: Dentists’ reproducibility in scoring the Plaque Index using a fluorescent colouring agent' Nishi M. Roberts A, Harding M, Allen F (2017) 'Brief communication: Dentists’ reproducibility in scoring the Plaque Index using a fluorescent colouring agent'. Journal of The Irish Dental Association, 63 (4):212-216   [Full Text] [Details]
	(2017)	'Clinical Study to monitor dentinal hypersensitivity with episodic use of a desensitising dentifrice' Mason S, Kingston R, Shneyer L, Harding M (2017) 'Clinical Study to monitor dentinal hypersensitivity with episodic use of a desensitising dentifrice'. British Dental Journal, [Details]
	(2017)	'Knowledge of caries risk factors/indicators among Japanese and Irish adult patients with different socio-economic profiles: a cross-sectional study, http://hdl.handle.net/10468/3766' Nishi, M.; Harding, M.; Kelleher, V.; Whelton, H.; Allen, F. (2017) 'Knowledge of caries risk factors/indicators among Japanese and Irish adult patients with different socio-economic profiles: a cross-sectional study, http://hdl.handle.net/10468/3766'. BMC Oral Health, 17 (55):1-10 [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
	(2017)	'Chlorhexidine mouthwash as an adjunctive treatment for gingival health' James, Patrice; Worthington, Helen V.; Parnell, Carmel; Harding, Mairead; Lamont, Thomas; Cheung, Andrea; Whelton, Helen; Riley, Philip (2017) 'Chlorhexidine mouthwash as an adjunctive treatment for gingival health'. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, (3) [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
	(2017)	'A retrospective investigation of the oral health records of a cohort of preschool children who received extractions under general anaesthesia including cost analysis of treatment' McAuliffe A, Woods N, Kinirons M, Harding M. (2017) 'A retrospective investigation of the oral health records of a cohort of preschool children who received extractions under general anaesthesia including cost analysis of treatment'. Journal of The Irish Dental Association, [Details]
	(2016)	'The prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity in the Republic of Ireland in 2002 and 2014' McCarthy LE, Harding M, Guiney H, Kelleher V, Perry I (2016) 'The prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity in the Republic of Ireland in 2002 and 2014'. Journal Of Epidemiology And Community Healthjournal Of Epidemiology And Community Health, 70 :A1-A119 [Details]
	(2013)	'Water Fluoridation and Oral Health' Máiréad Harding and Denis O'Mullane (2013) 'Water Fluoridation and Oral Health'. Acta medica Hungarica, 42 (2):131-137   [DOI] [Details]
	(2012)	'Milestones in oral health services in the Republic of Ireland' McDonnell M.;Harding M.;Whelton H.;O'Mullane D. (2012) 'Milestones in oral health services in the Republic of Ireland'. Journal of The Irish Dental Association, 58 (3 Suppl) [Details]
	(2003)	'Dental erosion in 5-year-old Irish school children and associated factors: a pilot study' Harding MA, Whelton H, O'Mullane DM, Cronin M (2003) 'Dental erosion in 5-year-old Irish school children and associated factors: a pilot study'. Community Dental Health, 20 (3):165-170 [Details]
	(2011)	'A new index to measure tooth wear - methodolgy and practical advice' Bartlett, D;Harding, M;Sherriff, M;Shirodaria, S;Whelton, H (2011) 'A new index to measure tooth wear - methodolgy and practical advice'. Community Dental Health, 28 :182-187 [DOI] [Details]
	(2012)	'Milestones in oral health services in the Republic of Ireland' McDonnell M, Harding M, Whelton H, O'Mullane D. (2012) 'Milestones in oral health services in the Republic of Ireland'. Journal of Irish Dental Association, [Details]
	(2012)	'Learning from the past' Harding M (2012) 'Learning from the past'. Journal of Irish Dental Association, ((Supplement)) [Details]
	(2010)	'Chlorhexidine mouthrinse as an adjunctive treatment for gingival health (Protocol)' James P, Parnell C, Harding M, Whelton H, Worthington HV, Beirne PV. (2010) 'Chlorhexidine mouthrinse as an adjunctive treatment for gingival health (Protocol)'. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, [DOI] [Details]
	(2010)	'Is tooth wear in the primary dentition predictive of tooth wear in the permanent dentition? Report from a longitudinal study' Harding MA, Whelton HP, Shirodaria SC, O'Mullane DM, Cronin MS (2010) 'Is tooth wear in the primary dentition predictive of tooth wear in the permanent dentition? Report from a longitudinal study'. Community Dental Health, 27 :41-45 [DOI] [Details]
	(2010)	'Fluoridation and tooth wear in Irish adults' Burke FM, Whelton H, Harding M, Crowley E, O'Mullane D, Cronin M, Kelleher V, Byrtek M (2010) 'Fluoridation and tooth wear in Irish adults'. Community dentistry and oral epidemiology, 38 (5):415-421 [DOI] [Details]
	(2005)	'Primary Tooth Fluorosis in 5-year-old School Children in Ireland' Harding, M. A., H. Whelton, D. M. O'Mullane, M. Cronin and J. J. Warren ; (2005) 'Primary Tooth Fluorosis in 5-year-old School Children in Ireland'. European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, 6 (3):155-161 [Details]

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Published Reports

	Year	Publication
	(2020)	Study on Usage and Waste Management of Amalgam Dental Fillings and Mercury-free Alternatives. Hayes M, Callanan A, Harding M, Lynch C, Burke F (2020) Study on Usage and Waste Management of Amalgam Dental Fillings and Mercury-free Alternatives. EPA, EPA Research Report 307. Dublin [Online].   [Details]
	(2020)	Research 307: Study on Usage and Waste Management of Amalgam Dental Fillings and Mercury-free Alternatives. Martina Hayes, Aileen Callanan, Mairead Harding, Christopher Lynch and Francis Burke (2020) Research 307: Study on Usage and Waste Management of Amalgam Dental Fillings and Mercury-free Alternatives. Environmental Protection Agency, Ireland, Dublin.   [Details]
	(2006)	North South Survey of Children's Oral Health in Ireland 2002. Whelton H, Crowley E, O'Mullane DM, Harding MA, Guiney H, Cronin M, Flannery E, Kelleher V (2006) North South Survey of Children's Oral Health in Ireland 2002. http://health.gov.ie/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/oral_health_report.pdf, Dublin. [DOI] [Details]

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Reviews

	Year	Publication
	(2017)	Chlorhexidine mouthrinse as an adjunctive treatment for gingival health (Review). James, P;Worthington, HV;Parnell, C;Harding, M;Lamont, T;Cheung, A;Whelton, H;Riley, P (2017) Chlorhexidine mouthrinse as an adjunctive treatment for gingival health (Review). HOBOKEN: Reviews [DOI] [Details]

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PhD Thesis

	Year	Publication
	(2015)	Tooth wear in Irish teenagers: a laboratory and epidemiological study. Harding M (2015) Tooth wear in Irish teenagers: a laboratory and epidemiological study. PhD Thesis [Details]

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Professional Activities

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Honours and Awards

	Year	Title	Awarding Body
	2008	Dental Health Foundation Award	Dental Health Foundation
	2014	IADR Unilever Social Entrepreneur Approach to Change Oral Health Behaviour Research Award	International Association for Dental Research (co-investigator)

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Professional Associations

	Association	Function	From / To
	IADR Irish Division	Immediate Past President	/

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Conference Contributions

	Year	Publication
	(2013)	IADR Irish Division, Whelton H, Beecher T, Cronin M, Harding M, James P, Parnell C, Tuohy M (2013) FACCT: Fluoride and Caring for Children's Teeth. [Poster Presentation], IADR Irish Division, Cork . [Details]
	(2013)	IADR Irish Divisional Meeting, McAuliffe U, Kinirons M, Woods N, Harding M. (2013) Retrospective study of dental general anaesthesia and financial considerations . [Oral Presentation], IADR Irish Divisional Meeting, Cork Ireland . [Details]

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Committees

	Committee	Function	From / To
	Dental Public Health Advisory Committee to the Irish Committee on Specialist Training in Denstistry	Committee member	/

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Employment

	Employer	Position	From / To
	Health Services Executive	Senior Dental Surgeon	01-JUL-05 /

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Education

	Year	Institution	Qualification	Subject
	2001	University College Cork	MDPH	Dentistry
	1986	University College Cork	BDS - NUI	Dentistry

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Consultancy

	Client	Description
	Healthcare industry	Consultant on Toothwear Epidemiological study Protocol to help China Stomatological Association to align on fundamental elements of study

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Other Activities

	Description
	Coordinator and lecturer on the Taught Masters in Dental Public Health (MDPH)
	Examiner for UCC Undergraduate Dental Programme and for the Masters in Dental Public Health

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Research Information

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Internal Collaborators

	Name	Institute	Country
	What Impact Have Major Policy Changes Had on Oral Health in Ireland? Establishing a Blueprint for Oral Health Surveillance.	Oral Health Services Research Centre	IRELAND