Oral Health Therapy

Dr Ashraf Shaweesh

BDS, PhD

Senior Lecturer in Oral Health Therapy
Wagga Wagga
Building 30 Room 250

Dr Ashraf Shaweesh graduated with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery from Jordan University of Science & Technology (JUST) in 1999. Then, he had worked as a Clinical Dental Officer at JUST for 2 years before undertaking a PhD in Basic Oral Sciences at The University of Melbourne - Australia, which he completed in 2006. Ashraf returned back to JUST in 2006 to work as an Assistant Professor in Oral Sciences and Oral Diagnosis. In 2012 he was promoted to an Associate Professor in the same field and had been the Assistant Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry at JUST for 3 years. In October 2015, Ashraf returned to Australia on one-year sabbatical from JUST to work as Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne. Ashraf commenced his new appointment at CSU in January 2017. With over 10 years of academic expertise, Ashraf has supervised and examined dozens of postgraduate theses and authored over 20 peer-reviewed scientific papers published in high impact Journals.

  • DOH 210 - Oral Health Sciences 2
  • DOH 300 - Oral Health Sciences 3
  • Mathematical quantification of human biological forms (e.g. using Fourier Shape Analysis)
  • Three and two-dimensional photogrammetry and radiogrammetry for applications in craniofacial anthropology, forensic sciences, craniofacial dysmorphology and in planning and assessing surgical and orthodontic treatment.
  • Chronobiology: applications in maxillofacial growth and tooth development.
  • Chronology of maxillofacial and dental development in cleft patients and other craniofacial abnormalities
  • Prevalence and quantitative analyses of developmental anomalies of teeth.
  • Quantification of face and dental arch symmetry.
  • Water fluoridation and tooth enamel mottling.
  • Quantitative analysis of bony and soft tissue facial profiles
  • Relationship between skin colour and tooth shade
  • Relationship between anterior facial height and bite force and tooth morphometry
  • Relationship between bite force and oral tori and exostoses.
  • Quantification of tooth and arch morphology in prehistoric skulls.
  • Shaweesh A. Mesiodistal and faciolingual diameters of the permanent teeth in a Jordanian population. Archives of Oral Biology. 2017;73:253-258. DOI:10.1016/j.archoralbio.2016.10.026
  • Shaweesh A. Timing of clinical eruption of third molars in a Jordanian population. Archives of Oral Biology. 2016;72:157-163. DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2016.08.031.
  • Alkhader M, Hudieb M, Jarab F, Shaweesh A. Visibility of the Mandibular Canal on Orthoradial and Oblique CBCT Slices at Molar Implant Sites. Biotechnology and biotechnological equipment. 2016;30(4):770-776. Published online. DOI:10.1080/13102818.2016.1166349.
  • Al Habashneh RA, Azar WZ, Shaweesh AI, Khader Y. The relationship between body mass index and periodontitis among postmenopausal women. Obesity Research and Clinical Practice. 2015. 10(1):15-23. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orcp.2015.03.010.
  • Shaweesh AI, Al-Dwairi ZN, Shamkhey HD. Studying the relationships between the outlines of the face, maxillary central incisor, and maxillary arch in Jordanian adults by using Fourier analysis. Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry J Prosthet Dent. 2015;113(3):198-204. DOI: 10.1016/j.prosdent.2014.08.009. ePub 2014 Oct 29.
  • Al-Batayneh OB, Shaweesh AI, Alsoreeky E. Timing and sequence of emergence of deciduous teeth in Jordanian children. Archives of Oral Biology 2014;60(1):126-133. DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2014.08.014.
  • Al-Dwairi ZN, Shaweesh AI, Kamkarfar, S. Tooth shade measurements under standard and non-standard illumination and their agreement with skin color. International Journal of Prosthodontics 2014;27:458–460. DOI: 10.11607/ijp.3826.
  • Shaweesh AI and Alsoleihat FD. Association between body mass index and timing of permanent tooth emergence in Jordanian children and adolescents. International Journal of Stomatology and Occlusion Medicine 2013;6(2):50-58.
  • Shaweesh AI. Polymorphisms in sequence of permanent tooth emergence:  a cross-sectional study on Jordanian children and adolescents. Acta Odontologica Scandinavica 2013;71(1):32-37.
  • AL-Omiri MK, Barghout NH, Shaweesh AI, Malkawi Z. Level of education and gender-specific self-reported oral health behavior among dental students. Oral Health and Preventive Dentistry 2012;10(1):29-35.
  • Shaweesh AI. Expression of Carabelli's trait in the Jordanian population. International Journal of Stomatology and Occlusion Medicine 2012; 5(2):77-82.
  • Shaweesh AI. Clinical duration of permanent tooth eruption in Jordanians: from emergence to functional eruption. International Journal of Stomatology and Occlusion Medicine 2012;5(2):70-76.
  • Masadeh MM, Mhaidat NM, Alzoubi KH, Al-Azzam SI, Shaweesh AI. Ciprofloxacin-induced antibacterial activity is reversed by vitamin E and vitamin C. Current Microbiology 2012; 64(5):457-462.
  • Shaweesh AI. Timing and sequence of emergence of permanent teeth in the Jordanian population. Archives of Oral Biology 2012; 57(2):122-130.
  • Khraisat A, Alsoleihat F, Shaweesh AI, Sawair FA. Entoconulid (cusp 6), metaconulid (cusp 7), post-metaconulid and pre-entoconulid expression on the permanent mandibular first molar in the living Jordanian population and inter-trait interactions. Odontostomatol Trop – Tropical Dental Journal (O.S.T – T. D. J) 2011;34(136):11-19.
  • Shaweesh AI, Al-Omiri MK, Alsoleihat FD. Variation in time of emergence of permanent teeth among urban and rural Jordanian school children. Saudi Medical Journal 2011; 32(10):1066-1072.
  • Thomas CDL, Claes PDH, Shaweesh AI, Clement JG. (2011). Three-dimensional facial shape archetypes for identification and diagnosis. In: Lestrel PE., Biological Shape Analysis – Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium. World Scientific Publishing Co. pp:131-144.
  • Shaweesh, AI, Clement, JG, Thomas, CDL & Bankier A. (2009). Construction of facial anatomical archetypes for use in forensic science, syndrome diagnosis and experimental psychology published in Combined Abstracts of 2009 Australian Psychology Conferences (2.2mb)
  • Shaweesh AIM, Clement JG, Thomas CDL, Bankier A. Construction and use of facial archetypes in anthropology and syndrome diagnosis. Forensic Science International (Supplement) 2006; 159:175-185.
  • Shaweesh AI, Thomas CDL, Clement JG. Investigation of ethnic differences in facial morphology by three-dimensional averaging, Chapter 16 In:  Clement JG. & Marks MK. Computer-graphic facial reconstruction. Boston, MA, Academic Press. 2005; pp:307-324.
  • Shaweesh AI, Thomas CDL, Clement JG, Bankier A. Delineation of facial archetype by three-dimensional averaging. Annals of Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons 2004; 17:73-79.

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