Dr Vahid Ravaghi DDS, MSc, PhD

Dr Vahid Ravaghi

School of Dentistry
Assistant Professor in Dental Public Health

Contact details

Address
The School of Dentistry
5 Mill Pool Way
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B5 7EG
United Kingdom

Dr Ravaghi is an Assistant Professor in Dental Public Health. His research focuses on the UK dentistry and global oral health. Currently, he is leading projects aiming to improve oral health in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in Middle East and Central Asia.

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3056-3704

Qualifications

  • PhD in Health Inequalities, Bart and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, England (2010)
  • MSc in Dental Public Health, Bart and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, England (2007)
  • Doctor of Dental Surgery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Iran (2003)

Teaching

  • Dental Surgery BDS
  • Dental Hygiene and Therapy BSc
  • Masters in Public Health

Postgraduate supervision

Dr Ravaghi is interested in supervising PhD projects related to dental public health. He is especially interested in supervising PhD students who want to study dental health and dental care in low- and middle-income countries.

Other activities

Assistant Professor (Status-only), University of Toronto, Canada

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Pokhilenko, I, Pallan, M, Murphy, M, Adab, P, Morrison, B, Sitch, A, Adamson, A, Bartington, S, Duff, R, Griffin, T, Hurley, K, Lancashire, E, McLeman, L, Passmore, S, Rowland, M, Ravaghi, V, Spence, S & Frew, E 2025, 'Economic evaluation of the national school food standards across secondary schools in The Midlands, UK (the FUEL study): methodological challenges of undertaking health economics research within non-health settings', The International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, vol. 22, 142. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-025-01840-6

Ashtiani, GH, Sabbagh, S, Moradi, S, Azimi, S & Ravaghi, V 2024, 'Diagnostic accuracy of tele‐dentistry in screening children for dental caries by community health workers in a lower‐middle‐income country', International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry. https://doi.org/10.1111/ipd.13157

Pallan, M, Murphy, M, Morrison, B, Sitch, A, Adamson, A, Bartington, S, Dobell, A, Duff, R, Frew, E, Griffin, T, Hurley, K, Lancashire, E, McLeman, L, Passmore, S, Pokhilenko, I, Rowland, M, Ravaghi, V, Spence, S & Adab, P 2024, 'National school food standards in England: a cross-sectional study to explore compliance in secondary schools and impact on pupil nutritional intake', The International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, vol. 21, 123. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-024-01672-w

Pallan, M, Murphy, M, Morrison, B, Pokhilenko, I, Sitch, A, Frew, E, Rawdin, C, Adams, R, Adamson, A, Bartington, S, Dobell, A, Duff, R, Griffin, T, Hurley, K, Lancashire, E, McLeman, L, Passmore, S, Ravaghi, V, Spence, S & Adab, P 2024, 'School food policy in secondary schools in England and its impact on adolescents’ diets and dental health: the FUEL multiple-methods study', Public Health Research, vol. 12, no. 12, pp. 1-167. https://doi.org/10.3310/TTPL8570

Al-Hammadi, Z, Ravaghi, V, Hill, K & Morris, AJ 2023, 'Area-level inequalities in the provision of NHS orthodontic care in England from 2016 to 2019', British Dental Journal. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41415-023-6273-z

Abdelrehim, M, Ravaghi, V, Quiñonez, C, Singhal, S & Ghasemi, H (ed.) 2023, 'Trends in self-reported cost barriers to dental care in Ontario', PLOS One, vol. 18, no. 7, e0280370. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280370

Chari, M, Ravaghi, V, Sabbah, W, Gomaa, N, Singhal, S & Quinonez, C 2022, 'Oral health inequality in Canada, the United States and United Kingdom', PLOS One, vol. 17, no. 5, e0268006. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0268006

Chari, M, Ravaghi, V, Sabbah, W, Gomaa, N, Singhal, S & Quiñonez, C 2021, 'Comparing the magnitude of oral health inequality over time in Canada and the United States', Journal of Public Health Dentistry, vol. 82, no. 4, pp. 453-460. https://doi.org/10.1111/jphd.12486

Moradi, S, Sabbagh, S, Timms, L & Ravaghi, V 2021, 'Teaching minimally invasive interventions in paediatric dentistry: a cross-sectional survey of dental schools in Iran', BMC oral health, vol. 21, no. 1, 368. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12903-021-01735-5

Ravaghi, V, Durkan, C, Jones, K, Girdler, R, Mair-Jenkins, J, Davies, G, Wilcox, D, Dermont, M, White, S, Dailey, Y & Morris, AJ 2020, 'Area-level deprivation and oral cancer in England 2012-2016', Cancer Epidemiology, vol. 69, 101840. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2020.101840

Fang, C, Aldossri, M, Farmer, J, Gomaa, N, Quiñonez, C & Ravaghi, V 2020, 'Changes in income-related inequalities in oral health status in Ontario, Canada', Community Dentistry And Oral Epidemiology. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdoe.12582

Ravaghi, V, Rezaee, A, Pallan, M & Morris, J 2020, 'Childhood obesity and dental caries: an ecological investigation of the shape and moderators of the association', BMC oral health, vol. 20, no. 1, 338. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12903-020-01329-7

Virdee, S, Ravaghi, V, Camilleri, J, Cooper, P & Tomson, P 2020, 'Current trends in endodontic irrigation amongst general dental practitioners and dental schools within the United Kingdom and Ireland: a cross-sectional survey', British Dental Journal. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41415-020-1984-x

Letter

Ravaghi, V & Kazemian, A 2022, 'Rethinking dental care in Iran', Journal of Oral Health and Oral Epidemiology, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 1-4. https://doi.org/10.22122/JOHOE.2022.197262.1462

Review article

Sabbagh, S, Mohammadi-Nasrabadi, F, Ravaghi, V, Azadi Mood, K, Sarraf Shirazi, A, Abedi, A-S & Noorollahian, H 2023, 'Food Insecurity and Dental Caries Prevalence in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis', International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 346-363. https://doi.org/10.1111/ipd.13041

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