{"id":1362,"date":"2025-05-29T12:58:06","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T12:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dental.unilag.edu.ng\/?page_id=1362"},"modified":"2025-05-29T12:59:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T12:59:17","slug":"sofola","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dental.unilag.edu.ng\/?page_id=1362","title":{"rendered":"SOFOLA"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1362\" class=\"elementor elementor-1362\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ee1dd5f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ee1dd5f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9707b67\" data-id=\"9707b67\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0e92d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b0e92d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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My current research focus is on the behavioral aspects of oral pain particularly coping strategies and cultural variations in communication about pain as well as the development of an innovative oral health manpower for Nigeria and integration of oral health into maternal and child health at the primary care level.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><ol><li><strong> Positions, Scientific Appointments and Honours<\/strong><\/li><\/ol><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><ol><li>Chairman, Faculty Quality Assurance and Servicom Committee<\/li><li>Dean of the Faculty of Dental Sciences 2016-2021<\/li><li>Chairperson, Faculty Infection Control Committee<\/li><li>Chair, Lagos University Teaching Hospital Health Research Ethics Committee<\/li><li>President elect, International Association for Dental Oral and Craniofacial Research (Nigerian Division) 2024-2025<\/li><li>Member, Editorial Board Nigerian Dental Journal, which is the journal of the Nigerian Dental Association, University of Lagos Journal of Dental Science and topic editor for Frontiers in Oral Health.<\/li><\/ol><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><ol><li><strong>Selected Most Recent Publications \/Contributions to Knowledge<\/strong><\/li><li>Olivia Urquhart, Cleopatra N. Matanhire-Zihanzu, Roopali Kulkarni, Emilio Alberto Parrado, Hind Aljarahi, Ankita Shashikant Bhosale, Omoigberai Braimoh, John Button, Timothy Chifamba, Adeyemi Tope Emmanuel, Agnes Gatarayiha, Iliana V. Kohler, Carolina Castro Martins-Pfeifer, Basil T. Ojukwu, Miriam Robbins,\u00a0<strong><u>Oyinkansola Sofola<\/u><\/strong>, Olaniyi O. Taiwo, Omolara Uti, Yuka Makino, Michael Glick, Alonso Carrasco-Labra, Oral Health Policy and Research Capacity: Perspectives From Dental Schools in Africa, <em>International Dental Journal,<\/em> 2024, ISSN 0020-6539, <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.identj.2024.01.020\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.identj.2024.01.020<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0020653924000455\">https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0020653924000455<\/a>)<\/li><li>Abimbola M Oladayo, Folake Lawal,\u00a0<strong><u>Oyinkansola O Sofola<\/u><\/strong><u>,<\/u> Omolara Uti, Afolabi Oyapero, Adetayo Aborisade, Bernal Stewart, Carlo Daep, Deon Hines, Jacinto Beard, Aderonke Dedeke, Omotayo F Fagbule, Adeola Williams, Obioma C Uchendu, Kudirat Ohiare, Adetomiwa Adedire, Abdul-Kabir Adegoke Yahya-Imam, Adeniji Oluwagbenga Ilori, Aishatu Baba Mele, Amina Sanni Baffa, Ifeoluwa Adetula, Taiwo Lawal, Gbemisola Oke and Azeez Butali.\u00a0Study Protocol for a Pilot Quasi-Experimental Study on Oral Health Education for Nurses and Community Health Workers in Nigeria. <em>Frontiers in Public Health<\/em>, (2024)<\/li><li>Egbunah UP,\u00a0<strong><u>Sofola OO<\/u><\/strong>, Uti OG. (2022) The role of socioeconomic class on oral health care practices and oral health status of secondary school students in Lagos Nigeria. <em>Nig J Dent Res.<\/em> 8(1):\u00a0<\/li><li>Nnawuihe UC,\u00a0<strong><u>Sofola OO<\/u><\/strong>, Okeigbemen SA. (2022). Dental caries experience and oral health behaviour; A survey of a Nigerian rural adult population. <em>Afr J Oral Health.<\/em> 11(1):22-29<\/li><li>Dedeke AA, Alade OT,\u00a0<strong><u>Sofola OO<\/u><\/strong>, Owotade FJ. (2022). An exploration of the impact of COVID-19 lockdown on dental students in Nigeria- A qualitative study.<em> ULJDS<\/em>. 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