Prof. Tara Frances Renton

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King's College London
Dental Institute
Oral Surgery
ProfessorAppointed: 2006
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Mailing Address

Department of Oral Surgery
4th Floor, Kings College London Dental Institute
Denmark Hill Campus
Bessemer Rd.
London, SE5 9RS
United Kingdom

Contact Information

Phone: (203) 299 2313
Fax: (203) 299 1210
tara.renton@kcl.ac.uk

Qualifications

Honorary FDS, Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh, 2007.
Ph.D., King's College London, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 2003.
Member, Institute of Learning and Teaching, Education, 2002.
FDS RCS, Royal College of Surgeons, 1994.
M.Sc., Melbourne University, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 1992.
FRACDS (OMS), Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons, 1991.
FRACDS, Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons, 1988.
BDS, King's College London, Dentistry, 1984.

Expertise and Research Interests

Oral Surgeon

Clinical
Dentoalveolar surgery
Trigeminal nerve injuries; prevention and managemnt
Wisdom tooth surgery
Trigeminal pain
Local Analgesia techniques

Research
Translational work on trigeminal neuropathic pain
Assessment and surgical management of trigeminal nerve injuries
Translational work assessing pain receptor/channel expression in the oro-facial region
fMRI assessment of trigeminal nerve pain
Disability of orafacial pain
Stem cell culture from dental pulp

Other Expertise

Translational research in orofacial pain
Psyhcometric and psychophysical testing of trigeminal system
Trigeminal neuropathic pain

Future Research

Translational research in orofacial pain
fMRI assessment of orofacial pain
Genetic predisposition to developing orofacial pain

Industrial Relevance

Basis for testing novel analgesics

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Dentistry, Injury, Neuroscience, Oral Or Maxillofacial Surgery, Pain.

Additional Terms:

Dental Pulpal Pain, Lingual Nerve Injury, Neuropathic Pain, Oral Surgery, Orofacial Pain, Trigeminal Nerve Pain, Trigeminal nerve Injury, Wisdom Teeth.

Languages

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

French: (Basic, Basic, Functional)

Memberships

Association British Academic Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
British Association Dental Research
British Association of Oral Surgeons
British Pain Society
Higher Education Academy
International Association Study of Pain
International Association of Dental Research
Society for Neuroscience

Honors and Awards

2007-2009, Mapping central pain pathways in man: third molar surgery, Pfizer, Kings College London, Genetics and psychometrics of acute post surgical pain
2007-2013, Walport Oral surgery posts, RCD, Kings College London, Funding post graduate oral surgery clinical scientists
Final Year Prize, Guys Hospital trustees, King's College London, Final year Prize
Honours in Medicine and Surgery, Kings College London, BDS
Honours Dental Surgery, Kings College London, Guys Hospital, BDS
Prize Presentation, British Pain Society, Trigeminal Nociceptors
PhDship Award, Queen Mary University Trustees, Queen Mary, University of London, Assessment of Trigeminal nerve nociceptors
Research Grant, British Association Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, Royal College of Surgeons England, Jaw opening reflex and lingual nerve injury
Research Grant, British Association Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, Royal College of Surgeons England, Assessment of Coronectomy
Research Grant, Central London Research Fund, University London, Pain receptors in lingual nerve
Travel Bursary, Royal Society, Presentation of contoversies in oral Surgery at AAOMS

Previous Positions

2003-2006, Senior Lecturer, Queen Mary, University of London, St Bartholomew's and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Oral Surgery, Clinical Diagnostic Oral Sciences
1992-2003, Research Assistant, GKT, Kings College London, Guy's Dental School, OMFS, Dentistry

Publications

  • Tara Renton (2008) Minimising trigeminal nerve injuries related to implants, European Journal Implantology, Submitted
  • Tara Renton (2008) Oral surgery Editorial, British Dental Journal, 2008, Submitted
  • Tara Renton (2008) An update on Pain, British Dental Journal, 2008, Submitted
  • Renton (2006) Oral Surgery Education, Br Dent J., 7 (201), 415
  • Yilmaz Z, Renton T, Anand P (2006) Burning Mouth Syndrome, Neurodegeneration and pain receptor expression, Neuroscience Letters, In Press
  • Renton (2006) Simplifying the assessment of the recovery from surgical injury to the lingual nerve, Br Dent J., 27 (200), 569-73
  • McArdle LM, RentonT (2006) Distal cervical caries in the mandibular second molar: an indication for the prophylactic removal of the third molar?, Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2006 Feb;44(1):42-5, 44 (1), 42-5
  • Macluskey (2006) Competency based surgery, Br Dent J., 7;201 (7), 415.
  • Turp J (ed): (2006) OROFACIAL PAIN Puzzle, Chapter Burning mouth, Karger,, Basel,
  • Ed C Sproate (2006) Dentist's Handbook, 1st Edition, London, Elsevier
  • Renton (2005) Sodium channel Nav1.8 immunoreactivity in painful human dental pulp., BMC Oral Health, 7 (1), 5-9
  • Renton T, Thexton A, McGurk M (2005) New method for the objective evaluation of injury to the lingual nerve after operation on third molars., Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg., 43 (3), 238-45
  • Renton (2005) Objective evaluation of iatrogenic lingual nerve injuries using the jaw-opening reflex., BJOMS, 43 (3), 232-7
  • Renton (2005) Interventions for the repair of iatrogenic lingual nerve injury, Cochrane review Protocol, 2
  • Renton (2005) Interventions for the repair of iatrogenic inferior alveolar nerve injury., Cochrane review Protocol, 2
  • Renton (2005) Comparison different surgical techniques on trigeminal nerve injury subsequent to third molar surgery, Cochrane review Protocol, 2
  • Renton T, Hankins M, Sproate C, McGurk M (Feb 2005) A randomised controlled clinical trial to compare the incidence of injury to the inferior alveolar nerve as a result of coronectomy and removal of mandibular third molars., The British Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, 43 (1), 7-12 Abstract
  • Renton (2005) Distal cervical caries in the mandibular second molar, BJOMS, 44, 42-45
  • Renton T, Yiangou Y, Baecker PA, Ford AP, Anand P (Summer 2003) Capsaicin receptor VR1 and ATP purinoceptor P2X3 in painful and nonpainful human tooth pulp., Journal of Orofacial Pain, 17 (3), 245-50 Abstract
  • Van Wesenbeeck L, Cleiren E, Gram J, Beals RK, Benichou O, Scopelliti D, Key L, Renton T, Bartels C, Gong Y, Warman ML, De Vernejoul MC, Bollerslev J, Van Hul W (Mar 2003) Six novel missense mutations in the LDL receptor-related protein 5 (LRP5) gene in different conditions with an increased bone density., American Journal of Human Genetics, 72 (3), 763-71 Abstract
  • Renton T, Thexton A, Hankins M, McGurk M (Feb 2003) Quantitative thermosensory testing of the lingual and inferior alveolar nerves in health and after iatrogenic injury., The British Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, 41 (1), 36-42 Abstract
  • Renton T, McArdle L, Questions over GA., British Dental Journal, 193(10), 547; author reply 54, Nov 2002 Abstract
  • Renton T (Oct 2002) Lingual nerve assessment and repair outcomes., Annals of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons, 16, 113-4 Abstract
  • Drage NA, Renton T (Mar 2002) Inferior alveolar nerve injury related to mandibular third molar surgery: an unusual case presentation., Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics., 93 (3), 358-61 Abstract
  • Renton T, Odell E, Drage NA (Feb 2002) Differential diagnosis and treatment of autosomal dominant osteosclerosis of the mandible., The British Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, 40 (1), 55-9 Abstract
  • Renton T, McGurk M (Dec 2001) Evaluation of factors predictive of lingual nerve injury in third molar surgery., The British Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, 39 (6), 423-8 Abstract
  • Renton T, Smeeton N, McGurk M (Jun 2001) Factors predictive of difficulty of mandibular third molar surgery., British Dental Journal, 190 (11), 607-10 Abstract
  • Sale C, Renton T, Radiographic protocols., British Dental Journal, 189(7), 348-9, Oct 2000 Abstract
  • Seymour RA, Moore U, Hawkesford J, Coulthard P, Jackson-Leech D, Thomas D, Hill M, Combs ML, Renton T, McGurk M (Sep 2000) An investigation into the efficacy of intravenous diclofenac in post-operative dental pain., European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 56 (6-7), 447-52 Abstract
  • Renton T, More to consider in nerve injury debate., British Dental Journal, 187(3), 124, Aug 1999 Abstract
  • Renton T, McGurk M (Apr 1999) Direct referral day case oral surgery for dental practitioners: a pilot investigation., British Dental Journal, 186 (7), 334-7 Abstract
  • Ed E Odell, (1999) Clinical problems in dentistry, Chapters on Pericoronitis, Acute dental infections, Dry Socket, Palatal swelling, Management of Third molars and Oro-antral fistula, London, Pub Churchill Livingstone
  • (1999) Wisdom teeth / platal swelling/ facial swelling In Ed E Odell (eds), . Clinical problems in dentistry.1999, London, Churchill Livingstone (bookchapter)
  • 1Macluskey M,, UK National Curriculum for Undergraduate Oral Surgery (ABAOMS), Eur J Education, In Press
  • Yilmaz, ZT1*, Zakrzewska, JM1, Harding, LM2, Renton, TF, .Characterisation of hypersensitivity to ethyl chloride and capsaicin with thermal hyperalgesia and hypoalgesia of the lingual mucosa in Burning Mouth Syndrome and lingual nerve injury using quantitative thermal threshold testing, European Journal Pain, 2008, Submitted
  • Ailsa Morrison, Tara Renton, Prevention of osteoradionecrosis, British Dental Journal, 2008, Submitted
  • , Pregnancy in relation to dentistry In Sproat (eds), , Dentist's Handbook, London, Elsevier (bookchapter)

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