Mr Christopher Sexton
Associate Lecturer
School of Dentistry
+61 7 336 58030

Researcher biography
Christopher Sexton is a biostatistician and Associate Lecturer (Teaching and Research) at the School of Dentistry, The University of Queensland. In this role, he has been researching: the oral health of people living with Multiple Sclerosis; longitudinal changes to oral health status for women of middle age; and contributing statistical support to Doctorate of Clinical Dentistry students.
Journal Articles
Forbes, Roma, Beckman, Emma, Tower, Marion, Mandrusiak, Allison, Mitchell, Leander K., Sexton, Christopher T., Cunningham, Brent and Lewis, Peter A. (2020). Interprofessional, student-led community health clinic: expanding service provision and clinical education capacity. Australian Health Review. doi: 10.1071/ah20021
McGowan, Kelly, Phillips, Tania, Gielis, Ellen, Dover, Thomas, Mitchell, Geoffrey, Mutch, Allyson, Sexton, Christopher, Sowa, P Marcin and Ivanovski, Saso (2020). Developing a prototype for integrated dental and diabetes care: understanding needs and priorities. Australian Dental Journal adj.12804. doi: 10.1111/adj.12804
Hides, Julie, Frazer, Clint, Blanch, Peter, Grantham, Brittany, Sexton, Christopher and Mendis, M. Dilani (2020). Clinical utility of measuring the size of the lumbar multifidus and quadratus lumborum muscles in the Australian football league setting: a prospective cohort study. Physical Therapy in Sport, 46, 186-193. doi: 10.1016/j.ptsp.2020.09.007
Hides, Julie A., Lambrecht, Gunda, Sexton, Christopher T., Pruett, Casey, Petersen, Nora, Jaekel, Patrick, Rosenberger, André and Weerts, Guillaume (2020). The effects of exposure to microgravity and reconditioning of the lumbar multifidus and anterolateral abdominal muscles; implications for people with LBP. The Spine Journal, 21 (3), 477-491. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2020.09.006
Shih, Wen, Tran, Kenny, Yang, Vivian, El Masoud, Bilal, Sexton, Christopher and Zafar, Sobia (2020). Investigation of inter- and intra-rater reliability using digital
dental software for prosthodontics crown preparations. Journal of Dental Education, 84 (9), 1037-1045. doi: 10.1002/jdd.12180
Zafar, Sobia, Lai, Yvonne, Sexton, Christopher and Siddiqi, Allauddin (2020). Virtual Reality as a novel educational tool in preclinical paediatric dentistry training: students' perceptions. International journal of paediatric dentistry, 30 (6) ipd.12648, 791-797. doi: 10.1111/ipd.12648
Hides, Julie A., Murphy, Michael, Jang, Ellen, Blackwell, Linda, Sexton, Margot, Sexton, Christopher and Mendis, M. Dilani (2019). Predicting a beneficial response to motor control training in patients with low back pain: a longitudinal cohort study. European Spine Journal, 28 (11), 2462-2469. doi: 10.1007/s00586-019-06045-7
Hides, Julie, Murphy, Michael, Jang, Ellen, Blackwell, Linda, Sexton, Margot, Sexton, Christopher and Mendis, M. Dilani (2019). Answer to the Letter to the Editor of P. Kent et al. concerning "Predicting a beneficial response to motor control training in patients with low back pain: a longitudinal cohort study" by Hides JA, et al. (Eur Spine J. 2019; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-019-06045-7). European Spine Journal, 28 (10), 2432-2432. doi: 10.1007/s00586-019-06126-7
Sexton, Christopher, Lalloo, Ratilal, Stormon, Nicole, Pateman, Kelsey, van der Mei, Ingrid, Campbell, Janet and Ford, Pauline (2019). Oral health and behaviours of people living with Multiple Sclerosis in Australia. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology , 47 (3), 201-209. doi: 10.1111/cdoe.12445
Selim, Daniel, Monsour, Paul and Sexton, Chris (2018). Dento-maxillofacial Radiology in Australia and Dentist satisfaction with radiology reports. Australian Dental Journal, 63 (4), 402-413. doi: 10.1111/adj.12642
Hides, Julie A., Franettovich Smith, Melinda M., Mendis, M. Dilani, Treleaven, Julia, Rotstein, Andrew H., Sexton, Christopher T., Low Choy, Nancy and McCrory, Paul (2017). Self-reported concussion history and sensorimotor tests predict head/neck injuries. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 49 (12), 2385-2393. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000001372
Conference Papers
Tran, K., Shih, E., Yang, V., Sexton, C., El Masoud, B. and Zafar, S. (2019). Assessing inter- and intra-rater reliability of Romexis Compare® software. School of Dentistry Student Research Conference , Brisbane, QLD Australia, 14 November 2019.
Tran, K., Shih, E., Yang, V., Sexton, C., El Masoud, B. and Zafar, S. (2019). Assessing inter- and intra-operator reliability of Romexis Compare® software. Annual Research Day, School of Dentistry, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 23 August 2019.
Zafar, S., Sexton, C. and Siddiqi, A. (2019). Dental students' perceptions on preclinical paediatric dentistry experience gained in Simodont® Haptic Dental Simulator. 4th Meeting of the International Association for Dental Research Asia Pacific Region, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 28-30 November 2019.
Stormon, Nicole, Sexton, Christopher, Peres, Karen and Hong, Chuen Lin (2019). Taking the long view of dental longitudinal research: opportunities, challenges and real world implications. 4th Meeting of the International Association for Dental Research Asia Pacific Region, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 28-30 November 2019.