Dr Claudia Lopez Silva
Clinical Lecturer - Special Needs Dentistry & Discipline Lead – Special Needs Dentistry
School of Dentistry
+61 7 336 58096
Journal Articles
See, L., Zafar, S., Fu, D., Ha, D.H., Walsh, L.J. and Lopez Silva, C. (2025). Tooth discoloration from 2 silver fluorides used in adults with special needs: a randomized trial. JDR Clinical and Translational Research, 10 (1), 24-33. doi: 10.1177/23800844241246199
Fung, Cheuk Kee Candy, Ha, Diep Hong, Walsh, Laurence James and Lopez Silva, Claudia Patricia (2024). A pilot study to assess the feasibility of real-time teledentistry in residential aged care facilities. Healthcare, 12 (22) 2216, 1-18. doi: 10.3390/healthcare12222216
Ferris, Laura J., Ludlow, Kristiana, Walker, Nicole, Georgiou, Andrew, Henry, Julie D., Lopez Silva, Claudia, Ha, Diep H., Stormon, Nicole, Walsh, Laurence J., Ivanovski, Saso, Sexton, Christopher, Silveira Schuch, Helena, Tuffaha, Haitham, Zamora, Angelique, Pritchard, Lyndal and Do, Loc G. (2024). Modified Oral Health Assessment Tool (M-OHAT) for residential aged care: A co-design protocol. Healthcare, 12 (19) 1953, 1-10. doi: 10.3390/healthcare12191953
See, Lydia, Zafar, Sobia, Fu, David, Ha, Diep H., Walsh, Laurence J. and Lopez Silva, Claudia (2024). Laser fluorescence assessment of dental caries arrest with two silver fluoride agents in patients with special needs– a preliminary report. Lasers in Medical Science, 39 (1) 96, 1-9. doi: 10.1007/s10103-024-04038-7
Chuang, Janice Cheah Ping, Pradhan, Archana, Walsh, Laurence James and Lopez Silva, Claudia Patricia (2024). Singapore dentists' attitudes toward dental care provision for older adults with disabilities. Gerodontology, 41 (1), 59-67. doi: 10.1111/ger.12685
Sawhney, Seerat, Vu, Theresa, Chen, Fiona, Wong, Kingsley, Zafar, Sobia and Lopez-Silva, Claudia (2023). Association between disability status and dental attendance patterns in Australian children: a national survey. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 51 (3), 443-451. doi: 10.1111/cdoe.12755
Ho, Shenna Yu-En, Walsh, Laurence James, Pradhan, Archana, Yang, Jingrong and Lopez Silva, Claudia Patricia (2023). Perspectives of oral health therapists on the barriers to oral care provision in nursing homes in Singapore: a qualitative analysis. Special Care in Dentistry, 44 (1), 157-165. doi: 10.1111/scd.12833
Toh, Jia R., Wooi, Nadine, Tan, Si N., Wong, Kingsley, Lopez‐Silva, Claudia and Zafar, Sobia (2022). Association between lack of dental service utilisation and caregiver‐reported caries in Australian Indigenous children: A national survey. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 58 (12), 2218-2224. doi: 10.1111/jpc.16192
Ho Yu-En, Shenna, Walsh, Laurence James, Pradhan, Archana, Yang, Jingrong, Chan, Pei Yuan and Lopez Silva, Claudia Patricia (2022). Interprofessional collaboration utilizing oral health therapists in nursing homes: perceptions of oral health therapists and nursing home staff in Singapore. Special Care in Dentistry, 43 (6), 795-805. doi: 10.1111/scd.12765
Lopez Silva, Claudia Patricia, Singh, Ankur, Calache, Hanny, Derbi, Hajer A. and Borromeo, Gelsomina L. (2020). Association between disability status and dental attendance in Australia — a population‐based study. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 49 (1) cdoe.12571, 33-39. doi: 10.1111/cdoe.12571
Lopez Silva, Claudia, Lim, Mathew Albert, Sundaresan, Pritam Daniel and Borromeo, Gelsomina Lucia (2019). Oral management of patients with cancer. Revista Facultad de Odontología Universidad de Antioquia, 31 (1-2), 178-197. doi: 10.17533//udea.rfo.v31n1-2a16
Lopez-Silva, Claudia Patricia (2018). Manejo odontológico de pacientes con necesidades especiales en Colombia. CES Odontología, 31 (2), 64-65. doi: 10.21615/cesodon.31.2.6
Claudia, C., Ju, X., Mejia, G. and Jamieson, L. (2016). The relationship between maternal smoking during pregnancy and parental-reported experience of dental caries in Indigenous Australian children. Community Dental Health, 33 (4), 297-302. doi: 10.1922/CDH_3937Claudia06
Conference Papers
Griffiths, M., Malawkin, A., Hartfiel, E., Lopez-Silva, C. and Zafar, S. (2024). Paediatric and special needs dentists' experiences using social stories when treating autism spectrum disorder patients. UQ School of Dentistry Annual Research Day, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 26 July 2024. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: University of Queensland.
See, L., Zafar, S., Fu, D., Ha, D., Walsh, L.J. and Lopez-Silva, C. (2023). Split mouth comparative study of two silver fluoride protocols for arresting carious lesions and changes in discoloration in adults with special needs. 62nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the IADR ANZ Division, Sydney, NSW Australia, 27-29 September 2023.
See, Lydia, Fu, David, Ha, Diep, Walsh, Laurence, Zafar, Sobia and Lopez Silva, Claudia (2023). Using Silver fluoride in adults with special needs. 2023 FDI World Dental Congress, Sydney, NSW Australia, 24-27 September 2023. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.identj.2023.07.231
Fung, Candy, Lopez Silva, Claudia, Ha, Diep, Walsh, Laurence and Nangle, Matthew (2023). Feasibility study in real-time teledentistry in Residential Aged Care Facilities. 2023 FDI World Dental Congress, Sydney, NSW Australia, 24-27 September 2023. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.identj.2023.07.281
See, Lydia, Zafar, Sobia, Fu, David, Ha, Diep, Walsh, Laurence and Lopz-Silva, Claudia (2023). A split mouth comparative study of two silver fluoride protocols for arresting carious lesions and changes in discoloration in adults with special needs. UQ SoD Research Day, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 28 July 2023.
Zhaoyun, G.C., Huynh, L., Pyun, M., Fu, D., Zafar, S. and Lopez-Silva, C. (2022). Students’ perception of undergraduate education and training in special needs dentistry at an Australian dental school. UQ School of Dentistry Annual Research Day, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 29 July 2022.
Fu, David, Lopez-Silva, Claudia, Walsh, Laurence J. and Pradhan, Archana (2021). Conscious sedation, general anaesthesia for patients with special needs. 109th FDI World Dental Congress, Online, 26-29 September 2021. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.identj.2021.08.012
Chen, Fiona, Sawhney, Seerat, Vu, Cantho, Zafar, Sobia and Lopez-Silva, Claudia (2021). Association between disability status and dental attendance patterns in Australian children. UG Dental Student Conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 11 November 2021.
Ru, Toh Jia, Ning, Tan Si, Fang, Nadine Wooi Jing, Lopez-Silva, Claudia and Zafar, Sobia (2021). Association between lack of dental service utilisation and caregiver-reported caries in Australian Indigenous children: a national survey (Best Presentation Award). UG Dental Student Conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 11 November 2021.