Dr Helena Schuch
Senior Research Fellow
School of Dentistry
Researcher biography
Dr. Helena Schuch is a senior research fellow at the School of Dentistry, University of Queensland.
She is a dentist and an oral epidemiologist with special interest in social epidemiology. Helena is also interested in methods to estimate causal inference and on applying machine learning techniques to predict oral health outcomes.
She completed her PhD in Oral Epidemiology at the University of Adelaide (2018) and is currently in the Editorial Board of Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology.
Qualifications: BDS, MScDent, PhD
Research Interests: Oral health inequalities. Life course epidemiology. Causal inference methods. Machine learning applied to oral health.
Book Chapter
Schuch, Helena Silveira, Sarkis-Onofre, Rafael and Demarco, Flavio Fernando (2021). Scoping reviews . Fundamentos das revisões sistemáticas em saúde. (pp. 1-15) edited by Heitor Marques Honorio and Joel Ferreira Santiago Jr.. São Paulo, Brazil: Editora Santos.
Journal Articles
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
Schuch, H.S., Furtado, M., Chiavegatto Filho, A.D.P. and Elani, H.W. (2024). Changes in Use of Prenatal Dental Care After Brazil’s Incentive Policy. Journal of Dental Research, 103 (9), 863-869. doi: 10.1177/00220345241258459
Karam, Sarah Arangurem, Schuch, Helena Silveira, Demarco, Flávio Fernando, Horta, Bernardo L., Borrell, Luisa N., Celeste, Roger Keller and Correa, Marcos Britto (2024). Differential effect of social mobility on tooth loss by race in adulthood: 1982 Pelotas Birth Cohort Study. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 52 (5), 759-765. doi: 10.1111/cdoe.12975
Serpa, Stéffani, Karam, Sarah Arangurem, Schuch, Helena Silveira, Bielemann, Renata Teixeira, Demarco, Flávio Fernando and Cademartori, Mariana Gonzales (2024). Self-perception of need to replace dentures and oral health-related quality of life : cross-sectional study nested in a Cohort in Southern Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Oral Sciences, 23, e241678. doi: 10.20396/bjos.v23i00.8671678
Araujo, Cinthia Fonseca, Schuch, Helena Silveira, Cademartori, Mariana Gonzalez, Bielemann, Renata Moraes, Bertoldi, Andréa Dâmaso, Tomasi, Elaine, Gonzalez, Maria Cristina and Demarco, Flávio Fernando (2023). Functional dentition and edentulism associated with mortality: a cohort study of older adults in Southern Brazil. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 51 (6), 1209-1215. doi: 10.1111/cdoe.12862
Schuch, Helena Silveira, Furtado, Mariane, Silva, Gabriel Ferreira dos Santos, Kawachi, Ichiro, Chiavegatto Filho, Alexandre D. P. and Elani, Hawazin W. (2023). Fairness of machine learning algorithms for predicting foregone preventive dental care for adults. JAMA Network Open, 6 (11) e2341625, 1-12. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.41625
Haag, Dandara Gabriela, Schuch, Helena Silveira, Nath, Sonia, Baker, Sarah R., Celeste, Roger Keller, Thomson, W. Murray and Jamieson, Lisa M. (2023). Gender inequities in dental research publications: findings from 20 years. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 51 (5), 1045-1055. doi: 10.1111/cdoe.12831
Bastos, J. L., Fleming, E., Haag, D. G., Schuch, H. S., Jamieson, L. M. and Constante, H. M. (2023). The relations between systems of oppression and oral care access in the United States. Journal of Dental Research, 102 (10), 1080-1087. doi: 10.1177/00220345231184181
Bastos, João L., Constante, Helena M., Schuch, Helena S., Haag, Dandara G. and Jamieson, Lisa M. (2023). The mouth as a site of compound injustices: a structural intersectionality approach to the oral health of working-age US adults. American Journal of Epidemiology, 192 (4), 560-572. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwac205
dos Santos Fernandez, M., Schuch, H. S., Araújo, A. B. G. and Goettems, M. L. (2023). Splinting in the management of dental trauma in the primary dentition: a systematic review. European Archives of Paediatric Dentistry, 24 (2), 167-175. doi: 10.1007/s40368-023-00792-4
Moreno-Betancur, Margarita, Lynch, John W., Pilkington, Rhiannon M., Schuch, Helena S., Gialamas, Angela, Sawyer, Michael G., Chittleborough, Catherine R., Schurer, Stefanie and Gurrin, Lyle C. (2023). Emulating a target trial of intensive nurse home visiting in the policy-relevant population using linked administrative data. International Journal of Epidemiology, 52 (1), 119-131. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyac092
Schuch, Helena Silveira, Nascimento, Gustavo Giacomelli, Demarco, Flávio Fernando and Haag, Dandara Gabriela (2023). Causal inference in dentistry: Time to move forward. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 51 (1), 62-66. doi: 10.1111/cdoe.12802
Schuch, Helena S., Cademartori, Mariana G., Dias, Valesca D., Levandowski, Mateus L., Munhoz, Tiago N., Hallal, Pedro C. and Demarco, Flavio F. (2023). Depression and anxiety among the University community during the Covid-19 pandemic: a study in Southern Brazil. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 95 (1) e20220100, 1-16. doi: 10.1590/0001-3765202320220100
Echeverria, Mariana Silveira, Schuch, Helena Silveira, Cenci, Maximiliano Sérgio, Motta, Janaína Vieira dos Santos, Bertoldi, Andrea Dâmaso, Britto Correa, Marcos, Huysmans, Marie-Charlotte D.N.J.M. and Demarco, Flávio Fernando (2023). Early Sugar Introduction Associated with Early Childhood Caries Occurrence. Caries Research, 57 (2), 152-158. doi: 10.1159/000529210
Bastos, João L., Constante, Helena M., Schuch, Helena S., Haag, Dandara G. and Jamieson, Lisa M. (2022). How do state‐level racism, sexism, and income inequality shape edentulism‐related racial inequities in contemporary United States? A structural intersectionality approach to population oral health. Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 82 (S1), 16-27. doi: 10.1111/jphd.12507
Echeverria, M. S., Schuch, H. S., Cenci, M. S., Motta, J. V.S., Bertoldi, A. D., Hallal, P. C. and Demarco, F. F. (2022). Trajectories of sugar consumption and dental caries in early childhood. Journal of Dental Research, 101 (6), 724-730. doi: 10.1177/00220345211068743
Moraes, Rafael R., Cuevas-Suarez, Carlos E., Escalante-Otarola, Wilfredo G., Fernandez, Maria R., Davila-Sanchez, Andres, Grau-Grullon, Patricia, Fernandez, Eduardo, Lopez, Tania M., Grazioli, Guillermo, Arana, Luis A., Rondon, Luis F., Torrez, Willy B., Lima, Giana S., Schuch, Helena S., Correa, Marcos B. and Demarco, Flavio F. (2022). A multi-country survey on the impact of COVID-19 on dental practice and dentists' feelings in Latin America. BMC Health Services Research, 22 (1) 393, 1-12. doi: 10.1186/s12913-022-07792-y
Bastos, João L., Constante, Helena M., Schuch, Helena S., Haag, Dandara G., Nath, Sonia, Celeste, Roger K., Guanizo-Herreño, Carol C., McCallum, Mary J. and Jamieson, Lisa M. (2022). Where are race-based oral health inequities bound? Protocol for a systematic review on interventions to tackle racial injustice in dental outcomes. Systematic Reviews, 11 (1) 41, 1-8. doi: 10.1186/s13643-022-01911-w
Sartori, Letícia Regina Morello, Nóbrega, Kaio Heide Sampaio, Schuch, Helena Silveira, Cademartori, Mariana Gonzalez, de Arruda, José Alcides Almeida, Martins, Manoela Domingues, Schuch, Lauren Frenzel and Vasconcelos, Ana Carolina Uchoa (2022). Temporal trends of women with oral cavity, base of tongue and lip cancers in Brazil: An ecological study covering mortality data from 1980 to 2018. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 51 (2), 236-246. doi: 10.1111/cdoe.12731
Haag, Dandara G., Santiago, Pedro R., Schuch, Helena S., Brennan, David S. and Jamieson, Lisa M. (2022). Is the association between social support and oral health modified by household income? Findings from a national study of adults in Australia. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 50 (6), 484-492. doi: 10.1111/cdoe.12693
Karam, Sarah Arangurem, Schuch, Helena Silveira, Demarco, Flávio Fernando, Barros, Fernando C., Horta, Bernardo L. and Correa, Marcos Britto (2022). Social and racial inequity in self-rated oral health in adults in Southern Brazil. Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 38 (3) e00136921, 1-11. doi: 10.1590/0102-311x00136921
Schuch, Helena S., Peres, Karen G., Haag, Dandara G., Boing, Antonio F. and Peres, Marco A. (2021). The independent and joint contribution of objective and subjective socioeconomic status on oral health indicators. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 50 (6), 570-578. doi: 10.1111/cdoe.12715
Dias, Valesca Doro, Prux, Amanda Toneta, Schuch, Helena Silveira, Cademartori, Mariana Gonzalez, Karam, Sarah Arangurem, Costa, Vanessa Polina Pereira Da, Corrêa, Marcos Britto, Azevedo, Marina Sousa and Demarco, Flávio Fernando (2021). Medo odontológico e saúde bucal: avaliação transversal do ciclo do medo entre universitários brasileiros. Revista da Faculdade de Odontologia de Porto Alegre, 62 (2), 43-54. doi: 10.22456/2177-0018.110685
de Oliveira, Luísa J. C., Cademartori, Mariana G., Schuch, Helena S., Barros, Fernando C., Silveira, Mariângela F., Correa, Marcos B. and Demarco, Flávio F. (2021). Periodontal disease and preterm birth: findings from the 2015 Pelotas birth cohort study. Oral Diseases, 27 (6), 1519-1527. doi: 10.1111/odi.13670
Henzel, Larissa Tavares, Silveira, Mateus Costa, Karam, Sarah Arangurem, Schuch, Helena Silveira, Cademartori, Mariana Gonzalez, Correa, Marcos Britto and Demarco, Flávio Fernando (2021). Iniquidades socioeconômicas na saúde bucal de estudantes universitários do sul do Brasil. Revista da Faculdade de Odontologia de Porto Alegre, 62 (1), 33-43. doi: 10.22456/2177-0018.109536
Silveira, Ethieli R., Cademartori, Mariana G., Schuch, Helena S., Corrêa, Marcos B., Ardenghi, Thiago M., Armfield, Jason, Horta, Bernardo L. and Demarco, Flavio F. (2021). The vicious cycle of dental fear at age 31 in a birth cohort in Southern Brazil. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 49 (4), 354-361. doi: 10.1111/cdoe.12609
Franco, Marina Christ, Rice, Danielle B., Schuch, Helena Silveira, Dellagostin, Odir Antonio, Cenci, Maximiliano Sérgio and Moher, David (2021). The impact of gender on scientific writing: An observational study of grant proposals. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 136, 37-43. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2021.01.018
Haag, D., Schuch, H., Ha, D., Do, L. and Jamieson, L. (2021). Oral health inequalities among Indigenous and non-Indigenous children. JDR Clinical and Translational Research, 6 (3) ARTN 2380084420939040, 317-323. doi: 10.1177/2380084420939040
Silveira, Ethieli Rodrigues, Cademartori, Mariana Gonzalez, Schuch, Helena Silveira, Armfield, Jason A. and Demarco, Flavio Fernando (2021). Estimated prevalence of dental fear in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Dentistry, 108 103632, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.jdent.2021.103632
Silveira Schuch, Helena, Venâncio Fernandes Dantas, Raquel, Menezes Seerig, Lenise, S. Santos, Iná, Matijasevich, Alícia, Barros, Aluísio J.D., Glazer Peres, Karen, Peres, Marco Aurélio and Demarco, Flávio Fernando (2021). Socioeconomic inequalities explain the association between source of drinking water and dental caries in primary dentition. Journal of Dentistry, 106 103584, 103584. doi: 10.1016/j.jdent.2021.103584
Almeida, Fernanda Vieira, Costa, Vanessa Polina Pereira da, Schuch, Helena Silveira and Goettems, Marília Leão (2021). Prevention and Management of Dental Trauma in Primary Teeth in the Context of the COVID-19: A Critical Literature Review. Pesquisa Brasileira em Odontopediatria e Clínica Integrada, 21. doi: 10.1590/pboci.2021.161
Schuch, Helena S, Haag, Dandara G, Bastos, João Luiz, Paradies, Yin and Jamieson, Lisa M (2020). Intersectionality, racial discrimination and oral health in Australia. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 49 (1), 87-94. doi: 10.1111/cdoe.12581
Echeverria, Mariana Silveira, Silva, Alexandre Emidio Ribeiro, Agostini, Bernardo Antônio, Schuch, Helena Silveira and Demarco, Flávio Fernando (2020). Regular use of dental services among university students in southern Brazil. Revista de Saúde Pública, 54 85. doi: 10.11606/s1518-8787.2020054001935
Jamieson, Lisa, Haag, Dandara, Schuch, Helena, Kapellas, Kostas, Arantes, Rui and Thomson, W. Murray (2020). Indigenous oral health inequalities at an international level: A commentary. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17 (11) 3958, 3958. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17113958
Nascimento, Gustavo G., Seerig, Lenise M., Schuch, Helena S., Horta, Bernardo L., Peres, Karen G., Peres, Marco A., Corrêa, Marcos B. and Demarco, Flavio F. (2020). Income at birth and tooth loss due to dental caries in adulthood: the 1982 Pelotas birth cohort. Oral Diseases, 26 (7), 1494-1501. doi: 10.1111/odi.13373
dos Santos Costa, Francine, Agostini, Bernardo Antonio, Schuch, Helena Silveira, Britto Correa, Marcos, Goettems, Marília Leão and Demarco, Flávio Fernando (2019). Parent-child interaction and stimulation in early life can be related to caries in primary dentition? Hypotheses from a life-course approach. Medical Hypotheses, 130 109291. doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2019.109291
Schuch, Helena Silveira, Nascimento, Gustavo G., Peres, Karen Glazer, Mittinty, Murthy N., Demarco, Flavio Fernando, Correa, Marcos Britto, Gigante, Denise Petrucci, Horta, Bernardo Lessa, Peres, Marco Aurelio and Do, Loc Giang (2019). The controlled direct effect of early-life socioeconomic position on periodontitis in a birth cohort. American Journal of Epidemiology, 188 (6), 1101-1108. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwz054
Lorenzo-Erro, Susana Margarita, Massa, Fernando, Álvarez-Vaz, Ramón, Schuch, Helena Silveira, Correa, Marcos Britto and Peres, Marco Aurélio (2018). The role of contextual and individual factors on periodontal disease in Uruguayan adults. Brazilian Oral Research, 32 e62. doi: 10.1590/1807-3107bor-2018.vol32.0062
Schuch, Helena S., Peres, Karen G., Demarco, Flavio F., Horta, Bernardo L., Gigante, Denise P., Peres, Marco A. and Do, Loc G. (2018). Effect of life-course family income trajectories on periodontitis: birth cohort study. Journal of Clinical Periodontology, 45 (4), 394-403. doi: 10.1111/jcpe.12845
Conde, M. C. M., Chisini, L. A., Sarkis-Onofre, R., Schuch, H. S., Nör, J. E. and Demarco, F. F. (2017). A scoping review of root canal revascularization: relevant aspects for clinical success and tissue formation. International Endodontic Journal, 50 (9), 860-874. doi: 10.1111/iej.12711
Armfield, Jason M., Crego, Antonio, Schuch, Helena S. and Luzzi, Liana (2017). The role of cognitions in short-term temporal changes in dental fear among Australian adults: the role of cognitions in dental fear change. Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 78 (1), 32-40. doi: 10.1111/jphd.12232
Schuch, Helena Silveira, Peres, Karen G., Singh, Ankur, Peres, Marco A. and Do, Loc G. (2017). Socioeconomic position during life and periodontitis in adulthood: a systematic review. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 45 (3), 201-208. doi: 10.1111/cdoe.12278
Schuch, Helena S, Haag, Dandara G, Kapellas, Kostas, Arantes, Rui, Peres, Marco A, Thomson, W M and Jamieson, Lisa M (2017). The magnitude of Indigenous and non-Indigenous oral health inequalities in Brazil, New Zealand and Australia. Community dentistry and oral epidemiology, 45 (5), 434-441. doi: 10.1111/cdoe.12307
Silveira Schuch, Helena and Giang Do, Loc (2017). School-based oral hygiene education program has long-term positive effects on oral health indicators. Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice, 17 (1), 65-67. doi: 10.1016/j.jebdp.2017.01.002
Simões, Roberto Cuchiara, Goettems, Marília Leão, Schuch, Helena Silveira, Torriani, Dione Dias and Demarco, Flávio Fernando (2017). Impact of malocclusion on oral health-related quality of life of 8-12 years old schoolchildren in Southern Brazil. Brazilian dental journal, 28 (1), 105-112. doi: 10.1590/0103-6440201701278
Singh, Ankur, Harford, Jane, Schuch, Helena S., Watt, Richard G. and Peres, Marco A. (2016). Theoretical basis and explanation for the relationship between area-level social inequalities and population oral health outcomes - A scoping review. SSM - Population Health, 2, 451-462. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2016.06.001
Laguzzi, Patricia Nicola, Schuch, Helena Silveira, Medina, Lucy Derrégibus, de Amores, Andrea Rodríguez, Demarco, Flavio Fernando and Lorenzo, Susana (2015). Tooth loss and associated factors in elders: results from a national survey in uruguay. Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 76 (2), 143-151. doi: 10.1111/jphd.12123
Schuch, Helena Silveira, dos Santos Costa, Francine, Torriani, Dione Dias, Demarco, Flávio Fernando and Goettems, Marília Leão (2015). Oral health-related quality of life of schoolchildren: Impact of clinical and psychosocial variables. International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, 25 (5), 358-365. doi: 10.1111/ipd.12118
Boscato, Noeli, Schuch, Helena S, Grasel, Claudia E and Goettems, Marilia L (2015). Differences of oral health conditions between adults and older adults: a census in a Southern Brazilian city. Geriatrics and Gerontology International, 16 (9), 1014-1020. doi: 10.1111/ggi.12588
Schuch, H. S., Peres, K. G., Do, L. G. and Peres, M. A. (2015). Can socioeconomic trajectories during the life influence periodontal disease occurrence in adulthood? Hypotheses from a life-course perspective. Medical Hypotheses, 84 (6), 596-600. doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2015.03.011
Schuch, Helena Silveira, Correa, Marcos Britto, Torriani, Dione Dias, Demarco, Flávio Fernando and Goettems, Marília Leão (2015). Perceived dental pain: Determinants and impact on brazilian schoolchildren. Journal of Oral and Facial Pain and Headache, 29 (2), 168-176. doi: 10.11607/ofph.1414
Goettems, Marília Leão, Schuch, Helena Silveira, Demarco, Flávio Fernando, Ardenghi, Thiago Machado and Torriani, Dione Dias (2014). Impact of dental anxiety and fear on dental care use in Brazilian women. Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 74 (4), 310-316. doi: 10.1111/jphd.12060
Goettems, Marília Leão, Schuch, Helena Silveira, Hallal, Pedro Curi, Torriani, Dione Dias and Demarco, Flávio Fernando (2014). Nutritional status and physical activity level as risk factor for traumatic dental injuries occurrence: A systematic review. Dental Traumatology, 30 (4), 251-258. doi: 10.1111/edt.12102
Baldissera, Rudimar A., Corrêa, Marcos B., Schuch, Helena S., Collares, Kauê, Nascimento, Gustavo G., Jardim, Patrícia S., Moraes, Rafael R., Opdam, Niek J.M. and Demarco, Flávio F. (2013). Are there universal restorative composites for anterior and posterior teeth?. Journal of Dentistry, 41 (11), 1027-1035. doi: 10.1016/j.jdent.2013.08.016
Schuch, Helena Silveira, Goettems, Marília Leão, Correa, Marcos Britto, Torriani, Dione Dias and Demarco, Flávio Fernando (2013). Prevalence and treatment demand after traumatic dental injury in South Brazilian schoolchildren. Dental Traumatology, 29 (4), 297-302. doi: 10.1111/edt.12003
Goettems, Marília Leão, Azevedo, Marina Sousa, Correa, Marcos Britto, Da Costa, Catiara Terra, Wendt, Flávia Priescht, Schuch, Helena Silveira, Bonow, Maria Laura Menezes, Romano, Ana Regina and Torriani, Dione Dias (2012). Dental trauma occurrence and occlusal characteristics in Brazilian preschool children. Pediatric Dentistry, 34 (2), 104-107.
Correa, Marcos Britto, Schuch, Helena Silveira, Collares, Kauê, Torriani, Dione Dias, Hallal, Pedro Curi and Demarco, Flavio Fernando (2010). Survey on the occurrence of dental trauma and preventive strategies among Brazilian professional soccer players. Journal of Applied Oral Science, 18 (6), 572-576. doi: 10.1590/S1678-77572010000600007