Peter Arrow
Adelaide Dental School
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
My major research interests are in the study of the occurrence of oral diseases in children, principally dental caries and dental enamel defects, and undertaking studies to try and improve the oral health of children.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2016 - ongoing Honorary Research Fellow University of Western Australia 2012 - ongoing Adjunct Senior Lecturer University of Adelaide 2012 - ongoing Regional Dental Officer Health Department, Western Australia -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title Curtin University Australia PhD University of Western Australia Australia BDSc Murdoch University Australia MA (Public Policy) -
Certifications
Date Title Institution name Country — MRACDS (Dental Public Health) Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons - — FICD International College of Dentists - -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2025 Tonmukayakul, U., Kularatna, S., Piggott, S., Atkinson, D., Brennan, D., Jamieson, L., & Arrow, P. (2025). Cost-effectiveness of atraumatic restorative treatment combined with the Hall Technique for managing dental caries in remote Indigenous children. Australian Dental Journal, 70(3), 150-159.
Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC22025 Tonmukayakul, U., Kularatna, S., Atkinson, D., Jamieson, L., & Arrow, P. (2025). Cost-Utility Analysis of Treatments for Early Childhood Caries in Remote Aboriginal Communities. Jdr Clinical and Translational Research, 9 pages.
2024 Weerasuriya, S. R., Hettiarachchi, R. M., Kularatna, S., Rohde, A., Arrow, P., Jamieson, L., . . . Senanayake, S. (2024). Comparison of the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale (ECOHIS-4D) and Child Health Utility Index (CHU-9D) in children with oral diseases. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 52(2), 224-231.
Scopus5 WoS5 Europe PMC22024 Amarasinghe, G. S., Kularatna, S., Weerasuriya, S. R., Arrow, P., Jamieson, L., Tonmukayakul, U., & Senanayake, S. (2024). Comparison of the early childhood oral health impact scale (ECOHIS-4D) and EuroQol-5D-Y for measuring oral health-related quality of life utility in children. Quality of Life Research, 34(2), 385-393.
2023 Hettiarachchi, R. M., Arrow, P., Senanayake, S., Carter, H., Brain, D., Norman, R., . . . Kularatna, S. (2023). Developing an Australian utility value set for the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale-4D (ECOHIS-4D) using a discrete choice experiment.. Eur J Health Econ, 24(8), 1285-1296.
Scopus13 WoS13 Europe PMC112023 Arrow, P., Piggott, S., Jamieson, L., Brennan, D., Tonmukayakul, U., Kularatna, S., . . . Nanda, S. (2023). Dental enamel defects and dental caries of primary teeth among Indigenous children in Western Australia.. Australian Dental Journal, 68(1), 35-41.
Scopus1 WoS12023 Arrow, P., Raheb, J., & McInnes, R. (2023). Motivational Interviewing and Childhood Caries: A Randomised Controlled Trial. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(5), 4239.
Scopus2 Europe PMC22023 Jamieson, L., Luzzi, L., Chrisopoulos, S., Roberts, R., Arrow, P., Kularatna, S., . . . Mejia, G. (2023). Oral health, social and emotional wellbeing and economic costs: Study Protocol for a 2nd Australian national child oral health survey. JMIR Research Protocols, 12(1), e52233-1-e52233-7.
Scopus5 WoS4 Europe PMC32023 Jamieson, L., Luzzi, L., Chrisopoulos, S., Roberts, R., Arrow, P., Kularatna, S., . . . Mejia, G. (2023). Oral health, social and emotional wellbeing and economic costs: Study Protocol for a 2nd Australian national child oral health survey (Preprint).
2022 Arrow, P., Piggott, S., Carter, S., McPhee, R., Atkinson, D., Brennan, D. S., . . . Jamieson, L. (2022). Atraumatic restorative treatments and oral health-related quality of life and dental anxiety in Australian Aboriginal children: A cluster-randomized trial. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 50(6), 513-521.
Scopus6 WoS8 Europe PMC32021 Arrow, P., Forrest, H., & Piggott, S. (2021). Minimally Invasive Dentistry: Parent/Carer Perspectives on Atraumatic Restorative Treatments and Dental General Anaesthesia to the Management of Early Childhood Caries. Frontiers in Oral Health, 2, 11 pages.
Scopus7 WoS7 Europe PMC62021 Shiqian Gao, S., Amarquaye, G., Arrow, P., Bansal, K., Bedi, R., Campus, G., . . . Hung Chu, C. (2021). Global Oral Health Policies and Guidelines: Using Silver Diamine Fluoride for Caries Control. Frontiers in Oral Health, 2, 12 pages.
Scopus45 WoS40 Europe PMC342021 Kapellas, K., Hughes, J. T., Cass, A., Maple-Brown, L. J., Skilton, M. R., Harris, D., . . . Jamieson, L. M. (2021). Oral health of Aboriginal people with kidney disease living in Central Australia. BMC Oral Health, 21(1), 50-1-50-9.
Scopus7 WoS5 Europe PMC72021 Kularatna, S., Amilani, U., Senanayake, S., Tonmukayakul, U., Jamieson, L., & Arrow, P. (2021). Developing an early childhood oral health impact-specific health-state classification system for a new preference-based instrument, the ECOHIS-4D.. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol, 50(3), 191-198.
Scopus8 WoS8 Europe PMC62021 Tonmukayakul, U., Forrest, H., & Arrow, P. (2021). Cost-effectiveness analysis of atraumatic restorative treatment to manage early childhood caries: microsimulation modelling. Australian Dental Journal, 66(S1), S63-S70.
Scopus7 WoS8 Europe PMC52021 Piggott, S., Carter, S., Forrest, H., Atkinson, D., Mackean, T., Mcphee, R., & Arrow, P. (2021). Parent perceptions of minimally invasive dental treatment of Australian Aboriginal pre-school children in rural and remote communities.. Rural Remote Health, 21(4), 6862.
Scopus7 WoS8 Europe PMC52021 Arrow, P., Brennan, D., Mackean, T., McPhee, R., Kularatna, S., & Jamieson, L. (2021). Evaluation of the ECOHIS and the CARIES-QC among an Australian “Aboriginal” population. Quality of Life Research, 30(2), 531-542.
Scopus12 WoS10 Europe PMC92020 Arrow, P., Piggott, S., Carter, S., McPhee, R., Atkinson, D., Mackean, T., . . . Jamieson, L. (2020). Atraumatic Restorative Treatments in Australian Aboriginal Communities: A Cluster-randomized Trial. JDR Clinical and Translational Research, 6(4), 430-439.
Scopus12 WoS11 Europe PMC62020 Jamieson, L. M., Sajiv, C., Cass, A., Maple-Brown, L. J., Skilton, M. R., Kapellas, K., . . . Hughes, J. T. (2020). Lessons learned from a periodontal intervention to reduce progression of chronic kidney disease among Aboriginal Australians. BMC Research Notes, 13(1), 1-5.
Scopus3 WoS2 Europe PMC12020 Arrow, P., & Forrest, H. (2020). Atraumatic restorative treatments reduce the need for dental general anaesthesia: a non-inferiority randomized, controlled trial. Australian Dental Journal, 65(2), 158-167.
Scopus17 WoS18 Europe PMC112020 Arrow, P., & Forrest, H. (2020). Atraumatic restorative treatments improve child oral health-related quality of life: A noninferiority randomized controlled trial. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 48(4), 349-356.
Scopus11 WoS10 Europe PMC72019 Kapellas, K., Singh, A., Bertotti, M., Nascimento, G. G., & Jamieson, L. M. (2019). Periodontal and chronic kidney disease association: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Nephrology, 24(2), 202-212.
Scopus61 WoS50 Europe PMC482018 Arrow, P., McPhee, R., Atkinson, D., Mackean, T., Kularatna, S., Tonmukayakul, U., . . . Jamieson, L. (2018). Minimally Invasive Dentistry Based on Atraumatic Restorative Treatment to Manage Early Childhood Caries in Rural and Remote Aboriginal Communities: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. Jmir Research Protocols, 7(7), e10322.
Scopus13 Europe PMC82018 Arrow, P., McPhee, R., Atkinson, D., MacKean, T., Kularatna, S., Tonmukayakul, U., . . . Jamieson, L. (2018). Minimally Invasive Dentistry Based on Atraumatic Restorative Treatment to Manage Early Childhood Caries in Rural and Remote Aboriginal Communities: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint).
2017 Gnanamanickam, E., Teusner, D., Arrow, P., & Brennan, D. (2017). Dental insurance, service use and health outcomes in Australia: a systematic review. Australian Dental Journal, 63(1), 4-13.
Scopus31 WoS28 Europe PMC182017 Arrow, P. (2017). Dental enamel defects, caries experience and oral health-related quality of life: a cohort study. Australian Dental Journal, 62(2), 165-172.
Scopus21 WoS19 Europe PMC142017 Arrow, P., & Klobas, E. (2017). Minimal intervention dentistry for early childhood caries and child dental anxiety: a randomized controlled trial. Australian Dental Journal, 62(2), 200-207.
Scopus13 WoS16 Europe PMC92017 Tonmukayakul, U., & Arrow, P. (2017). Cost-effectiveness analysis of the atraumatic restorative treatment-based approach to managing early childhood caries. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 45(1), 92-100.
Scopus24 WoS23 Europe PMC152016 Arrow, P. (2016). Oral health of schoolchildren in Western Australia. Australian Dental Journal, 61(3), 333-341.
Scopus10 WoS7 Europe PMC72016 Arrow, P., & Klobas, E. (2016). Child oral health-related quality of life and early childhood caries: a non-inferiority randomized control trial. Australian Dental Journal, 61(2), 227-235.
Scopus29 WoS23 Europe PMC202016 Arrow, P. (2016). Restorative outcomes of a minimally invasive restorative approach based on atraumatic restorative treatment to manage early childhood caries: A randomised controlled trial. Caries Research, 50(1), 1-8.
Scopus19 WoS14 Europe PMC122016 Arrow, P. (2016). Responsiveness and sensitivity of the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale to primary dental care for early childhood caries. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 44(1), 1-10.
Scopus20 WoS18 Europe PMC172016 Arrow, P. (2016). Service Use and Perceived Need among an Aboriginal Population in Western Australia. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 27(1A), 90-100.
Scopus2 WoS3 Europe PMC12015 Arrow, P., & Klobas, E. (2015). Evaluation of the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale in an Australian preschool child population. Australian Dental Journal, 60(3), 375-381.
Scopus28 WoS29 Europe PMC172015 Jamieson, L., Skilton, M., Maple-Brown, L., Kapellas, K., Askie, L., Hughes, J., . . . Cass, A. (2015). Periodontal disease and chronic kidney disease among Aboriginal adults; an RCT. BMC Nephrology, 16(1), 181-1-181-8.
Scopus18 WoS16 Europe PMC162015 Arrow, P., & Klobas, E. (2015). Minimum intervention dentistry approach to managing early childhood caries: a randomized control trial. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 43(6), 511-520.
Scopus25 WoS25 Europe PMC162013 Raheb, J., & Arrow, P. (2013). An evaluation of workshop training in motivational interviewing for oral health counsellors. Journal of Contemporary Medical Education, 1(4), 220-224.
2013 Arrow, P. (2013). Child oral health-related quality of life (COHQoL), enamel defects of the first permanent molars and caries experience among children in Western Australia. Community Dental Health, 30(3), 183-188.
Scopus14 WoS12 Europe PMC92013 Arrow, P., Raheb, J., & Miller, M. (2013). Brief oral health promotion intervention among parents of young children to reduce early childhood dental decay. BMC Public Health, 13(1), 1-9.
Scopus65 WoS58 Europe PMC442012 Arrow, P. (2012). A comparison of articaine 4% and lignocaine 2% in block and infiltration analgesia in children. Australian Dental Journal, 57(3), 325-333.
Scopus44 WoS37 Europe PMC322012 Arrow, P., Brennan, D., & Spencer, A. (2012). Social acceptability of dental appearance and benefits of fixed orthodontic treatment: a 17-year observational cohort study. Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 72(2), 135-142.
Scopus6 WoS7 Europe PMC42011 Arrow, P., Brennan, D., & Spencer, A. (2011). Quality of life and psychosocial outcomes after fixed orthodontic treatment: A 17-year observational cohort study. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 39(6), 505-514.
Scopus35 WoS30 Europe PMC222009 Arrow, P. (2009). An unusual healing of a replanted permanent lateral incisor. Australian Dental Journal, 54(1), 57-60.
Scopus4 WoS4 Europe PMC32009 Arrow, P. (2009). Risk factors in the occurrence of enamel defects of the first permanent molars among schoolchildren in Western Australia. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 37(5), 405-415.
Scopus64 WoS61 Europe PMC502008 Arrow, P. (2008). Prevalence of developmental enamel defects of the first permanent molars among school children in Western Australia. Australian Dental Journal, 53(3), 250-259.
Scopus48 WoS43 Europe PMC292007 Arrow, P. (2007). Incidence and progression of approximal carious lesions among school children in Western Australia. Australian Dental Journal, 52(3), 216-226.
Scopus29 WoS29 Europe PMC232005 Arrow, P. (2005). Enamel hypoplasia of the primary dentition in a 4-year-old with intestinal lymphangiectasia. International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, 15(5), 380-384.
Scopus3 Europe PMC22000 Arrow, P. G. (2000). 12.
Cost minimisation analysis of two occlusal caries preventive programmes.. Community Dental Health, 17(2), 85-91.2000 Arrow, P. (2000). Cost minimisation analysis of two occlusal caries preventive programmes. Community Dental Health, 17(2), 85-91.
Scopus13 WoS14 Europe PMC81998 Arrow, P. (1998). Oral hygiene in the control of occlusal caries. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 26(5), 324-330.
Scopus29 WoS30 Europe PMC171997 Arrow, P. (1997). Control of occlusal caries in the first permanent molars by oral hygiene. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 25(4), 278-283.
Scopus9 WoS11 Europe PMC61995 Arrow, P., & Riordan, P. J. (1995). Retention and caries preventive effects of a GIG and a resin‐based fissure sealant. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 23(5), 282-285.
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Book Chapters
Year Citation 2016 Ha, D., Roberts-Thomson, K., Arrow, P., Peres, K., & Do, L. (2016). Children’s oral health status in Australia, 2012-14. In L. Do, & A. Spencer (Eds.), Oral Health of Australian Children The National Child Oral Health Study 2012-14 (pp. 86-154). Adelaide, South Australia: University of Adelaide Press. 2016 Roberts-Thomson, K., Kapellas, K., Ha, D., Jamieson, L., Arrow, P., & Do, L. (2016). Oral health status and behaviours of Indigenous Australian children. In L. Do, & A. Spencer (Eds.), Oral Health of Australian Children The National Child Oral Health Study 2012-14 (pp. 264-287). Adelaide, South Australia: University of Adelaide Press. 2016 Ha, D. H., Roberts-Thomson, K. F., Arrow, P., Peres, K. G., & Do, L. G. (2016). Children’s oral health status in Australia, 2012–14. In Oral health of Australian children: The National Child Oral Health Study 2012–14 (pp. 76-142). University of Adelaide Press.
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Theses
Year Citation 2016 Gnanamanickam, E. S. (2016). Dental insurance, dental service use and health outcomes: effectiveness and cost-effectiveness among Australian adults. (PhD Thesis, University of Adelaide).
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Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2012 - 2016 Co-Supervisor Dental Insurance, Dental Service use and Health Outcomes: Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness among Australian Adults Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Emmanuel Gnanamanickam
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Memberships
Date Role Membership Country 2015 - ongoing Member International College of Dentists Australia 2015 - ongoing Board Member Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons Australia
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