Research Questionnaires

From time to time the BES is asked if its members can be included in a certain survey/piece of research that an individual/team is undertaking.  Rather than continually contacting our members with these it was agreed to host these on a page of our website.  We would encourage you to participate where possible as all contributions to research will aid the developments of the future.

I am an Orthodontic STR and I am currently completing a research project as part of my training. I would be very grateful if you could kindly disseminate our research survey to the BES members. If you are happy to do so, please could you include the following information in your email:

We are currently undertaking a study investigating the personality traits of orthodontists compared to restorative dentists (including prosthodontists, periodontists, endodontists), paediatric dentists and oral surgeons in the UK. 
Anyone working in one of these specialties from trainee level, specialist to consultant is welcome to participate.

Participation takes around 5 minutes and involves completing a short online questionnaire based on the Big Five Inventory (BFI) - a widely used and scientifically validated tool that measures five key dimensions of personality:

- Openness
- Conscientiousness
- Extraversion
- Agreeableness
- Neuroticism

At the end of the survey, participants will have the opportunity to receive a personalised copy of their results, offering insights into their personality traits. They can also opt in to a prize draw for a chance to win a £100 Amazon voucher as a thank you for their participation.

This research forms part of a Master’s in Research programme at the University of Birmingham, and ethical approval has been granted for the study (ERN_4019-Jul2025).

Here is the link: https://redcap.link/I am an Orthodontic STR and I am currently completing a research project as part of my training. I would be very grateful if you could kindly disseminate our research survey to the BES members. If you are happy to do so, please could you include the following information in your email:

We are currently undertaking a study investigating the personality traits of orthodontists compared to restorative dentists (including prosthodontists, periodontists, endodontists), paediatric dentists and oral surgeons in the UK. 
Anyone working in one of these specialties from trainee level, specialist to consultant is welcome to participate.

Participation takes around 5 minutes and involves completing a short online questionnaire based on the Big Five Inventory (BFI) - a widely used and scientifically validated tool that measures five key dimensions of personality:

- Openness
- Conscientiousness
- Extraversion
- Agreeableness
- Neuroticism

At the end of the survey, participants will have the opportunity to receive a personalised copy of their results, offering insights into their personality traits. They can also opt in to a prize draw for a chance to win a £100 Amazon voucher as a thank you for their participation.

This research forms part of a Master’s in Research programme at the University of Birmingham, and ethical approval has been granted for the study (ERN_4019-Jul2025).

Here is the link: https://redcap.link/BFI44UKdentalresearch

We are very grateful for your time and support.

Dr Olivia Evans, Orthodontic STR
 

Posted 23rd October 2025 

Invitation to participate in research questionnaire, with title:

‘Management of symptomatic teeth with cracks and/or cracked tooth syndrome: 

A questionnaire for dental practitioners.’

Dear colleagues, 

We kindly request 5-7 minutes of your time and help with our research project by responding to our anonymised questionnaire, at the link below:

https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/ABBBCSurvey2024dentauth?surveylanguage=EN

Our Endodontic research group aims to investigate how dental practitioners decide/approach the management of symptomatic cracked teeth.  We have developed a questionnaire to help achieve this aim. 

This questionnaire consists of 10 questions in Section 1 (demographics) and 4 clinical scenario questions in Section 2 (clinical scenarios). The whole questionnaire will take between 5-7 minutes.

Our study complies with the standards and guidelines outlined by the Research Committee, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece and was approved by the Bio-Ethics Committee of the School of Dentistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (number/date of application: 271/22-01-2025, meeting with protocol number 26/29-01-2025).

Should you have any further academic or legal enquiries, please contact Dr Kostas Ioannidis (Asst. Professor in Endodontology, AUTh) via email: konioannidis@dent.auth.gr

Thank you for taking the time to read our research outline and we anticipate your active involvement in our study. Once the study is complete and data analysis is performed, we aim to publish the research outcomes.

Sincere regards,

Mavreta Gioti, Principal Investigator, Final-Year Postgraduate Trainee in Endodontology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

Kostas Ioannidis, Academic Supervisor, Assistant Professor in Endodontology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

Posted 28 May 2025

Dear BES members,

Posted 19th March 2025