Dr Minan Al-Ezzi, BDS, MSc., PhD (Lond), AFHEA.

Profile

Minan Al-Ezzi is an Academic Lecturer in two dental schools in the UK. She received her dental education at the University of Baghdad/Iraq in 1999. Thereafter, she was funded to do her MSc in Preventive and Community Dentistry at the same university in 2005. This was followed by granting her a scholarship to complete her PhD at QMUL/UK in 2018.

Minan has a teaching passion and had lectured nationally and internationally. In research, she has co-authored a number of peer-reviewed published articles. She is also an Editorial member and reviewer in a number of international peer-reviewed journals. Her clinical PhD was focused on assessing the quality of life in a group of patients with Sjӧgren’s Syndrome and the impact of this condition on the senses of smell and taste, and the sexual function in these patients. Her MSc clinical trial had investigated the antimicrobial properties of tea extract in preventing dental caries. Minan had presented her research in national and international scientific meetings where she was awarded a research prize at the British Sjӧgren’s Syndrome Association annual meeting in Swindon in 2016.

Centre: Teaching and Innovation

Teaching

Lecturer in the Restorative Department/ Clinical Skills Lab

Research

Research Interests:

Research interest: Sjӧgren’s Syndrome, dry mouth, smell and taste dysfunction, sexual function, herbal extract effect in preventing dental caries, systematic review and meta-analysis, Evidence Based Dentistry.

Publications

1. Al-Ezzi M, Tappuni AR, Khan KS. The impact of Sjӧgren's syndrome on the quality of sexual life of female patients in the UK: a controlled analysis. Rheumatol Int. 2021 Mar 10. doi: 10.1007/s00296-021-04830-6. Online ahead of print.PMID: 33688999.
2. Minan Al-Ezzi, Khalid Khan, Anwar R Tappuni. Is the taste acuity affected by oral dryness in primary Sjögren’s Syndrome patients? Oral Dis. 19 December 2019. https://doi.org/10.1111/odi.13259.
3. Tappuni, AR; Seoudi, N; Alwaheb, A; Baysan, A; Al-Mizrakchi, A; AL-Ezzi, M. Black and Green Tea Antimicrobial Effect on Mutans Streptococci and Lactobacilli. JODR. 5(1) April 2018, p: 36-54.
4. Al-Ezzi MY, Pathak N, Tappuni AR, Khan KS. Primary Sjögren's Syndrome Impact on Smell, Taste, Sexuality and Quality of life in Female Patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Mod Rheumatol. Nov 2016. 1-17 20.
5. Lamia I Sood, Minan Y. H. Al-Ezzy, Ameena R Diajil. Correlation Between Streptococcus mutans and Salivary IgA in Relation to Some Oral Parameters in Saliva of Children, J Bagh College Dentistry, 26 (1) 2014.
6. Mushtak T. Al-Ouqaili, Sawsan Q Al-Quhli, Minan Y Al-Izzy. The Role of milleri Streptococci in the Formation of Cariogenic Biofilm: bacteriological aspects. 4 (3) 2011, p: 165-172. JJBS.
7. Minan Y. H. Al-Izzy. Antimicrobial Effects of Aqueous and Alcoholic Extract of Peganum Harmala L. seeds on Two Types of Salivary Isolated Microorganisms in Al-Ramadi City. JKAU Med. Sci.17 (4) 2010, p: 3-17.