Dr Hanako Suenaga
School of Dentristry / Restorative and Reconstructive Dentistry
Faculty of Medicine and Health(FMH)
Dr Suenaga is a clinical teaching academic at Sydney Dental School holding specialist registrations in both Australia (AHPRA) and Japan, alongside her general dental practice with a track record in academic teaching and leading interdisciplinary clinical research. Her research is focused on developing and implementing innovative dental care strategies to improve systemic health in surgical and/or cancer patients.
Perioperative dentistry:
Her primary research over the past 6years focuses on understanding associations between oral and general health in general surgery patients, specifically looking at post-surgical complications like infections. She has established this research at Westmead Hospital bringing together an international multidisciplinary team of oral microbiologists, clinical academics in dentistry and medicine. Currently she leads a team investigating the relationships between the oral bacteria (microbiome) and surgical outcomes. Her research goal is translational, to develop a preoperative dental care protocol to positively impact surgical outcomes including patient QoL, reduced burden on the health system and lower cost of care.
Bone mechanobiology:
She has also developed strong collaborative research networks with Engineering and Medical researchers with focus of biomechanics and mechanobiological reactions in jawbone. Her team has revealed the impact of removable partial denture design on pressure distribution beneath the denture base. By using NaF positron emission tomography (PET), she has demonstrated change in bone metabolism beneath the denture base due to mechanical loading. With NaF-PET and finite element analysis (FEA), her multidisciplinary team has revealed correlation between bone metabolism and mechanical stimuli induced by denture insertion.
Since her appointment in 2021,her education responsibilities have escalated from face-to-face teaching across multiple clinical programs ranging from undergraduate to postgraduate. This includes Bachelor of Oral Health, Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD), Doctor of Medicine (MD), the specialist training Doctor of Clinical Dentistry (DClinDent) programs. She is undertaking increasingly complex coordination and leadership in teaching roles at Sydney Dental School. Her currency in clinical practice underpins the authenticity of all aspects of herteaching into curriculum content and assessment design in both her roles as DMD 2 Course Coordinator for Introduction to Integrated Clinical Care, and as coordinator for Orofacial Pain curriculum development for DMD1-4.
Publications
Journals
- Suenaga, H., Schifter, M., Chen, N., Ali, F., Byth, K., Peck, C. (2023). Impact of oral/dental disease burden on postoperative infective complications: a prospective cohort study. Clinical Oral Investigations, 27(11), 6461-6470. [More Information]
- Suenaga, H., Iikubo, M., Tamahara, T., Dodo, M., Peck, C., Koseki, T., Harigae, H., Sasaki, K. (2022). Dental care using an oral appliance to support hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for NK/T cell lymphoma, nasal type, with palatal perforation. Journal of Prosthodontic Research, 66(2), 353-356. [More Information]
- Suenaga, H., Aida, J., Kumasaka, A., Shibamoto, A., Sato, S., Shinohara, Y., Hatakeyama, T., Yamaguchi, H., Sasaki, K., Takahashi, T., Peck, C., et al (2022). Impact of Dental Referral Prior to Elective Surgery on Postoperative Outcomes. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association (JAMDA), 23(4), 638-645.e2. [More Information]
2023
- Suenaga, H., Schifter, M., Chen, N., Ali, F., Byth, K., Peck, C. (2023). Impact of oral/dental disease burden on postoperative infective complications: a prospective cohort study. Clinical Oral Investigations, 27(11), 6461-6470. [More Information]
2022
- Suenaga, H., Iikubo, M., Tamahara, T., Dodo, M., Peck, C., Koseki, T., Harigae, H., Sasaki, K. (2022). Dental care using an oral appliance to support hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for NK/T cell lymphoma, nasal type, with palatal perforation. Journal of Prosthodontic Research, 66(2), 353-356. [More Information]
- Suenaga, H., Aida, J., Kumasaka, A., Shibamoto, A., Sato, S., Shinohara, Y., Hatakeyama, T., Yamaguchi, H., Sasaki, K., Takahashi, T., Peck, C., et al (2022). Impact of Dental Referral Prior to Elective Surgery on Postoperative Outcomes. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association (JAMDA), 23(4), 638-645.e2. [More Information]
2018
- Suenaga, H., Tamahara, T., Dodo, M., Murakami, T., Sasaki, S., Ito, K., Jingu, K., Koseki, T., Sasaki, K. (2018). Design of the spacer for brachytherapy using 198Au grain for carcinoma of the tongue as a tool of perioperative oral management. Journal of Prosthodontic Research, 62(4), 518-521. [More Information]
2017
- Yoda, N., Suenaga, H., Sasaki, K. (2017). Consideration of dental prosthesis based on biomechanics and mechanobiology. Annals of Japan Prosthodontic Society, 9(4), 291-296. [More Information]
2016
- Suenaga, H. (2016). A prosthodontic case with late complication of radiotherapy for oropharyngeal cancer. Annals of Japan Prosthodontic Society, 8(1), 74-77. [More Information]
- Suenaga, H., Chen, J., Yamaguchi, K., Sugazaki, M., Li, W., Swain, M., Li, Q., Sasaki, K. (2016). Bone metabolism induced by denture insertion in positron emission tomography. Journal of Oral Rehabilitation, 43(3), 198-204. [More Information]
- Chen, J., Suenaga, H., Hogg, M., Li, W., Swain, M., Li, Q. (2016). Determination of oral mucosal Poisson's ratio and coefficient of friction from in-vivo contact pressure measurements. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 19(4), 357-365. [More Information]
2015
- Chen, J., Ahmad, R., Suenaga, H., Li, W., Swain, M., Li, Q. (2015). A comparative study on complete and implant retained denture Treatments - A biomechanics perspective. Journal of Biomechanics, 48(3), 512-519. [More Information]
- Matsuo, H., Suenaga, H., Takahashi, M., Suzuki, O., Sasaki, K., Takahashi, N. (2015). Deterioration of polymethyl methacrylate dentures in the oral cavity. Dental Materials Journal, 34(2), 234-239. [More Information]
- Suenaga, H., Chen, J., Yamaguchi, K., Li, W., Sasaki, K., Swain, M., Li, Q. (2015). Mechanobiological Bone Reaction Quantified by Positron Emission Tomography. Journal of Dental Research, 94(5), 738-744. [More Information]
2014
- Sato, N., Kuwana, T., Yamamoto, M., Suenaga, H., Anada, T., Koyama, S., Suzuki, O., Sasaki, K. (2014). Bone response to immediate loading through titanium implants with different surface roughness in rats. Odontology, 102(2), 249-258. [More Information]
- Chen, J., Ahmad, R., Swain, M., Li, W., Suenaga, H., Li, Q. (2014). Comparing Contract Pressure Induced by a Conventional Complete Denture and an Implant-Retained Overdenture. Applied Mechanics and Materials, 553(2014), 384-389. [More Information]
- Suenaga, H., Kubo, K., Hosokawa, R., Kuriyagawa, T., Sasaki, K. (2014). Effects of occlusal rest design on pressure distribution beneath the denture base of a distal extension removable partial denture-An in vivo study. International Journal of Prosthodontics, 27(5), 469-471. [More Information]
2012
- Yoda, N., Watanabe, M., Suenaga, H., Kobari, K., Hamada, T., Sasaki, K. (2012). Biomechanical Investigation of the "Non-clasp Denture" Based on the Load Exerted on Abutment Teeth and under the Denture Base. Annals of Japan Prosthodontic Society, 4(2), 183-192. [More Information]
- Suenaga, H., Yokoyama, M., Yamaguchi, K., Sasaki, K. (2012). Bone metabolism of residual ridge beneath the denture base of an RPD observed using NaF-PET/CT. Journal of Prosthodontic Research, 56(1), 42-46. [More Information]
- Suenaga, H., Yokoyama, M., Yamaguchi, K., Sasaki, K. (2012). Time course of bone metabolism at the residual ridge beneath dentures observed using 18F-fluoride positron emission computerized-tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT). Annals of Nuclear Medicine, 26(10), 817-822. [More Information]
2009
- Kubo, K., Kawata, T., Suenaga, H., Yoda, N., Shigemitsu, R., Ogawa, T., Sasaki, K. (2009). Development of in vivo measuring system of the pressure distribution under the denture base of removable partial denture. Journal of Prosthodontic Research, 53(1), 15-21. [More Information]
2008
- Yamakawa, Y., Tamura, T., Shigemitsu, R., Yoda, N., Suenaga, H., Kawata, T., Sasaki, K., Ikeda, K. (2008). Investigation of mechanical behavior of mandibular bone with dental implants: A dental clinical support system. Transactions of the Japan Society for Computational Engineering and Science (Online), , Paper No. 20080014-11. [More Information]