Dr S Parker, BSc, MPhil (Leeds), PhD

Lecturer

Biography

Sandra Parker graduated with an upper second in Ceramics in 1973 followed by an MPhil,"Clay Coatings for the protection of Metals from Corrosive Liquids" in 1978, both from Leeds University.  In 1977 she started work for the old LHMC as a research assistant on an MRC grant to develop new denture soft lining materials.  In 1982 she obtained her PhD entitled “The Development and Evaluation of New Elastomeric Prosthetic Materials" from the University of London.  In 1983 she became a lecturer in the Dental Materials through the “new blood” lecturer scheme.  From 1993-6 she was in charge of the day-to-day running of the NIH grant “Development and evaluation of denture soft lining materials” supervising a research assistant who obtained his PhD in 1997.  In 1996 she became co-ordinator of Project 8 Soft Prosthesis Materials, part of the Dental Applications Programme of the Interdiciplinary Reseach Centre for Biomedical Materials, in the same year also became an IRC core staff member.  She became thread convener for dental materials science teaching in the undergraduate Dental course in 2001 and also organises postgraduate teaching. 

Publications:

Key Publications

S. Parker and M. Braden, "Water absorption of methacrylate soft lining materials." Biomaterials, 10 : 91-95 (1989).

S. Parker and M. Braden, "The effect of composition on the gelation of tissue conditioners." Biomaterials 17 : 1827-1832, (1996)

S. Parker, P.D. Riggs, M. Braden, S. Kalachandra and D.F. Taylor, "Water uptake of soft lining materials from osmotic solutions." J. Dent. 25 : 297-304, (1997)

P.D. Riggs, S. Parker, M. Braden, S. Kalachandra and D.F. Taylor, "The influence of additives on the water uptake of silicone rubbers." Biomaterials. 18 : 721-726, (1997).

S. Parker, M. Braden and D.M. Martin, "Soft acrylic resin materials containing a polymerisable plasticiser I: mechanical properties.", Biomaterials 19: 1695-1701, 1998.

S. Parker and M. Braden, “The effect of particle size on the gelation of tissue conditioners.” Biomaterials . 22: 2039-2042, 2001

S.N. Nazhat, S. Parker, P.D. Riggs and M. Braden, “Blends of isoprene/styrene/methacrylate monomer systems as denture soft lining materials:” Biomaterials, 22: 2087-2093, 2001.

S.N. Nazhat, S. Parker, M.P. Patel and M. Braden. “Development and characterisation of isoprene-styrene copolymer elastomer and tetrahydrofurfuryl methacrylate mixtures for soft prosthetic applications.” Biomaterials, 22: 2411-2416, 2001.

P.D. Riggs, S. Parker, M. Braden “Development of butyl elastomer/methacrylate monomer systems as denture soft lining materials.” Biomaterials, 23: 915-920, 2002.

S Parker, I Meththananda, M Braden and GJ Pearson “Characterisation of experimental silicones” J. Mater. Sci.: Mat. In Med. 17: 1255-1258, 2006.

Publications since 2001

P.D. Riggs, S. Parker, M. Braden and S. Kalachandra, “Development of novel elastomer/methacrylate monomer soft lining materials.” J. Mater. Sci.: Mater in Med. 12: 359-364, 2001.

S. Parker and M. Braden, “The effect of particle size on the gelation of tissue conditioners.” Biomaterials . 22: 2039-2042, 2001

S.N. Nazhat, S. Parker, P.D. Riggs and M. Braden, “Blends of isoprene/styrene/methacrylate monomer systems as denture soft lining materials.” Biomaterials, 22: 2087-2093, 2001.

S.N. Nazhat, S. Parker, M.P. Patel and M. Braden. “Development and characterisation of isoprene-styrene copolymer elastomer and tetrahydrofurfuryl methacrylate mixtures for soft prosthetic applications.” Biomaterials, 22: 2411-2416, 2001.

P.D. Riggs, S. Parker, M. Braden “Development of butyl elastomer/methacrylate monomer systems as denture soft lining materials.” Biomaterials, 23: 915-920, 2002.

SN Nazhat, S Parker, M Braden “Silica-filled elastomer/methacrylate systems as soft liners” J. Biomat Sci, Poly Ed, 15: 727-739, 2004.

T Takamata, J Otogoto, I Kurasawa, S Nagasawa, S Parker “Laboratory evaluation of 10 permanent soft lining materials and some clinical observations.” Matsumoto Shigaku, 30: 143-153, 2004.

S Parker, I Meththananda, M Braden and GJ Pearson “Characterisation of experimental silicones” J. Mater. Sci.: Mat. In Med. 17: 1255-1258, 2006.

G Rodger, RL Taylor, S Parker and J Verran “Microbial contamination on dental impressions arriving at commercial dental laboratory.” Quintessence J Dent Tech, 4: 334-343, 2006

Research interests:

Research interests centre round the development of novel elastomeric materials for maxillofacial and other biomedical applications. Specific materials include soft acrylics containing a polymerisable plasticiser, novel elastomer/methacrylate blends, silicones and dental tissue conditioners (compliant, viscoelastic polymer gels).  The main goal is to increase the functional lifetime by investigating the chemical and physical effect of environment on the materials and composition/property interaction (including cell interaction).