Rate My Professor Sarah Chaw

Dr. Sarah Chaw is a Clinical Associate Lecturer in the School of Dentistry at the University of Queensland, where she contributes to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in Oral Medicine and Pathology. She earned her Bachelor of Dental Science with first-class honours from the University of Queensland, receiving multiple academic and research awards during her studies. She completed specialist training with a Doctor of Clinical Dentistry in Oral Medicine from the same institution. Dr. Chaw is a registered specialist in Oral Medicine, holding Fellowship of the Oral Medicine Academy of Australasia (FOMAA) and Membership of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons in the Special Field Stream of Oral Medicine (MRACDS Oral Med). Her academic career at UQ includes active involvement in clinical education and research within the Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences.

Dr. Chaw's research specializations centre on oral medicine, encompassing orofacial pain, temporomandibular disorders, mucosal and mucocutaneous diseases, potentially malignant disorders, oral oncology, and dental sleep medicine. She has authored or co-authored several key publications, including book chapters in Oral Medicine: A Clinical Guide such as 'Post-traumatic trigeminal neuropathic pain' (2024), 'Other orofacial neuropathies' (2024, with Anura Ariyawardana), 'Actinic cheilitis' (2024, with Neil Savage), and 'Benign Mucosal Lesions' (2023, with Anura Ariyawardana). Notable journal articles include 'Dry mouth effects from drugs used for depression, anxiety, schizophrenia and bipolar mood disorder in adults: systematic review' (2023, BJPsych Open, with Cherilyn Xue Wei Teoh et al.), 'Cemento-osseous dysplasia: re-visited' (2019, International Journal of Dental Research and Oral Health, with Dayea Oh et al.), 'Central calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumour in the posterior maxilla: a case report' (2016, Australian Dental Journal, with A. Zhang et al.), and 'Epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) biomarkers – E-cadherin, beta-catenin, APC and Vimentin – in oral squamous cell carcinogenesis and transformation' (2012, Oral Oncology, with A. Abdul Majeed et al.). She serves as a reviewer for peer-reviewed journals and maintains a private practice at Queensland Oral Medicine, focusing on the full spectrum of oral medicine diagnoses and management. Her work demonstrates impact in advancing clinical understanding of oral pathologies and psychotropic-induced oral effects.