Staff profile

Mr Ron JM Knevel

Senior Lecturer, Third Year Coordinator

Faculty of Health Sciences

La Trobe Rural Health School
Department of Dentistry and Oral Health

H305, Bendigo

 

Qualifications

MEd (Amsterdam), B Health (Amsterdam)

Membership of professional Associations

DHAA, ADOTHA, IFDH

Area of study

Oral health

Brief Profile

 Ron Knevel has been a lecturer in Dental Hygiene since 1986. He worked at Academic Centre of Dentistry in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, School for Oral Health Care professionals, as lecturer and pre-clinical and clinical coordinator, international coordinator and as a curriculum coordinator. Next to his work as a lecturer and clinical demonstrator he has worked in general practice and at the department of periodontology of ACTA. He has been an invited speaker on several national and international conferences in the US, Europe, Asia and Australia (including Europerio and the International Symposium on Dental Hygiene). He is a member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Dental Hygiene and Dental Health (the Journal of the British Society of Dental Hygiene and Therapy).  In 2008 he received the Dutch Dental Hygienist Award from the Dutch Society of Periodontology (2008) for contributions to the promotion of oral health on a national and international level. He is the founder and chair of the Buddhi Bangara Foundation to promote and develop sustainable oral health promotion activities in Nepal. He  is a cofounder of  the Dental Hygienists Association Nepal. He developed several website about oral hygiene techniques/non surgical periodontal instrumentation techniques. He has been a writer of chapters in books. He is writer and cowriter of several international publications in scientific journals.

Since 2009 he works as a senior lecturer at La Trobe University. He is the 3rd year coordinator of the Bachelor of Oral Health Sciences. He established an Oral Health Promotion Training Centre in Dhangadi West-Nepal in October 2010 (3 year project). In January 2011 he became an honorary member of the Dental Hygienists Association Nepal. 

 

 

Research specialisation

- Global health

Teaching Units

ORH3CPE

ORH3CPF

Recent Publications

Articles in peer reviewed journals

Clinical case study: tooth sensitivity. Knevel R. Journal of Victorian Dental and Oral Health Therapy Association. Nov 2010, 17-18

Training rural women to improve access to oral health awareness programmes in remote villages in Nepal, Knevel R. Int J Dent Hygiene 2010 Nov; (8), 4-286-293.

Oral health education in Nepal, part 2, Knevel R. Dental Health, 2010, june, 49 (3):4-6

Oral health education in Nepal, part 1, Knevel R. Dental Health, 2010, april 49 (3):3-5

Role and models for compensation of tobacco use prevention and cessation by oral helath professionals, Crail J, Lahtinen A, Beck-Mannagetta J, Benzian H, Enmark B, Jenner J, Knevel R, Lulic M, Wickholm S. Int Dent J. 2010 Feb:60 (1): 73-9.

Dental Hygiene Education in Nepal, Knevel R, Lucak-Donsberger C, Int J Dent Hygiene 2009 Feb: 7 (1):3-9

Buddhi Bangara Project on Oral Promotion: a 3-5 year collaborative programme combining support, education and research in Nepal. Knevel R, Neupane S, Shressta B, de Mey L. Int J Dent Hygiene 2008 Nov; 6(4):337-46

Tooth wear. Knevel R, Woord J. Int J Dent Hygiene 2007; 5 (3):195-196.

Theoretical and practical considerations for the development of online collaborative learning for dental hygiene students. Gussy M, Knevel R, Sigurdson V, Karlberg G. Int J Dent Hygiene 2006; 4 (3): 154-159

Continuing education of tobacco use cessation (TUC) for dentists and dental hygienists. Wickholm S, McEwen A, Fried J, Janda M, Knevel R, Ladrach E, Persson L. Oral Health Prev Dent 2006; 4 (1);61-70

 Dental Hygienists on top of the world:supporting oral health education in Nepal. Knevel R, Int J Dent Hygiene 2005; 3 (4):205-212

 

Conference papers/presentations

The curriculum development of a dental hygiene programme in Nepal. Knevel R. 1st International meeting of Dental Hygiene Educators, Kathmandu, January 2011.

Training of rural women in Nepal to provide oral health promotion. Knevel R. International Symposium on Dental Hygiene, Glasgow, July 2010.

New Concepts in Patient Communication. Knevel R. Dental Hygiene Conference VPM, VPM conference,  Amsterdam, February 2010.

Diagnosis and risk assessment: what is relevant for a proper therapeutic approach. Knevel R. Europerio, European Society of Periodontology conference, July 2009.

International cooperation between NGO's in Nepal. Knevel R. International week, Tokyo Dental College, November 2008.

The development of an oral health promotion programme in Nepal with a focus on sustainability. Knevel R. Dental Hygiene Symposium ISAVE, Povoa de Lanhosa, August 2008.

Periodontal instrumentation techniques and new approaches in risk assessment. Knevel R. Dental Hygiene Symposium ISAVE, Povoa de Lanhosa, August 2008.

Motivational interviewing and behaviour changes.Knevel R. Prague Dental Days, conference, Prague, June 2008.

An international collaborative web based learning programme. Gussy M, Knevel R, Sigurdson V, Karlberg G. International Symposium on Dental Hygiene, June 2007.

Older Publications

Articles in peer reviewed journals

Clinical Case Study, Knevel R, Dekker K. Int J Dent Hygiene 2007;5 (1):63-64

Clinical Case Study, Knevel R, Woord J. Int J Dent Hygiene 2006; 4 (1): 56-57

Clinical Case Study, Knevel R, Dekker K. Int J Dent Hygiene 2005; 3 (1): 49-51

Clinical Case Study, Dekker K, Knevel R. Int J Dent Hygiene 2004; 2 (4): 196-198

Tonguepiercing part II, Knevel R, Kuijkens A. Int J Dent Hygiene 2004; 2 (3): 145-146

Tonguepiercing part II, Knevel R, Kuijkens A. Int J Dent Hygiene 2004; 2 (2): 98-100

Clinical Case Study, Kuijkens A, Knevel R. Int J Dent Hygiene 2004; 2 (1): 50-51

Clinical Case Study, Knevel R, Kuijkens A. Int J Dent Hygiene 2003; 1 (4): 98-100

Is your knowledge up to date, a clinical case study. Knevel R, Kuijkens A. Int J Dent Hygiene 2003; 1 (3): 183

Case history. Knevel R, Kuijkens A. Int J Dent Hygiene 2003; 1 (2): 124-125

Is your knowledge up to date, a clinical case study. Knevel R, Kuijkens A. Int J Dent Hygiene 2003; 1 (1): 74

 

Conference papers/presentations

Oral health in Nepal. Knevel R.  First conference of Dental Hygienists in Nepal. Kathmandu, May 2006.

Do you offer your patients the best care? Suvan J, Hovius M, Ohrn K, Knevel R. Europerio, European Society of Periodontology conference, July 2006.

How to obtain a reliable medical history? Knevel R. National meeting of the Slovakian Dental Hygienists Association, Presov, May 2004.

International collaboration for dental hygiene schools, future challenges. Knevel R. International Symposium on Dental Hygiene, Sydney, June 2001.