Hanna Ahonen

Assistant Professor
Department of odontology and oral health , School of Health and Welfare
Presentation Publications

Hanna Ahonen is a registered Dental Hygienist and work at the department of Odontology and Oral Health. She has a Master's Degree in Oral Health Sciences and in June 2022 she defended her doctoral thesis with the title “The multifaceted concept of oral health- studies on a Swedish general population and perspectives of persons with experience of long-term CPAP-treated obstructive sleep apnea”. The project aimed to study oral health in two populations; one general adult population and one specific population of adults diagnosed with hypertension and obstructive sleep apnea. 

Oral health is an essential part of our general health and well-being. In 2016/17, World Dental federation proposed an new definition of oral health accompanied by a theoretical framework to describe oral health, its driving determinants, moderating factors and the connection with general health and well-being. The theoretical framework was set as the basis for exploration for included studies in the doctoral thesis. 

Hanna's research area is Oral Health with a special interest in the connections among general and oral health with a focus on sleep medicine, but also public dental health. 

Article

Ahonen, H., Berggren, K., Kvarnvik, C., Sunnergren, O., Lindmark, U., Broström, A., Stensson, M. (2025). Prevalence of dental caries in persons with or without long-term experience of positive airway pressure-treated obstructive sleep apnoea International Journal of Dental Hygiene. More information
Berggren, K., Ahonen, H., Lindmark, U., Broström, A., Sunnergren, O. (2025). Clinical Insights Regarding Oral Health Among Untreated and Positive Airway Pressure Treated Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients Journal of Sleep Research. More information
Kramer, A., Wright, B., Berggren, K., Lundsbakken, L., Hopkins, K., Ahonen, H., Lindmark, U. (2024). Impact of a Case-Based Sleep Apnoea Education on the Knowledge, Attitudes and Confidence of Dental Hygiene Students: A Multicentre Intervention Study International Journal of Dental Hygiene. More information
Kvarnvik, C., Ahonen, H., Jansson, H., Broström, A., Stensson, M., Sayardoust, S. (2024). Clinical and radiographic periodontal status in hypertensive patients with or without obstructive sleep apnea 10 years after diagnosis and CPAP initiation Clinical and Experimental Dental Research, 10(2). More information
Sunnergren, O., Ahonen, H., Holmstrom, M., Broström, A. (2023). Active anterior rhinomanometry: A study on nasal airway resistance, paradoxical reactions to decongestion, and repeatability in healthy subjects Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology (LIO), 8(5), 1136-1145. More information
Ahonen, H., Neher, M., Fransson, E., Broström, A., Lindmark, U. (2023). Views on oral health determinants as described by persons with continuous positive airway pressure-treated obstructive sleep apnoea: a qualitative study BMC Oral Health, 23(1). More information
Ahonen, H., Pakpour, A., Norderyd, O., Broström, A., Fransson, E., Lindmark, U. (2022). Applying World Dental Federation Theoretical Framework for Oral Health in a General Population International Dental Journal, 72(4), 536-544. More information
Ahonen, H., Broström, A., Fransson, E., Neher, M., Lindmark, U. (2022). Oral health-related situations among patients with experience of continuous positive airway pressure treatment: a critical incident analysis of experiences and actions Journal of Sleep Research, 31(Suppl 1). More information
Tofangchiha, M. Lin, C. Scheerman, J. Broström, A. Ahonen, H. Griffiths, M. , ... Pakpour A. (2022). Associations between fear of COVID-19, dental anxiety, and psychological distress among Iranian adolescents BDJ Open, 8(1). More information
Ahonen, H., Broström, A., Fransson, E., Neher, M., Lindmark, U. (2022). “The terrible dryness woke me up, I had some trouble breathing”- critical situations related to oral health as described by CPAP-treated persons with obstructive sleep apnea Journal of Sleep Research, 31(6). More information
Ahonen, H., Kvarnvik, C., Norderyd, O., Broström, A., Fransson, E., Lindmark, U. (2021). Clinical and self-reported measurements to be included in the core elements of the World Dental Federation's theoretical framework of oral health International Dental Journal, 71(1), 53-62. More information

Doctoral thesis

Ahonen, H. (2022). The multifaceted concept of oral health: Studies on a Swedish general population and perspectives of persons with experience of long-term CPAP-treated obstructive sleep apnea (Doctoral thesis, Jönköping: Jönköping University, School of Health and Welfare). More information

Conference paper

Ahonen, H., Kvarnvik, C., Broström, A., Fransson, E., Nygårdh, A., Stensson, M., Lindmark, U. (2019). Oral hälsa och obstruktiv sömnapné- protokoll för en longitudinell studie. Tandhygienistdagarna, 7-9 april, Arlanda Airport. More information
Ahonen, H. Kvarnvik, C. Broström, A. Fransson, E. Nygårdh, A. Stensson, M. , ... Lindmark U. (2019). “No one seems to know”: Studieprotokoll för utvärdering av ett teoretiskt ramverk för oral hälsa avseende reliabilitet och validitet i en obstruktiv sömnapné population. SFSS Årskongress, 16-18 oktober 2019, Uppsala. More information

Other publications

Ahonen, H., Neher, M., Fransson, E., Broström, A., Lindmark, U. . Views about oral health determinants as described by persons with continuous positive airway pressure-treated obstructive sleep apnea: A qualitative study. More information