“Neurobiology of Addiction”

Department of Anatomy, Saveetha Dental College has organized a Guest Lecture entitled “Neurobiology of Addiction” for I year BDS students on 27th October 2018 at 12.00pm. The Speaker for the Guest lecture was Dr. Yogesh Kanna Sathyamoorthy, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, Christ University, Bangalore. Dr. M. Karthik Ganesh, Senior Lecturer, Department of Anatomy, gave the welcome address and introduced the speaker to the gatherings. The lecture started and the speaker gave the basic introduction on the neurobiology of addiction for First year BDS students. The speaker addressed the future dentists whose life’s work is to deal with a repertoire of patients, patients with a varying history of substance abuse. The session had a slow start as usual and then picked up the pace. Students were enthusiastically listening and involved in the discussion. The lecture also dealt with stress and coping mechanism and stress in an integral component in any dental college student. The reason why students can impulsive was dealt in the lecture and it brought a big smile to teachers and students as well. It is surprising to see that, a few students already had some knowledge about what the speaker was lecturing and hence it made more and more sense to them. He gave a thorough neurobiological mechanism and pathway of brain by the impact of various addictive habits which bypasses and suppresses the routine regular neuronal circuitry of brain function. He also quoted various day-to-day student life activities of addictive behaviours in the present scenario of adolescent age. On the whole, the speaker mentioned as it was a pleasant experience for him to talk to a bunch of enthusiastic budding dental surgeons. Dr. Yogesh Kanna Sathyamoorthy, was felicitated and presented with gifts by Mrs. M. S. Thenmozhi, Professor and Head, Department of Anatomy. Dr. Dinesh Premavathy, Lecturer, from the Department of Anatomy, delivered the vote of thanks.

Research & Clinical Applications of Stem Cells - Recent Updates

The CDE programme entitled “Research & Clinical Applications of Stem Cells – Recent updates” was held at Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on 14 th December 2018. The Department of Periodontics was honoured to host esteem researchers in Stem cells. Dr. R. Suresh, currently working as a Private Practitioner in Chennai and the Former Dean of Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai delivered lecture on Oral sources and characteristics of stem cells’. Dr. Revathi Raj, Senior Consultant in Paediatric Haematology, Oncology and blood and marrow transplantation at Apollo Hospitals, Chennai delivered lecture on ‘Recent applications of stem cells in medical field’. Dr. Pulikkotil Shaju Jacob, Assistant Professor at the School of Dentistry, International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia delivered lecture on Lipopolysaccharides on PDL Stem Cells’. Dr. Satish Ramalingam, Assistant Professor, Department of Genetic Engineering at SRM University, Kattankulathur delivered lecture on ‘Stem cells in Regenerative Medicine’. Over 60 post graduates and over 80 partcipants from various parts of the country benefited from this programme which gave valuable insights on recent research on stem cells and its clinical applications.

Screening Awareness on Potentially malignant disorders

First year Oral pathology post graduates from Saveetha Dental College conducted an awareness and screening camp for the rural areas around the college. The camp was conducted in order to spread and create awareness on potentially malignant disorders and other common dental diseases and also screen the people for the presence of various dental diseases.

From the above findings it was concluded that, periodontal diseases were the most common findings in most of the screened individuals. Prevalence of dental caries was more common among the subjects. The overall oral hygiene maintenance was noted to be satisfactory among the subjects. Soft tissue lesions associated with tobacco use such as smoker’s palate, leukoplakia were noted to be 1% among the population. Good oral hygiene status was noted to be 13% among the population. Individuals were interactive during the health education. Oral hygiene kit with tooth paste, tooth brush were given to all individuals. Free treatment cards were given to all individuals Shops selling tobacco in the form of cigarettes and other smokeless form were noted in 1 km radius surrounding the camp site.

Ayutha Pooja & Saraswathi Pooja Celebration

“Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays”

We believe in holistic development of the young minds we groom. They learn traditional values and morals along with their academic curriculum in our institution. On 18th October 2018, Saveetha Dental College celebrated ayusha pooja and Saraswathy pooja. Followed by the pooja was the distribution of prasad for the students and faculty.

World Food Day

SU-SWAGAT

SU-SWAGAT

(Saveetha University – Students Welfare and Gender Awareness Training)

(8th Oct’18 & 9th Oct’18)

SU-Swagat – Meaning ‘Welcome’, a programme designed as a token of welcoming the freshers (New Candidates) amalgamated with students welfare activities and gender sensitivity programmes. It is being organized every academic year. 

Welfare Of Students Is An Important Part Of This Institution. Oriented towards holistic environment, the institution has many opportunities for the promotion of overall development of students.

SU-SWAGAT Provides ample scope, opportunities and facilities for the all-round development of personality and leadership qualities among the students. The students are grouped into several teams. Each team consists of equal representation form freshers and existing students of various academic years.

The programme comprised of team building activities, leadership development skills, debates, group discussions, clay modeling, Tug of War and various games. Team building activities help the students to develop the sense of socialization and instigate leadership qualities. It paves way to familiarize with fellow students. Students learn the habit of pardoning with fellow members in daily life. Open discussions lead to magnanimity among the group members. Group discussions help in the development of leadership skills and the art of listening. 

The program also comprised of difficulties earlier faced by the students in day-to-day life and in academic career.  

Gender Sensitivity Program:

The concept of gender sensitivity has been developed as a way to reduce barriers to personal and economic development created by sexism. Gender sensitivity helps to generate respect for the individual regardless of sex. 

Gender sensitivity is not about pitting women against men. On the contrary, education that is gender sensitive benefits members of both sexes. It helps them determine which assumptions in matters of gender are valid and which are stereotyped generalizations. Gender awareness requires not only intellectual effort but also sensitivity and open mindedness. It opens up the widest possible range of life options for both women and men. 

Students are encourages to speak on gender issues and educated on its applicability in daily life as well as in professional career. 

With all the above activities the program by means of holistic approach gives no space for ragging. 

Kinetics of Polymerization in Composite resin-Guest Lecture

Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics organised a guest lecture on “Kinetics of Polymerization in Composite resin”on 21.9.18 presented by Dr. D. Sihivahanan, Reader, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, SRM Katankulathur Dental College and Hospitals, Chennai. The study of polymerization kinetics is of great interest in dentistry, particularly for restorative composites. The rate at which that reaction takes place influences not only the final degree of conversion but also some of the important physical and mechanical properties of the final material. The guest lecture focused on how the polymerization progress is important for researchers developing new materials and for clinicians to obtain the best performance out of the final restoration.

WORLD DENTAL CONFERENCE 2018

The World Dental Conference is being organized by the World Dentists Association , which was founded in 2018. The World Dental Conference serves as a platform which will provide you with meaningful experience and help to share ideas with speakers and professors stars from all the corners of the world.

WDC will also give an opportunity to become a international speaker and be recognized among with some of the most acclaimed speakers from all over the world.

Dental Photography

Dental Photography Course in The content of Dental Photography Course has be designed for beginners or medium level photographers. The course highlights on training on intra oral and extraoral photographs and photographs under high lighting techniques Over view - Lecture on basics of DSLR - Live demonstration and group discussion on dental chair - Hands-on - Basics on outdoor photography and macrophotography

Genetic Influences in Sport & Physical Performance

Department of Anatomy, Saveetha Dental College has organized a Guest Lecture entitled “Genetic Influences in Sport & Physical Performance” for I year BDS students on 22nd September 2018 at 12.00pm. The Speaker for the Guest lecture was Dr. B. Anandan, Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics, Dr. ALM Post Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Madras, Chennai.

Dr Ganesh Lakshmanan, Senior Lecturer, Department of anatomy, gave the welcome address and introduced the speaker to the students. As the CDE program lecture started, the speaker put forth a volley of questions on heredity, genetics and sports to the students. The students started interacting by answering those questions.    Dr.Anadan went on explaining, the endurance versus strength training in sports. Later he introduced different genes and their mutations responsible for various enhanced sports performances. He also pointed on certain unfavorable mutations for sports and physical performances. He cited the geographical advantage in certain sports and their genetic reason behind that. Finally he concluded with the concepts of genetic screening and genetic doping. Overall it was a very informative lecture on an innovative topic and the students actively participated in discussions during and after the lecture. 

 Dr. B. Anandan was felicitated and presented with gifts by Mrs. M. S. Thenmozhi, Professor and Head, Department of Anatomy. Mrs S. Sangeetha, from Department of Anatomy, gave the Vote of Thanks

Oral Microbiome

On 6th September 2018, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry organised a CDE programme on “Oral Microbiome” which had an umbrella view on oral microbial flora. This program was one of its kind which exclusively dealt with the least explored  flora. The oral microbiome is the complex ecosystem of the microbes inhabiting the human oral cavity which harbours several thousands of microorganisms giving rise to diverse health conditions. Over 80 participants from across the South Indian states attended the programme.The delegates included both graduates and post graduates 

The CDE programme was enriched with guest speakers who were from various fields of dentistry.The first speaker for the day was Dr Mogit Gupta , Reader of the Department of Oral medicine and Radiology , who gave an introductory lecture on Oral Microbiome.

In the inauguration ceremony ,Dr.Emg Subramanian gave a welcome address which was followed by the lighting of kuthuvillaku by  guest speakers and the Heads of various departments .It was completed with Vote of Thanks by Dr.G.Deepa

This was followed by Dr Asha Ramesh , Senior lecturer of the Department of Periodontics gave a periodontal perspective to the topic. The keynote speaker, Dr Gulcan Unsal ,faculty of  the Department of Pedodontics in Istanbul university highlighted the relationship of oral microbiome with early childhood caries. Dr Gulcan shared her research topics which provided an insight to all the dentists and the budding dentists for their career in the future .This lecture has opened up the minds of the delegates to pursue research with oral microbiome.

Dr V Rakshagan, faculty in the Department of Prosthodontics  , laid emphasis on influence of dental prosthesis on oral microbiome and measures to be taken to maintain a good oral hygiene with those infra oral prosthesis.

Dr Gifrina Jayaraj , Reader of the Department of Oral Pathology, gave insights of microbial flora in medically compromised children. She highlighted how medically compromised children are unable to maintain effective oral hygiene and how the oral microbiome present in their oral cavity has adverse effects on their health.

During the lecture the participants and guest speakers had an interactive session where they shared opinions, thoughts and suggestions. The participants were enriched by the wisdom of the eminent speakers. The CDE programme received an overall  good response which was assessed on the basis of feedback forms given to the participants . Take home message was that knowledge has to be shared which would benefit everyone and be for the larger good for mankind.

Induction Ceremony: BDS 2018

Induction ceremony 2018!! A dream come true for 100 students and their parents. 

"Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get."
Dale Carnegie.

Today our new budding dentists are tasting the success of all their hard work since 2 years. Also they are celebrating their happiness as they receive what they want.

The Programm was inaugurated with Tamil Thai Vazhthu  at 9.00 AM. Our Director of Academics Dr. Deepak Nallaswamy  addressed the students with a heart warming welcome speech. Followed by our Honorable Founder Chancellor Dr. N. M. Veeraiyan, SIMATS university. Then the Vice-Cahncellor, Registrar and the Advisor of SIMATS university addressed the gathering. The Chief guest Dr. C. Venkataraman, founder, Chairman, Parasu Dental Hospital PVT .Ltd addressed the students with a motivational speech. White coats were distributed to the students and they were inducted. Students took the Hippocratic Oath. Dr. N.D.Jayakumar, Dean, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals gave the vote of thanks. The event went on with grace followed by lunch.

Class II direct posterior composite- Hands On

Creating tight anatomic correct proximal contacts remains difficult when placing direct posterior composite restorations. This problem is based on several potential mechanisms, including that composite cannot be ‘condensed’ as can amalgam, which leads to an insufficient adaptation of the matrix towards the adjacent tooth and polymerization shrinkage of composite. The choice of the matrix system and separation technique is an important factor, present dentistry sectional matrix band is used for creating anatomically tight proximal contact.  

This course highlights on live demonstration and Hands on course on  Class 2 composite restoration using sectional matrix system. 

CDE Programme on Trefoil Implant system

The Department of Prosthodontics organised a CDE program at Saveetha Dental College on 17/8/2018 on the Trefoil Implant system by Nobel Biocare Ltd; The system is a novel therapeutic approach to manage completely edentulous situations in the lower arch with implant supported fixed prosthesis.

The lecture was delivered by Dr. Ratnadeep Patil, a very eminent Clinician and Implantologist. Esthetic challenges in upper anterior edentulous situations, management strategies for periimplantitis, bone defects and prosthetic modifications were discussed elaborately. The novel trefoil system was discussed in detail with respect to both surgical and prosthodontics interventionsfor management or prevention of the afore-mentioned situations. The concept of reverse engineering on planning the prosthesis was the key highlight of the technique.

The program was awarded with 3 credit points by the DCI and was attended by 71 delegates, both national and regional. The response for the program was robust and feedback was extremely positive concerning the technique.

SDC Annual Report.. Yet another amazing year