International Yoga Day Celebration

Yoga is a way of living that aims towards a healthy mind in a healthy body. It is a practice which control persons mind, body and soul.  The International day of yoga aims to create awareness worldwide about the benefits of practicing yoga.

International yoga day was celebrated on 21st June 2019 at Saveetha Dental College and Hospital. Many students and staff took part in the celebration and practiced yoga. Dr. A.S selvam, Assistant Professor, SSL thought different ASANAS and explained their importance in our daily life. All the participants performed the yoga asanas as per the instruction.

MICROSCOPIC ENDODONTIC TRAININGS

Use of microscopes in endodontics plays an important role in success of treatment. Microscopic endodontic trainings in saveetha, helps the participants get hands on training using carl zeiss microscopes and protaper systems for performing root canal treatment. All the participants gets the opportunity to work on live patients under microscopes and have an individual dental assistant during the course. This training helps the participants practice world class microscopic endodontics with every sophisticated equipment available.

Maxillofacial Esthetique- Interactive lecture series and Live surgical demo

Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery organised a CDE programme on              Maxillofacial Esthetique comprising of Lecture series and Live Surgical Demonstration on the 13th and 14th of June 2019. The event was inaugurated by our Dr. Deepak Nallaswamy, Director of Academics,                                             Dr. N. D. Jayakumar, Dean of Faculty, Dr Sheeja Varghese, Dean, and the invited speakers of the event. The programme had an overwhelming response of 186 registrations from various dental colleges, general practitioners and colleagues from medical and dental specialities . Speakers of the event included specialist from Dermatology, Plastic surgery and Oral and Maxillofacial surgery.

 The first day consisted of lecture series on Facial Aesthetics in Oral and MaxilloFacial Surgery by Dr. Madhulaxmi. M, Basic science of skin & LASER in facial aesthetics by Dr. Ajay Rana MD Cosmetic Dermatologist and Founder ILAMED, Facial Scar management by Dr. Somesh Balakrishnan Plastic Surgeon Right Hospitals, Botox and Dermal fillers by Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim Plastic Surgeon SIMS Hospital, Hair transplant by Dr. U. Rasheedha Begum Plastic Surgeon KMC. Following multiple informative lecture series, live surgical demonstration of scar revision using LASER and facial rejuvenation using LASER was broadcasted to the audience, which participants found to be unique and extremely interesting.

 The second day comprised of Live surgical demonstration on hair transplant for moustache defect in a previously operated cleft patient . Program started with a lecture and clinical discussion on hair transplant, followed by the live surgical demonstration. The participants were extremely happy in having gained knowledge and many appreciated the depth of details in relay of the program. On the whole, the programme was a potpourri of information on maxillofacial aesthetics.

Redifining dental Public health for Future

We the department of Public health dentistry at saveetha dental college has organised a certificate course on redefining dental public health for future from 10th -14th June 2019. We had a international speaker from South Africa working as associate professor in University of UKZN and talked about oral health inequality, oral health information systems, international health care delivery, redefining manpower in health care delivery, health policy in globalising the world, oral health policy framing, code of ethics and finally panel discussion on students  challenges related to ethics and research.  We also had speakers Dr. Rajkumar, reader, dept. of Public health dentistry at SRIHER university, who talked about past present and future of DPH. Dr. Prabhu also a reader, dept. of Public health dentistry atAsan Memorial Dental College gave a lecture on scope of DPH in India and at the global level. The program was a grand success and we than all those who helped us in organising and conducting this credit course.

“Molecular detection of endodontic pathogens”

The hands on workshop started with the guest lecture delivered by Dr.J.Vijayashree Priyadharsini on “Molecular detection of endodontic pathogens”. The lecture focused on methods which can be used for pathogen identification using 16s RNA typing and quantification using real time quantitative PCR. The training session was conducted by Dr.A.Paramasivam. Dr.Vijayashree, demonstrated the isolation of genomic DNA from bacteria. This was followed by in vitro amplification of gene of interest using conventional PCR, where the students were taught to perform PCR reaction on their own. The amplicons were further electrophoresed using agarose gel electrophoresis technique and the results were visualised on a UV transilluminator system. Quantification of the gene of interest was also performed using real time quantitative PCR. Students were enthusiastic and interacted well with the researchers. Dr.R.Sandhya, Reader, Department of Endodontics, Dr.A.Padmaraj, Veterinarian, BRULAC and Dr.Durairaj.S participated in the workshop.

13th Convocation, Saveetha Institute of Medical & Technical Sciences

The 13th Convocation of Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences was held on 3rd June 2019 at the MM CONVENTION CENTRE , Saveetha Dental College,Chennai. The proceeding began with the auspicious Poornakumbam welcome consisting of 31 kalasams which signify the number of years of the initiation of the institution . The academic Procession followed consisting of the Honorable Governor, Chancellor, Vice Chancellor, Registrar, Directors, Deans of the various institutions and Board members.The function was presided by the Chancellor of Saveetha University, Dr.N.M.Veeraiyan and the chief guest was His Excellency Honourable Governor Thiru Banwarilal Purohit. The Convocation was declared open by the Honorable Chancellor.The welcome address was given by the Vice Chancellor Dr.Rakesh Kumar, who briefed about the tremendous achievements and awards procured by the various institutions of the Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences.The function proceeded with the felicitation of the Honorable Governor followed by the Honoris Causa D.Sc degree presentation to three eminent personalities , Dr.Palani G Periasamy, Chairman -PGP Group of Institutions, Shri.R.Gandhi , Senior Advocate-Madras High Court and Dr.Mayilvahanan Natrajan, Former Vice Chance - Tamilnadu Dr.MGR Medical University who have contributed enormously in their individual fields of Education, Law and Medicine.The advisor Dr.R.Rajagopal introduced the Honoris Causa awardees and the awards were presented by the Honorable Governor and Chancellor.The best out going student awards and special endowment  medals for subject toppers were announced by the Registrar  Dr.Thiyagarajan and awarded to the students of Saveetha Medical College, Saveetha Dental College, Saveetha College of Nursing and Saveetha College of Physiotherapy by the Governor and Chancellor. PhD was awarded to 23 students.The Honorable Governor addressed the gathering following the award presentation and the speech was well received and applauded.The Convocation continued with the presentation of degrees to 623 students including BDS, MBBS, MDS, MD, MS, MSc(Nursing), MSc(Medical) ,Bsc (Nursing), PBBSc( Nursing), MLT, BSc (DT), BSc (MLT,MIT,TCM)  BPT and MPT by the Chancellor and Vice Chancellor.The function ended with the National anthem by the band,  followed by cultural programme and dinner was served to all the parents, students and faculty in a grand manner with a special stage set in the open air.



Anti Tobacco Day or World No Tobacco Day Celebrations 2019

Department of Oral Medicine& radiology, Saveetha Dental College, Saveetha University, Chennai, celebrated “World No-Tobacco Day,” with enthusiastic participation from Faculty and Students, on 31st May, 2019 under the guidance and support of our Honorable Chancellor – Dr. N.M. Veeraiyan, Honorable Director- Dr.DeepakNallasamyand Dean , Saveetha Dental College - Dr. SheejaVerghese

Anti-Tobacco Day or World No Tobacco Day is observed on 31 May worldwide every year. This annual event is organized by World Health Organization (WHO) to make people aware and educated them about the harmful effects of tobacco on health and causes several diseases like tooth decay, cancer, cardiovascular disease, staining of teeth etc.The theme of World No Tobacco Day or Anti-Tobacco Day 2019 is "Tobacco and Lung Health".

In accordance with WHO , Our department had organized a unique patient education program where several video campaigns ( short films ) based on the central theme of  tobacco ill effects and tobacco cessation were screened and this was followed by educating the patients . We educated the  people about the negative impact of tobacco on, it may also cause cancer. Dr.Mogit gupta,  in collaboration with the other staffs of Oral Medicine department and PGs who organized the education program were very happy with the response of the public and were encouraged to do further such activities in the future .

Live Surgical symposium of Oral Cancer Ablative and Reconstructive Surgery titled Surgical Tour of Experts- Season 1

We from Saveetha Oral Cancer Institute conducted a Live Surgical symposium of Oral Cancer Ablative and Reconstructive Surgery titled Surgical Tour of Experts- Season 1 in association with Apollo Cancer Institute and Tamilnadu Head and Neck Surgical Association on April 22, 2019.
The surgical procedure was relayed live from the OT to the Decennial hall participants wherein step by step surgical demonstration with minute attention to detail was done. The participants got to ask the surgeons to explain the surgical steps and concepts.

Three surgeons from Apollo Cancer Institute were invited for performing the surgery and each of the surgeons excellently obliged to the participants demands and cleared all their doubts throughout the length of the procedure.
Overall it was a successful programme with the participants clearly happy for being able to observe a complex Surgery.

Masterclass Series in CBCT Imaging - Exclusively for Undergraduates

The program was organised by the Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology. The program was unique in the manner it was exclusively for the undergraduate students. The program was attended by 69 delegates which includes several dental colleges from the state. The program began with an introductory lecture by Dr.Vivek on the principles and introduction of CBCT. This was followed by a lecture on normal radio graphic anatomy by Dr.Jayanth. Next was the keynote lecture by Dr. Shalu Rai. As one of the pioneers in CBCT in India she shared her rich experience on the subject with an impressive presentation of cases. Her extensive lecture covered the applications of CBCT across all the specialities. She had specially emphasised on the medicolegal aspects of CBCT. The post lunch session was conducted by Dr. Jayanth and Dr.Vivek where they helped the participants through a hands on session in using the software. This program was well received by the undergraduates and this was yet another unique feature of this program where the undergraduate students program. The program was attended by a few postgraduate students too.

Edify- Department of Microbiology

Department of Microbiology presented the edify session for the year 2019 on 16th of May under the theme of “Best activity”. On behalf of the department, Dr.A.S.Smiline Girija presented the edify session and introduced the new program based activity called “CHIKKU” to the peer group. The program aided the students in learning the important facts in every lecture session followed by the material based and non-material based learning activities. CHIKKU was highly commended by the Director of Academics. 

Further, Dr.A.S.Smiline Girija was conferred with two awards viz., Most punctual faculty and Most workaholic faculty by the Vice Chancellor, SIMATS.

COMPOSITE LAMINATES AND CURING LIGHTS

The department of Aesthetic dentistry in association with European society of cosmetic dentistry had organised a CDE programme on “ Composite laminates and curing lights “ on 14th May 2019 with 4 credit points. Dr. Yohan Chacko, Professor department of conservative dentistry and endodontics was the guest speaker for the programme. A total of 106 participants had attended the CDE programme. The lecture was followed by a demo and hands on using the U veneer system for the fellowship and post graduate students.

M.Ortho Examination

The department of orthodontics in collaboration with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow successfully conducted the Part 1 of M. Ortho Examinations on May 13 th 2019 at Saveetha Dental College & Hospital, Chennai. The exam was taken up by 51 orthodontists which included young graduates to experienced clinicians from various national and international institutes. The Orthodontics department had earlier conducted an orientation course for the same in the month of February. All the delegates well appreciated the guidance and the excellent hospitality provided by the faculties of department of orthodontics. Saveetha dental college also takes pride in being the first institute in India to conduct M.Ortho examinations.

Edify- Department of General Pathology

The Edify meet of our Department of General Pathology was held on 09.05.2019. We presented a video on innovative class activities being carried out in our department. Various activities with regards to hematology chapter were conducted for the students who showed active participation. We showed ‘Bingo puzzle’ activity to easily understand the classification of anemia, ‘C the I’ activity for better understanding of the iron absorption pathway and Innovative ‘Blow pen’ activity on types of RBCs in various diseases. Also we showed amazing macroscopic peripheral smear images of various anemias using ‘Glue gun’ activity for which good appreciation was received from the audience. We obtained a cumulative score of 8.4 for our presentation.

Post Graduate - Induction Ceremony 2019

The Induction program for the 2019 batch of MDS students was held on 17th of April 2019 at the decennial hall at Saveetha dental college. The 47 students along with the parents/guardians attended the function, which was graced by our honorable Chancellor, Vice chancellor, Director of Academics, Dean of faculty and Dean of the dental college. Dr. A. Kumaraswamy , Periodontist and Implantologist from Mumbai was the chief guest of the day. The event began with the welcome address by the Dean Dr.Sheeja Varghese followed by inspiring addresses by our honorable Chancellor and Vice chancellor. Our chief guest addressed the students and congratulated them on choosing this institution for their post-graduation. He expressed his contentment and appreciation for the innovative curriculum and infrastructure in our college; something he hadn’t seen anywhere else in the country. The function proceeded with an address from our director of academics Dr.Deepak nallaswamy on how we plan our curriculum and the modifications we have introduced to make it more suitable for our post- graduates. Few of our postgraduates from the 2019 batch volunteered to speak as to why they chose our college for their post-graduation. Most of them expressed great joy on procuring an admission at Saveetha and how they had heard great thing about it during their Undergraduate days. A few of our current batch of MDS students doing 2nd year MDS also spoke about the benefits of being in our college and what their juniors could look forward to in the coming years at Saveetha. The event ended with a vote of thanks by our Dean of Faculty Dr.N.D Jayakumar. 

ELISA Biomarker-Guest lecture and Workshop

Dr. Ramajayam, Madurai Medical College enlightened the students on usage of ELISA as a biomarker for various diseases. There were around 20 Participants from inside and outside SDC. He also did a hands on demonstration on performing ELISA

MINIMALLY INVASIVE & ATRAUMATIC BONE SURGERIES

The Acteon Continuing Education program entitled “New Paradigms in Hard Tissue Management”, a workshop on Piezosurgery was organised by Acteon in association with Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Chennai on May 2nd 2019 held at the Saveetha School of Management (SSM Hall). Dr. Dhandapani Arunachalam delivered a lecture on the topic “MINIMALLY INVASIVE & ATRAUMATIC BONE  SURGERIES” followed by a Demo and Hands-On using the Piezotome cube equipment. The enthralling workshop was successfully conducted with 90 participants for the lecture and demo. The hands-on was restricted to selective participants and focused on understanding the various clinical applications of piezo technology. 

World DNA day -BRULAC

World DNA day – April 25 th 2019

Biomedical research unit and laboratory animal centre – Dental research cell celebrated the World DNA day on the 25 th of April 2019. The goal of programme was to commemorate the incredible discovery of the century the “DNA molecule” by Watson and Crick. The postgraduate students from various specialities participated in the Hands-on workshop on the topic “Genomics and Precision Medicine”. They were introduced to the animal experimentation facilities by Dr.M.Karthik Ganesh and Cell culture-Molecular biology facilities by Dr.A.Paramasivam. There was a guest lecture on “Pedigree analysis, Human genetic variations and Pharmacogenetics” delivered by Dr.J.Vijayashree, following which Dr.S.Durairaj briefed about his thrust area on “MicroRNAs”. Dr.D.Ezhilarasan explained about his thrust area on Cancer Biology, Pharmacology and Toxicology. He thanked all the students for their enthusiastic response and support during the programme.