Recent Trends in Dental Imaging

Recent Trends in Dental Imaging

The Department of Anatomy, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals organized a webinar on “Recent Trends in Dental Imaging”. The Guest speaker for the event was Dr. Rahul Pratap Kotain, Dean and Professor, Radiology and imaging, NIMS University, Jaipur, Rajasthan. The Webinar was conducted on 29th July 2021 between 2.00-3.00pm. The attendees enrolled were Dental students and faculties from various institutions includes 238 registrations out of which 149 were from other universities and 89 were within our university. The session began with a welcome address by Dr. Yuvaraj Babu, Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, followed by a brief introduction about the speaker by Dr. Lavanya Prathap, Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy and proceeded by the speaker presentation.

The Guest speaker Dr. Rahul Pratap gave an extensive presentation about the role of various imaging techniques and its applications in different clinical scenarios within the field of dentistry. The discussion session was highly interactive with active participation of most of the participants. The session was highly appreciated by the participants with their active involvement too. It was a great event to make the day memorable. After the completion of the presentation the Q and A session was proceeded by Dr. Karthik Ganesh, Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy. The session was ended with vote of thanks by Dr. Dinesh Premavathy, Senior Lecturer, Department of Anatomy.


3 simple techniques for mindful success

3 simple techniques for mindful success

webinar was conducted on 15th July 1.00pm. Speaker was Mr.Murali Sundaram,Author, Happyness Coach, Executive director (BNI). The webinar was well received by the participants. In addition to the lecture, basic and effective breathing techniques were taught to the participants. Program was moderated by Dr.Ramya, Professor, department of Oral Pathology and session was concluded by Dr.Gheena, Associate Professor, department of Oral Pathology


Mass disaster and challenges in Indian scenario

Mass disaster and challenges in Indian scenario

Dr. Priyadarshree Pradhan was invited to give a webinar session on "Mass disaster and challenges in Indian scenario" on July 14th by the Departments of Forensic Odontology and General Pathology. Dr. Priyadarshree Pradhan is a Professor and Head of the department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology at Sri Ramachandra Medical College in Chennai. In his institute, he is a passionate teacher and an eminent resource person in medico legal cases, as well as a member of the Telangana State Public Service Commission's expert panel. The welcome message was given by Dr. Abirami Arthanari and Dr. Palati Sinduja, who also introduced the speaker to the audience. Dr. Pradhan provided a thorough overview of the procedures and challenges involved in disaster victim identification. The four phases of disaster victim identification were discussed in detail, along with insights into the challenges faced in India. Dr. Pradhan also discussed the humanitarian aspects of forensics, emphasising the overwhelming lack of resources when a major disaster strikes. The entire webinar was informative as we were introduced to the procedures and proceedings of forensics in victim identification. According to Dr. Pradhan, appropriate teamwork and communication between teams are critical for victim identification. Dr. Priyadharshini.R gave the vote of thanks at the end of the programme.

RIGHT EATING SMILING GUT

RIGHT EATING SMILING GUT

Department of Physiology conducted a virtual webinar on “RIGHT EATING SMILING GUT” by the speaker named Dr. ARUNTHATHI, Assistant medical Officer, Government Yoga and Naturopathy hospital, Chennai. Dr. Gayatri Devi, Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, gave the welcome address and introduced the speaker to the audience. The participants for this webinar were Undergraduate and post graduate dental students and faculty from saveetha dental college and various other colleges. During the webinar, Dr. Aruthathi clearly explained about the dietary habits to be followed during the pandemic and also emphasized on how to maintain the health properly by balanced diet. She also explained about the various yogic aspects for the treatment of Covid which made the students more interesting towards the topic. At the end of the session, many students have voluntarily stood up and asked and shared many useful information’s and questions to the speaker. The programme ended up with a massive interactive session with the audience and the speaker. Dr. Preetha, Senior Lecturer, gave the vote of thanks.

Molecular mechanism of Oral cancer progression

Molecular mechanism of Oral cancer progression

webinar was conducted on 8th July 2021 at 11.30 am .Speaker was Dr.Yasusei Kudo, D.D.S., Ph.D.,Professor and Chairman, Department of Oral Bioscience, Tokushima University, JAPAN. The program dealt in depth about the molecular mechanisms leading to malignant transformation of oral cancer. The webinar was well attended by oral pathology students and faculty from other colleges. Program was moderated by Dr.Ramya, Professor, department of Oral Pathology.Speaker introduction was done by Prof & Head.Dr.Pratibha Ramani and session was concluded by Dr.R.Karthikeyan, , Professor, department of Oral Pathology.


COVID BEFORE AND NOW – A YOGA AND NATUROPATHY APPROACH

COVID BEFORE AND NOW – A YOGA AND NATUROPATHY APPROACH

Department of Physiology conducted a virtual webinar on “COVID BEFORE AND NOW – A YOGA AND NATUROPATHY APPROACH” by the speaker named Dr. Kathiresan Natarajan, Assistant medical Officer, Government Yoga and Naturopathy hospital, Chennai. The Webinar started off with the welcome address by Dr. Jothi Priya, Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology and introduced the speaker to the audience. The participants for this webinar were undergraduate and post graduate dental students and faculty from saveetha dental college and various other colleges. During the workshop Dr. Kathiresan Natarajan clearly explained about the clinical aspects of yoga and Naturopathy before and now. He also explained about the various yogic aspects for the treatment of Covid which made the students to keenly observe to the lecture. At the end of the session, many students have voluntarily stood up and asked and shared many useful information’s and questions to the speaker. The programme ended up with a massive interactive session with the audience and the speaker. Dr. Sridevi, Head of the department, gave the vote of thanks.

Understanding Mucormycosis

Understanding Mucormycosis

National Doctor’s Day was established by the Government of India back in 1991 in honor of the birth and death anniversary of the physician and the second Chief Minister of West Bengal, Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy. Since then, July 1st in India is marked as National Doctor’s Day to show gratitude to all doctors. The day is observed on different dates across the world. In the United States, Doctor’s Day is observed on March 30th, in Cuba on December 3rd and in Iran on August 23rd.

Doctors have been fighting a long way from the frontlines against the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, saving lives at the cost of their own. With the pandemic still far from over, this day is important to honour many doctors who have sacrificed their lives.

To pay a tribute to the selfless work done by doctors and to honour their dedication towards serving their humanity, Saveetha Dental College, Chennai celebrated National Doctor’s Day by organising a webinar ‘Understanding Mucormycosis’. The webinar was presented by Dr. M.P.Santhosh Kumar, Associate Professor, Dept of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Saveetha Dental College. The registration was free and the E-invite was circulated among various institutional websites. E-certificates were offered to all the participants. The registration link was added in the invitation.

The main objective of this webinar was to bring together medical, paramedical, dental graduates and postgraduates, researchers and practising clinicians to discuss the recent occurrence of Mucormycosis, a severe post COVID secondary infection along with basic information about the myths and challenges of treating the infection. The questions of participants were also answered in the live session.

BIOMATERIALS - Tricalcium silicate based cements and their material properties

BIOMATERIALS - Tricalcium silicate based cements and their material properties

webinar was conducted on 30th June, 2021 at 12pm ( IST) with speaker Prof. Dr. Sivaprakash Rajasekharan ,Paediatric Dentistry and Special Care, ,Ghent University, Belgium. Webinar covered interesting research highlights about how new silicate materials are being designed and formulated. Program was moderated by Dr.Ramya, Professor, department of Oral Pathology


Decrypting Odontogenic Pathologies, SA -2 –ODONTOGENIC TUMORS

Decrypting Odontogenic Pathologies, SA -2 –ODONTOGENIC TUMORS

Speakers of the program were Dr.R.Sashidara.,M.D.S.,Prof & Head, Coorg. Institute of Dental Sciences,1.Dr.R.Ramya, Professor , 2.Dr.Monal.Y Professor,3.Dr.Abilasha, Associate Professor 4.Dr.Suganya., Assistant Professor. Postgraduate students from other colleges who volunteered to participate in the open house panel discussion were allowed to interact for interesting cases panel discussion to identify histopathologic features which was further corroborated by Dr.Sashidara .Program was moderated by Dr.Deepak Pandiar, Associate Professor, department of Oral Pathology and concluded by Prof & Head.Dr.Pratibha Ramani.


BIOMATERIALS - Stabilization of enzymes in polymers

BIOMATERIALS - Stabilization of enzymes in polymers

Stabilization of enzymes in polymers' was conducted on8th June, 2021 at 4pm ( IST).Speaker for the program was Prof.Rajeswari M Kasi,Department of Chemistry,Member, Polymer Program, Institute of Materials Science,University of Connecticut, Storrs, US. Webinar was well received with active participation in the QA session . Speaker spent more than 30 minutes patiently answering all the queries raised by participants from students and faculties from dentistry and those with material science background. Program was moderated by Dr.Ramya, Professor, department of Oral Pathology and concluded by Prof & Head.Dr.Pratibha Ramani


World No Tobacco Day 2021

World No Tobacco Day 2021

As a part of the “World No Tobacco Day 2021”, the Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, Saveetha Dental College had conducted a webinar on 31st May 2021. In accordance with the theme “Commit to Quit” by WHO, the lecture delivered was titled “Innovations in Tobacco Cessation- An Insight”. The webinar had a total of 119 enthusiastic participants from various colleges across the country.

Presidential address was delivered by Dr.Ravi Kiran.A, President, Indian Academy of Oral Medicine & Radiology who spoke about the initiatives taken by Indian Academy of Oral Medicine & Radiology towards tobacco cessation. Following this, the guest lecture was delivered by Dr.Divyambika C.V, Associate Professor, Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, Faculty of Dental Sciences, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education & Research which was crisp, innovative and included all the latest information on tobacco cessation. The session also kindled scope for research among the participants.

Towards the end of the webinar, there was an interactive Question & Answer session where all the questions put forth by the participants were clarified in detail by the speaker. The webinar was anchored and coordinated by Dr. Sneha S, Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, Saveetha Dental College.

Decrypting Odontogenic Pathologies SA - 1 – AMELOBLASTOMA & ODONTOGENIC MALIGNANCIES

Decrypting Odontogenic Pathologies SA - 1 – AMELOBLASTOMA & ODONTOGENIC MALIGNANCIES

Decrypting Odontogenic Pathologies SA - 1 – AMELOBLASTOMA & ODONTOGENIC MALIGNANCIES

was conducted on DATE :29.05.21.Slide mastery series was intiated to continue the legacy of annual slide learning program which was a most sought after program for the past 16 years by postgraduate students of other coleges. Speakers of the program were 1.Dr.T.V.Narayan.,M.D.S.,Former Prof & Head, Oxford Dental College,

Fellow & Diplomate, ICOI, 2.Prof.Dr.Pratibha Ramani.,Prof & Head, Dept, of Oral Pathology, 3.Dr.Deepak Pandiar, Associate Professor, Dept, of Oral Pathology,4.Dr.Reshma.P, Assistant Professor, Dept, of Oral Pathology. The webinar had an open house discussion with postgraduates from other colleges. with DrT.V.Narayan as the moderator. Excellent feedback about the lectures were received through google forms. There were 760 registrations and 252 participants. Program was moderated by Dr.Ramya, Professor, department of Oral Pathology and concluded by Prof & Head.Dr.Pratibha Ramani.


Safeguarding your creativity and innovations

Safeguarding your creativity and innovations

This webinar was organised on 21st May, 2021 at 11.30am ( IST) .Speaker was Dr. S.P.Subramaniyan, Deputy Controller of Patents & Designs, Patent Office (Southern Region),IPR Building, GST Road, Guindy, Chennai – 600 032,. Webinar covered all areas of patent filing and publication. The question and answer session was well received by the participants. Various doubts related to individual patent filing was clarified in detail. Program was moderated by Dr.Ramya, Professor, department of Oral Pathology and concluded by Dr.R.Karthikeyan, , Professor, department of Oral Pathology.


UPDATE ON PERIODONTAL DISEASES S3 CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES (STAGE 1-3 PERIODONTITIS)

UPDATE ON PERIODONTAL DISEASES S3 CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES (STAGE 1-3 PERIODONTITIS)

This webinar was organised on 1st May, 2021 at 4pm ( IST) .Speaker was Dr. Vanaja Krishna Naik MDS, MFDS(Glasg), FHEA (UK) Department of Periodontics (Restorative Dentistry) School of Dentistry, University of Leeds UK. Participants from other colleges too attended the program. S3 Guidelines are vital for understanding and diagnosing periodontal diseases. Program was moderated by Dr.Ramya, Professor, department of Oral Pathology.


ASSOCIATE FELLOWSHIP IN LASER DENTISTRY CERTIFIED BY WORLD CLINICAL LASER INSTITUTE & SAVEETHA DENTAL COLLEGE & HOSPITALS

ASSOCIATE FELLOWSHIP IN LASER DENTISTRY CERTIFIED BY WORLD CLINICAL LASER INSTITUTE & SAVEETHA DENTAL COLLEGE & HOSPITALS

The department of Periodontics of Saveetha Dental College in association with World Clinical Laser Institute ( U.S.A) had organised an “Associate fellowship” laser programme on the 22,23 and 24th of April 2021. The programme had didactic lectures on the first day starting from laser basics and covered the applications of Diode and erbium lasers in all fields of dentistry. The course instructors where Dr.Premila Suganthan, Dr. Sukanya and Dr. Kaarthikeyan. Participants had pre-clinical demonstrations and exercises which helped them to gain knowledge in using the different laser parameter settings for various clinical scenarios. The participants were given patients on the last two days of the program, where they had done various laser assisted procedures like gingivectomy, depigmentation, frenectomy, crown lengthening, laser assisted bleaching, laser assisted implant exposure and cavity preparations. The participants had a written exam on the last day conducted by the WCLI, followed by “Associate Fellowship in laser dentistry” Felicitation. The fellowship course was a boon for all the budding laser dentists who had learnt the tips and tricks in laser dentistry to incorporate both diode and erbium lasers into their clinical practice.

Tapered Screw Vent Implant System - A Legacy of Performance

Tapered Screw Vent Implant System - A Legacy of Performance

Department of Implantology conducted a webinar on Zimmer TSV implants on 19th April 2021. The key speaker for the program was Dr. Tanvi Dhoot, Periodontist from Zimmer. The lecture was on a brief introduction on TSV Zimmer Implant system, and its legacy of performance. The core design of the system, abutment connection, surgical and prosthetic protocol was emphasised as well durning the lecture. Clinical Achievements and success and survival rates of the system was shown with statistical data. The program had 50 participants from our college where each hands the experience to place implants in dummy models. The exposure provided by this program has given our students the knowledge and confidence in placing implants.

A Virtual Workshop on Animal cell culture techniques and its applications

A Virtual Workshop on Animal cell culture techniques and its applications

Department of Physiology and Biochemistry conducted a virtual workshop on animal cell culture techniques and its applications by a Resource person named Dr. Bavanilatha, Associate professor, Department of Biotechnology, Satyabama Institute of Science and Technology on 31st March 2021… Dr. Sridevi, Head of the Department of Physiology, gave the welcome address and introduced the resource person to the audience. The participants for this virtual workshop were First year BDS students. During the workshop Dr. Bavanilatha demonstrated a clear video on various cell culture techniques which made the students to keenly observe to the techniques. At the end of the session, many students have voluntarily stood up and asked and shared many useful information’s and questions to the resource person. The programme ended up with a massive interactive session and Dr. Kavitha from the Department of Biochemistry gave the vote of thanks…..


TADS 360

TADS 360

A two days extensive , extravagant and eruditus symposium held by Department of Orthodontics , Saveetha Dental College in association with Madras Orthodontic Society Group and endorsed by Indian orthodontic society on 30th and 31st march 2021concluded successfully. Inaugural ceremony with the blessing of almighty ,presence of eminent personalities including Dr. Sridevi Padmanabhan - Hon Secretary IOS, Dr Gnana Shanmugam - Convener MOSG, Joint secretary of IOS and esteemed dignitaries of the Department set things in motion.

“TAD 360” did actually rotate and revolved around each aspect of skeletally anchored devices. The program was attended by 100+ registrants across the state and spearheaded by the Department of Orthodontics, Saveetha Dental College.
In Eleven elaborate lectures given by eleven veteran and spirited lecturers ,nothing was left undiscussed.From discussing the basics about TADs to highly complex modalities and procedures including TADs were elaborately talked upon. Not an inch of land remained unconquered. Detailed and interactive lectures on imaging modalities for TADs planning and placement , success and stability of TADs ,Bone anchored protraction, use of mini-implants with Damon appliance , bone plates, osseotraction, biomechanical principles , extra radicular screws and skeletally anchored maxillary expansion were given. The programme not only configured the best of national speakers in person for this event, but an international extension of same, with an eminent international speaker was achieved through live webinar.

Putting it all to use, condensing all the learnings into practical use, live demonstration were conducted not for just one , but three different technique sensitive modalities: Infra-zygomatic crest implant, buccal shelf screw and MARPE by the proficient experts in the field.

Series of these enlightening lectures was followed by even more interesting poster competition exclusive on TADs with vivid and informative posters presented by nearly 40 enthusiastic participants in three categories - Clinical, Clinical innovation and Research. Six prize winners were awarded the best poster.

Uncountable efforts of the whole team was truly applauded in the sense of appreciation , attendance and positive remarks of the delegates.

STAR SUMMIT 2021

STAR SUMMIT 2021


A research based approach is the need of the hour in anything and everything. Cultivating the same interest in young generation is of utmost importance, because a properly answered research question serves as building blocks for both academic excellence and sharpening Practical skills.

It is one’s curiosity and persistence that paves way towards providing revelations in arena of research. At Saveetha Dental College, we believe in the same and every year STAR SUMMIT is held as one week research extravaganza to celebrate the tremendous efforts of our students. As a team we have broken many stereo types and barriers in dental education and have successfully conducted our 8th Summit this year. By this we have created equal platform and opportunities right from Ist year Undergraduate to postgraduate level, with no restrictions in terms of area of interest in research or technical intricacies involved there in.

The 2021 constellation comprises of 2105 scientific posters, presented by 650 students eligible for 415 prizes. A weeklong event was witnessed by eminent personalities from different specialties like, Dr. Neelima Mishra (scientist ‘G’, SERB), Dr. Neelam Mittal from DCI, Dr. Sijju Mathew (President of Indian Society of Orthodontics), Dr. Ravi Kiran (President, Indian Academy of Oral Medicine and Radiology), Dr.P.Gunasekaran (Prof, dept of virology, Kings institute) and Dr.Radhika Muppa (Prof, Dept of Pedodontics).

The main outcome that we have observed is that the students are more confident and have learnt to work more efficiently out of their comfort zones. This has led to an out of box thinking. As a team, we have gained application based teaching learning experience. Experts of a particular field and the student peers critically analyze and evaluate the showcased work, this process serves two main purposesfirst we improvise and grow towards research with zero compromise in quality and secondly we motivate our fellow colleagues and students from other institutions to take up our path, which would collectively lead to a highly intellectual and self-sustained nation.


SIMATS- Sixteenth Convocation 2021

Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences celebrated its 16th Convocation on 2nd February 2021. The event was Presided by Honourable Founder, Chancellor Dr. N. M. Veeraiyan. The event started at 7.30 AM as the dignitaries arrived the Saveetha Dental College campus. An academic procession lead by the Registrar follows by other Management Members and the PhD graduates with a band of musicians marked the beginning of the event.

As the dignitaries reached the MM Convention Center, Chancellor commenced the event with “Tamil Thai Vazhthu”. The Vice Chancellor presented the Annual Report of the University. Firstly, PhD Scholars were awarded their Degrees, followed by Medals and Endowments.

Candidates from Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Physiotherapy, Allied Health Sciences, Engineering & Technology, Management, Law and Physical Education were awarded their respective degrees. The Chancellor administered the pledge as the graduands repeated the same. Then the convocation was dissolved.

Graduands had a photo session with the Chancellor and the Board of Management followed by a feast to complete the celebration.