The department of public health dentistry was established at SRI BALAJI DENTAL COLLEGE in 2015. It is dedicated to training under-graduates students in public health dentistry to work within interdisciplinary teams investigating the risk factors for oral diseases, their relation to systemic diseases and on use of oral epidemiological methods to study outcomes of dental services and oral health policy. Public health dentistry is a subject designed to help the student to explore professional ethics as they relate to dentist’s relationship to peers, patients and community. Department is dedicated to comprehensive care to the patients. Students attend dental camps and perform initial screening examination and preventive and minor treatments. Students should develop a positive attitude towards the problems of the society and must take responsibilities in providing health.
The main goal is to prevent and control oral diseases and promote oral health through organized community efforts
Dr. M. Swetha Reddy
Professor & HOD
Dr. S. Mallikarjun
Reader
Dr. T. Sai Pravallika
Sr. Lecturer
S.NO. | FACULTY NAME AND DESIGNATION | TITLE OF PUBLICATION | NAME OF THE JOURNAL | YEAR OF PUBLICATION |
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1 | Dr. M SWETHA REDDY PROFESSOR & HOD | IMPACT OF VARIOUS DENTAL DRYING METHODS ON THE ADHESIVE OF GLASS IONOMER RESTORATION TO PRIMARY TEETH | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH SCIENCES | 2022 |
2 | Dr. M SWETHA REDDY PROFESSOR & HOD | ORAL HEALTH RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN RELATION TO SOCIOECONOMIC AND LIFESTYLE BEHAVIOUR IN URBAN AND RURAL, ANDHRA PRADESH – A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY. | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES | 2016 |
3 | Dr. M SWETHA REDDY PROFESSOR & HOD | MANAGEMENT OF MANDIBULAR BODY FRACTURE IN 4 YR OLD BOY: A CASE REPORT. | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCES IN PAEDIATRIC DENTISTRY | 2016 |
4 | Dr. M SWETHA REDDY PROFESSOR & HOD | SATURATION OF DRUG FOR DENTAL | WIPRO PATENTSCOPE, INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL PATENT COLLECTION | 2015 |
5 | Dr. M SWETHA REDDY PROFESSOR & HOD | ENDODONTIC FILLING MATERIALS- PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE. | JOURNAL OF PEARLDENT | 2012 |
6 | Dr. M SWETHA REDDY PROFESSOR & HOD | CIPA – A RARE CASE REPORT. | BHAVNAGAR UNIVERSITY’S JOURNAL OF DENTISTRY | 2012 |
7 | Dr. M SWETHA REDDY PROFESSOR & HOD | EFFECT OF LED AND HALOGEN CURING ON MICROLEAKAGE OF COMPOSITE, COMPOMER AND RMGIC IN PRIMARY MOLAR. | ARCHIVES OF DENTAL SCIENCES | 2011 |
8 | Dr. S MALLIKARJUN READER | COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF CONTACT ANGLES OF ROOT CANAL SEALERS TO GUTTA PERCHA AN IN VITRO STUDY | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES AN RESEARCH | 2023 |
9 | Dr. S MALLIKARJUN READER | ORAL HEALTH KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICES: THEIR INFLUENCE ON ORAL HEALTH STATUS OF AUXILIARY HEALTH WORKERS IN HEALTH CENTERS OF MANGALORE, INDIA | JOURNAL OF INDIAN ASSOCIATION PUBLIC HEALTH DENTISTRY | 2019 |
10 | Dr. S MALLIKARJUN READER | ANTIMICROBIAL EFFICACY OF TULSI LEAF EXTRACT ON PERIODONTAL PATHOGENS – AN INVITRO STUDY | JOURNAL OF INDIAN SOCIETY OF PERIODONTOLOGY | 2016 |
11 | Dr. S MALLIKARJUN READER | ROLE OF TOBACCO WARNING LABELS IN INFORMING SMOKERS ABOUT THE RISKS OF SMOKING AMONG BUS DRIVERS IN MANGALORE, INDIA. | ASIAN PACIFIC JOURNAL OF CANCER PREVENTION | 2014 |
12 | Dr. S MALLIKARJUN READER | COMMON RISK FACTORS – BETTER TO SHUN THE BAIT THAN TO STRUGGLE IN THEIR SNARE. | JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ORAL HEALTH | 2013 |
13 | Dr. T SAI PRAVALLIKA SENIOR LECTURER | EFFECT OF SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS ON ORAL HEALTH AMONG OLDER INDIVIDUALS | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DENTISTRY AND ORAL SIENCE | 2021 |
14 | Dr. T SAI PRAVALLIKA SENIOR LECTURER | THE ROLE OF JOB AND PERSONAL RESOURCES IN ALLEVIATING DENTISTS EMOTIONAL DISSONANCE IN DENTAL CLINICS OF HYDERABAD: A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH | 2020 |
15 | Dr. T SAI PRAVALLIKA SENIOR LECTURER | COMPARISON OF PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH STATUS AMONG DENTAL PRACTITIONERS, ACADEMICIANS AND WHO ARE BOTH IN TELANGANA STATE – A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY | EC DENTAL SCIENCE | 2020 |
16 | Dr. T SAI PRAVALLIKA SENIOR LECTURER | REGENERATION POTENTIAL OF PULP: A CASE REPORT | JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC RESEARCH | 2020 |
17 | Dr. T SAI PRAVALLIKA SENIOR LECTURER | EMOTIONAL DISSONANCE AND ITS EFFECT ON THE DENTISTS PERFORMANCE IN HYDERABAD CITY: A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DENTAL SCIENCE AND INNOVATIVE RESEARCH | 2020 |
18 | Dr. T SAI PRAVALLIKA SENIOR LECTURER | CORONA VIRUS – THE DENTAL OUTLOOK | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT | 2020 |
19 | Dr. T SAI PRAVALLIKA SENIOR LECTURER | A COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF THE ACCURACY OF TWO ELECTRONIC APEX LOCATORS AND RADIOVISIOGRAPHY TO DETERMINE THE WORKING LENGTH | WORLD JOURNAL OF DENTISTRY | 2019 |
20 | Dr. T SAI PRAVALLIKA SENIOR LECTURER | HEALTH INFORMATION IN HOSPITAL WAITING ROOMS, CAN IT ACT AS A VECTOR IN HEALTH PROMOTION? SURVEY AMONG PATIENTS ATTENDING MEDICAL AND DENTAL HOSPITALS | JOURNAL OF DENTAL RESEARCH AND REVIEW | 2018 |
21 | Dr. T SAI PRAVALLIKA SENIOR LECTURER | ASSOCIATION OF OCCUPATIONAL STRESS ON NICOTINE DEPENDENCY AMONG TOBACCO USERS IN A DENTAL INSTITUTION INDIA: A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY | UNIVERSAL RESEARCH JOURNAL OF DENTISTRY | 2017 |
22 | Dr. T SAI PRAVALLIKA SENIOR LECTURER | ORAL HEALTH STATUS OF THERMAL POWER PLANT WORKERS IN RAMAGUNDAM, TELANGANA STATE, INDIA – A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CURRENT RESEARCH | 2017 |
23 | Dr. T SAI PRAVALLIKA SENIOR LECTURER | IS THERE ANY IMPACT OF THE GUTKHA BAN ON USERS AND VENDORS IN RANGAREDDY DISTRICT? A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY | ASIAN PACIFIC JOURNAL OF CANCER PREVENTION | 2016 |
24 | Dr. YERRA RUPA RANI SENIOR LECTURER | ONLINE EDUCATION DURING PANDEMIC SCENARIO A BOON OR BANE, DENTAL ACADEMICIANS AND STUDENTS PERSPECT – A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY | JOURNAL OF GLOBAL ORAL HEALTH | 2022 |
25 | Dr. YERRA RUPA RANI SENIOR LECTURER | EFFECTIVENESS OF COMIC BOOK VS COMIC VIDEO IN REFINING TOOTH BRUSHING HABITS AND PLAQUE SCORES AMONG PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN – A CLUSTER RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF JAPAN MEDICINE | 2023 |
The Undergraduate program in the department of Public Health Dentistry covers third and final year students along with interns through didactic lectures, clinical posting, satellite centre posting and attending dental camps. It is committed to train and calibrate the undergraduate students in Public Health Dentistry by providing dental health education, screening and treatment camps on oral diseases for the outreach population tailored specifically on the basis of research on needs of the community. These community based dental public health programmes provide a first-hand exposure to the students on the rural as well as urban settings of the country and methods to treat them via motivation and proving dental services at their doorsteps through a mobile dental van with two fully equipped dental chairs having all attachments & adequate sitting space for 15-20 people.
- Understand the community aspects of dentistry
- To take up leadership role in solving community oral health programme
Exercises:
- Collection of statistical data (demographic) on population in India, birth rates, morbidity and mortality, literacy, per capita income
- Incidence and prevalence of common oral diseases like dental caries, periodontal disease, oral cancer, fluorosis at national and international levels
- Preparation of oral health education material posters, models, slides, lectures, play acting skits etc.
- Oral health status assessment of the community using indices and WHO basic oral health survey methods
- Exploring and planning setting of private dental clinics in rural, semi urban and urban locations, availment of finances for dental practices-preparing project report.
- Visit to primary health center-to acquaint with activities and primary health care delivery
- Visit to water purification plant/public health laboratory.
- Visit to schools-to assess the oral health status of school children, emergency treatment and health education including possible preventive care at school (tooth brushing technique demonstration and oral rinse programme etc.)
- Visit to institution for the care of handicapped, physically, mentally, or medically compromised patients
- Preventive dentistry: in the department application of pit and fissure sealants, fluoride gel application procedure, A. R. T., Comprehensive health for 5 pts at least 2 patients
The college encouraged to involve in the N.S.S. programme for college students for carrying out social work in rural areas.
- Total oral health care approach- in order to prepare the new graduates in their approach to diagnosis, treatment planning, cost of treatment, prevention of treatment on schedule, recall maintenance of records etc. at least 10 patients (both children and adults of all types posting for at least one month).
- The practice of chair side preventive dentistry including oral health education
II. AT THE COMMUNITY ORAL HEALTH CARE CENTRE (ADOPTED BY THE DENTAL COLLEGE IN RURAL AREAS) Graduates posted for at least on month to familiarize in:
- Survey methods, analysis and presentation of oral health assessment of school children and community independently using WHO basic oral health survey methods.
- Participation in rural oral health education programmes
- Stay in the village to understand the problems and life in rural areas
III. DESIRABLE: Learning use of computers-at least basic programme.
Our Vision
To Develop Sri Balaji Dental College into a centre of excellence in Dental Education.
To provide access to the advanced and best quality oral health care for mass population of rural areas.
Departments
- Department Of Oral Medicine, Diagnosis and Radiology
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- Department of Periodontics
- Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics
- Department of Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge
- Department of Oral Pathology
- Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry
- Department of Orthodontics and Dento Facial Orthopedics
- Department of Public Health Dentistry
- Department of Dental Anatomy & Oral Histology
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology & Microbiology