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.

Public Health Dentistry

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 DESIGNATIONTITLE OF PUBLICATIONNAME OF THE JOURNALYEAR OF PUBLICATION
1Dr. M SWETHA REDDY
PROFESSOR & HOD
IMPACT OF VARIOUS DENTAL DRYING METHODS ON THE ADHESIVE OF GLASS IONOMER RESTORATION TO PRIMARY TEETHINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH SCIENCES2022
2Dr. 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 SCIENCES2016
3Dr. M SWETHA REDDY
PROFESSOR & HOD
MANAGEMENT OF MANDIBULAR BODY FRACTURE IN 4 YR OLD BOY: A CASE REPORT.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCES IN PAEDIATRIC DENTISTRY2016
4Dr. M SWETHA REDDY
PROFESSOR & HOD
SATURATION OF DRUG FOR DENTALWIPRO PATENTSCOPE, INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL PATENT COLLECTION2015
5Dr. M SWETHA REDDY
PROFESSOR & HOD
ENDODONTIC FILLING MATERIALS- PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE.JOURNAL OF PEARLDENT2012
6Dr. M SWETHA REDDY
PROFESSOR & HOD
CIPA – A RARE CASE REPORT.BHAVNAGAR UNIVERSITY’S JOURNAL OF DENTISTRY2012
7Dr. M SWETHA REDDY
PROFESSOR & HOD
EFFECT OF LED AND HALOGEN CURING ON MICROLEAKAGE OF COMPOSITE, COMPOMER AND RMGIC IN PRIMARY MOLAR.ARCHIVES OF DENTAL SCIENCES2011
8Dr. S MALLIKARJUN
READER
COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF CONTACT ANGLES OF ROOT CANAL SEALERS TO GUTTA PERCHA AN IN VITRO STUDYINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES AN RESEARCH2023
9Dr. S MALLIKARJUN
READER
ORAL HEALTH KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICES: THEIR INFLUENCE ON ORAL HEALTH STATUS OF AUXILIARY HEALTH WORKERS IN HEALTH CENTERS OF MANGALORE, INDIAJOURNAL OF INDIAN ASSOCIATION PUBLIC HEALTH DENTISTRY2019
10Dr. S MALLIKARJUN
READER
ANTIMICROBIAL EFFICACY OF TULSI LEAF EXTRACT ON PERIODONTAL PATHOGENS – AN INVITRO STUDYJOURNAL OF INDIAN SOCIETY OF PERIODONTOLOGY2016
11Dr. 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 PREVENTION2014
12Dr. S MALLIKARJUN
READER
COMMON RISK FACTORS – BETTER TO SHUN THE BAIT THAN TO STRUGGLE IN THEIR SNARE.JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ORAL HEALTH2013
13Dr. T SAI PRAVALLIKA
SENIOR LECTURER
EFFECT OF SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS ON ORAL HEALTH AMONG OLDER INDIVIDUALSINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DENTISTRY AND ORAL SIENCE2021
14Dr. 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 STUDYINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH2020
15Dr. T SAI PRAVALLIKA
SENIOR LECTURER
COMPARISON OF PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH STATUS AMONG DENTAL PRACTITIONERS, ACADEMICIANS AND WHO ARE BOTH IN TELANGANA STATE – A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDYEC DENTAL SCIENCE2020
16Dr. T SAI PRAVALLIKA
SENIOR LECTURER
REGENERATION POTENTIAL OF PULP: A CASE REPORTJOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC RESEARCH2020
17Dr. T SAI PRAVALLIKA
SENIOR LECTURER
EMOTIONAL DISSONANCE AND ITS EFFECT ON THE DENTISTS PERFORMANCE IN HYDERABAD CITY: A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDYINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DENTAL SCIENCE AND INNOVATIVE RESEARCH2020
18Dr. T SAI PRAVALLIKA
SENIOR LECTURER
CORONA VIRUS – THE DENTAL OUTLOOKINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT2020
19Dr. T SAI PRAVALLIKA
SENIOR LECTURER
A COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF THE ACCURACY OF TWO ELECTRONIC APEX LOCATORS AND RADIOVISIOGRAPHY TO DETERMINE THE WORKING LENGTHWORLD JOURNAL OF DENTISTRY2019
20Dr. 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 HOSPITALSJOURNAL OF DENTAL RESEARCH AND REVIEW2018
21Dr. T SAI PRAVALLIKA
SENIOR LECTURER
ASSOCIATION OF OCCUPATIONAL STRESS ON NICOTINE DEPENDENCY AMONG TOBACCO USERS IN A DENTAL INSTITUTION INDIA: A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDYUNIVERSAL RESEARCH JOURNAL OF DENTISTRY2017
22Dr. T SAI PRAVALLIKA
SENIOR LECTURER
ORAL HEALTH STATUS OF THERMAL POWER PLANT WORKERS IN RAMAGUNDAM, TELANGANA STATE, INDIA – A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDYINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CURRENT RESEARCH2017
23Dr. T SAI PRAVALLIKA
SENIOR LECTURER
IS THERE ANY IMPACT OF THE GUTKHA BAN ON USERS AND VENDORS IN RANGAREDDY DISTRICT? A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDYASIAN PACIFIC JOURNAL OF CANCER PREVENTION 2016
24Dr. YERRA RUPA RANI
SENIOR LECTURER
ONLINE EDUCATION DURING PANDEMIC SCENARIO A BOON OR BANE, DENTAL ACADEMICIANS AND STUDENTS PERSPECT – A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDYJOURNAL OF GLOBAL ORAL HEALTH2022
25Dr. 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 TRIALINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF JAPAN MEDICINE2023

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.

These exercises designed to help the student in IV year students:

  • 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.

I. AT THE COLLEGE: Students are posted to the department to get training in dental practice management.

  • 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
Acres Campus
120
Modern Chairs
200
Dental Departments
10

Est. Since 2014

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