Vineetha R | Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology - MCODS 亚洲通_亚洲通官网, 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Academy of Higher Education_亚洲通

CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

As Professor and Head of the department, she is responsible for the smooth functioning of the department.? She is responsible for organizing the activities of the department and advising the staff on necessary matters. She is responsible for administration, resource utilization, innovation, procedures, monitoring, information, education, health, and safety of the staff, students, and patients.?

Other responsibilities include

Providing quality dental care to patients
UG and PG teaching by engaging them in lectures, clinical demonstrations, and tutorials
Internal Assessment of UG and PG students?
Regular Curriculum revision and Question paper setting?
Monitoring the smooth functioning of Clinics, Radiology, and CBCT facility
Habit counseling for patients with chewing/ smoking tobacco habit
Organizing dental education programs pertaining to Specialty
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Monitoring the infection control practices in the department

? Institutional responsibilities:

In Charge -Tobacco cessation Clinic
In Charge - Orofacial Clinic
Faculty coordinator -Post Graduate advanced certificate course in Laser dentistry
Certified ISO auditor

SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING

Subject	Semester / Year
Oral Medicine and Radiology	Third year and Final year BDS Part I and MDS

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Degree	Specialisation	Institute	Year of passing
MDS	Oral Medicine and Radiology	亚洲通_亚洲通官网 College of Dental Sciences ,亚洲通_亚洲通官网	2007
BDS		Government Dental College , Calicut	2001

Experience

Institution / Organisation	Designation	Role	Tenure
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, MCODS 亚洲通_亚洲通官网	Reader	Teaching and Patient Care	2011-2012
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, MCODS 亚洲通_亚洲通官网	Assistant Professor	Teaching and Patient Care	2007-2011
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology	Associate Professor	Teaching and Patient Care	2012 - 2016
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology	Professor	Teaching, Patient care and Administration	Jan 15th 2016 -till date

Usefulness of salivary alpha amylase as a biomarker of chronic stress and stress related oral mucosal changes

Clinico-pathologic pattern and outcome of oral cancer affecting young individuals in a south Indian population -A pilot study

Prevalence of abnormal panoramic radiographic findings in edentulous patients. 亚洲通_亚洲通官网

AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH

Area of Interest

Potentially Malignant Lesions of Oral Cavity, Chronic Orofacial Pain, Tobacco cessation, Salivary Diagnostics

Area of Expertise

Management of Oral Mucosal lesions, Cone Beam CT

Area of 亚洲通_亚洲通官网

Diagnostic value of Salivary fluids, Oral Cancer-Clinic-pathologic pattern, Salivary Diagnostics, Cone Beam CT applications in various pathologies

Professional Affiliations & Contributions

Awards and Recognition?

Recipient of 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 University – Faimer 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Institute For Leadership In Inter-professional Education (MUIFIILIPE) Fellowship on May 8th, 2017
Received Good teacher award four times (2015, 2017, 2018, and 2019)
First prize for the Scientific paper of the session titled ‘ Role of Diagnostic Adjuncts in Mucormycosis: a Case series with Review of literature’ ?and also the? IAOMR Best research paper in Faculty category award (Overall) instituted by Mangalore study Group at National IAOMR PG Convention 2018 held at Vijayawada on 24^th and 25^th August 2018
Second prize for scientific paper titled ‘Osteoradionecrosis: Concepts and Challenges Revisited – A case series’ at 29^th? National Conference of Indian Academy of Oral Medicine & Radiology held on? & 3^rd 4^th and? 5^th December 2017 at? ITS dental college, Ghaziabad, UttarPradesh
Awarded First Prize for the Scientific E-poster Presentation for the topic titled ‘Dental patients on thrombo-prophylactic drugs-Current concepts and Controversies’ in the 43^rd Karnataka State Dental Conference held at Bantwal? on 17^th to 20^th Dec 2015
Awarded?Second Prize?for the?Scientific Poster?(Faculty Review Paper category)?titled 'Gene Therapy-Taking Oral Cancer 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 to New Heights' ?in the 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Symposium on Head and Neck Tumours-Transfer of Cancer biology to Cancer Medicine?held at 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 on 3rd and 4th October 2015

Awarded?second prize?for the?scientific paper?titled ‘Diseases in disguise- A diagnostic dilemma for dental practitioners” in the 44^th?Kerala State Dental Conference held at Trivandrum on 6^th?7^th?and 8^th?January 2012

Awarded?The Best paper Award?for? paper titled “Is salivary alpha amylase a biomarker of chronic psychosocial stress and stress related oral mucosal changes- A Cross sectional study”? in the XXII? National Conference of Indian Academy of Oral Medicine and Radiology, held at New Delhi on 17^th?– 19^th?December 2010

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.?Professional Affiliations?

Life Member of Indian Academy of Oral Medicine And Radiology, 2006?
Life Member of Indian Dental Association, 2010?
Life member of ?Indian Red Cross, 2011

Invasive cervical resorption- a diagnostic dilemma

2012-01-01 Yogesh Chhaparwal Keerthilatha Muralidhar Pai Rohit Bhailal Gadda

Hong Kong Dental Journal

Short root anomaly of a single tooth: A rare finding

2011-11-01 Keerthilatha M Pai Ajay G Nayak Yogesh Chhaparwal

Archives of Oral 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 v 7, n 3

Unusual clinical presentation of generalised gingiva enlargement- A report of 3 cases

2012-04-01 Smitha Rani Thada Keerthilatha M Pai

亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Journal of Collaborative 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 on Internal Medicine and Public Health Vol 4 No.

An unusual case of cheek abscess in a patient with oral sub-mucous fibrosis

2011-07-01 Sushma Pandey Dhakal Keerthilatha M Pai Ajay G Nayak

Journal of Indian Academy of Oral Medicine and Radiology

Diagnostic contributions of imaging features to differentiate ameloblastomas from keratocystic odontogenic tumours: a commentary

2011-01-01 Pathak N, Pai KM

Dento-maxillofacial Radiology 40,401.

Maffucci’s Syndrome: report of a case with oral manifestation

2011-01-01 Yogesh Chhaparwal Keerthilatha Muralidhar Pai Rohit Bhailal Gadda

Arch Oral Res 7(1):75-8.

Unusual red lesion of gingiva- Differential diagnosis and management

2011-01-01 Vidhyasagar S Pai KM

J Can Dent Assoc 77:b77.

Unilateral segmental odontomaxillary hypoplasia: an unusual case report

2011-01-01 Pandey S Pai KM Nayak AG

Imaging Science in Dentistry 41, 39-42.

Radiographic Evaluation of soft Palate Morphology and Correlation with gender on Lateral Cephalograms

2015-12-10 Smriti K Pai KM Vineetha R Pentapati KC

World J Dent 2015;6(3):147-149

Can ultrasonography findings of tongue cancer really predict cervical lymph node metastasis? Letter to Editor

2015-12-02 Kumar Swati KM Pai R Vineetha

Oral Med Oral Surg Oral Rad 2015;119(2): 254 -255

Generalized fibrotic gingival enlargement in a psoriatic patient – an association or co-incidence.

2015-11-10 Thada SR Vineetha R Pai KM

BMJ Case Rep . BMJ Case Reports 2015: Published Online: [1 September 2015] doi:10.1136/bcr-2015-211071

Usefulness of salivary alpha amylase as a biomarker of chronic stress and stress related oral mucosal changes- a pilot study

2014-12-11 Vineetha R Pai KM Vengal M Gopalakrishna K Narayanakurup D

J Clin Exp Dent. 2014;6(2):e132-137

Enhanced salivary secretion by interferential current stimulation in patients with dry mouth: a pilot study—a commentary

2016-01-10 Mathangi K Komal Smriti Vineetha R

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology October 2016; Volume 122, Issue 4, Pages 519–520 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oooo.2016.05.025

Medication related osteonecrosis of jaw in a leukemia patient undergoing systemic arsenic trioxide therapy: A rare case report. Mathangi Kumar, Vineetha Ravindranath, Kudva Adarsh.?Oral Oncology 99 (2019) 104343

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Oral manifestations in chronic kidney disease patients undergoing hemodialysis: a hospital-based study. Swati Kumar, Ravindranath VINEETHA, Keerthilatha M. PAI, Ravindra PRABHU Vathsala PATIL,, Komal Smriti. Minerva Stomatologica 2020 October;69(5):302-8

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Diffuse gingival enlargement: an unusual diagnostic clue for pulmonary tuberculosis.?Vineetha, R.,?Manu, M.K.,?Mohapatra, A.K.,?Pai, K.M.,?Pai, K..?The Lancet Infectious Diseases?18(11), pp. 1288

SCOPUS ID -36613806800

ORCID ID- 0000-0003-1907-9858

? Awareness regarding the prescription of probiotics used in dentistry amongst dental and medical professionals: ? Awareness amongst dental professionals about the effects and interactions of intraoral dental materials during magnetic resonance imaging ? Radiographic screening of edentulous arches prior to denture fabrication. ? Quantitative and qualitative analysis of palatal rugae patterns in 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Indian population

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