Dental – Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital

Department of Dental

Overview

Dental Specialty clinic is run by a group of expert dental surgeons, each having specialized in a branch that offers personal care and complete satisfaction. The clinic houses state-of-the-art equipment. The latest and highest quality dental materials to help carry out various surgical and restorative techniques, all of which makes a world of difference in diagnosis and treatment.

The department is functioning from the day our institution started in 2004. Fired with the zeal to create world class institutions, this department is serving the needy by providing all kinds of dental treatment. Around 60 to 80 patients receive treatment in the departmental OPD every day.

Vision

Our department is envisioned to serve the people in the region with quality dental health care at an affordable cost, with special focus on rural population.

Mission

To educate and impart oral health to the community.
To set high standard in dental health care by imparting high degree of professional skills.
To raise the quality of oral health care through continual dental education and research.

Faculty List

Name	Designation
Dr. Sanjay. P	Professor
Dr. Karthik Ragupathy. S.R	Professor
Dr. Geetha. R	Assistant Professor
Dr. S. Sumi Priyadharshini	Senior Resident
Dr. Ganesh. R	Tutor
Dr. Kiruthika Shriranjani	Tutor

Special Clinics

We have a special dental clinic enclave in the second floor adjacent to our department. This enclave provides advanced dental procedures with latest equipments and materials with utmost care. The following treatments are available in the special dental clinics.

Dentures and Crown & Bridge
Root canal Treatment
Cosmetic dentistry
Emergency dental care
Dental Implants
Minor oral surgery
Computerized digital x-ray(RVG)

Facilities

Our department is well equipped with three dental chairs and two X-ray units.

Dental Treatments Available

Extraction of teeth
Cleaning of teeth
Fillings
Pediatric dentistry
Emergency dental care

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

The department is rendering superior services in the branch of oral and maxillofacial surgery since 2006.

The team conducts major surgeries covering the following specialized areas:

Craniofacial Trauma
Cleft lip and palate
Oral cancer and other head and neck tumours
Orthognathic Surgery
Aesthetic Plastic surgeries

Microvascular surgery

Academics

Research

Adalarasan S, Mohan A, Pasupathy Sanjay. Prophylactic antibiotics in maxillofacial fractures: a requisite? J Craniofac Surg. 2010 Jul; 21(4):1009-11.
Janakiraman EN, Alexander M, Sanjay Pasupathy. JProspective analysis of frequency and contributing factors of nerve injuries following third-molar surgery. Craniofac Surg. 2010 May; 21(3):784-6.
Pasupathy Sanjay, Yuvaraj V.Poliomyelitis causing TMJ ankylosis?–report of two intriguing cases. Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2010 Dec;14(4):243-6.
Pasupathy Sanjay, Yuvaraj V.Peculiar presentation of bilateral temporalis muscle hypertrophy–report of a case and review of literature. Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2010 Sep; 14(3):183-5. Review.
Pasupathy Sanjay, Yuvaraj V.Modified anterior maxillary segmental osteotomy – A pilot study Oral Surgery (Accepted for publication on 19-01-2011)
Pasupathy Sanjay, Mohan Alexander.J Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Third Molar Surgery – A Randomized Triple Blind Placebo Controlled Study. Craniofac Surg. SCS-10-365 (Accepted for publication in 19-11-2010)
Pasupathy Sanjay, Mohan Alexander.J Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Third Molar Surgery – A Randomized Triple Blind Placebo Controlled Study. Craniofac Surg. SCS-10-365 (Accepted for publication in 19-11-2010)
Microflora in Maxillofacial Infections – A Changing Scenario? Yuvaraj V, Mohan Alexander, Pasupathy SanjayJ Oral Maxillofac Surg JOMS –D- 09- 00968R1 (Accepted for publication in 08-02-2011)
Ragupathy K, PriyadharsiniS, Pasupathy S, Parental Consanguinity as a risk factor in papillon-leferve syndrome: A case report. Int J Dent Med Res 2015:1(6):68-71.
Ragupathy K, Rajprakash B. Hypotensive Anesthesia in Orthognathic Surgery A review. IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences ( IOSRJDMS) elSSN: 22790853, PISSN: 2279-0861. Volume 14, issue 7 Ver. I (July,2015), PP 107109.
Ragupathy K, Priyadharsini I, Sanjay P, Yuvaraj V, Balaji TS. Peripheral Osteoma of the Body of Mandible: A case report, Journal of Maxillofacial
& Oral surgery 2015; 14(4):1004-1008.
Ragupathy K, Pasupathy S. “Incidence, aetiology and pattern of mandibular fractures in Pondicherry”. Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences 2015;Vol.4, issue 104, Dec. 28;Page: 16946-16950,DOI:10.14260/ jemds/2015/2555.
Ragupathy K, Outcomes of surgical versus nonsurgical treatment of
mandibular condyle fractures. Int Surg J 2016;3:47-51.
Sanjay Pasupathy, Karthik Ragupathy. SPECT/CT image fusion in Unilateral condylar hyperplasia-report of a case and review of literature. Journal of Scientific Dentistry 2016;6(2);53-55.
Karthik Ragupathy, Sanjay Pasupathy. An epidemiological study of zygomatic complex and zygomatic arch fractures in a tertiary hospital – A
retrospective study. Journal of oral medicine, Oral surgery, Oral Pathology and Oral radiology, 2017;3(1):1-4.
Sanjay Pasupathy, Karthik Ragupathy, Antibiotic prophylaxis in oral and
maxillofacial surgery: use or abuse –A retrospective study. Journal of Oral Medicine, Oral Surgery, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology, 2017; 3(1):5-8.

S.No	Title of the paper	Name of the author (First/corresponding)	Department	Name of the journal	Date of Acceptance	Date of publication	Year	ISSN number	Link of the recognition in UGC enlistment of the Journal	Name of the indexing database	Type
1	Sub-Conjuctival Haemorrhage Following Maxillary Third Molar Extraction - A Rarity	KarthickRagupathy, GeethaRajendran SanjayPasupathy GaneshRamakrishan KiruthikaShriranjani	Dentistry	Journal of Evolution of Medical Dental Science	07.05.2021	28.06.2021	2021	2278-4802	Jemds.com	UGC CARE, Scopus, SCIE, DOAJ, PubMed	National
2	Mental Nerve Schwannoma - A Rare Cause of Lower Jaw Swelling	Geetha Rajendran, Karthick Ragupathy, Sanjay Pasupathy, GaneshRamakrishan, Kiruthika Shriranjani	Dentistry	Journal of Evolution of Medical Dental Science	07.04.2021	31.05.2021	2021	2278-4802	Jemds.com	UGC CARE, Scopus, SCIE, DOAJ, PubMed	National
3	Maxillofacial Fractures in Pondicherry India : An eight year single centre retrospective study	KarthickRagupathy, GeethaRajendran, SanjayPasupathy, GaneshRamakrishan, KiruthikaShriranjani	Dentistry	Indian Journal of Dental Research	16.02.2023	05.05.2023	2023	0970-9290	www.ijdr.in	UGC CARE, Scopus, DOAJ.	National
4	Maxillary cemento-ossifying fibroma – A rare occurrence	Geetha Rajendran,Sanjay Pasupathy , Karthick Ragupathy , Ganesh	Dentistry	Global Journal of Health Science and Research	27.01.2023	20.02.2023	2023	2836-5259	www.gjhsr.org	UGC CARE, Scopus, SCIE, DOAJ, PubMed	International

Awards

Outreach

On behalf of the 10th year celebrations, from our dentistry department we conducted a school dental health programme in various government and private schools in and around institution. Our main objective of this programme is to provide comprehensive dental screening and free treatment for under privileged school children surrounding our institution as we all know that dental treatments are very expensive elsewhere. In addition to that, students and parents visiting our department through the programme, can also avail other facilities of our institution.

As per the programme, we got official permission from the director of school education to conduct the programme in both government and private schools in Puducherry UT. The faculty members of our department visited the schools and screened the students. An individual card was given to the students for those who require dental treatment and asked those students to visit and avail the treatment with their parents free of cost in our SMVMCH dental department within two weeks. Those who reported with the card were given free treatment.

The various treatment given for the students are

Dental Extractions
Dental Temporary and Permenant Fillings
Preventive Pit and Fissure sealents
Scaling
Dental Xrays
Root Canal Treatment
Crown and Bridges

We got overwhelming response from certain schools and the school teachers were extremely helpful in conducting the screening programme and motivating the parents to awail the treatment.

We like to thank the department of Community medicine for their support for the programme.

We also express our gratitude to our director, deputy director and administrators for their constant inputs in making the programme a success.

We are very grateful to our management for their support in providing expensive dental materials free of cost to the needy school children. We are happy to inform all that our management have consented to extend the programme in the coming years also so that more children will be benefitted in the future. We have a vision to cover all the schools especially government schools in Puducherry UT and also in Villupuram district in the coming years.

The details of the number of students benefitted so far from the programme and the photographs are enclosed below.

The following list of activities organized by the department as part of the tenth year celebrations:

Date	Programme	School	No. of benefited students
14-09-16	School Dental Health Programme	Govt. Primary School, K. T. Kuppam	158
14-09-16	School Dental Health Programme	Govt. High School, Thirubhuvanai	255
15-09-16	School Dental Health Programme	Govt. Primary School, K. T. Kuppam-Pet	27
		Govt. Primary School, Madagadipet	74
		Govt. Primary School, Nallur	61
30-01-17	School Dental Health Programme	Swami Vivekanda Hr. Sec. School	94
31-01-17	Swami Vivekanda Hr. Sec. School	136
08-02-17	School Dental Health Programme	Bharatha Devi English High School	213
09-02-17	Bharatha Devi English High School	350
30-03-17	School Dental Health Programme	Govt. Hr. Sec. School, Ariyur	268
23.10.18	School Dental Health Programme	John Dewey Matric Hr.Sec.School	319
06-03-19	School Dental Health Programme	Panchayat Union Middle School ,V.Mathur	44
18-10-19	School Dental Health Programme	Bonne Nehru Higher Secondary School Thirukkanur Pondicherry	219
22.-10-19	School Dental Health Programme	Pavender Bharathidasan.Gov .Hr.Sec.School,Puducherry	450
06-03-20	School Dental Health Programme	Gonifer Matriculation School Pondy Road Koliyanur	519
11-03-20	School Dental Health Programme	Bonne Nehru Nursery & Primary School Villupuram	214
08-03-22	School Dental Health Programme	Sathya Special School	34
07-04-22	School Dental Health Programme	Sathya Special School	139
28-10-22	School Dental Health Programme	Govt Boys Hr.Sec.School Valayanur Villupuram	75
10-11-22	School Dental Health Programme	Govt Boys Hr.Sec.School Valayanur Villupuram	265
18-11-22	School Dental Health Programme	Govt.Girls High School,Siruvandhadu	372
20-01-23	School Dental Health Programme	Govt.Hr.Sec.School	252
30-06-23	School Dental Health Programme	Avinshree International School Pondicherry	251
		TOTAL	4789
		No. of student came for SMVMCH Dental OPD	857

No.	Procedure Name	No. of procedure done
1	Permenant filling (GIC)	1768
2	Pit & Fissure	440
3	Scaling	998
4	Extraction	265
5	RCT	42
6	X-Rays	29
7	Temperory Fillings	65
TOTAL		3607

Events

“International Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon’s Day”

The Department of Dentistry celebrated International Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Day on 13.02.24 at basement auditorium (hospital block) to create awareness among Allied Health Sciences students regarding road traffic safety, emphasizing essential do’s and don’ts to prevent facial injuries.

Dr. Ramya (Dean,) Sri Manakula Vinayagar Engineering College-School of Allied Health Sciences was the special guest of the event. Dr.P.Sanjay MDS DNB,MOMSRCPS(Glasgow) Professor and Head, Department of Dentistry,SMVMCH,welcomed the guest.

Dr. S. R. Karthik Ragupathy, MDS, Professor, Department of dentistry,SMVMCH,delivered a lecture on overview of Oral and maxillofacial trauma and its management and Dr. R. Ganesh BDS, Tutor, Department of dentistry,SMVMCH,delivered a comprehensive awareness talk focusing on road safety. Around 180 allied health sciences students attended the event. It is hoped that the knowledge gained from this event will contribute to creating safer roads and reducing the burden of facial trauma in the community. The program concluded with a vote of thanks by Dr. V. Kiruthika Shriranjani, BDS, Tutor, Department of Dentistry, SMVMCH

9^th Basic Oral Surgical Skills Workshop

The 9^th BOSS – HANDS ON WORKSHOP for general practitioners was conducted on 24th of April, 2023.It was a one day program with hospitality.

Totally 6 Doctors, 4 participants from a private clinic in Puducherry and 2 in-house junior residents, have participated.

The forenoon session started with lecture followed by demonstration & hand-on workshop on local anesthesia administration & extraction technique demonstrated by Course Director

Dr. P. Sanjay, MDS, DNB, MOMSRCPS, Glasgow (Professor and Head, Dept. of Dentistry) and afternoon session was suturing technique and dental wiring technique hands on workshop demonstrated by Dr. R. Ganesh BDS (Tutor) and Dr. S.R. Karthik Ragupathy MDS (Professor) respectively.

The program ended with certificate distribution for all the participants. Feedback forms were collected through Google forms.

World Oral Health Day Celebration

(In collaboration with National Oral Health Mission, Govt of Puducherry)

In view of “World Oral Health Day”, the department of Dentistry, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital, Puducherry, in collaboration with National Oral Health Mission, Govt. of Puducherry, conducted poster competition with the theme “ Be Proud of Your Mouth” for Sri Manakula Vinayagar Nursing College students on 29.3.2023.

Totally, 29 teams (2 participants in each team) participated in the competition.

The posters were designed using creative and innovative ideas to convey the importance of maintaining good oral hygiene.

The winners of the poster competition were announced on the same day. The first prize was awarded to Miss. Nandana. M.P and Miss. Juvisha .C.T of 3^rd year B.Sc. Nursing, the second prize was awarded to S. Mugilan and B. Jayasouriya of 2^ndYear B.Sc. Nursing and the third prize was awarded to I. Dhikshya and M. Hemalatha of 2^nd year B.Sc. Nursing.

8^th Basic Oral Surgical Skills Workshop

Periapical Surgery Lecture & Live Surgery Demonstration

The 8^th BOSS – Hands on Workshop for Post Graduates was conducted on 18th of March, 2023.It was a one day program with hospitality.

Totally 6 Post Graduates from Indira Gandhi Institute of Dental Science in Puducherry have participated.

The session started with lecture followed by demonstration & hand-on workshop on Periapical Surgery Lecture & Live Surgery Demonstration.

The program ended with certificate distribution for all the participants. Feedback forms were collected through Google forms.

National Dentist Day 2023

Day Celebrations:

We celebrated National Dentist day by conducting free Dental Screening & Treatment (filling) camp for all the Attenders of our institution on 06.03.2023 from 9.00am to 1.00pm in our Dental OPD. Around 20 dental restorations have been done. Oral hygiene kit was given as a compliment to all the Attenders after dental screening. We thank the Management, Administrators and Paramedical staffs for their support which made this event a grand success.

Organizing Team:

Dr. P. Sanjay, M.D.S.,DNB.,MOMSRCPS(Glasgow)
Dr. S.R.Karthik Ragupathy,M.D.S.,
Dr. R. Geetha, M.D.S.,
Dr. R. Ganesh,B.D.S.,
Dr. V. Kiruthika Shriranjani,B.D.S.,

Comprehensive Dental Treatment for Special Children

The Comprehensive Dental Treatment for Special Children was Conducted on 08 th March, 2023 .It was a One day Camp.

Totally 34 Special Children were Screened at Sathya Special School located at Vikravandi,Villupuram.

We Thank Our Management and Administers for Providing the Permission and Opportunity to conduct the Camp Successfully.

OrganizingTeam:

Dr.P.Sanjay,M.D.S(Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery)DNB.,MOMSRCPS(Glasgow) Professor & Head,
Dr.S.R.Karthik Ragupathy,M.D.S.,(Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery) Professor
Dr.R.Geetha,M.D.S.,(Oral Medicine ang Radiology ) Assistant Professor
Dr.R.Ganesh,B.D.S.,Tutor
Dr.V.Kiruthika Shriranjani,B.D.S.,Tutor

Oral Hygiene Awareness Program for Staff Nurses

(In collaboration with National Oral Health Mission, Govt of Puducherry)

In view of “World Oral Health Day”, the department of Dentistry, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital, Puducherry, in collaboration with National Oral Health Mission, Govt. of Puducherry, conducted a Oral Hygiene Awareness Program for Staff Nurses of Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College & Hospital on 01.04.2022.Totally, 50 Staff Nurses are participated in the Oral HygieneSession. Dr.P.Sanjay,M.D.S.,DNB.,MOMSRCPS(Glasgrow),Dr.Ganesh.,BDS and Dr.Kiruthika Shriranjani.,BDS has Explained about Techniques and Oral Hygiene Care Equipment’s to the Staff Nurses of Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College & Hospital. The Feedback forms are collected from the Staff Nurses.

Mucormycosis Screening Camp for Post COVID patients Report

We have conducted a free “Mucormycosis Screening Camp for Post COVID patients” at Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital on 31.05.2021, 1.06.2021 and 2.06.2021 from 9.00 am to 12 noon. We prepared a detailed, unique screening form consisting of COVID history, co-morbidities, Steroid therapy, events during hospitalization (people under long standing oxygen therapy, prolonged ICU stays, people under mechanical ventilation) along with oral, ophthalmic and ENT examination (Performa was attached below) We personally telephoned around 590 patients who were admitted in our institution for COVID management for the past 3months.Out of which 82 patients reported for screening. We have only called patients who have completed atleast 30 days from the date of tested positive. No evident signs and symptoms of Mucormycosis (Black Fungus) was detected in screened patients. COVID protocols were strictly followed during the camp proceedings. Detailed explanation of signs and symptoms of Mucormycosis was given to all the patients and was advised to report if they have any of those symptoms in future. We thank the Government of Puducherry, our management and administrators for providing the permission and opportunity to conduct the camp successfully.

Organizing Team:

Dr.P.Sanjay, M.D.S(Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery) DNB., MOMSRCPS (Glasgow) Professor & Head,
Dr.S.R.Karthik Ragupathy, M.D.S.,( Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery) Professor
Dr.R.Geetha, M.D.S.,(Oral Medicine and Radiology) Assistant Professor
Dr.R.Ganesh,B.D.S.,Tutor
Dr.V.Kiruthika Shriranjani,B.D.S.,Tutor

National dentist day 2021

Day Celebrations

As a part of 15^th year celebration of our institution, we celebrated National Dentist day by conducting free Dental Screening & Treatment (filling) camp for all the Staff Nurses & ANM’s of our institution on 06.03.2021from 9.00am to 1.00pm in our Dental OPD. Around 51 dental restorations have been done. Oral hygiene kit was given as a compliment to all the staff nurses & ANM’s after dental screening. We thank the Management, Administrators and Paramedical staffs for their support which made this event a grand success.

Organizing Team:

Dr. P. Sanjay, M.D.S.,DNB.,MOMSRCPS(Glasgow)
Dr. S.R.Karthik Ragupathy,M.D.S.,
Dr. R. Geetha, M.D.S.,
Dr. R. Ganesh,B.D.S.,
Dr. V. Kiruthika Shriranjani,B.D.S.,

Live Webinar Series 2020

Department of Dentistry, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College & Hospital in association with IDA Puducherry branch has been conducting a Live Webinar Series every Wednesday from 24^th June 2020 through Google Meet. Speakers from Medical and Dental fraternities were invited from both inside and outside of our institution to share their wisdom of knowledge in various fields of Dentistry.

Organizing Team:

Dr. P. Sanjay, M.D.S.,DNB.,MOMSRCPS(Glasgow)
Dr. S.R.Karthik Ragupathy,M.D.S.,
Dr. R. Geetha, M.D.S.,
Dr. R. Ganesh,B.D.S.,
Dr. V. Kiruthika Shriranjani,B.D.S.,

Live Webinar Series #1

Department of Dentistry in association with Indian Dental Association conducted a Live Webinar Series #1 on 24^th June 2020 from 10am to 11am through Google meet. The lecture on “ Writing Prescription in Dentistry – Back to Basics” was delivered by Dr. P. Sanjay, Professor & Head, Department of Dentistry, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital.
Around 88 participants including dental undergraduates, postgraduates, faculties and General Practioners were actively attended the Live Webinar.
e.Certificate was sent to all the participants. Feedback forms were collected through online Google forms.

Live Webinar Series #2

Department of Dentistry in association with Indian Dental Association organized Live Webinar Series #2 on 1^stJuly 2020 from 11am to 12pm through Google meet. Our Guest Speaker Dr. R. Krishna Prabu, Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Sri
Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital, delivered his
enlightening speech on “Medical emergencies at Dental
Office – A step by step Approach” Dr. P. Sanjay, Professor & Head, Department of Dentistry, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital, was the Moderator of the Webinar.
Around 155 participants including dental undergraduates, postgraduates, faculties and General Practioners were actively attended the Live Webinar.
e.Certificate was sent to all the participants. Feedback forms were collected through online Google forms.

Live Webinar Series #3

Department of Dentistry in association with Indian Dental Association organized Live Webinar Series #3 on 9^thJuly 2020 from 11am to 12pm through Google meet. Our Guest Speaker Dr. V. Yuvaraj, Professor & Head ,Department of Oral & Maxillofacial surgery, Sri Venkateshwaraa Dental College, Ariyur, Puducherry delivered his outstanding lecture on
“All About Impacted 3^rd Molars.
Around 240 participants including dental undergraduates, postgraduates, Faculties from various institutions from all over India and General Practioners from in and around Puducherry were actively attended the Live Webinar.
e.Certificate was sent to all the participants. Feedback forms were collected through online Google forms.

Live Webinar Series #4

Department of Dentistry in association with Indian Dental Association organized Live Webinar Series #4 on 15^thJuly 2020 from 9.30am to 10.30am through Google meet. Our Guest speaker Dr. A. Umamageswari, Associate Professor ,Department of Radiodiagnosis,Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital,delivered her eminent lecture on “Reading CT & MRI of Maxillofacial Region Made Easy-An Expert’s Guidance”
Around 269 participants including dental undergraduates, postgraduates, Faculties from various institutions from all over India and General Practioners from in and around Puducherry were actively attended the Live Webinar.
e.Certificate was sent to all the participants.Feedback forms were collected through online Google forms.

Live Webinar Series #5

Department of Dentistry in association with Indian Dental Association organized Live Webinar Series #5 on 22^ndJuly 2020 from 11am to 12pm through Google meet. Dr. P. Sanjay, Professor & Head, Department of Dentistry, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital, delivered his lecture on “Bleeding Dental Patients – Arrest before
Unrest”
Around 363 participants including dental undergraduates, postgraduates, Faculties from various institutions from all over India and General Practioners from in and around Puducherry were actively attended the Live Webinar.
e.Certificate was sent to all the participants. Feedback forms were collected through online Google forms.

Live Webinar Series #6

Department of Dentistry in association with Indian Dental Association organized Live Webinar Series #6 – “Head & Neck Without Brains- An Exquisite Dental Quiz Show” on 29^th July 2020 from 10.30 am onwards through Google meet .Totally 47 teams registered for the Quiz Show and around 114 Participants including dental under graduates , post graduates ,Faculties & General Practioners from all over India were actively attended the Quiz show.
A preliminary round was conducted through Google forms for registered participants. Six teams were selected for the final round. Totally 9 rounds were conducted.
Dr. P.Sanjay M.D.S., DNB, MOMSRCPS(Glasgow),Professor & Head Department of Dentistry, conducted the Quiz Show.
1^st place was won by Dr. Ragav S Moorthy & Dr. B. Balachandran team – 1^st year Postgraduates from Mahatma Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Dental Sciences, Puducherry. 2^nd place was won by Dr. M. Surenthar & Dr. R.Vineeth team – 2^nd year Post Graduates from Mahatma Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Dental Sciences, Puducherry.3^rd place was won by Dr. Louis Solomon Simon (Senior Resident ) & Dr. U. Deepika ( Final year Post Graduate) team – SCB Government Dental College , Cuttack, Odisha.

Live Webinar Series #7

Department of Dentistry in association with Indian Dental Association organized Live Webinar Series #7 on 5^thAugust 2020 from 10.30am to 12pm through Google meet. Dr. P. Sanjay, Professor & Head, Department of Dentistry, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital, delivered his lecture on “To Stab or Not To Stab – I&D in
Dentistry” .
Around 195 participants including dental undergraduates, postgraduates, Faculties from various institutions from all over India and General Practioners from in and around Puducherry were actively attended the Live Webinar.
e.Certificate was sent to all the participants. Feedback forms were collected through online Google forms.

Live Webinar Series #8

D Department of Dentistry in association with Indian Dental Association organized Live Webinar Series #8 on 12^thAugust 2020 from 10.30am to 12pm through Google meet. Dr. P. Sanjay, Professor & Head, Department of Dentistry, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital, delivered his lecture on “Temporomandibular Joint Disorders – Simplified”
Around 399 participants including dental undergraduates, postgraduates, Faculties from various institutions from all over India and General Practioners from in and around Puducherry were actively attended the Live Webinar.
e.Certificate was sent to all the participants. Feedback forms were collected through online Google forms.

Live Webinar Series #9

Department of Dentistry in association with Indian Dental Association organized Live Webinar Series #9 on 19^thAugust 2020 from 10.30am to 12pm through Google meet. Our Guest Speaker Dr. V. Yuvaraj, Professor & Head ,Department of Oral & Maxillofacial surgery, Sri Venkateshwaraa Dental College, Ariyur, Puducherry delivered his outstanding lecture on “Dental Implants – Surgical Considerations” . Dr. P. Sanjay, Professor & Head, Department of Dentistry, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital, was the Moderator of the Webinar.
Around 419 participants including dental undergraduates, postgraduates, Faculties from various institutions from all over India and General Practioners from in and around Puducherry were actively attended the Live Webinar.
e.Certificate was sent to all the participants. Feedback forms were collected through online Google forms.

Live Webinar Series #10

Department of Dentistry in association with Indian Dental Association organized Live Webinar Series #10 on 26^th August 2020 from 10.30am to 12pm through Google meet. Our Guest Speaker Dr.K.Vijay, M.D.S.,FICOI.,Consultant Implantologist
& Prosthodontist,Jai Dental Clinic,Kovilpatti, delivered his outstanding lecture on “Dental Implants – Prosthodontic Considerations”
Dr. P. Sanjay, Professor & Head, Department of Dentistry, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital, and Dr. V. Yuvaraj, Professor & Head ,Department of Oral & Maxillofacial surgery, Sri Venkateshwaraa Dental College, Ariyur, Puducherry, were the Moderators of the Webinar.
Around 315 participants including dental undergraduates, postgraduates, Faculties from various institutions from all over India and General Practioners from in and around Puducherry were actively attended the Live Webinar.
e.Certificate was sent to all the participants. Feedback forms were collected through online Google forms.

Live Webinar Series #11

Department of Dentistry in association with Indian Dental Association organized Live Webinar Series #11 on 2^ndSeptember 2020 from 10.30am to 12pm through Google meet. Our Guest Speaker Dr. I. Karthikeyan, M.D.S., FICOI., Reader, Indira Gandhi Institute of Dental Science, Puducherry, delivered his outstanding lecture on “Dental Implants – Periodontal Considerations”.
Dr. P. Sanjay, Professor & Head, Department of Dentistry, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital, and Dr. V. Yuvaraj, Professor & Head ,Department of Oral & Maxillofacial surgery, Sri Venkateshwaraa Dental College, Ariyur, Puducherry, were the Moderators of the Webinar.
Around 206 participants including dental undergraduates, postgraduates, Faculties from various institutions from all over India and General Practioners from in and around Puducherry were actively attended the Live Webinar.
e Certificate was sent to all the participants. Feedback forms were collected through online Google forms.

Live Webinar Series #12

Department of Dentistry in association with Indian Dental Association organized Live Webinar Series #13 on 16^th September 2020 from 10.30am to 12pm through Google meet. Dr.R Geetha Karthik, M.D.S., (Oral Medicine & Radiology), Assistant Professor, Department of Dentistry, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital, delivered her lecture on “Panoramic Radiography – Basics & Case
Studies”.
Around 176 participants including dental undergraduates, postgraduates, Faculties from various institutions from all over India and General Practioners from in and around Puducherry were actively attended the Live Webinar.
e Certificate was sent to all the participants. Feedback forms were collected through online Google forms.

Basic Oral Surgical Skills Workshop (BOSS)

The department of dentistry successfully organized a two days Hands on Workshop – BOSS (Basic Oral Surgical Skills) every month from June 2019. The workshop was inaugurated by Dr. D. Rajagovindan, Director, Dr. R.N. Kagne, Deputy Director, Dr.K.Karthikeyan, Dean (Academic) and Dr. M. Pragash, Medical Superintendent. The workshop comprises of three levels. So far we have completed 7 workshops. This training program is to shed lights on various aspects of Basic Local Anesthetic techniques, Dental Extractions, Suturing and Dental Wiring techniques. The main objective of this workshop is to re-familiarize General dental practitioners, Dental interns and Dental Postgraduates to basic oral surgery and to ease the difficulties encountered in common situations. The participants are given hands on training in live patients as well as in models under able guidance from the dental faculties.

1^st BOSS workshop

The 1^st BOSS – HANDS ON WORKSHOP (Level 1) for undergraduates was conducted on 23^rd & 24^th of June 2019.Totally 5 Doctors from Pondicherry have participated. The forenoon session for day 1 & day 2 started with the pre test and lecture followed by demonstration & hands -on workshop on Local Anesthesia administration & Extraction technique demonstrated by Course Director Dr. Sanjay .P, MDS, DNB, MOMSRCPS, Glasgow (Professor and Head, Dept. of Dentistry) and afternoon sessionwas suturing technique hands on workshop by Dr. Ganesh BDS(Senior Tutor) on day 1 and dental wiring technique hands on workshop on day 2 demonstrated by Dr. Karthik Ragupathy MDS (Associate Professor)

The program ended with the post test followed by feedback forms and certificate distribution for all the participants.

2^nd BOSS workshop

The 2^nd Basic Oral Surgical Skills Hands On Workshop(Level 1) for Postgraduates was conducted in the month of July 8^th and 9^th 2019. It was a 2 days program with hospitality. Totally 5 Doctors from Pondicherry have participated.

The forenoon session for day 1 started with pre test and lecture followed by demonstration & hands-on workshop on Local Anesthesia administration and extraction techniques demonstrated by Course Director Dr. Sanjay . P MDS, DNB, MOMSRCPS, Glasgow ( Professor and Head, Dept. of Dentistry) and day 2 was hands on workshop on Naso –tracheal intubation and Ryles tube insertion which was demonstrated on mannequin by Dr. Krishnaprabu (Professor, Dept. of Anaesthesiology) and Dr. Balasubramanian (Professor, Dept. of Anaesthesiology) and hands-on workshop on catheterization demonstrated by Dr. Shivaji (Assistant Professor, Dept. of Urology) in operation theatre. Afternoon session was suturing technique hands on workshop demonstrated by Dr. Ganesh BDS (Senior Tutor) on day 1 and dental wiring technique hands on workshop on day 2 demonstrated by Dr. Karthik Ragupathy MDS (Associate Professor)