DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH DENTISTRY

FACULTY

S.No.

Name Of Faculty

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Post

1.

Dr.Sanchit Pradhan

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Associate Professor

2.

Dr Mayank Das

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Lecturer

3.

Dr.Mohnish Muchhal

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Lecturer

4.

Dr. Supurna Pandit

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Lecturer

Department’s Mission

  1. To acquire theoretical and practical knowledge of identifying oral health problems affecting the society, focusing on oral health problems that are prevalent among underprivileged sections.
  2. Conducting health surveys, providing health education and being patient voluntary.
  3. To promote and provide preventive services at the doorstep of the masses.


About The Department
The Department aims on conducting various research activities based on understanding the needs of the society with respect to Oral health care, not just at an individual level,  but at the community level. Public Health means health of the masses, maintenance and care of which is our sole concern. We, with the goal of serving the community with an advanced infrastructure serves and caters the population with all oral health care facilities to the far away underserved rural areas. We are providing oral health education as well as tobacco cessation facilities to the population of Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor, Deoband, Saharanpur, Baghpat, Bulandshahr, Hapur, Ghaziabad and Noida. Not only this we are also promoting preventive and palliative care to the community, evaluating the oral health conditions and take measures to rectify such issues prevalent among the community.

 
Salient Features Of The Department

  1. SATELLITE CLINICS – We have our established and fully functional dental set up at rural and urban health centres in Meerut.

Satellite Clinic No.1 - Medical OPD, Chhatrapati Shivaji Subharti Hospital, Meerut.
Satellite Clinic No.2 - District Jail, Meerut.
Satellite Clinic No.3 - Khajuri P.H.C., Meerut.
Satellite Clinic No.4 - Sarawani P.H.C., Meerut.
Satellite Clinic No.5 - Multan Nagar U.H.C., Meerut.
Satellite Clinic No.6 - Lohiya Centre P.H.C., Meerut

  1. MOBILE DENTAL VAN
  2. Fully Air conditioned Mobile Dental Van
  3. Has Two functional Dental Chairs installed
  4. The MDV also caries:-
    1. In-built compressor
    2. Electric Generator
    3. LED Television with sound system

3 CLOTHES DONATION BOX –Currently there are total 3 Clothes Donation Box placed in the premises of Swami Vivekanand Subharti University which helps in providing free Clothes to the needy people of the society.
4.DENTAL MUSEUM-We are having fully functional oral health educational museum for patients, in that we are equipped with 1 Television,1 Digital Tablet and working models for patients. The purpose of this dental museum is to educate and motivate the common public and patients for maintaining good oral health. It also increases the awareness of important role that oral health plays in overall health.

5.PATIENT FEEDBACK REGISTER-This register is also kept at Dental Museum.  The patients who are coming into the College for dental examination and treatment will be educated and motivated for the importance of oral hygiene, proper oral health practices, advanced treatment modalities available in all dental specialities and have to give feedback in the Feedback register which helps in evaluating the valuable information about patient perception and experiences about the quality dental care, which guide us further to improve the  better oral health care delivery services.   

Guest Lectures, Workshops And Conferences Organized By The Department In Last Five Years


Year

Title of the Workshop/ Conference/ CDE/ Guest Lecture/ Webinar

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2023

Webinar on “Role of Public Health in India and Avenues in Public Health”
Speaker- Dr Preeti Negandhi
Additional Prof. Indian Institute of Public Health Delhi and Public Health Foundation of India

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2022

Value Added Course on Human Values and Professional Ethics
Speaker -  Dr. Seema Bendre.
Professor, and Private practitioner

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2022

UG CDE PROGRAM “Suture Materials & Suturing Techniques"
Speaker - Dr. Madhuri Alankar Sawai Professor, Faculty of Dentistry, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi

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2022

Guest lecture 10/9/22 on Vision of Swami Vivekanand Ji
Speaker-Mr. Kuldeep Narayan,Sanskriti Department, Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, Meerut

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2022

1.Virtual guest lecture 27th May 2022

TOPIC- Tobacco & Oral Health
Speaker- Dr. Pawan Gupta.

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2021

2.Webinar 19/6/21 National Public Health Dentistry Day

TOPIC- Guidance of Psychosocial Counselling & Covid Helpers
Speaker- Neha Dagar, , Consultant in Swachhta Action Plan Division Mahatma Gandhi National Council of Rural Education, Ministry of Education, Govt. of India

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2021

3.Webinar 4/2/21World Cancer Day 4th Feb 2021 TOPIC- “ Lets talk all about Cancer”

 Speaker-Dr Rajeev Kumar from Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute & Research Centre

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2021 4.Webinar 10/12/21 “Understanding Systematic Review & Meta-analysis” Speaker- Dr Arpit Gupta, Assistant Professor, Oral Health Science Centre, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education And Research, Chandigarh. Know More
2021 5.Webinar 17/12/21 on “5G Challenges and state of art ‘’ Speaker- Dr Amit Tirth, Professor, Kothiwal Dental College, Moradabad. Know More
2021

6.Guest Lecture 29/12/21 on NEP 2020 and a vision of Swami Vivekanand

Speaker- Dr. Simmi Gurwara, Additional Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Professor of English and Convener, Swami Vivekanand Chair at Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, Meerut.

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2021 7.Guest Lecture 31/12/21 on ‘Immune Resilience & Life Style Changes’

Speaker- Dr. Rahul Bansal, Professor & Head, Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medical Scieneces, Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, Meerut

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2020

  1. WEBINAR 19/6/20 National Public Health Dentistry Day

TOPIC-“ Role of Public Health Dentist in COVID- 19 Pandemic”.

Speaker- Dr. Denzy Lawarence 

 

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  1. WEBINAR 31/5/20 WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY

TOPIC-“ TOBACCO and COVID-19”       
Speaker Dr. Bidyut Sarkar Sir. Director- Health Facility Strengthening - IHAT U.P.

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  1. FDP FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
    TITLE- INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS FOR STUDENTS ENGAGEMENT AND FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT METHODS ON 5-6 MARCH 2020
    RESOURCE PERSON- DR. PUSHPANJALI K. & DR. MEDHA A. JOSHI

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2019

 CDE PROGRAMME TITLED “RESEARCH METHODOLOGY: SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS” ON 25/07/2019
RESOURCE PERSON- DR. NAGESH L

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2018

Guest Lecture
Topic- “What after BDS”
Speaker- Dr Kumar Rajan

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2017

Workshop on Stress Management
TOPIC- Lifestyle modification for better Health through Naturopathy and Yoga
Speaker-Dr. Abhay Shankargowda

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2015

Webinar
Speaker-Dr. Kumar Rajan
Topic-Dental Practices Management

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Achievements, Awards & Recognitions of the Department
Department of Public Health Dentistry has 2 patents, 21 awards have been won by students and faculty, 2 number of faculty has served as chairperson 
 

Publications by the department
The department faculty take active interest in publications and has published - 29 articles

Forthcoming events:

  • Activities under Bharat ka Amrut Mahotsav Event (throughout the year)
  • Health Days