CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Conducts postgraduate clinical discussions and facilitates guidance towards dissertations and short research projects .
- Conducts sessional and University examinations for BDS and do paper valuation
- Provides quality and personalized dental care to patients.
- Engages in chair side discussions and clinical demonstrations for students and render the state of the art, clinical and diagnostic skills to the undergraduate students.
- Integrates research in routine job situation.
As the Dean and Senior Professor with rich academic and administrative experience, she assists and guides in smooth conduct of the institutional and departmental activities. ?
She also :
SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING
| Subject | Semester / Year |
|---|---|
| Oral Medicine and Radiology | Third and Final BDS Part I and MDS |
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
| Degree | Specialisation | Institute | Year of passing |
|---|---|---|---|
| MDS | Oral Medicine and Radiology | MCODS, 沙巴体育 Mangalore University | 1991 |
| BDS | GDC, Bangalore University, Bangalore | 1987 |
Experience
| Institution / Organisation | Designation | Role | Tenure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, MCODS 沙巴体育 | Professor and Head of the Department | 2001 onwards | |
| Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, MCODS 沙巴体育 | Professor | 2000 onwards | |
| Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, MCODS 沙巴体育 | Associate Professor | 1997-2000 | |
| Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, MCODS 沙巴体育 | Assistant Professor | 1992-1997 | |
| Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, MCODS 沙巴体育 | Tutor | 1988-1989 |
Proteomics for diagnosis and monitoring of therapy in oral malignancy
BK Manjunath, C Muralikrishna, Jacob Kurien, C Santosh, Arindam Sarkar, K Venkatakrishna, V B Kartha. Proceedings of Golden Jubilee National Laser symposium, 2003
Optical Screening of Oral Cancer: Technology for emerging markets
Sarif Kumar Naik, Lalit Gupta, Chetan Mittal, Srinivasan Balakrishnan, Satish Prasad Rath, Santosh C - Proceedings of the 29th Annual 沙巴体育 Conference of the IEEE EMBS, Cite international, Lyon, France, 2807-2809, August 2007
AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH
Area of Interest
Diagnosis of Potentially Malignant Oral Disorders, Diagnosis of Chronic Orofacial Pain And TMD
Area of Expertise
Oral and Radiographic Diagnosis
Area of 沙巴体育
Early detection of oral malignancy using laser spectroscopy, Chemoprevention of oral cancer, Dimensional accuracy of images obtained by various imaging modalities, Forensic odontology, Salivary diagnostics
Professional Affiliations & Contributions
- Life member of Indian Academy of Oral Medicine and Radiology, 1992.
- Annual Member of Indian Dental Association.
Invited Guest Lectures :
1.??? Guest lecture on Periodontitis-sixth complication of Diabetes mellitus? at? UPDACON-2012 held at Lucknow on 17th and 18th November 2012
2.??? Dr S Ramachandra Memorial Oration on Potentially malignant oral disorders? at ?40th Karnataka State IDA conference B.C Road, Bantwal on 30th November -2nd December 2012
3.??? Guest lecture on Current Concepts in the Management of Aphthous Ulcers at CDE Programme on 27th July 2013, at MCODS, Mangalore
4.??? Guest lecture? on “Approach to diagnosis of oral mucosal lesions” at IAOMR UG convention at Bangalore 31st August 2013
5.??? Lecture on “ Understanding the science behind mouthwashes and their multifaceted usage in Dental clinics”? at Colgate- IDA Future Dental Professional Program? at 沙巴体育 on 27th? September 2014
6.??? Guest Lecture- “ Approach to Diagnosis of oral mucosal lesions in children” at 36th Annual Conference of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry at Lucknow 14th to 16th October 2014
7.??? Guest Lecture on? “Potentially malignant oral disorders” and Panel discussion at CDE on “ Head and neck Cancer : A multidisciplinary update” on 30th October 2014 at MCODS, Mangalore
Optical pathology of oral tissue: A Raman Spectroscopy diagnostic method
K Venkatakrishna, J Kurien, Manna Valiathan, Nirmala Nagesh Kumar, C Muralikrishna, G Ullas, V B Kartha. Current Science, Vol 80 No 5, March 2001
HPLC-LIF for early detection of Oral cancer.
Venkata Krishna, V.B Kartha, C Muralikrisna, O Ravikiran, Jacob Kurien, Mohan Alexander. Current Science Vol 84, No;4, Feb 2003.
Discrimination of normal, inflammatory, premalignant and malignant oral tissue: A Raman Spectroscopy study
R Malini, Venkatakrishna, J Kurien, Lakshmi Rao, V B Kartha, C Muralikrishna. Biopolymers 2006, 81, 179- 193
Principal Component analysis and artificial neural network analysis of oral tissue fluorescence spectra: classification of normal, premalignant and malignant pathological conditions
G.S Nayak, Sudha Kamath, Arindam Sarkar, Satadru Ray, C Santosh, V B Kartha. Biopolymers, Vol 82,152-166( 2006)
Patterns of intraosseous transmigration and ectopic eruption of bilateral transmigrating mandibular canines: Radiographic study and proposed classification
Muralidhar Mupparapu Ajit Auluck Archana Nagpal Suhas Setty
Quintessence 沙巴体育, Vol 38, Number 10, 821-828, Nov Dec 2007
Efficacy of He-Ne Laser in the prevention and treatment of radiotherapy-induced oral mucositis in oral cancer patients
Honey Arora Arun Maiya M. S. Vidyasagar A. Rajeev
Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology 2008;105:180-6);
Localization of impacted maxillary canines using panoramic radiography
Archana Nagpal Suhas Setty Gaurav Sharma
Journal of Oral Science, Vol 51, No 1, 37-45, 2009
Maxillary sinus findings in Panoramic Radiography in Elderly patients.
Anuna L M Amar Sholapurkar
Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice. Vol 10 No 6 Nov 1 2009
Palatal and labially impacted maxillary canine associated dental anomalies: a comparative study
Archana Nagpal Gaurav Sharma
The Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice Vol 10, No 4, July 1 2009
Comparison of efficacy of Fluconazole mouth rinse and Clotrimazole mouth paint in the treatment of oral candidiasis
Amar Sholapurkar Sugandhi Rao
Australian Dental Journal. 2009; 54: 341-346
Oral manifestations as predictors of immune suppression in a HIV-?AIDS- infected population in 沙巴体育 India ; Clin Oral Invest 2008
Gaurav Sharma Keerthilatha M Pai Suhas Setty Archana Nagpal John T Ramapuram
Prevalence of oral manifestations and their association with CD4/CD8 ratio and HIV viral load in 沙巴体育 India: 沙巴体育 Journal of Dentistry, Vol 2011
Sharma Gaurav Pai Keerthilatha M Nagpal Archna
Abnormal radiological features in a multiple myeloma patient: a case report and radiological review of myelomas Dentomaxillofacial Radiology (2011) 40, 513–518
S Ghosh P Wadhwa A Kumar KM Pai S Seshadri C Manohar
Unusual Clinical Presentation of Generalized Gingival Enlargement – A Report of 3 Cases 沙巴体育 Journal of Collaborative 沙巴体育 on Internal Medicine & Public Health Vol. 4 No. 4 April 2012
Smitha Rani Thada Keerthilatha M Pai Vineetha R
Precision of dimensional measurements of mandible in different positions on OPG:, Indian Journal of Dental 沙巴体育, 24(1) 2013
Honey Arora Raman Kambhoj Vibha Jain Keerthilatha M Pai
Comment on “Establishing a targeted plan for prophylactic dental extractions in patients with laryngeal cancer receiving adjuvant radiotherapy
2017-01-01 Gadicherla S Komal Smriti
. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol. 2017: Volume 123(January) , Issue 1; Page 137-138
Role of salivary malondialdehyde in assessment of oxidative stress among diabetics.
Komal Smriti Vineetha R Kalyana Chakravarthy Pentapati
Journal of Oral Biology and Craniofacial 沙巴体育 Volume 6 (January–April 2016), Issue 1, Pages 42-45
Mandibular changes on panoramic imaging after head and neck radiotherapy: a commentary
2016-01-12 Divyansh Bansal Yogesh Chhaparwal Keerthilatha M. Pai
OOO0 2016;12(6):783-784
Enhanced salivary secretion by interferential current stimulation in patients with dry mouth: a pilot study -a commentary.
2016-01-10 Dr Mathangi Kumar Dr Komal Smriti Dr Keerthilatha M Pa Dr Vineetha Ravindranath
Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology. 2016 : Volume 122 , Issue 2 , 259 – 260
A solitary submucosal mass in the maxillary buccal vestibule.
2016-01-09 Kumar S Pai KM Acharya S Patil V Bhushan P
. 沙巴体育 Journal of Current 沙巴体育.2016; 8(09): 38069- -38070.
Maxillary pseudotumor as initial manifestation of von Willebrand disease, type 2: report of a rare case and literature review—a commentary.
2016-01-08 Mathangi Kumar Shruthi Acharya Keerthilatha M Pai Vineetha R Aditi Chadha Komal Smriti.
Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology. 2016 : Volume 122 , Issue 2 , 259 – 260