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Dr. Lalitha S Jairam
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School/College
Faculty of Dental Sciences
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Department
Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry
Dr. Lalitha S Jairam has completed Bachelor of Dental Surgery from Vokkaligara Sangha Dental College and Hospital, Bangalore in 2012 and Masters in Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry from AECS Maaruti College of Dental Sciences and Research Center, Bangalore in 2016. Currently, she is working as an Assistant Professor in the department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, FDS, MSRUAS. She is pursuing her PhD in MS Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bangalore. She has attended numerous continuing dental education programs and workshops to upskill her clinical skills. She is a part of Special Olympics which caters to the oral health need of specially abled athletes and is the Department co-ordinator for Special care dentistry. Her research interests are in the field of preventive dentistry, material science, dental traumatology, early childhood caries and genetics.
Dr. Lalitha has authored several research articles which are in reputed, indexed journals. She has been awarded 1 ICMR grant, 2 faculty grants from Indian Society of Pedodontics, 2 ICMR STS grant, 1 ICMR Postgraduate grant and 1 SEED grant from RUAS.
Dr. Lalitha has applied for 3 patents and has authored one book chapter in Textbook of Pedodontics by Nikhil Marwah.
Qualifications
- Ph.D. with Specialization
FDS, Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, ongoing
- M.D.S (Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry)
AECS Maaruti College of Dental Sciences and Research Center, RGUHS. 2016
- B.D.S
Vokkaligara Sangha Dental College and Hospital, RGUHS. 2012
Experience
Total Years of Experience
- 7 Years
Academic Experience
- 1 year 2 months as Senior Lecturer in AECS Maaruti College of Dental Sciences and Research Center, RGUHS
- 5 years 9 months as Assistant Professor in FDS, RUAS
- 1 Month as Reader in FDS, RUAS
Training Experience (With Topics)
- Special Olympics – Clinical Director
- Meaningful Measurable Research Progress- Research training, Systematic Review
- JBI- Systematic review Workshop
- JBI-Scoping Review Workshop
- ICMR-DHR- Molecular genetics in dental research
- Preventive Dentistry, Early childhood caries,Dental Traumatology,Genetics, special care dentistry
- Marwah N, Nuvvula S,Kalaivanan D, Jena D,Arora DK, Jairam LS. 2022. Concepts of Minimal Intervention: Cavity Design Modifications, Minimally Invasive Preparation Techniques, ART and SDF. Textbook of Pediatric Dentistry:JP Medical Ltd,543-557.
- Faculty Excellence award for teaching from RUAS on Sept 5th 2023
- Annual Exemplary award on RUAS INNOVATION DAY – Oct 16th 2023
- Best paper in 42nd ISPPD National Conference
- Jairam, L.S., Chandrashekar, A., Prabhu, T.N., Kotha, S.B., Girish, M.S., Devraj, I.M., Shri, M.D. and Prashantha, K., 2023. A review on biomedical and dental applications of cerium oxide nanoparticles―Unearthing the potential of this rare earth metal. Journal of Rare Earths.
- Jairam, L.S., Chandrashekar, A., Prabhu, T.N., Arjun, A. and Premkumar, H.B., 2024. Antibacterial and mechanical properties of cerium oxide nanoparticles modified glass ionomer cement. Materials Chemistry and Physics, p.129040.
- Devraj, I.M., Shankaraguru, G.M., Jairam, L.S., Dhull, K.S. and Bhojraj, N., 2024. Comparison of two different caries risk assessment tools for infants and toddlers–A cross-sectional study. Journal of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, 42(1), pp.9-14.
- Konde, S., Jairam, L.S., Peethambar, P., Noojady, S.R. and Kumar, N.C., 2016. 'Antibiotic overusage and resistance: A cross-sectional survey among pediatric dentists.' Journal of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, 34(2), pp.145-151.
- Jairam, L.S. and Dhananjaya, G., 2019. 'Molar incisor hypominearlisation: An overview.' Journal of Dental and Orofacial Research, 15(2), pp.89-94.
- Jairam, L.S., Konde, S., Raj, N.S. and Kumar, N.C., 2020. 'Vitamin D deficiency as an etiological factor in delayed eruption of primary teeth: A cross-sectional study.' Journal of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, 38(3), pp.211-215.
- Jairam, L.S. and Kotha, S.B., 2022. 'Glanzmann thrombasthenia: Use of hemocoagulase (BotroClot) for arrest of bleeding during a primary tooth endodontic procedure.' Indian Journal of Dental Research, 33(2), p.219.
- South Asian Association of Pediatric Dentistry-Life member
- Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry-Life Member
- Indian Society of Dental Traumatology-Life Member
- Federation of Special Care Dentistry-Life Member
- International Association of Dental Traumatology-Annual Member for 2023
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