Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University)

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SBV Research, Innovation & Development

INDIRA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF DENTAL SCIENCES

Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University)

Department of Pediatric & Preventive Dentistry

Research Activities

Research is an essential part and the contribution can be directly applied to patient care, a key component of Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry . The team strives to actively engage in clinical and translational research with a focus on prevention for the underprivileged and disadvantaged communities ( indigenous , rural and urban poor including children with special health care needs) . The team pushes the boundaries of knowledge via interdepartmental collaborative research to provide real-time solutions to the most pressing challenges affecting patients, caregivers and decision-makers. 

Thrust area of the Department and Research projects in the thrust area

Special child Dentistry, Behaviour management, Early childhood caries, Pediatric Endodontics and Biomaterials. This has resulted in dissemination of new knowledge in the form of several noteworthy publications including:

  1. Eswari R, Prathima GS, Sanguida A, et al. Yoga therapy as an adjunct to traditional tooth brushing training methods in children with autism spectrum disorder. Spec Care Dentist. 2019; 1–6.
  2. KattaKayam annamary, Gajula ShivaShanKarappa Prathima, renGanathan Sajeev, GuruSamy Kayalvizhi, venKateSan rameSh, GovinDaSamy ezhumalai , Colour Preference to Emotions in Relation to the Anxiety Level among School Children in Puducherry – A Cross-Sectional Study Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. 2016 Jul, Vol-10(7): ZC26-ZC30
  3. Sanguida A, Vinothini V, Prathima GS, Santhadevy A, Premlal K, Kavitha M. Age and reasons for first dental visit and knowledge and attitude of parents toward dental procedures for Puducherry children aged 0–9 years. J Pharm Bioall Sci 2019;11:S413-9. 
  4. Kaur J, Shivashankarappa PG, A S, et al. Effectiveness of Visual Distraction with and without Virtual Reality Glasses in Reducing Dental Anxiety among Children with Hearing and Speech Disability: A Pilot Study. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent 2021;14(S-2):S162–S166.
  5. Kavitha M, Prathima G S, Kayalvizhi G, Sanguida A, Ezhumalai G, Ramesh V. Evaluation of Streptococcus mutans serotypes e, f, and k in saliva samples of 6–12-year-old school children before and after a short-term daily intake of the probiotic lozenge. J Indian Soc Pedod Prev Dent 2019;37:67-74
Notable Research projects and their outcome (outcome can be publication, New product , implementation in patient care,etc.)
  1. Sanguida A,Tamim TK, Fahi AI. Investigating Empathy: The Unresolved Enigma – A Multicenter Study among Dental Students in South India. Asian Pac. J. Health Sci., 2022;9(2):29-32.
  2. Suganya, M.; Vikneshan, ; Hiremath, Anand (2016). Timely management of knocked out teeth – are the nurses aware?. Journal of Clinical Nursing, (), –. doi:10.1111/jocn.13525 
Funded projects (Government, Non – Government and University)

The department was successful in attracting federal funding and has carried out projects funded by the ICMR and few more in the pipeline. There are projects registered in the Clinical trial registry and have been published in reputed journals. 

In addition to the integration of research endeavours  the department has a number of  patents and copyrights to its credit. The patent granted is a “Melodious brushmate for the visually impaired children”. A couple of patents published are “Camouflaged Diagnostic kit”  and “Dental Pulpotomy and Pulp capping simulator” . The copyrights  encompass a variety of  “Dental education modules” along with novel Oral health education aids for children including those with special health care needs . 

Research collaboration

The department partners with various other Institutes/departments/ for research activities. Collaborations have resulted in research and publications in high-impact factor journals. 

The department firmly believes that in today’s world researchers must be symbiotic in their work in order to move fundamental basic science research into good clinical practice.