Department of Public Health Dentistry, organizes oral health programmes for delivering comprehensive oral health care and health education to various sections of the society and form partnerships with external agencies for improving oral health of the community.

We engage students in health education activities like development of health education material, communicating and interacting with various sections of the society and tobacco cessation counselling.

We provide high quality & ethical comprehensive oral health care to the patients with emphasis on prevention. We promote research in the field of Public Health Dentistry.

Vision

Striving to achieve optimum oral health of the community through application of scientific knowledge and clinical skills of Public health dentistry.

Mission

  • Development of comprehensive oral health programmes to cater to unmet needs of the community through effective collaboration with external stakeholders.
  • Enabling students to understand their unique roles and responsibilities in preventing oral diseases & promoting oral health of individuals & communities.
  • Promotion of interdisciplinary community based oral health care research.
  • Competency enhancement of faculty members to help them realize their career objectives.

Objectives

  1. Development of comprehensive oral health programmes to cater to unmet needs of the community through effective collaboration with external stakeholders.
  2. Enabling students to understand their unique roles and responsibilities in preventing oral diseases & promoting oral health of individuals & communities.
  3. Promotion of interdisciplinary community based oral health care research.
  4. Competency enhancement of faculty members to help them realize their career objectives.

Message from the Head of Department

Department of Public Health Dentistry creates and provides rich learning experience to the students through clinical case discussions and treatment, visits to peripheral centers, field visits, project assignments, seminars and regular didactics to the students. Innovative methods of learning are being implemented to enrich the process of learning. Emphasis is placed on activity based learning and active learning.

Members of the Faculty

Faculty Members of Department of Public Health Dentistry
Dr. Prijitha Alex
Dr. Prijitha Alex
BDS, MDS, MPH
Head of Department and Reader, Dept of Public Health Dentistry
Dr. Bharath Sekhar Nayanar
Dr. Bharath Nayanar
BDS, MDS
Senior Lecturer
DR. CIJU PAULOSE
Dr. Ciju Paulose
BDS
Junior Lecturer
SHILPA
Dr. Shilpa T S
BDS
Junior Lecturer

Events Organized

World No Tobacco Day 2023

Date
Duration
1 day

"WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY " - Walkathon 2023 Programme , Flashmob, pledge taking against Tobacco  and Pamphlet distribution Tobacco Cessation Programme  organized by Dept. Of Public Health Dentistry.

The attitude of society towards violence against health workers

Date
Duration
1 day

Awareness session on the topic 'The attitude of society towards violence against health workers' was conducted by Abhedya Women Cell in association with IQAC-AADC. 

Resource person was Smt. Justeena Thomas, Senior Manorama News Health Correspondent

Dental Awareness Program

Date
Duration
1 day

'Dental Awareness Programme and Oral checkup' conducted by Dept. Of Public Health Dentistry at Thodupuzha Private Bus Stand. 

Awareness Skit by Students ,free dental checkup and pamphlet distribution were conducted