Oral Medicine And Radiology
Research focus
Thrust area :
Research activities have been geared with respect to salivary diagnostics, oral precancer, cancer, antioxidants, maxillofacial radiology.
Completed:
- Microbial status of dental unit water before and after disinfection – Chancellors Summer Research Fellowship Grant – 2014.
- Evaluation Of Radiation Dose To Other Organs In Dental Radiography– Chancellors Summer Research Fellowship Grant – 2014.
- Masseter muscle thickness in unilateral partial edentulism – An ultrasonographic study – 2014.
- Correlation of salivary leptin levels and tobacco use status - GATE grant 2015
- Comparative study of radiation induced cytogenetic alterations in digital and film based intra oral radiography– Chancellors Summer Research Fellowship Grant – 2015.
- Epithelial – mesenchymal transformation markers in oral sub mucous fibrosis. Dr.C.V.Divyambika- GATE grant 2016.
- Evaluation of COX 2 overexpression - Dr.C.V.Divyambika and Dr.S.Sathasivasbramanian - Chancellors Summer Research Fellowship Grant -2017 .
- Evaluation of genetic changes in radiation therapy of oral cancers- Dr.C.V.Divyambika and Dr.S.Sathasivasbramanian Chancellors Summer Research Fellowship Grant -2018
- Competency in Dental education –Dr.K.Anbarasi-2018
- Evaluation of radiation safety of the operator in diagnostic dental radiography Dr.S.Sathasivasbramanian and Dr.C.V.Divyambika Chancellors Summer Research Fellowship Grant-
- Evaluation of salivary epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) in oral sub mucous fibrosis and oral cancer – Baseline study- Dr.C.V.Divyambika -ICMR (STS) 2019.
- Dr.C.V.Divyambika - Validation of proteomic analysis in oral submucous fibrosis – An immunohistochemical analysis – GATE grant (2019-20) - Department of Preventive Oncology, Cancer Institute , Adyar, Chennai
- Ms. Nandhini Priyadarshini, Ms.Cynthia Leslie –Expression of cancer stem cell markers (OCT -3/4, SOX -2) in Oral submucous fibrosis – An immunohistochemical study - Chancellors Summer Research Fellowship Grant 2020- Supervisor – Dr.C.V.Divyambika
Ongoing:
- Dr.C.V.Divyambika - Role of antifibrotic agents in Oral submucous fibrosis
- Dr.C.V.Divyambika - ICMR Grant - Ref No. 5/4/2-4/Oral Health/2021-NCD II - Genetic and Proteomic Expression Profiling in clinical stages of Oral Submucous Fibrosis Patients
- Ms. Abirami - Expression of Collagen1 A1 in Oral submucous Fibrosis and Oral squamous cell carcinoma – Chancellors Summer Research Fellowship Grant 2021- Supervisor – Dr.C.V.Divyambika
- Ms. Nirupama Ranganath Prasad - A comparative study of the efficiency of visual examination, smartphone photography and radiovisiography in diagnosis of occlusal caries– Chancellors Summer Research Fellowship Grant 2021- Supervisor – Dr.K.Subadra
Collaborating institutions:
Cancer Institute (WIA), Adyar
M.D/M.S/M.D.S/Ph.D
MDS – 2 candidates/year
Faculty undergoing PhD - 2
Faculty completed PhD -1
Workshops conducted:
Workshop on Diagnostic ultrasonography for head and neck lesions – 2.2.2013
Workshop on age assessment in Dentistry – 7.5.2014
National Faculty Development Workshop – 21.9.16, 22.9.16
Workshop on Forensic odntology-2.8.2019 ,3.8.19