Annual Report

Department of Dentistry (1st April, 2016 – 31

st March, 2017)

Faculty members:

1.

Name Dr. Abhinav Singh

Qualification (with Institute and

Year completed)

BDS(Manipal College of Dental Sciences, 2000),

PGCAD (Aesthetic Dentistry), FAGE (Manipal)

MDS (Manipal College of Dental Sciences, 2008),

NBDE Cert.(USA, 2010)

Date of joining AIIMS Bhopal 02-04-2013

Institutional responsibilities Assistant Professor – Department of Dentistry,

Member Secretary Department related tenders;

Public Information Officer (PIO) - Academic &

Faculty Affairs, AIIMS, Bhopal

Member - Anti Ragging Squad

Extra institutional responsibilities Reviewer for funding to International Grants:

1. Medical Research Council - The Newton

Fund (UK): Launched in 2014 & will

deliver £375 million of funding over the

course of five years.

2. UK-Malaysia (MRC): Joint Health

Research on Non-communicable diseases

which addresses health problems affecting

the Malaysian population.

Reviewer to: (International Journals)

1. WHO. Oral Health Bulletin

2. Journal of Health care for the Poor and

Underserved; John Hopkins Press (USA)

3. International Journal for Equity in health

(UK)

4. Angles Orthodontics (USA)

5. International Journal of Pediatric dentistry

(USA)

6. Journal of Dental Education (USA)

7. International Journal of Leadership in

Education (UK)

8. PLOS one (USA) (and more…)

Editorial Board Member:

1. Journal of Public Health & Epidemiology

(USA)

2. International Journal of Oral and Dental

Health (USA)

3. European Journal of General Dentistry (EU)

Highlights of the Department

- Department currently provides routine care pertaining to dental specialties

namely diagnostic, preventive, restorative, periodontal, pediatric, radiographic,

surgical and prosthodontic services.

- Total number of patients treated in Department of Dentistry between 1st April,

2016 to 31st March, 2017 were 22,199. This is a fivefold exponential increase

from the 5440 patients treated between April 2013 to March 2014.

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- Outreach Dental educational & treatment camps organized at:

- Geriatric old age homes in Bhopal (Aasra, Apna Ghar)

- Marginalised communities, Schools

- Food Corporation of India (FCI)

- Denture, Sealant & Tobacco Cessation Camps were organised

TOTAL NO. OF PATIENTS TREATED (2013-16)

TOTAL NO. & TYPE OF PROSTHESIS DELIVERED (2013-16)

Events organized:

1. Workshop organized on Systematic Review & Meta-Analysis; dated 27th

– 28th

Feb, 2017. Course Director, Dr Abhinav Singh, Assistant Professor, Department

of Dentistry, AIIMS, Bhopal.

This 2-day hands on workshop included and covered the following areas: Rationale of systematic

reviews & meta-analysis; Searching the literature; Assessing quality of the evidence (including risk of

bias and heterogeneity); Systematic review question formulation; Critical appraisal of published

review; Statistical methods in meta-analysis (Effect Size, Forest & Funnel Plots; Fixed & Random

Effects Model); Practical exercise using RevMan with Dummy Data - {Generating/Preparing Forest &

Funnel Plots using Fixed & Random models: Odds Ratio (OR), Risk Ratio (RR) & Risk Difference

(RD)}

Conferences/ Meeting/Lectures

Name of Conference/training/Meeting Sample Size Estimation

Place and dates PHFI Gurgaon, Novemebr, 2016

Attended by (faculty member(s) )

Dr. Abhinav Singh

Name of Conference/Meeting Multi Level Modelling

Place and dates PHFI Gurgaon, September, 2016

Attended by (faculty member(s) ) Dr. Abhinav Singh

Future vision and plans:

1. To start PhD and MDS programs in Dentistry.

2. To apply global best practices in Dentistry using latest technology such as

lasers and Cone Beam Computerized Tomography (CBCT)/ Radio-visuo-

graphy (RVG).

3. To reach out to marginalized communities having special needs using mobile

and portable dental services.

4. To emerge as a center of excellence in Dental Public Health with focus on

prevention of oral cancer and maxillofacial rehabilitations.

5. To upgrade into a School of Dental Research and doctoral studies.