Brief Biography:
Dr.Poonam Mahajan
Date of birth: 14-7-81
BDS: Manipal academy of Higher Education,Karnataka,India,in2004.
MDS: Public health dentistry,HPGDC,Shimla,H.P.
Work experience: As a faculty in HPGDC,Shimla,H.P.
Publications: 25.
Future plans:
- Establishing an oral data base particularly caries in Himachal Pradesh India. To be updated annually.
- Knowledge attitude and practices regarding patient safety among government dental professionals in Himachal Pradesh India.
- Reason for under utilization of dental services among Tibetan refugees residing in Shimla city Himachal Pradesh India.( As a second part of dissertation )
- Five year Incidence of caries among primary school going children of Tibetans residing in Shimla city, Himachal Pradesh.
- Formulating an oral health programme for preschool children in selected area of Shimla city . (urban or high socioeconomic group)
- Efforts to introduce basic oral health care and education to preschooler pregnant females through Anganwadi worker .
( starting from Shimla It will be for rural low socioeconomic group children)
Have published 25 national and international research papers.Have done a systematic review on fluorides ,which was appreciated by the eminent workers on the subject.Have published 3 books.Have been actively involve din serving the dentistry related needs of Tibetan refugees.
Academic positions:
Senior Lecturer.
Research interests:
Public health dentistry
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