Department

DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRIC AND PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY

Department of Pediatric Dentistry is dedicated to the oral health of children from infancy through teenage. This speciality adapts techniques and procedures that provide primary and comprehensive oral health care that includes the following:

Infant Oral Health examination which includes risk assessment for dental caries in children.
Preventive dental care which includes cleaning of teeth (scaling), fluoride treatment, diet counselling, pit and fissure sealant application.
Restoration of the tooth with tooth coloured filling materials.
Root Canal Therapy for primary and young permanent teeth.
Care for dental injuries (for example: fractured, displaced or knockedout tooth).
Management of various oral habits like thumb sucking, mouth breathing, tongue thrusting.
Management of gum diseases including ulcers, high frenum attachments, mucoceles and pediatric periodontal diseases.
Early assessment and treatment for mal aligned teeth (Preventive and Interceptive Orthodontics).
Dental management of physically disabled and medically compromised child.
Conscious sedation or general anaesthesia for uncooperative pediatric dental patients.

Dr. Meenu Bhola

Professor & HOD

Dr. Nitika Bajaj

Professor

Dr. Manpreet Kaur

Assoc. Professor

Dr. Lovejeet Ahuja

Assoc. Professor

Dr. Taruna Gera

Assoc. Professor

Dr. Sumeet Palta

Asstt. Professor

Dr. Anu Rani

Asstt. Professor

Dr. Samarpreet Kaur

Asstt. Professor

Dr. Punita

Asstt. Professor

Dr.Naman Goel

Asstt. Professor

Dr. Taranum Bhambri

Asstt. Professor

Dr. Abhay Pertap Singh

Lecturer

Dr. Muskan Goyal

Lecturer

Dr. Amit Bansal

Lecturer

FACILITIES AVAILABLE

  • Restorations
  • Veneering Direct and Indirect
  • Scaling hand and ultrasonic
  • Lesion Sterilization and Tissue Repair (LSTR)
  • Vital and Non-Vital Pulp Therapies with latest materials
  • Crowns Stainless Steel, Strip/Polycarbonate crowns, PFM, metal, and acrylic
  • Post and Core
  • Bleaching
  • Fluoride Applications
  • Pit and Fissure Sealants
  • Habit Breaking Appliances
  • Myofunctional Appliances
  • Space Maintainers
  • Removable Appliances
  • Removable Partial Dentures
  • Fixed Interceptive Orthodontic appliances
  • Extractions
  • Minor Oral Surgical Procedures
  • Splinting
Dr. Meenu Bhola, Professor and Head (BDS, MDS)
DateEvent / Activity
15th Dec 2023Co-ordinated and chaired Pre-Conference course on conscious sedation in daily practice at 62nd Punjab State Dental Conference
15th–17th Dec 2023Attended 62nd Punjab State Dental Conference and Students Conference
22nd Sep 2023Attended Faculty Development Program at DIRDS
30th May 2023Attended guest lecture cum workshop on ‘Usefulness of intellectual property and patients for dental doctors and surgeons’
13th Apr 2023Delivered guest lecture at Master Class at Genesis Institute of Dental Sciences & Research, Ferozepur
24th–27th Apr 2023Attended Virtual Pedodontic Rare
Publications
TitleJournal / SourceYear & Details
Comparative Evaluation of Changes in Salivary pH and Streptococcus mutans Count in Saliva by Natural Sugar Substitutes: An In Vivo StudyInt J Clin Pediatr Dent2023;16(5):736–741
Comparative Evaluation of the Remineralizing Potential of Silver Diamine Fluoride, CPP-ACP, and Fluoride Varnish on Enamel SurfaceInt J Clin Pediatr Dent2023;16(S-1):S91–S96
Comparative evaluation of smear layer removal efficacy of neem leaf extract, propolis, and orange oilContemp Clin Dent2023;14:128–34
Esthetic management of child with severe early childhood caries: Two case reportsJ Dent Res Rev2023;10:255–9
Books Published
TitlePublisherISBN & Pages
Esthetic Crowns in Pediatric DentistryLAP, Lambert Academic PublishingISBN: 9786204209104, 88 pages
Nasoalveolar Molding in Cleft Lip and Palate PatientsLAP, Lambert Academic PublishingISBN: 9786204211190, 72 pages
Molar Incisor HypomineralizationLAP, Lambert Academic PublishingISBN: 978-620-6-17871-2, 65 pages
Implants in Pediatric DentistryLAP, Lambert Academic PublishingISBN: 978-620-6-73689-9, 94 pages
Dr. Nitika Bajaj, Professor (BDS, MDS)
DateAchievement / Activity
22nd September 2023Attended Faculty Development Program at DIRDS
30th May 2023Attended guest lecture cum workshop on ‘Usefulness of intellectual property and patients for dental doctors and surgeons’
13th April 2023Delivered guest lecture at master class at Genesis Institute of Dental Sciences & Research, Ferozepur
24th–27th April 2023Attended Virtual Pedodontic Rare
Publications
Publication TitleJournal & Year
Comparative Evaluation of Changes in Salivary pH and Streptococcus mutans Count in Saliva by Natural Sugar Substitutes: An In Vivo StudyInt J Clin Pediatr Dent 2023; 16(5):736–741
Comparative Evaluation of the Remineralizing Potential of Silver Diamine Fluoride, CPP-ACP, and Fluoride Varnish on the Enamel SurfaceInt J Clin Pediatr Dent 2023; 16(S-1):S91–S96
Comparative evaluation of smear layer removal efficacy of neem leaf extract, propolis, and orange oil when used as endodontic irrigantsContemp Clin Dent 2023; 14:128–34
Books Published
Book TitlePublisher & ISBNPages
Nasoalveolar Molding in Cleft Lip and Palate PatientsLAP, Lambert Academic Publishing, ISBN: 978-620421119072 pages
Molar Incisor HypomineralizationLAP, Lambert Academic Publishing, ISBN: 978-620-6-17871-265 pages
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