Farheen A. Taha, BDS, MDS

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PRACTICE PHILOSOPHY

Public Health Dentist practicing all aspects of dentistry, with special focus on preventive procedures. A thorough Public Health advocate with research, community and teaching experience. Armed with knowledge in the areas of:

● Research

● Epidemiology

● Program design and evaluation

● Infection control in dental procedures

● Comprehensive dental treatment

● Preventive dental procedures

● School Oral Health Programs (SOHP)

DENTAL LICENSE

Karnataka, India (#23810, A)

EDUCATION

June 2013 –June 2016 Master of Dental Surgery (MDS) in Public Health Dentistry

(Dental Public Health, Preventive dentistry)

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University,

AIMS, Cochin, India.

September 2003 –February 2009 Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS)

(Clinical dentistry, General dental practice)

Yenepoya Dental College affiliated to Rajiv

Gandhi University of Health Sciences.

RESEARCH/SPECIAL INTEREST

Non-Communicable disease epidemiology, health disparities, culture and health, equity in healthcare, population level interventions, social inequality and School Oral Health Programs

(SOHP).

CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

Many hours of continuing education on record, covering all aspects of dentistry with specific emphasis on medical research, biostatistics and tobacco cessation. Routinely attended all the specialty national conferences and presented several posters/papers at these conferences.

PRESENTATIONS

● Presented poster at 18th Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry (IAPHD) National conference at Lucknow, India.

BOPC- The magic wand of tomorrow!- Won the national best poster award.

● Presented paper at 5th National bio-ethics conference at Bangalore, India.

‘Ethics of dental health screening in communities in India’

● Presented scientific poster at Postgraduate convention in Nellore, India.

‘Infection control practices and public perception- a cross sectional study’

● Presented paper at 20th National IAPHD conference at Manipal, India.

‘The efficacy of plaque control by the various toothbrushing techniques- a systematic review and meta-analysis’

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

● Taha F, Janakiram C, Joseph J. Dental infection control practices and public perception–a cross-sectional study. Int Oral Health. 2015 Dec 1;7:20–6.

● Chandrashekar Janakiram, Br Rajeev, Taha Farheen, R Venkitachalam, Kadanakuppe S. Equity in Oral Healthcare in India : A Review on Health System Analysis. Econ Polit Wkly. 2017 Mar;52(9).

● Janakiram C, Taha F. Ethics of dental health screening. Indian J Med Ethics. 2016 Sep;1(3):171–6.

● Janakiram C, Joseph J, Vasudevan S, Farheen T, Deepan CV, Venkitachalam R, et al. Prevalence and Dependency of Tobacco Use in an Indigenous Population of Kerala, India. Oral Hyg Health. 2016 Feb 7;4.

● Janakiram C, Taha F, Joe J. The efficacy of plaque control by various toothbrushing techniques-a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Clin Diagn Res. 2018 Nov 1;12.

● Chandrashekar Janakiram, Farheen Taha, Joe Joseph. Assessment of common risk factors between oral diseases and non-communicable diseases in a hospital based population in Kerala- a cross-sectional study. J Clin Diagn Res. 2019 Mar;13(3):ZC 16. RESEARCH WORK UNDER REVIEW

1. An Editorial on Public Health Dentistry – (A waning speciality). It is accepted for publication at British Dental Journal (BDJ).

2. A review on School Oral Health Programs in Saudi Arabia. It is under review at The Saudi Dental Journal (SDJ).

WORK EXPERIENCE

1. Worked at Grace Denta Care, India from April 2010 to February 2013 as a general dentist.

2. During postgraduate tenure, was a part of and helped organise 37 dental camps, various outreach programs and School Oral Health programs in various parts of Kerala, India.

3. Hosted the 14th National Conference of the Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry at Cochin. As a seasoned orator and debater, I was the hostess and emcee for the entire conference.

4. Worked at Brite Smile Dental Clinic, India from July 2016 till September 2018 as a dental public health consultant with special emphasis in Public Health Dentistry and Preventive procedures.

5. I write an oral health column (talk health with Farheen) in a Saudi based online magazine called ‘Pathways’.

http://community.pathwaysjeddah.com/talk-health-with-farheen/ LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

English, Malayalam, Hindi and Arabic.

REFERENCES

● Chandrashekar Janakiram B.D.S, M.D.S, DNB, PhD, MS Professor, Department of Public Health Dentistry

Amrita School of Dentistry

Cochin, Kerala

Phone: +91-948*******

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● Joe Joseph B.D.S, M.D.S

Professor and Head, Department of Public Health Dentistry Amrita School of Dentistry

Cochin, Kerala

Phone: +91-914*******

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