Professor/Consultant

Dr. Ushass. Puthalath

BDS, MDS (Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery),

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Professor Department of Oral &Maxillofacial surgery

Kannur Dental college,Anjarakandy

Former Professor Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

AMRITA SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY,

Former consultant Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences,

KOCHI, Kerala, INDIA (November 2004 – Nov, 2016)

ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEON/ ACADEMICIAN

●Qualified MDS in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, with 21 years’ experience in Oral & Maxillofacial surgery and patient management along with teaching Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery.

●QCHP privileges in Dental Implants procedures and to perform oral surgical cases under general anaesthesia.

●Possess diagnostic skills, skilled in identifying issues, forming hypothesis, designing & conducting analysis, synthesizing conclusions into recommendations & implementing change.

●Extensive exposure in handling emergencies such as trauma and infection along with various minor and major surgeries including orthognathic surgeries, implant placement, pathologies and cleft surgeries under local and general anaesthesia.

●Excellent academic credentials; possess a record of promoting welfare of the students by individualizing instructions based on students specialized and changing needs.

●Understanding of Oral Medicine & Professional Care, Rotary Endodontic, Oral Rehabilitation, Cosmetic Dentistry and Orthodontic Treatment.

CASES HANDLED:

●All types of Dento-alveolar surgical procedures. Performed independently large numbers of surgical removal of impacted teeth, preprosthetic surgeries, intraoral neurectomies, cyst enucleation and marsupialization.

●Dental Implants placement in jaws and reconstructed jaws and experienced in zygomatic dental implants

●Management of Oral & Maxillofacial Injuries; solely managed all varieties of injuries and used most of the available fixation techniques.

●Trained in laser dentistry

●Numerous Orthognathic surgical procedures including Lefort I, Sagittal Split, Anterior Maxillary, Subapical osteotomies, & genioplasties.

●Secondary corrections of cleft patients including alveolar grafting and osteotomies.

● Oral Cancer and Reconstructive surgery.

●Reconstruction procedures such as rib and iliac crest grafting & vascular flaps like, temporalis, forehead, tongue & nasolabial..

●Temperomandibular Joint Surgeries like release of ankylosis, surgeries for correction of subluxation &TMJ arthrocentecis.

●Cleft Lip & Palate surgeries.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Future Dental Centre. Doha, Qatar

Oral & Maxillofacial surgery Specialist with privilege’s in dental implants procedure and to perform oral surgical procedures under G.A

(Jan 2017- 12thDecember 2019)

AMRITA SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences,

KOCHI (November 2004 – Nov, 2016)

Professor/Consultant - Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

Clinical Experience

●Clinical Professor in the Department of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery Amrita School of Dentistry and Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi

●Associated with the activities of the Head & Neck Cancer and Reconstructive Institute, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences since Nov. 2004 to Nov 2016

●Responsible for pre and post treatment of patients. Maintained quality, safety, infection control standards & standards for delivery of dental surgical care, diagnosis & treatment planning.

●Performing procedures like:

oMaxillofacial trauma

oMedically compromised patients requiring dental treatment

oCysts and Tumours of Head & Neck Region

oDeformities of face and facial skeleton

oHead and Neck Cancer and Reconstructive surgery

oDental Implants placement in jaws and reconstructed jaws

oZygomtic Dental Implants as treatment options for severely resorbed maxilla

oCleft lip and palate deformities

oCraniofacial syndromes

●Carrying out Oral Examination, Patient Education, Pre and Post-Operative Care, Appointment Scheduling, Instrument Sterilization, Diagnostic X-Rays, Emergency Treatment, Health Record Management and Oral Surgery & Extractions.

●Instructing patients for oral care following surgery or other dental treatment procedures such as placement of restoration

Teaching Experience:

Post Graduate Guide; KUHS,Oral & maxillofacial surgery

●Post Graduate Guide: Amrita University Oral & maxillofacial surgery

●Faculty for training Dental Implants for post graduates in Amrita school of Dentistry

●Faculty for training LASER dentistry

●15yrs of undergraduate teaching and 9 yrs. of post graduate teaching experiences.

●Post Graduate Examiner for Oral & Maxillofacial surgery to various Indian universities.

●BDS Examiner to the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka. Yenepoya University, Mangalore. University of Calicut, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham or Amrita University.

●Inspector Dental Council of India

●Significantly enhancing classroom learning environment and acting as a Facilitator to promote student leadership in initiating and creating positive learning opportunities in the field of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.

●Exploring and implementing innovative teaching techniques to accelerate learning process among students.

●Creating comprehensive classroom assessment methods and techniques; adopting effective tools that are compliant with the college standards. Identifying areas of improvement while working with students and effectively teaching them to improve their performance consistently.

●Receiving consistently glowing evaluations from the students. Devising lessons, which capture the students’ imaginations infusing much needed enthusiasm.

●Preparing and administering examination, grading them in a timely manner and providing feedback to the students.

●Establishing a learning environment to meet and enhance the student’s needs of emotional, intellectual, social and creative strengths.

●Developing student’s interests, abilities and coordination skills using creative activities; also developing and maintaining good working habits and discipline in a classroom.

CENTURY DENTAL COLLEGE, KASARGOD (1 February 2003 - October 2004) Assistant Professor in dept. of Oral& maxillofacial surgery

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

MDS (Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery), 2001, Yeneoya Dental College, Mangalore, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Science, Bangalore, Karnataka

BDS, 1995, Bapuji Dental College & Hospital, Davangere, Kuvempu University, Karnataka, India

Certificate of Standard Competency in Dental Lasers, recognized by University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) September 2013

TRAINING UNDERGONE:

●Undergone intensive training course on modern Dental Implant therapy concepts using SKY implants including fast & fixed immediate fixed restorations with Visio.lign and BioHPP as new implant prosthetic materials and technologies in Ulm/ Seneden, Germany September 2014.

●Undergone Nobel Fellow Programme in ‘Implant and Esthetic Dentistry” In May 2011 to Dec 2011 held in Kochi.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE/ PUBLICATIONS/ PAPER PRESENTATIONS/ WORKSHOPS/ CONFERENCES ATTENDED

Refer to Annexure ‘A’

MEMBERSHIPS

●MEMBER ASSOCIATION OF ORAL & MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEONS OF INDIA.

●MEMBER INDIAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION

●MEMBER Kerala CHAPTER OF ASSOCIATION OF ORAL & MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEONS OF INDIA.

●Founder Member Dental Implantolgy Society of Kerala (DISK)

Date of Birth: 1st April 1971

PASSPORT VALIDITY: 19 / 02 / 2024

Languages Known: English, Malayalam, Hindi and Kannada

NAME OF SPOUSE: Dr. Namitha Ramesh. M.D.S (Orthodontist)

ANNEXURE ‘A’

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

●Guide to dissertation entitled “Effectiveness of gross measurement obtained from macroscopic cut surface as a method of assessment of tumour thickness in T1 T2 anterior 2/3 tongue cancer. Submitted to Amrita university Ettimada 2015

●Guide to dissertation entitled “ To evaluate the treatment outcome of Arthrocentesis for Internal Derangement Of Temporomandibular Joint” Submitted to Amrita university Ettimada 2016

●Guide to dissertation entitled: Functional and oncologic outcome after marginal mandibullectomy in oral cancer surgery

●Co-Guide to dissertation entitled “Alveolar bone defect & secondary bone grafting outcome in cleft & palate patients ” Submitted to Amrita university Ettimada 2013

●Co-Guide to dissertation entitled analyzing the outcome of Mandibular ameloblastoma reconstructed with fibula flap. Submitted to Amrita university Ettimada 2013

●Co-Guide to dissertation entitled Profile changes after Distraction Osteogenesis in Cleft palate patients. Submitted to Amrita University Ettimada 2014.

●Co-Guide to dissertation entitled Role of corticosteroids in reducing post operative swelling,pain ands Trismus following extraction of impacted Mandibular third molars – A comparative study Submitted to Amrita university Ettimada 2014.

●Co-Guide to dissertation entitled Effectiveness of Anterior middle superior alveolar nerve block for extraction of maxillary premolar teeth. Submitted to Amrita University Ettimada 2015.

●Co-Guide to dissertation entitled: ‘comparison of Transconjunctival and sub tarsal approaches to infraorbital rim in Zygomatic bone fractures”. Submitted to Amrita university Ettimada 2016

●A dissertation entitled “To evaluate the efficacy of Guided Tissue Regeneration membrane in Alveolar ridge preservation following Tooth Extractions- AN Animal Study”, as part of post-graduate programme. Submitted to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Science - Bangalore, Karnataka

PUBLICATIONS:

●Profile changes and stability following distraction osteogenesis with rigid external distraction in adult cleft lip and palate deformities. Painatt JM, Veeraraghavan R, Puthalath U, Peter S, Rao LP, Kuriakose M. Contemp Clin Dent 2017; 8:236-43.

●“Role of Corticosteroids in reducing Postoperative Swelling, Pain, and Trismus following Surgical Extraction of Impacted Mandibular Third Molars”, N. Raakesh, Ravi, V., Ushass, P., Dr. Jaeson Mohanan, V Kumar, M., Sasikumar, P., Subhash, A. K., and Navya, P., International Journal of Oral Care & Research, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 265-269, 2017.

●Temporomandibular Joint dislocation in an 18 -month old child. Painat JM, Veeraraghava R, Puthalath U. Contemp Clin Dent 2017, 8:155-7.

●Zygomatic implants in traumatic loss of Maxilla .J painatt, R. Veeraraghavan, U Puthalath, P. subash. Iijoms march 2017 volume 46, supplement 1, page 271

●Macroscopic technique for the evaluation of oral tongue tumour thickness: a reliable intraoperative method. M. Pandey1, S. Vidhyadharan2, U. Puthalath1, R. Veeraraghavan1, S. V. Sukumaran3, C. Prasad4, S. Iyer2, K. Thankappan2 Int. J. Oral Maxillofac. Surg. 2016. Volume 45, Issue 8, August 2016, Pages 933-937

●Pleomorphic adenoma of the Upper lip. Mampilly MO, Kumar VS, Puthalath U, Janardhanan M. International Journal of Dental Clinics. 2015;7(1):38-39.

●Pneumosinus dilatans multiplex associated with hormonal imbalance; P Ushas, V Ravi,Jaeson Mohanan Painatt, Preeti P Nair BMJ Case Reports Published 26 August 2013; doi:10.1136/bcr-201*-******

●Mixed Dentition Space Analysis in Kodava Population: A Comparison of Two Methods: Namitha Ramesh1, Mora Sathi Rami Reddy2, Biswas Palukunnu3, Balakrishna Shetty4, Ushass Puthalath5 Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. 2014 Sep, Vol-8(9): ZC01-ZC06

●Filariasis of the buccal mucosa: A diagnostic dilemma; Seema Kurup, Ravi Veeraraghavan, Renju Jose, Ushass Puthalath. Contemp Clin Dent. 2013 Apr-Jun; 4(2): 254–257

●Implant-based dental rehabilitation in reconstructed mandible – problems and solutions. R. Veeraraghavan, U. Puthalath. International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Volume 40, Issue 10, 2011; Page 1137.

●Management of dentigerous cyst a two year review. Anjana g Balgopal varma Ushass P International journal of clinical pediatric dentistry May – June 2011 4 (2) 147-151

●Ramon's Syndrome: A Rare Entity. Alexander, Sherry Peter, Sheela Nampoothiri, Latha Rao, Ajith Nambiar, Ravi Veeraraghavan, Ushass Puthalath. World Journal of Dentistry; Volume1, Issue 3, 2010. Pages 199-201

●Mandibulotomy for Maxillectomy. P. Ushass, M.A. Kuriakose, S. Peter, S. Chana, L.P. Rao, R. Veeraraghavan. International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Volume 36, Issue 11, November 2007, Page 1025

●3D CT-based contouring of free fibula bone graft for mandibular reconstruction. R. Veeraraghavan, M. Abraham Kuriakose, S. Iyer, T. Krishnakumar, L.P. Rao, P. Ushass. International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Volume 36, Issue 11, November 2007, Page 1107.

●Facial translocation approaches to skull base: indications, methods, and morbidity profile. L.P. Rao, P. Ushass, V. Ravi, M. Abraham Kuriakose, D. Panicker. International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery 2007; Volume 36, Issue 11, Pages 1090-1091.

●Naso-Alveolar Moulding : A useful adjunct to cleft surgery, sujith mahajan Sherry Peter, latha rao P. Ushass Amrita Journal of Medicine, Vol.5, No.1, Jan-Jun 2009, Page 38-40.

●Management of TMJ Ankylosis - An overview - P. Ushass Amrita Journal of Medicine, Vol. 5, No.2, July-Dec. 2009, Page 25-31

●Management of Skeletal Class III malocclusion in an adult patient-case report, V. V Ajith, K.Biju, S.Peter, P.Ushass, Amrita Journal of Medicine, jan-jun 2010, volume no.6 no.1 Page No.37-40

PAPER PRESENTATIONS

●Skinless free flap for mucosal reconstruction 31st Annual National conference of Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons of India –Nov 2005, Jaipur

●Facial Translocation approaches to skull base at 32nd Annual National conference of Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons of India – Dec 2006, Kolkata.

●Mandibulotomy for Maxillectomy; 18th International conference on Oral and maxillofacial surgery Nov 14-18 2007 Bangalore

●Naso-alveolar moulding a useful adjunct to cleft surgery at 34th Annual National conference of Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons of India in accord with British association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons at Kochi Nov 2009

●Versatility of anteriorly based tongue flap in the reconstruction of secondary palatal defect at 34th Annual National conference of Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons of India in accord with British association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons at Kochi Nov 2009

●Chaired the delegate session during 34th Annual National conference of Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons of India in accord with British association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons at Kochi Nov 2009

●Chaired the Post graduate session during 34th Annual National conference of Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons of India in accord with British association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons at Kochi Nov 2009

●Chaired the scientific deliberations during 35th Annual National conference of Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons of India Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu Dec 2010

●Faculty for Traumax – 2013 Comprehensive Workshop on Craniomaxillofacial Trauma, 16th – 20th July 2013, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences Kochi, Kerala

●Chairperson; 11th Annual State Conference of AOMSI October 2014 Held on 11th & 12th October 2014

●Faculty for Amrita Craniofacial surgery symposium and hands on workshop on correction of craniofacial deformities June19- 21, 2015

●Faculty Amrita Head & neck Allied Specialities Meet 2016 February 5th & 6t

WORKSHOPS/ CONFERENCES ATTENDED

●ILS valid from 24th March to 29th March 2022

●PEDIATRIC Life Support, HMC Doha,Qatar. 06/11/2017

●Amrita Head & neck Allied Specialities Meet 2016 February 5th & 6th

●40th National conference of Association of oral & Maxillofacial surgeons of India AOMSICON 19th to 21st November, 2015.Amritsar

●Participated in Amrita Craniofacial surgery symposium and hands on workshop on correction of craniofacial deformities June19- 21, 2015

●22ND National ISOI Conference, Mangalore.10th, 11th, 12th, & 13th September2015

●Latest advance in laser dentistry with hands- on Kochi 8th Feb 2015

●47th Kerala state dental conference, kannur on 16th, 17th, & 18th Jan 2015

●39th National conference of Association of oral & maxillofacial surgeons of India AOMSICON 2014 Nov 14th to 16th, Goa.

●11th Annual State Conference of AOMSI October 2014 Held on 11th & 12th October 2014

●Scale the SKY Implant workshop on 30th September 2014 Ist October. Mysore

●Participated in workshop on Treatment options for severely resorbed maxilla with Zygoma Implants Dec 2014 Chennai.

●Participated in intensive training course on modern Dental Implant therapy concepts using SKY implants Including fast & fixed immediate fixed restorations with Visio.lign and BioHPP as new implant prosthetic materials and technologies in Ulm/ Seneden, Germany September 2014

●Passed The University of California San Francisco (UCSF) course on standard competency in Dental lasers in Sep 2013.

●AOCMF Advances symposium on orbital injuries and reconstruction Aug 16-18 2013 Hyderabad, India

●Traumax -2013 Comprehensive Workshop on Craniomaxillofacial Trauma, 16th - 20th July2013, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences Kochi, Kerala

●Cosmos 2013, held on 1st & 2nd Feb 2013 at Yenepoya University, Mangalore

●45th Kerala State Dental Conference on Jan 2013 at Trichur

●Amrita Advanced Cardiac Life Support (AACLS) course Organized by critical care foundation and department of critical care medicine of AIMS

●36th Annual National conference of Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons of India; New Delhi Nov 2011

●AOCMF Introductory Seminar Aug-2011, Cochin

●Undergone Nobel Fellow Programme in ‘Implant and Esthetic Dentistry” In May 2011 to Dec 2011 held in Kochi

●Smile India smile- The Cream X Duo Contest in restorative Conducted by DENTSPLY. Aug- 2011 Ernakulum

●Current concepts in post endodontic restorations; Amrita school of dentistry July 2011

●7th AHEAD Amrita Comprehensive Head & Neck oncology Teaching Program - Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Feb 2011.

●5th Annual conference of the ISFPRS held in Kottayam Feb 2011

●Implant Solutions Using Attachments in a Edentulous Situation Conducted by Amrita School of Dentistry Jan 2011

●35th Annual National conference of Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons of India Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu Dec 2010

●Instruction course in plastic surgery on cleft & craniofacial anomalies organized by Kerala plastic surgeons association Jan 2010 Kochi

●34th Annual National conference of Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons of India in accord with British association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons at Kochi Nov 2009

●ISP – INTERGRATE 2009 Workshop on Implantolgy on Feb 2009 CIDS Coorg Karnataka

●AO CMF orthoganthic course by AO foundation Jan 2009 Dharwad, India

●5th AHEAD Amrita Comprehensive Head & Neck oncology Teaching Program - Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Feb 2011.

●41st IDA Kerala state dental conference Nedumbassery Nov 2008

●Course on Immediate Trauma Life Support (ITLS) conducted by Ernakulum medical centre cochin, Kerala July 2008

●Amrita Microvascular Training Program and Hands on Flap harvesting course June 2008

●Live surgical workshop on cleft lip & Palate at pariyaram medical college Feb – 2008 Kannur

●Metal free ceramics crowns and Laminates (procera) conducted by IDA Kerala state branch Feb 2008

●61st Indian dental conference Mangalore Jan 2008

●Management of advanced Head & neck cancer one day symposium on 6th Jan 2008 at AIMS Kochi

●18th International conference on Oral and maxillofacial surgery Nov 14-18 2007 Bangalore

●Focus on Maxillofacial Surgery; ACMF Symposium at ICOMS Bangalore Nov 16 2007

●AO Craniomaxillofacial Principles Course & symposium; Nov 11-13 2007 Bangalore

●Hands on workshop on miniplates and craniofacial update At Amrita institute of medical sciences Kochi Feb 2007

●32nd Annual National conference of Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons of India – Dec 2006, Kolkata.

●11th Mid-term Conference of Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons of India – Munnar, June 2006

●Fine tuning in Periodontology And Oral Implantology CDE by IDA At kannur Aug 2007

●31st Annual National conference of Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons of India –Nov 2005, Jaipur

●5th Amrita Comprehensive Head & Neck oncology Teaching Program - Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, May 2005

●Workshop on cleft lip & palate and surgical orthodontics/ Orthognathic surgery at A.J hospital & research centre Mangalore Aug 2004

●Dentofacial Deformities on May 2004 at Yenepoya dental college Mangalore

●IDA state level symposium on TMJ At Thalassery Aug 2003

●15th Annual conference of Indian society for Dental research April 2003

●The endopore Implant system one day intensive certificate course at Bangalore Jan 2002

●Post Graduate Trainee course in Oral & Maxillofacial surgery on Oral Malignancies SDMCDS Dharwad India April 2000

●5th Mid-term Conference of Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons of India – Mangalore July 2000

●Post Graduate Trainee course in Oral & Maxillofacial surgery held at Faculty of Dental Sciences King George Medical college Lucknow Dec 1999

●Orthognathic Surgery Workshop –Face 99 at Kozhikode April 1999

●First Annual workshop on surgical Pathology held at Bapuji Dental College and hospital Davangere Karnataka Dec 1998

●International symposium on TMJ disorders & chronic Oro- facial pain Mangalore Oct-1998

●Orthognathic Surgery Workshop –Face 98 conducted by Ragas dental college & hospital Chennai Aug 1998

●Workshop on maxilla-facial surgery at Unity health complex & Highland Hospital Mangalore. Nov 1997

●Surgical training in Oral & Maxillofacial Advances STOMA 97 At Trichur March 1997

●Complete denture Prosthodontics on May 4th 1997 at Calicut.

●Composite & veneers organized by IDA Malabar Branch March1997

●Workshop & CME on Orthognathic surgery & cleft Lip & Palate Surgery FACE 95 May 1995 Trichur

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