VIRAL KIRTIKUMAR DAVE

Dental

SUSHRUTA AWARD FOR BEST INTERN OF THE YEAR (SOUTH INDIA)
Age - 23
Gender - Male
Trust your heart and believe yourself. Approach any situation with unflinching confidence. Consistent, directed and self-spurred efforts always accelerate results. Keep striving till the very end. Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations.
Qualification
Graduation - August 2018, Manipal college of dental sciences Mangalore.
Post Graduation - Not Available
Diploma - Not Available
Fellowships - Fellow of the Academy of general Education.
Memberships - Certificate Course in Minor Oral Surgery titled: Hands on Skills Enhancement workshop on Dentoalveolar Surgery. Dental Practice Management Course held over a duration of 6 months
Others - Not Available
Experience
Experience - Over 1.5 years of clinical experience (including 1 year of internship). Performed almost all simplest to complex clinical procedures right from scaling, restoration, root canal treatment, complete and partial dentures, extraction to fabrication of Orthodontic appliances for patients as well
Speciality - General dentistry
About
About me - Freshly graduated dentist from Manipal college of Dental sciences Mangalore. A budding dentist who wants to serve the mankind with compassion and integrity. Relieving pain from the patient’s face and delivering smiles gives a sense of satisfaction like nothing else. Passionate in contributing to the dental fraternity in research and innovation. Contributor towards uplifting the undergraduate dental research in India. University ambassador at International student Congress of Biomedical sciences (ISCOMS 2019), Groningen, Netherlands from India. Session winner at International student congress of biomedical sciences (ISCOMS 2018), the Netherlands. Former Vice President of student research forum, Manipal college of dental sciences Mangalore, a unit of Manipal academy of higher education Co-founder of Dental Academic Tracker: Rising start up focused at developing centralized software for cloud storage of students’ academic profile and a media for monitoring academic progress real-time.
About Clinic/Department/Website/Company - Currently practicing as Asscociate Dentist at Eversmile Dental Care Orthodontic Centre, Andheri, Mumbai.
Hobbies - chess,cricket,Mime, Karate, swimming, skating are some of my other hobbies.
Social Service - Active member of Direction in society for human awareness (DISHA), a nonprofit organization organized by Dental students’ association under which I have participated in Social wellness programs such as cloth collection drive and drug donation to the poor. I have visited old age homes and helped the needy in every way we could. (2014-2017) Involved with Green Revolution Global Certification Program – Action against climate change - cause supported by the United Nations Associated with Colgate’s bright smile bright future dental camps serving in Mumbai.
Previous Awards - – Won International Dental Excellence award 2018 (Intern of the year) and Indian Health Professional award 2018 (Student of the year category), Nominated for Famdent awards in 2017 and 2018. Outstanding contribution in Research work 2017-18 award presented by Student Research forum, Manipal college of Dental Sciences Mangalore.
Publications
National Publications - Manuscript titled – ‘Writing Introduction: Laying Foundation of a Research Paper’ is published in PARIPEX – INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH in Volume 06 Issue 06, June 2017 (PRINT ISSN NO 2250-1991, Impact Factor 5.761) Manuscript titled ‘Abstract: Sneak Peek of the Research Manuscript’ is published in the Journal ‘The Antiseptic - A monthly Journal of Medicine and Surgery’ (Professional Publications, Sathya Sai nagar, Madurai-625003) Vol 113-No11- November 2016 ISSN 003-5998 pg 31-34
International Publications - Manuscript titled ‘Effect of simulated porcelain firing temperature on hardness, corrosion and cytotoxicity of cobalt-chromium alloy’ is submitted to ‘Iranian Journal of Materials Science and Engineering’ (Scopus/Web of science indexed) is Under Final Review. (24-02-2019).
Books - Not Available
Other Publications - – A short blog describing my ISCOMS experience published on www.iscoms.com under the University Ambassadors section