Thilak Shetty B

Professor and Head

Department of Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge

CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

    Thilak Shetty B teaches BDS students.

    He:

    • Supervises the departmental work.
    • Is involved in clinical work, postgraduate clinical training, seminars and guiding students in their dissertation.
    • Prepares question papers, conducts theory, practical, and clinical.
    • Caters to the Prosthodontics needs of the patients.
    • Is Prosthodontics patient consultant, allots patients to the undergraduate and postgraduate students.
       

SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING

Subject Semester / Year
Complete Dentures Second year, BDS
Removable Partial Denture Third year, BDS
Fixed Partial Denture Final year, BDS
Maxillofacial Prosthodontics Final year, BDS

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Degree Specialisation Institute Year of passing
Clinical Course in Maxillofacial Prosthetics Maxillofacial Prosthodontics Rangoon Walla Centre for Maxillofacial Rehabilitation in Pune, collaboration with IMPT, UK 2011
MDS (Master of Dental Surgery) Prosthodontic & Crown and Bridge from AB Shetty Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangalore 1999

Experience

Institution / Organisation Designation Role Tenure
Dept Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge, MCODS Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education Professor 2009- till date
Dept Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge, MCODS Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education Associate Professor 2006- 2009
Dept Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge, MCODS Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education Reader 2003- 2006
Sri Rajiv College of Dental Sciences, Bangalore Assistant Professor 1999-2002

AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH

Area of Interest

Oral rehabilitation of partially and totally edentulous patients with different modes of replacement with prosthesis.

Area of Expertise

Removable Prosthodontics, Fixed Prosthodontics

Professional Affiliations & Contributions

  • Life Member of Indian Dental Association, 2005.

Comparative evaluation of the lateral throat form and the border extension of mandibular complete denture in the distolingual region among the south coastal Karnataka population - An in vivo study

2014-01-01

2010, Vol. 11, No. 2 July- December, 121-125, J Nepal Dent Assoc.

Flexible dentures - A flexible option to treat edentulous patients

2010-01-01

2010, vol.11:85-87, Journal of Nepal Dental Assoc.

Dental applications of titanium and its alloys - A review

2009-01-01

2009, 10(2):151-157, JNDA.

Esthetic post materials - A review

2005-01-01

2005, July-September, 5(3):122-125, J Ind Prosth Society.

Resilient liners - A review

2013-01-01

JIPS, 2013, Vol 13, Issue 3:155-164, J Ind Prosth Society.

Gingival health with regard to full veneer restoration

2005-01-01

2005, September, 2005, 28(3):37-38, Kerala Dental Journal.

A comparative evaluation of the lateral throat form and the border extension of mandibular complete denture in the distolingual region among the south coastal Karnataka population - An in vivo study

2011-01-01 Dr Prakash Kumar Parajuli

2011.

Effect of adhesive drying time on the bond strength of vinyl polysiloxane impression to autopolymerising acrylic resin tray- An in-vitro study

2011-01-01 Anuja Gupta

2011.

Influence of varying ferrule heights and configurations on the fracture resistance of endodontically treated mandibular first premolars - An invitro study

2013-01-01 Shriya Marya

2013.