Department Achievements

Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry

The Department of Pediatric &Preventive Dentistry was established to provide complete primary and comprehensive oral and dental care to infants, children and adolescents including all children with special health care needs. It boasts of spacious dental clinics separate for undergraduate and postgraduate students, keeping in mind their specific requirements.”

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Professor & Head of the Department

Dr. NIDHI AGARWAL did her BDS from the prestigious FODS, King George’s Medical College, Lucknow. After completing her graduation she pursued her post graduation in the Department of Paediatric and Preventive Dentistry from the same institute. She is a Fellow of the Pierre Fauchard Academy.

She received honours in many subjects in her graduation and presented papers in national and international conferences during her post graduation as well. She began her academic career in 2003 as Senior Lecturer.

She joined IDST in 2015 as Professor & HOD. She has been an external examiner for post graduate students and PhD students in many universities. She has received special recognition as “Distinguished Women Award of the year 2021” from the Indian Society OfPedodontics& Preventive Dentistry for her continuous and untiring effort in promoting dental health and education for children. She has been invited as guest speaker in many colleges and conferences and been appointed as chairperson for various sessions of the same. She is a reviewer in many national and international journals including the speciality journal of ISPPD since past many years and has also received recognition for the same. She has contributed chapters in many books. She has been organising many CDE programs in the Institute. She is committed to maintaining high standards be it clinical work or academics having more than 40 publications in national and international indexed journals to her credit. She has an experience of teaching and imparting knowledge to students since more than eighteen years She has excellent communication skills and leads in educating and motivating the students to perform their best.

Email: dr.nidhiagarwal@idst.ac.in
Department Email: pedodontics@idst.ac.in

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Faculty

Faculty Achievements

Dr. NIDHI AGARWAL, PROFESSOR. & HEAD

• Attended the CDE programme on SPECIAL HEALTH CARE DENTISTRY on 6th May, 2022 held at ITS dental college, Greater Noida.
• Chaired scientific session in the 42nd ISPPD National Conference at Bhubneshwar, Orissa held on 25th -27th November 2021.
• Attended a CDE Programme on “MICROSCOPE IN PEDIATRIC ENDODONTICS” on 18th September, 2021 held at Maulana Azad Institute of Medical Sciences
• Received “ Distinguished Women” of the year by ISPPD on the occasion of International Women’s Day celebration on 8th March 2021.
• Attended ISPPD webinar on “ Women’s health and wellness; journey from childhood” on 8TH March 2021.
• Modulated Session 7 of the topic “Band and loop space maintainers” at ISPPD Pedo-Vircon National Virtual Scientific Conference.21-24th Jan 2021
• Participated virtually in 1 day interactive workshop on “ Good Clinical Trial Practices (GCP) on 31st Oct,2020
• Attended ISPPD Faculty Development program”Training the teachers”, 29th oct- 1st Nov 2020.
• Attended webinar on “ Rotary endodontics in primary teeth” on 27th Oct, 2020
• Attended webinar on “The ethical gap and systemic review” on 24th Oct,2020.
• Attended webinar on “ Local anesthesia and emergency medicine in pediatric dentistry” on 10th Oct, 2020
• Attended webinar on “ Rotary endodontics in primary teeth” on 27th Sep, 2020
• Attended ISPPD Reviewer’s training program,”Effective Peer Review”, 23-25 Nov 2020
• Attended DCI webinar on “ Adverse drug interaction and effects, why every dentist should know” on 20th Sep ,2020
• Attended IDA webinar on “ Effective management of the tooth in children and adolescents” on 20th Sep,2020.
• Presented poster on Teledentistry In Pediatric Dentistry: Bridging The Urban Rural Gap in India. International association of Paediatric Dentistry Conference(IAPD Virtual),13-17th Sep,2020.
• Attended webinar on “ Management of traumatic injuries of young permanent teeth” on 12th Sep, 2020.
• Attended SAAPD conference2020, 15th-17th Sep, 2020
• Attended webinar on “ Presurgicalnasoalveolar molding” on 2nd Sep, 2020
• Attended webinar on topic “Traumatic Dental injuries guideline and beyond”, 25th Aug,2020.
• Attended webinar on “ Learn, Unlearn and Relearn” on 14th August, 2020
• Attended Virtual Rapid Revision Summit on 25th-28th May,2020
• Attended KGMU webinar on “ Training for prevention against Covid-19” on 20th May,2020
• Attended webinar on “ Miniscrew as bone maintainers in adolescent patient with tooth agenesis” on 17th May, 2020.
• Attended webinar on “ Non-pharmacological behaviour management –the post Covid Realignment (SAAPD)” on 12TH May, 2020.
• Attended webinar on “ Infections control for pediatric dentistry” on 11th May,
• Attended webinar on “ Endodotic irrigating solution and techniques” on 10th May, 2020
• Participated in online “ Basic course in biomedical research” by NMC, March-June,2020
• Chaired scientific session in the 41st ISPPD National Conference at ITS Dental College, Greater Noida on 7th -9th November 2019
• Chaired scientific session in the 16th ISPPD National Convention at Subharti Dental College, Meerut on 14th- 16th February 2019
• Attended Paediatric Preformed Zirconia Crowns-CDE, 15th April, 2019, IDST, Modinagar.
• Guest lecture on ECC in DJ Dental College, Modinagar in July 2018
• 1ST Biennial conference of South Asian Association of Pediatric Dentistry at New Delhi Presented paper on “Radiation exposure in paediatric dentistry: How much is too much.” in May 2018
• Chaired Scientific Session at IstBiennial conference of South Asian Association of Pediatric Dentistry at New Delhi held on 4-6th May 2018
• Chaired scientific session in the19th annual SOLA conference at ITS CDSR, Muradnagar in February 2017

Dr. ZOHRA JABIN

• Attended 42nd ISPPD National Conference at Bhubaneshwar, Orissa held on 25th -27th November 2021.
• Chaired scientific session in the 42nd National ISPPD conference 2021 held at Bhubaneshwar Orissa on 25th -27th November 2021.
• Awarded best paper award at 42nd National ISPPD conference 2021 for “comparative evaluation of salivary fluoride levels after topical application of SDF and NaF”.
• Attended Webinar- Topic Pediatric Endodontics- The inner scoop 24th Jan 2021,Nepalese association of pediatric dentistry.
• Presented poster on Evaluate and compare the deminralization inhibiting effect of SDF,NaF and ApF on sound primary enamel. ISPPD Pedo-Vircon National Virtual Scientific Conference.21-24th Jan 2021
• Attended ISPPD webinar on “ Women’s health and wellness; journey from childhood” on 8TH March 2021.
• Presented poster on Teledentistry In Pediatric Dentistry: Bridging The Urban Rural Gap in India. International association of Paediatric Dentistry Conference(IAPD Virtual),13-17th Sep,2020.
• Attended ISPPD Reviewer’s training program,”Effective Peer Review”, 23-25 Nov 2020.
• Attended ISPPD Faculty Development program”Training the teachers”, 29th oct- 1st Nov 2020.
• Attended Webinar-Topic- “Managing patients with cerebral palsy in the dental office”.15th Oct 2020,Kenya association of pediatric dentists.
• Attended IDA webinar on “ Effective management of the tooth in children and adolescents” on 20th Sep,2020.
• Attended SAAPD conference2020, 15th-17th Sep, 2020
• Attended Webinar-Topic-“Thesis writing and academic publishing”.12th Sep 2020.
• Attended DCI Webcast-Topic-“Informed consent from dental surgeons perspective”.6th Sep2020.
• Attended webinar on “ Learn, Unlearn and Relearn” on 14th August, 2020
• Attended Webinar-“Topic-Silver diamine fluoride”,14th June 2020.
• Attended WHO Course on - Covid-19 operational planning guidelines.13th June2020.
• Attended Virtual Rapid Revision Summit on 25th-28th May,2020
• Chaired scientific session in the 41st ISPPD National Conference at ITS Dental College, Greater Noida on 7th -9th November 2019
• Attended Paediatric Preformed Zirconia Crowns-CDE, 15th April,2019, IDST, Modinagar.
• Chaired scientific session in the 16th ISPPD National Convention at Subharti Dental College, Meerut on 14th- 16th February 2019
• Chaired Scientific Session at Ist Biennial conference of South Asian Association of Pediatric Dentistry at New Delhi held on 4-6th May 2018

Dr. ASHISH ANAND

• Attended 42nd ISPPD National Conference at Bhubaneshwar, Orissa held on 25th -27th November 2021.
• Presented poster on topic “Minimal Invasive Dentistry ” 42nd ISPPD National Conference at Bhubaneshwar, Orissa held on 25th -27th November 2021.
• Attended a CDE Programme on “MICROSCOPE IN PEDIATRIC ENDODONTICS” on 18th September, 2021 held at Maulana Azad Institute of Medical Sciences
• Presented paper topic “Teledentistry” at Pedo virtual summit, SAAPD. 9TH-11TH April 2021
• Publication on topic “ Laughter is the best medicine” in column in the official newsletter of ISPPD Smile Times Pedo, Jan-March 2021
• Presented poster on “ CBCT- Small cone big scoop” at ISPPD Pedo-Vircon National Virtual Scientific Conference.21-24th Jan 2021
• Attended ISPPD webinar on “ Women’s health and wellness; journey from childhood” on 8TH March 2021.
• Attended ISPPD Faculty Development programme ”Training the teachers”, 31st oct- 1st Nov 2020.
• Attended webinar on “ Local anesthesia and emergency medicine in pediatric dentistry” on 10th Oct, 2020
• Attended webinar on “ Presurgicalnasoalveolar molding” on 2nd Oct, 2020
• Attended webinar on “ Rotary endodontics in primary teeth” on 27th Sep, 2020
• Attended DCI webinar on “ Adverse drug interaction and effects, why every dentist should know” on 20th Sep ,2020
• Attended webinar on “ Management of traumatic injuries of young permanent teeth” on 12th Sep , 2020.
• Attended webinar on “ Learn, Unlearn and Relearn” on 14th August, 2020.
• Attended SAAPD conference2020, 14th Aug 2020
• Attended KGMU webinar on “ Training for prevention against Covid-19” on 20th May,2020
• Attended webinar on “ Infections control for pediatric dentistry” on 11th May, 2020
• Attended webinar on “ Endodotic irrigating solution and techniques” on 10th May, 2020
• Attended Paediatric Preformed Zirconia Crowns-CDE, 15th April,2019, IDST, Modinagar.
• Presented paper on “Robotics in pediatric dentistry”, at 1ST Biennial conference of South Asian Association of Pediatric Dentistry at New Delhi,2018.
• IstBiennial conference of South Asian Association of Pediatric Dentistry at New Delhi held on 4-6 may 2018 on “Tissue Engineering –A Myth or Reality.”
• Chaired a Scientific Session at IstBiennial conference of South Asian Association of Pediatric Dentistry at New Delhi held on 4-6 May 2018

Research Work

• Dr. Joies Susan Varghese- Comparative evaluation of clinical success of different esthetic crown systems used in primary molars
• Dr. P C Chayanika- Comparative evaluation of outcome of primary molars pulpectomies with and without smear layer removal: An in-vivo study
• Dr. SmitaKumari- Impact on oral health related quality of life during covid-19 period in children in Modinagar -A cross sectional study
• Dr. Tinesh Raja RR- A comparative evaluation of nano silver fluoride, chlorhexidine and sodium fluoride when used as a varnish on streptococcus mutans levels in children with caries.
• Dr.Vabool Thakur- Determination of the role of preventive dental program in oral health status of mother-child pairs: a cohort study.
• Dr.ZoyaTanvir - Comparative Evaluation of Antimicrobial Efficacy of Nanosilver Solution, Azadirachtaindica, Sodium Hypochlorite and Normal Saline as Root Canal Irrigants in Primary Teeth
• Dr Najroof K- Comparison of social and emotional well being of children and clinical evaluation of kids-e-crown versus strip crown & minimal intervention dentistry (MID) to restore primary anterior teeth- an invivo study
• Dr P Deepanjali- Comparison and evaluation of remaining dentin thickness after using pro taper and kedo SG rotary files system for instrumentation of primary teeth root canals by cone beam computer tomography- an invivo study
• Dr Sunil Datt- To compare and evaluate the effect of topical anesthesia, vibradent, warm and buffered local anesthesia on the pain perception of pediatric patient during the administration of inferior alveolar nerve block for routine dental procedure.
• Dr. Ajay Pratap Singh - To evaluate the efficacy of bioresorbable plating system for fixation of pediatric maxillofacial fractures.
• Dr. Ishfaq Ahmad Bhat - Comparative evaluation of microleakage and shear bond strength of Cention N, Light Cure GIC and Nanohybrid Composite.
• Dr. NanditaWaikhom - A comparative evaluation of Nano Silver Fluoride, Sodium Fluoride and Chlorhexidine when used as a varnish on oral Streptococcus Mutans levels in children.
• Dr. AnujaKamble - To Compare the efficacy of oral probiotics, chlorhexidine and herbal mouth rinse in reducing the salivary S. Mutans count in caries active children.
• Dr. SampannaKalita - Comparative evaluation of efficiency and cleaning capacity of different file systems when used for primary molar pulpectomies
• Dr. Vishal Jain - Validity and reliability of hindi Version of Child perception questionnaire (CPQ11-14) in school going children.
• Dr. Gundeep Kaur Madan - To evaluate and compare the effect of different audio-visual distraction techniques in reducing the anxiety of children during LA administration.
• Dr. Tanya Agarwal – Effect of honey and green tea on salivary streptococcus mutans count in caries active children.
• Dr Aakansha Sharma- To compare the effectiveness of different mouth rinses on streptococcus mutans count in caries active children.
• Dr ManpreetKour- An in-vitro comparison of nickel and chromium release from different crown and loop space maintainers.
• Dr. Aparna Singh - A comparative volumetric evaluation of different root canal filling techniques for primary teeth using cone beam computed tomography (CBCT).
• Dr.TanviSaxena- An evaluation of the efficacy of chemo-mechanical caries removal agent (Papacarie Duo) in comparison to slow speed method of caries removal(smart burs II).

Post Graduate Achievements

• Dr. NanditaWaikhom (PG) : Publication in column in the official newsletter of ISPPD Smile Times Pedo, October-December,2020
• Dr.ZoyaTanvir (PG) : : Publication in column in the official newsletter of ISPPD Smile Times Pedo, October-December,2020
• First position to Dr. Joies Susan Varghese in Scientific Oral Poster Presentation delivered on topic “Association OfDermatoglyphics With Dental Behaviour And Oral Health Status In Children” at 18th ISPPD NATIONAL PG CONVENTION, held on 7th-9th April 2022 KGMU, Lucknow.
• First position to Dr. Tinesh Raja RR in in Scientific Oral Poster Presentation delivered on topic “ Technological advancements in pediatric dentistry” at 42nd National ISPPD (Virtual) conference 2021 at Pedodisha, 25-27th Nov 2021
• Dr. NanditaWaikhom (PG) : Publication in column in the official newsletter of ISPPD Smile Times Pedo, October-December,2020
• Dr.ZoyaTanvir (PG) : : Publication in column in the official newsletter of ISPPD Smile Times Pedo, October-December,2020
• First prize to Dr. NanditaWaikhom at PEDOPNACEA 16thNATIONAL CONVENTION of INDIAN SOCIETY OF PEDODONTICS AND PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY at Subharti Dental College, Meerut on 14th- 16th February 2019
• First prize to Dr.Aparna Singh at PEDOFEST- 36TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF INDIAN SOCIETY OF PEDODONTICS AND PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY at Indira Gandhi Pratishthan Lucknow in October 2014 (14TH-16TH)
• Firstprize to Dr.TanviSaxena at PEDOSCOPE – 35TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF INDIAN SOCIETY OF PEDODONTICS AND PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY at Birla Auditorium Jaipur in September 2013 (26TH-28TH)
• First Prize to Dr.Ritika Ahuja at - 8TH NATIONAL P.G CONVENTION OF ISPPD held at Salem, Tamil Nadu, India in February 2011
• First prize to Dr. ARNAB SENGUPTA at - 8TH NATIONAL P.G CONVENTION OF ISPPD held at Salem, Tamil Nadu, India in February 2011

Department Publications

1. Agarwal N, Jabin Z, Anand A, Verma S D, “Correlation between dental fluorosis and intelligence quotient in 11–13-year-old children in Modinagar, Ghaziabad -A survey study” IJDSIR- March - 2022, Vol. – 5, Issue - 2, P. No. 217 – 222.
2. Jabin Z, Verma SD, Agarwal N, Anand A, Waikhom N. Groper’s appliance – For esthetic rehabilitation of anterior missing teeth: Two case reports. J Interdiscip Dentistry 2022;12:22-5.
3. Waikhom N, Agarwal N, Jabin Z, Anand A. Antimicrobial effectiveness of Nano Silver Fluoride Varnish in reducing Streptococcus mutans in saliva and plaque biofilm when compared with Chlorhexidine and Sodium fluoride varnishes. J ClinExp Dent.2022;14(4): e 321-8
4. Kamble A, Jabin Z, Agarwal N, Anand A. Effectiveness of oral probiotics in reducing S. mutans count in caries active children: A comparison with chlorhexidine and herbal mouthrinse (Hiora). Int J ClinPediatr Dent 2022:15 (s-2);S 207-211
5. Kalita S, Agarwal N, Jabin Z, Anand A. Comparative evaluation of cleaning capacity and efficiency of Kedo-S pediatric rotary files, rotary protaper and hand K files in primary molar pulpectomy. Int J ClinPediatr Dent 2021:14(3):383-87
6. Agarwal N, Jabin Z Anand A, WaikhomN.Prosthodontic management of fused primary maxillary central and lateral incisor- A case report. IJDSIR 2021;4(2):233-237
7. Dr Ishfaq Ahmad Bhatt, Dr Zohra Jabin, Dr Nidhi Agarwal, Dr Ashish Anand. Comparative evaluation of microleakage and shear bond strength of Cention -n, lightcuregic and nanohybride composite. IJDSIR 2021;4(2):119-126
8. Ahmad A, Kumar D, Singh A, Anand S, Agarwal N, Ahmad R. A Comparative Quantitative Assessment of Salivary Iga and Alpha Amylase in Caries Free and Caries Active Children. J ClinPediatr Dent. 2021 Nov 1;45(5):323-329.
9. Agarwal N, Singh AP, Jabin Z, Madan GK. Correlation of color preferences of children with their anxiety levels in the paediatric dental operatory: A short study. Indian Journal of Applied Research. 2021; Vol 11 (8): 56-57
10. Agarwal T, Agarwal N. Effect of Endodontic Irrigating agents on Microhardness of radicular dentin in primary teeth: An In Vivo study. J South AssocPediatr Dent 2021; 4(2): 86-89
11. Agarwal N, JabinZ ,Anand A, N Kurikkalakath .Knowledge, attitude and perception of mothers about tooth avulsion in rural areas of Modinagar (UP) . International Journal of Scientific research. 2021 Volume-10, Issue-1
12. Agarwal N, Jabin Z, Kalita S. An impacted inverted mesiodens and its surgical intervention. Int J PedodRehabil 2020; 5: 22-4
13. Agarwal T, Agarwal N. A Modified Removable Space Maintainer for Compromised Dentition of Children: A Case Series. Int J ClinPediatr Dent 2020;13(6):722–724.
14. Jain V, Agarwal N ,Jabin Z, Singh S, Anand A, Jain M. Cross cultural adaptation and psychometric properties of the Hindi version of child perception questionnaire (CPQ11-14) in school children. Int Jpaediatr Dent. 2020;00: 1-9
15. Agarwal N, Jabin Z, Anand A, Kamble A, KalitaS.Evalution and comparison of microleakage and shear bond strength of cention N, Nano-Filled composite and Ketac Molar for reatoration of primary molar teeth. Int J Dent Sci Inn Resh (IJDSIR). 2019; 2(6): 710-717 v16. Agarwal N, Jabin Z, Anand A, Kalita S, Kamble A. A coparativeevalution of different techniques for microleakage reduction of zirconomer restoration in primary teeth. Int J Dent Sci Inn Resh (IJDSIR). 2019; 2(6): 686-693
16. Agarwal N, Madan GK, Sharma A, Agarwal T. Neonatal tooth associated with gingival abscess: A case report. J Dent Specialities. 2019; 7(1): 36- 37.
17. Agarwal N, Kour M (2018) Regenerative Endodontics in Traumatized Young Permanent Tooth. J Trauma Treat 7: 416.
18. Jain M, Jain V, Agarwal N. A review on application of silver diamine fluoride in dentistry. Int J Oral Health Dent. 2018; 4(2): 58-62
19. Agarwal N, Agarwal T, Madan GK. Fragment reattachment in fractured anterior tooth: A case report.Int J SciRes.2018;(10): 40 – 41.
20. Agarwal N, Kaur M, Anand A, Singh P. Microhardness evaluation after microabrasion using two different agents. Int J Sci Res.2018;7(8): 33-34.
21. Agarwal N, Kumar D, Sharma A, Anand A. Management of dental trauma in a child with XerodermaPigmentosa. Saudi Dent J.2018;30(1):102-104
22. Sharma A, Agarwal N, Anand A Jabin Z. to compare the effectiveness of different mouthrinses on streptococcus mutans count in caries active children. J Oral BiolCraniofac Res. 2018; 8(2): 113–117.
23. Agarwal N,Sharma A, Anand A. Dental manifestations of congenital syphilis in a 12 year old girl. J Oral Health Comm Dent. 2017;11(3): 75-77
24. Agarwal N,Sharma A, Kumar D. Streptococcus Mutans and its detection - The Battle continues. J BacteriolMycol .2017; 4(4): 00102
25. Agarwal N, Kaur M, Anand A. natal teeth retained for 3 years: A rare case report. J Dent Specialities.2017;5(2): 164-165.
26. Singh A, Gupta N, Agarwal N, Kumar D, Anand A. A comparative volumetric evaluation of four obturating techniques in Primary teeth using Cone Beam Computed Tomography.Pediatr Dent. 2017;39(2): 11-16.
27. Sharma A, Kumar D, Anand A, Mittal V, Singh A, Agarwal N. Factors predicting behavior management problems during initial dental examination in children aged 2 to 8 years.Int J ClinPediatr Dent. 2017 ;10(1):5-9.
28. Agarwal N, Dhawan J, Kumar D, Anand A, Tangri K. Effectiveness of two topical anaesthetic agents used along with audio visual aids in paediatric dental patients.JClinDiagn Res. 2017 ;11(1):ZC80-ZC83.
29. Agarwal N, Kumar D, Vaish A, Anand A. A rare case of pyogenic granuloma with a natal tooth. J ClinDiagn Res. 2016;10(10):ZD28- ZD29.
30. Agarwal N, Kumar D, Anand A, Bahetwar SK. Dental Implants in children:A multidisciplinary perspective for long term success.Natl J Maxillofac Surg. 2016 ; 7(2): 122–126.
31. Agarwal N, Kumar D, Banerjee S, Singh A. Eruption cyst due to supernumerary tooth-A chance occurrence.J Dent Specialities.2016;4(1):99-102
32. Kumar D, Singh A, Agarwal N, Rizvi AA, Anand A. Esthetic and endodontic management of anterior teeth with impacted foreign objects in the root canals:A case series.Endodontology2016;28:50-