Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry organized an Online International Webinar on 14.09.2020 on the topic “Role of virtual reality exposure therapy in the reduction of dental anxiety among child patients”. The programme was conducted in collaboration and under the banner of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry (ISPPD).

The speaker, Dr. Kumar Raghav is an educator and researcher. He is a registered General Dentist in Australia with special skills in Pediatric Dentistry. He was awarded the prestigious Australian Endevour Executive Fellowship at UQ school of Dentistry in 2018. Currently completing his Ph.D. in Social and Behavioral dentistry from ACTA school of Dentistry, Amsterdam. ACTA is one of the top dental schools in the world, ranked at number 2 by Q S World University ranking.

Dr. Shruthi B Patil, Prof and Head coordinated the event of Online International webinar.

Dr.Balaram Naik, Principal greeted the participants and thanked Hon’ble Chancellor Poojya Shri D. Veerendra Heggade and Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, Dr. Niranjan Kumar and the management of Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara University for providing us this opportunity.

It is a proud moment for SDMites to announce Dr. Kumar Raghav is the alumni of SDM College of Dental Sciences.   I am extremely happy to inform, 105 attendees participated in the event.