Dr. P. Jayachandran
Head of Department
Periodontics, School of Dentistry
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre
India
Biography
Dr. Jayachandran heads the Department of Periodontics at Amrita School of Dentistry. He joined Amrita in September 2007. He obtained B. D. S. and M. D. S. degrees from A. B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangalore. Prior joining Amrita, he served as Professor in the Department of Periodontics at A. B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangalore. He has recevied award for the outstanding postgraduate guide at FASCEP Conference held at Royal Dental College, Palghat during April 2013. Dr. Jayachandran has over 16 years of undergratuate and postgraduate teaching experience and has published papers in national and international journals. He is also assisting Post Doctoral Students at Amrita Center for Nanosciences. His keen areas of interest include local drug delivery system and occlusion.
Research Interest
Guided Tissue Regeneration
Publications
-
J. P., Suresh, N., Angel Fenol, Vyloppillil, R., Bhaskar, A., and Menon, S. Megha, “Comparison of glycated hemoglobin levels in individuals without diabetes and with and without periodontitis before and after non-surgical periodontal therapyâ€, Journal of Periodontology, vol. 85, pp. 1658-1666, 2014.
-
J. P., Menon, K. Sa, Kurup, Sb, Thomas, A. Eb, Angel Fenol, Vyloppillil, R., Bhaskar, A., and Megha, Sa, “Influence of Vitamin D & calcium supplementation in the management of periodontitisâ€, Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, vol. 9, pp. ZC35-ZC38, 2015
-
S. Sowmya, Dr. Ullas Mony, P., J., Reshma, S., R Kumar, A., Arzate, H., Shantikumar V Nair, and Jayakumar, R., “Tri-Layered Nanocomposite Hydrogel Scaffold for the Concurrent Regeneration of Cementum, Periodontal Ligament, and Alveolar Bone.â€, Adv Healthc Mater, 2017.
