Raghunath Puttaiah
Diagnostic Sciences
Texas A and M University
United States of America
Biography
Raghunath Puttaiah BDS, MPH Tenured Professor Department of Diagnostic Sciences 3302 Gaston Ave. Dallas, Texas 75246 Phone: (214) 828-8245 Fax: (214) 828-8306 Email: rputtaiah@tamhsc.edu Education and Post-Graduate Training 1993 - 1996 Post Doctoral Fellowship in Infectious Disease Control in Dentistry. The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Dental School, San Antonio, TX, USA 1990 - 1992 Residency in Dental Public Health. The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Dentistry & Jefferson County Department of Health - Bureau of Dental Health, Birmingham, AL, USA 1988 - 1990 Masters of Public Health MPH, Program in Epidemiology, Health Promotion & additional Dental Public Health Track. The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, Birmingham, AL, USA 1979 - 1983 The University of Mysore - Bapuji Educational Association, India, Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) 1978 - 1979 Bachelor of Science – 1st Yr., in Chemistry, Botany, Zoology & Additional Physics. KLES Society, Bangalore University, Bangalore, India, 1976 - 1978 Pre-University Certificate in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Biology. MES College and KLES Society, Bangalore, India. 1969 – 1975 Indian Secondary School Certificate Examination - ICSE (Similar to “O” Levels). Bishop Cotton Boys’ School, Bangalore, India
Research Interest
Research Grants - Extramural at UTHSCSA Dental School (1993-1996) DentaLogic, Cincinnati OH; UTHSCSA DS ($ 3,000) Health-Sonics Corp. CA; UTHSCSA DS ($ 3000) DW Industries, NV; UTHSCSA DS ($ 6,000) Johnson & Johnson Med. Inc. TX; UTHSCSA DS ($ 16,000) Johnson & Johnson Med. Inc. TX; UTHSCSA DS ($ 20,000) Micrylium Laboratories, AZ; (Part travel assistance for research meeting
Publications
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Puttaiah R, Langlais RP, Katz J, and Langland OE. Infection Control in Maxillofacial Radiology. CDA journal. Vol 23, No. 5, 21-28, 1995.
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Puttaiah R., Carley K., Holavanahalli R. Tobacco, betel-quid chewing and oral health. In: Bedi R, Jones P, editors. Betel-quid chewing and tobacco chewing among the Bangladeshi community in the United Kingdom. London: Centre for Transcultural Oral Health; 1995. p.1-9.
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Carley KW, Puttaiah R, Alvarez JO, Heimburger DC and Anantha N. Diet and Oral Premalignancy in Female South Indian Tobacco and Betel Chewers: A Case/Control Study Nutrition and Cancer, Vol. 22, No. 1, 73-84, 1994.
