Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences
Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi

RESEARCH PROFILE

 

DR.VIKRANT MOHANTY

PROFESSOR AND HEAD OF DEPARTMENT
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH DENTISTRY, MAIDS

Education Background 

RESEARCH GRANTS RAISED: 

• IGTC SCHOLARSHIP: Awarded to complete the Global Tobacco Control Certificate Program at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
• UKIERI Grant: Awarded the prestigious United Kingdom-India Education Research Initiative for Faculty on “Tobacco control in a dental school: understanding and experiencing UK innovatory practice” to visit the “Bangladeshi Stop Tobacco Project” Queens Mary University, London in May 2013.
• ICMR Grant- Awarded grant Indian Council of Medical Research, Government of India, New Delhi for developing the "ICMR Criteria for Dental Fluorosis" as a Co-Investigator.

Scholarship and Travel Grants: 

• Awarded full scholarship from University Grants Commission, Government of India, New Delhi for the scientific paper on “Reorientation of Dental Education: Soft Skills among Dental Students” at 93rd IADR General Session and Exhibition, Boston in 2015,
• Awarded Scholarship by Public Health Foundation of India in collaboration of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India and World Health Organization for the International Conference on Public Health Priorities in the 21st Century in 2013.
• Awarded full scholarship for the scientific paper on “Availability of Nicotine Replacement Therapy and Role of Community Pharmacist in tobacco Cessation” at 15th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Singapore 2012.

RESEARCH WORKS SUPERVISED
THESIS WORKS SUPERVISED 

1. Oral health status and its determinants in 12 and 13year-old children in government schools of Delhi , 2014
2. Effectiveness of dental health education on oral hygiene among hearing impaired adolescents in India: A Randomized Control Trial, 2014
3. Oral health status of children in juvenile homes and child protection units in Delhi , 2015
4. Prevalence, patterns and sociocultural factors associated with use of tobacco-based dentifrices (Gul) in India , 2015
5. Effectiveness of behavioural counselling with nicotine gum versus behavioral counselling among patients visiting tobacco cessation clinic in Delhi: A Randomized Control Trial
6. Effectiveness of different parenting interventions on oral hygiene of cerebral palsy children: A randomized controlled trial
7. Situational analysis of Oral Health care delivery system in GNCT of Delhi
8. Effectiveness of two methods of tobacco cessation among tuberculosis patients visiting DOTS centres, Delhi
9. Effectiveness of Behavioural Counselling with Nicotine gum versus Behavioural Counselling with Yoga among Delhi Government Bus Drivers: Cluster Randomized Trial
10. Need assessment, Thematic analysis, Development and Usability assessment of Prototype mHealth application for Oral Health Promotion among Pregnant women
11. Compliance assessment of COTPA section 4,5 and 6 among Higher Educational Institutions in India: A cross sectional study
12. Efficacy of Chitosan-Bioglass Complex Versus Sodium Fluoride Varnish in Remineralization Of Artificial Incipient Enamel Caries: An In-Vitro Study
13. Oral health related quality of life, prevalence and determinants of early childhood caries among 2-6 years old children in anganwadi centres in Delhi: Descriptive Study.
14. Effectiveness of herbal artificial saliva vs commercial artificial saliva on biophysical and antimicrobial properties. An in vitro and in vivo animal study

LIBRARY DISSERTATION SUPERVISED 

1. Basic package of oral care
2. Dental workforce planning
3. School oral health programme
4. Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Tobacco Cessation: Systematic Review
5. M-Health for tobacco cessation: A systematic review
6. Smokeless tobacco and the risk of diabetes mellitus: A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis
7. Role of antioxidants in prevention of oral pre malignant lesion and oral cancer: A systematic review
8. Computing Machinery and Intelligence" Utilization of Artificial Intelligence in Tobacco Cessation: A Systematic Review
9. Economic evaluation of preventive dental caries materials: A systematic review
10. Affordable fluoride tooth paste
11. Global perspectives of oral health policies: A Review
12. Effect of sugar taxation on oral health outcomes across the globe: A systematic review

TERM DISSERTATION SUPERVISED 

1. Infodemiology for oral health and disease: A scoping review
2. Role of Personality Traits in Adherence to Covid 19 Precautions Among General Population. A Cross Sectional Study.
3. Self-perceived halitosis and related factors among mask-wearing populationduring COVID-19 Pandemic in Delhi, India: A cross-sectional study
4. Health Technology Assessment: A Paradigm of Evidence-Based Dentistry
5. Development and Validation of prototype mobile application for oral health promotionduring pregnancy.
6. Understandability and ActionabilityAssessment of Comic Tool using PEMAT:An innovative approach to raise awareness about tobacco control among school teachers and children.
7. Comparison of Self-Reported Oral Health Status Among Pregnant Women During COVID-19 Pandemic: An Exploratory Study.
8. Development and Validation of Comic Tool:An Innovative Approach to Raise Awareness About Tobacco Control Among School Teachers and Children.
9. Yoga Based Stress Management Intervention Among Sanitation Staff and Security Guards in Delhi During Covid-19
10. Covid-19 Vaccine Confidence and Hesitancy Among General Population in Delhi: A Cross-Sectional Survey
11. Stakeholder perspectives on the integration of oral health into national health schemes: A mixed-method study research design in Delhi, India.
12. Biomedical risk indicators as a Motivational tool for tobacco users to quit: A clinical trial.
13. Content and Heuristic usability analysis of the Tobacco cessation mobile applications on mobile platforms for Indian users.
14. Tobacco-free hospital: effectiveness of a model training program for security guards.
15. World of Public Health Dentists: A Comprehensive, Innovative and Interactive Website
16. Artificial Intelligence + Digital Technology- A Handy Innovation for self-screening of Oral Potentially Premalignant Lesions and Oral Cancer
17. Primary Health Care Human Resource in South East Asian Region – Role in Non-Communicable Disease and Oral HealthAlliance
18. Quality of Life and Oral health status in head and neck patients assessing vicious cycle.
19. Connecting the DOTS: Feasibility study of DOTS health workers in tobacco cessation
20. Effectiveness Of Behavioral Counseling with Nicotine Gum Versus Behavioral Counseling with Yoga on Tobacco Cessation Among Delhi Government Bus Drivers: Cluster Randomized Trial 7
21. Economic Evaluation of Preventive Dental Materials
22. Personality traits influence on perception and hesitancy towards COVID 19 vaccination among tertiary care dental hospitals in delhi
23. Qualitative exploration on tobacco control laws implementation at higher education institution in Delhi: Nodal officer perceptive
24. Tobacco Use pattern and Socio-demographic Profile among females reporting to a Tobacco Cessation Center in India: A retrospective study
25. Correlates of Nicotine dependence among patients visiting a Tobacco Cessation Center in India: A retrospective analysis
26. Impact of COVID-19 on institutionalized Children

TECHNICAL NATIONAL REPORTS/PUBLICATIONS/CHAPTERS: 

 Research Membership:

• Life Member in Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry
• Life Member in Indian Association of Public Health
• Member in International Association of Dental Research- IADR Membership no: 782513
• Life Member in Indian Association of Dental Research
• Life Member Academy of Health Professions Educators
• Life Member of Indian Society of Dental Traumatology

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS 

1. Bhatia S, Mohanty V, Balappanavar AY, Rijhwani K, Chahar P, Gupta R. Self-Perceived Halitosis and Related Factors Among the Mask-Wearing Population During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Delhi, India: A CrossSectional Study. Cureus. 2022 Dec 14;14(12).
2. Gupta R, Mohanty V, Balappanavar AY, Chahar P, Rijhwani K, Bhatia S. Infodemiology for oral health and disease: A scoping review. Health Information & Libraries Journal. 2022 Sep;39(3):207-24. 9
3. Bhatia S, Mohanty V, Balappanavar AY, Rijhwani K, Chahar P, Gupta R. Health technology assessment for oral health in the past decade: A scoping review Cureus. 2022
4. Aswini, Y., Mohanty, V., & Rijhwani, K. (2022). Fluoride and Other Trace Elements in Dental Hard Tissue. In A. I. De Bona, & H. Karaaslan (Eds.), Human Tooth and Developmental Dental Defects - Compositional and Genetic Implications. Intechopen. Https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.102043
5. Kapoor S, Mohanty V, Y. Balappanavar A, et al. (February 18, 2022) Primary Health Care Workforce in Southeast Asia Region, Existing Status and Strategies for Non-Communicable Diseases and Oral Health Alliance: A Scoping Review. Cureus 14(2): e22362. DOI 10.7759/cureus.22362.
6. Malhotra, S., Mohanty, V., Balappanavar, A. Y., Sharma, N., Khanna, A., Chahar, P., Rijhwani, K., Gupta, V., & Kapoor, S. (2022). Effectiveness of two tobacco cessation methods among TB patients. The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 26(1), 12–17. Https://doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.21.0211.
7. Kavita Rijhwani Vikrant Mohanty , Aswini YB. COVID-19 Pandemic and Care of Vulnerable Children in India. Saudi Journal of Oral and Dental Research. 10.36348/sjodr.2022.v07i01.005
8. Jain S, Mohanty V, Gangil N, Arora S, Bajaj A. Awareness regarding COVID-19 preparedness among dentists: A cross-sectional survey. Journal of Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry. 2022 Apr 1;20(2):153.
9. Integration of Dental Health Professionals in Disaster Management - Commitment to Action - New Delhi Declaration - 2020. Mohanty VR, Rao RG, Gupta AK, Reddy VK, Rijhwani K, Amin F. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2022 Feb 2:1-2.
10. Kapoor S, Mohanty VR, Balappanavar AY, Kapoor S, Rijhwani K, Chahar P, Malhotra S. Feasibility of the novel ‘Tobacco-Free Hospital’model and its compliance assessment at a tertiary care hospital of New Delhi, India. Journal of Education and Health Promotion. 2022 Jan 1;11(1):382.
11. Sharma, S., Mohanty, V., Balappanavar, A. Y., Chahar, P., & Rijhwani, K. (2022). Role of Digital Media in Promoting Oral Health: A Systematic Review. Cureus, 14(9), e28893. Https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.28893
12. Kapoor S, Mohanty V, Yb A, Kapoor S. Patient perception and compliance to tobacco free hospital: An exploratory innovative approach. Tobacco Induced Diseases. 2021;19(1):A83. Doi:10.18332/tid/141012
13. Malhotra S, Mohanty V, Balappanavar AY, Khanna A. Effectiveness of two methods of tobacco cessation among tuberculosis patients: Visiting directly observed treatment short-course (DOTS) centers in Delhi, India. Tobacco Induced Diseases. 2021;19(1):A179. Doi:10.18332/tid/141373.
14. Malhotra S, Mohanty V, Balappanavar AY, Gupta V, Kapoor S, Kapoor S. Stakeholder perspectives on the integration of oral health into national health schemes: A mixed-method study research design in Delhi, India. J Family Med Prim Care 2021;10:1649-55.
15. Mohanty V, Jain S, Grover S. Oral healthcare-related perception, utilization, and barriers among schoolteachers: A qualitative study. Journal of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry. 2021 Apr 1;39(2):154.
16. Sarkar C, Mohanty V, Balappanavar AY, Chahar P, Rijhwani K. Development and Validation of a Comic Tool: An Innovative Approach to Raise Awareness about Tobacco Control among School Teachers. Indian Journal of Community Medicine. 2022 Oct 1;47(4):536-42.
17. Yadav V, Mohanty V, Balappanavar AY, et al. Emotional Intelligence and Perceived Stress among Dental Undergraduates in Delhi. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent 2020;13(4):344–3
18. Rijhwani K, Mohanty VR, YB A, Singh V, Hashmi S. Applicability of Data Mining and Predictive Analysis for Tobacco Cessation: An Exploratory Study. Front Dent. 2020; 17:24. Doi: 10.18502/fid.v17i24.4624
19. Mehra R, Mohanty V, Balappanavar AY, Kapoor S. Bacterial contamination of packaged smokeless tobacco sold in India. Tob Prev Cessat. 2020 Feb 10;6:11. Doi: 10.18332/tpc/115064. PMID: 32548348; PMCID: PMC7291906 11
20. Puneet Chahar, Vikrant R. Mohanty, Aswini Y.B, Vipul Yadav and Shekhar Grover. Needle Stick Injury Reporting Behavior And Risk Perception Among Sanitation Staff InTertiaryCareHospitalsInDelhi.Int.J.Adv.Res.4(9),1943- 1948.
21. Vaibhav Gupta, Vikrant Mohanty, Aswini Y B, Poonam Goel. Oral Health Related Cultural Issues: Myths and Misbelief among North Indian Population. Jdsir Volume - 2 Issue - 6, Page No. 399 –405.
22. Vpk V, Mohanty VR, Balappanavar AY, Juneja M, Gupta V, Kapoor S. Effectiveness of different parenting interventions on oral hygiene of cerebral palsy children: A randomized controlled trial [published online ahead of print, 2020 Jun 2]. Spec Care Dentist.2020;10.1111/scd.12481
23. Chahar P, Mohanty V, Balappanavar AY, et al. Cross-cultural Adaptation and Validation of Hindi Version of Child Oral Impacts on Daily Performance Index. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent2020;13(2):124–129.
24. Grover S, Mohanty V, Jain S, Anand T, Aghi MB. “YES it’s the Perfect Time to Quit”: Fueling Tobacco Cessation in India during COVID-19 Pandemic. Tobacco Use Insights. 2020 Sep;13:1179173X20960447.
25. Chahar P, Mohanty VR, Aswini YB. Oral health-related quality of life among elderly patients visiting special clinics in public hospitals in Delhi, India: A cross-sectional study. Indian J Public Health2019; 63:15-20.
26. Hashmi, S., Mohanty, V. R., Balappanavar, A. Y., Yadav, V., Kapoor, S., & Rijhwani, K. (2019). Effectiveness of dental health education on oral hygiene among hearing impaired adolescents in India: A randomized control trial. Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry, 39(3), 274–280. Https://doi.org/10.1111/scd.12374
27. Kapoor S, Mohanty V, Balappanavar AY. Tobacco use: Exploring the beliefs of street food vendors in Delhi, India. J Indian Assoc Public Health Dent2019;17:14-8 12
28. Kapoor S, Chahar P, Mohanty V, Balappanavar AY. Special care dentistry: Knowledge and attitudes among Indian dental students. J Indian Assoc Public Health Dent2019;17:108-13.
29. Kavita Rijhwani, Vikrant Ranjan Mohanty, Aswini Y Balappanavar, Sumbul Hashmi. Compliance Assessment of Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products Act in Public Places in Delhi Government Hospitals. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev, 19 (8), 2097- 2102.
30. Bhat A, Rajesh G, Mohanty VR, Shenoy R, Pai M. Motivational interviewing as a tool for behavior change: Implications for public health dentistry. World. 2020 May;11(3):242.
31. Connecting the DOTS: Feasibility study of DOTS health workers in tobacco cessation in New Delhi, India Indian Journal of Chest Diseases and Allied Sciences, 2020
32. Gupta V, Goel P, Mohanty V. COVID-19 Outbreak in India: Strategy to contain the pandemic. Journal of Dental and Orofacial Research. 2020;16(2):22-33.
33. Chahar P, Karnani M, Mohanty VR. Communicating risk: Assessing compliance of tobacco products to cigarettes and other tobacco products act (Packaging and labelling) amendment rules 2015 in Delhi, India. Contemporary Clinical Dentistry. 2019 Jul;10(3):417.
34. Dr. Rashmi Mehra, Dr. Vikrant Mohanty, Dr. Aswini Y Balappanavar, Dr. Shivam Kapoor, Dr. Neetu. Spirituality- The Elusive Key To Job Satisfaction: A Comparative Study Of Government And Private Health Care Professionals. Journal Of International College Of Dentists, VOL. 64, NO. 1&2, 2018;7-15
35. Mehra R, Mohanty V, Aswini YB, Kapoor S, Gupta V. Prevalence, patterns and sociocultural factors associated with use of tobacco-based dentifrices (Gul) in India. Indian Journal of Cancer. 2020 Jul 1;57(3):311-20.
36. R Mehra, V Mohanty, A Y Balappanavar, K Mehra, S Kapoor, V Gupta, Afghan frontier: understanding tobacco practices among migrant population in India. EP-234- 5, ob. Induc. Dis. 2018;16(Suppl 1 ) | 17th WCTOH Abstractbook. 13
37. Rijhwani K, Hashmi S, Mohanty VR, Balappanavar AY, Kapoor S. Hookah products and online retail marketing strategies in India: A content analysis. Indian J Cancer2018;55:261-4.
38. Kapoor S, Jain S, Mohanty V, Balappanavar AY, Chahar P. Content analysis of sugar portrayal in online newspapers of Delhi, India. J Indian Assoc Public Health Dent2018;16:220-5
39. Chahar P, Mohanty VR, Aswini YB. Designing and validation of text messages for mhealth intervention for tobacco cessation and management. Indian J Cancer 2018;55:390-3.
40. Aswini Y Balappanavar, Vikrant Mohanty, Abrar Hussain. Compliance with Tobacco Promotion and Sale Laws in School Neighbourhoods in India. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev, 18 (2),563-570
41. Yadav V, Mohanty V, Aswini Y B. Role of Oral Health Professional as Team Care for Diabetes Mellitus. MAMC J Med Sci 2017;3:56-60.
42. Chahar Puneet, Mohanty Vikrant, Yb Aswini. Socio-Behavioural Predictors of Dental-Caries amongst Public School-Children indelhi, India
43. Mehra R, Mohanty V, Balappanavar AY et al. Posturedontics: Stressing on Strain Reduction. Int J Preven Curat Comm Med 2017; 3(1&2): 107-112.
44. Grewal N, Mohanty V, Balappanavar AY et al. Comparison of Burnout Levels among Health Care Professional Students in Delhi. Int J Preven Curat Comm Med 2017; 3(1&2):101-106
45. P. Chahar, V.R. Mohanty, A.Y. Balappanavar and V. Yadav. Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS): Mapping the Indian Online Retail Market. Nicotine & Tobacco Research,2017;19(11):1386-1389.
46. Chahar P, Mohanty V, Balappanavar AY, Yadav V, Kapoor S. Crosscultural Adaptation and Validation of Hindi Version of Child Oral Impacts on Daily Performance Index. International Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry. 2020 Mar;13(2):124.
47. Verma M, Mohanty V, Talwar S. D-CAST: enhancing communication skills among dental students. Medical education. 2018 May;52(5):557. 14
48. Mohanty V. E-cigarettes use behaviour, perceptions and barriers among Indian adults: pilot qualitative research study. Tobacco Induced Diseases. 2018 Mar 1;16(1).
49. Mohanty V. Dental institutional model of a tobacco cessation clinic: six years of success story. Tobacco Induced Diseases. 2018 Mar 1;16(1).
50. Oberoi SS, Mohanty V, Mahajan A, Oberoi A. Evaluating awareness regarding oral hygiene practices and exploring gender differences among patients attending for oral prophylaxis. Journal of Indian Society of Periodontology. 2014 May;18(3):369.
51. Oberoi SS, Sharma N, Mohanty V, Marya C, Rekhi A, Oberoi A. Knowledge and attitude of faculty members working in dental institutions towards the dental treatment of patients with HIV/AIDS. International scholarly research notices. 2014;2014.
52. Goyal A, Verma M, Toteja GS, Gauba K, Mohanty V, Mohanty U, Kaur R. Validation of ICMR index for identification of dental fluorosis in epidemiological studies. The Indian Journal of Medical Research. 2016 Jul;144(1)
53. Oberoi SS, Mohanty V, Sharma N, Oberoi A. Self-reported knowledge and attitude toward the treatment of HIV/AIDS infected individuals by the Dental Practitioners working in a public sector institute: A cross sectional study. Journal of Education and Ethics in Dentistry. 2015 Jan 1;5(1):14..
54. Oberoi SS, Marya CM, Sharma N, Mohanty V, Marwah M, Oberoi A. Knowledge and attitude of Indian clinical dental students towards the dental treatment of patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immune-deficiency syndrome (AIDS). International dental journal. 2014 Dec 1;64(6):324-32.

RESEARCH AWARDS 

• Awarded “Best Scientific Paper” on “Musculoskeletal disorders among dental students” at the “1st International Conference on Occupational Health and Environment” at New Delhi in March 2013. 15
• Awarded “Best Scientific Paper” on “Healthcare professional’s perceptions on Spirituality and its role in job satisfaction” at 16th National Conference of Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry, Chennai, 2013.
• Awarded “Best Scientific Paper” on “Tobacco Cessation: Experiences from Dental Institutional Model” at 21st National Conference of Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry, Chennai, 2016.
• Awarded “Best Scientific Paper” on “Institutional Ethics Committees in Dental Institutions in India: Paradigms of Incongruity- Mixed Method Study” at 25th National Virtual Conference of Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry, November, 2021.

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