Dr. Shrestha Choudhury
Experience: | 1 year |
Education: | M.R.Ambedkar Dental College and Hospital |
Academic degree: | Bachelor of Dental Surgery |
Area of specialization: | I am a dental surgeon working in General Dentistry and my focus is to provide complete oral healthcare that covers prevention, diagnosis and treatment across almost all areas of dentistry. My work often shifts between conservative dentistry & endodontics where I do restorations, RCTs, crown and bridge prep, to oral surgery cases that demand simple or sometimes surgical extractions with proper pain managment and follow up care. I also spend lot of time in periodontics—scaling, root planing, gum disease treatment—because healthy gums are foundation for every smile.
Prosthodontics is another area I handle, making RPDs and CDs that restore both function and confidence for patients who lost teeth. I enjoy working with kids too, pediatric dentistry is special since it mixes preventive oral care, small fillings, and teaching them simple oral hygiene in a way they actually understand. Oral medicine and diagnosis keeps me alert, especially in spotting early oral diseases and pre malignant lesions that can change outcomes if picked up on time. Preventive dentistry runs like a thread through all of this, from patient education, brushing guidance, to lifestyle advice that helps keep oral health stable long term.
I try to balance clinical precision with making patients feel at ease, not just treating the tooth but the person carrying it. Some procedures are routine, others complex, but every case reminds me that dentistry is as much about trust and clarity as it is about skill and technology. |
Achievements: | I am proud to say I completd a short term research study with ICMR in 2023 on “Psychological Stress Evaluation as a Risk Factor for Oral Lichen Planus.” The work was focused on seeing how stress can influence the onset and also the progression of this condition. Doing this study not only sharpen my interest in oral medicine but also gave me chance to add something toward evidence based patient care. It felt like small step but important one in making treatment more precise. |
I am working as a House Surgeon at M.R. Ambedkar Dental College and Hospital, Bangalore, from May 2024 to May 2025, and during this period I had the opportunity to complete the mandatory rotatory internship that really shaped the way I look at dentistry. Each posting brought its own challenges—from managing extractions in a busy OPD to the quiet concentration of root canal procedures where every small step matter. I got hands-on with restorations, crown prep, scaling and root planing, prosthodontics with RPDs & CDs, and even pediatric oral care where patience sometimes count more than skill itself. I learned quickly that diagnosis is not just about clinical signs but about listening carefully to patients who often explain their problem in a way that don’t fit into textbook lines. From early dental caries to pre malignant oral lesions, I handled cases that made me more alert about the need for timely detection and management. The internship also gave me exposure in pain management and creating awareness about oral hygiene—small things like teaching brushing techniques or dietary advice that actually bring long term change. Working in multiple departments side by side with experienced faculty and colleagues showed me that dentistry is as much about teamwork as it is about individual precision. Some days were smooth, other days chaotic, equipment failing or patients too anxious to cooperate, but those situations pushed me to be flexible and calm under pressure. I also began to appreciate the role of technology in improving accuracy, from intraoral radiographs to digital impressions, though at the same time realizing that no technology replace the trust built between dentist and patient. At the core, my focus remain on providing patient centered care—treating pain when it is acute, guiding families toward prevention when possible, and always aiming to combine technical skill with empathy. This one year was not just a requirement, it was a foundation that taught me both discipline and adaptability, and I carry that forward in every patient encounter now.
