Mysuru:  Dr. M.S. Girish, Reader, Department of Paedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, JSS Dental College & Hospital, Constituent College of JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysuru, was awarded ‘Best Scientific Paper Award’ for his presentation titled “Evaluation of osteoinductive properties of Apexification materials impregnated on Electrospun Polycaprolactone  nanofibers: An In-vitro study,” during the recently held 40th National Conference of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry at Nagpur.

The  research was carried under the guidance of Dr. Dattatri Nagesha, former Head, Faculty of Life Sciences, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysuru.

Dr. K.V. Reethika and Dr. Vanessa Lobo, Post Graduate students of the Department of Paedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, also won the Award of Best Poster. They presented the “Novel Paedodontic Oral Health Care Model” based on the research conducted on the paediatric oral health care delivery systems carried out under the guidance of Dr. Prashanth Sadashivamurthy.