Ashwini Bhalerao

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Personal Information

Name:  Ashwini Bhalerao

Address:  703-B, Prachi, Juhu-Versova Link Road Andheri (West), Mumbai 400 053

Country:  India

Phone:  0091 9820095453

E-Mail:  ashwinib1170@gmail.com

Languages:  English 

Education and training

1991

Bachelor in Dental Surgery – Nair Hospital Dental College (India) Dental Colleges of India at University Gold Medallist in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery                      

1993

Master in Dental Surgery (Oral & Maxillofacial) – Nair Hospital Dental College at Mumbai University Topper, India

 

2002

Post Graduate Diploma in Medico Legal Systems – Symbiosis Institute of Health Care, Pune, India.

Professional Life

Experience

1996  – present

  • Director – Wisdom Tooth Oral Surgery Clinic
  • Visiting consultant to 40 private dental practices

Awards

  • Winner: Oral surgeon of the Year 2013 Award, Famdent Excellence in    Dentistry Awards, Pan-India
  • University Gold Medal in Oral Surgery in Undergraduate level
  • University Topper in Postgraduate level
  • Conferred the Famdent Excellence in Dentistry ‘Oral Surgeon of the Year’ Award in December 2013

Competences

Surgeries (Major)

  • Reconstructive surgery post facial fractures
  • Management of trauma to dento-alveolar complex
  • Orthognathic surgeries
  • Oral cancer and submucous fibrosis
  • Treatment of cysts of jaws
  • Management of dentofacial infections
  • Excision of benign intraoral lesions and biopsy      techniques
  • Diseases of Temporomandibular joint
  • Salivary gland disorders
  • Mucosal and bone grafts
  • Surgical placement of oral implants and associated surgeries
  • Preprosthetic surgeries
  • Prosthetic rehabilitation of oral cancer patients
  • Closure of oroantral fistulae
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Surgeries (Minor)

  • Surgical removal of impacted teeth
  • Extraction of teeth and roots
  • Treatment of oral lacerations
  • Dental surgeries of medically compromised patients
  • Gingival surgery
  • Orofacial pain
  • Replantation of teeth
  • Exposure of unerupted or partially erupted teeth
  • Surgical endodontics
  • Treatment of pre-cancerous lesions
  • Dental implants
  • Laser surgeries using CO2 and diode laser
  • Instrumental in initiating the use of Piezo Surgical Unit in dental Implant related surgeries such as Sinus Lift, Ridge-split, Bone augementation.
  • Use of Diode and CO2 laser for all soft and hard tissue procedures

Memberships

  • Member of Group Study Exchange Program of the Rotary International Foundation to Florida, USA
  • Rotarian Member

Publications

  • 3 Papers published in ‘Famdent’, a widely read dental journal in India and abroad on:

                                      –           The management of Syncope

                                      –           The management of a Diabetic patient

                                      –           The management of a Hypertensive patient

 

  • Paper presentation on ‘Dental implants made easy’ organized by the Indian Medical Council.
  • Paper presentation on ‘Rehabilitation of the Oral Cancer patient’ at CME workshop in BSES MG Global Hospital.
  • Paper presentation on ‘Wisdom Teeth Surgeries’ at Famdent annual conference – June 2013.
  • Conducted modules on “Oral Surgery in daily practice” for dental clinicians.
  • Course director of ‘SURGITRAIN’, an intensive course on clinical oral surgery
  • Conducts courses on ‘Direct and Indirect Sinus Lift’