Academic and Professional Details

Professional Memberships

• Indian Society Of Periodontology
• Indian Association Of Oral Implantology
• Indian Dental Association

Research Identifiers

Publications

1. Pradeep Kumar Yadalam, Sivasankari Thilagar, Saravanan Muthupandian, Giuseppe Minervini. Prediction of non-coding RNAs in Fusobacterium nucleatum-infected mice using machine learning. Dent Med Probl. 2026;63(1):159–168.
2. Pradeep Kumar Yadalam, Sri Shivasankari, Maria Maddalena Marrapodi, Vincenzo Ronsivalle, Marco Cicciù, Giuseppe Minervini. Prediction of interactome hub genes in oral cancer and chronic inflammatory periodontitis. Dent Med Probl. 2025;62(6):1099–1108.
3. Santhiya Rengaraj, Sri Sivashankari Thilagar, Pradeep Kumar Yadalam, Priyanka Pampani, Ebenezer Mani, Carlos M Ardila. Evaluation of the clinical efficacy of green tea extract gel as local drug delivery for periodontitis. World J Exp Med. 2025 June 20;15(2):105636.
4. Sri Shivasankari Thilagar, Pradeep Kumar Rathinavelu, Pradeep Kumar Yadalam. Machine Learning Prediction of Peripheral Mononuclear Cells Based on Interactomic Hub Genes in Periodontitis and Rheumatoid Arthritis. Journal of Orofacial Sciences. 2024; Volume 16(2):82–90.
5. Sri Sivashankari Thilagar, Pradeep Kumar Yadalam, Vincenzo Ronsivalle, Marco Cicciù, Giuseppe Minervini. Prediction of Interactomic HUB Genes in Periodontitis with Acute Myocardial Infarction. The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. 2024 June;35(4):1292–1297.
6. Thilagar S, Theyagarajan R, Mugri MH, Bahammam HA, Bahammam SA, Bahammam MA, Yadalam PK, Raj AT, Bhandi S, Patil S. Periodontal Treatment for Chronic Periodontitis With Rheumatoid Arthritis. Int Dent J. 2022 Dec;72(6):832–838. doi: 10.1016/j.identj.2022.04.008.
7. Yadalam PK, Sivasankari T, Rengaraj S, Mugri MH, Sayed M, Khan SS, Kamil MA, Bhandi S, Raj AT, Patil S, Heboyan A. Gene Interaction Network Analysis Reveals IFI44L as a Drug Target in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Periodontitis. Molecules. 2022 Apr 25;27(9):2749. doi: 10.3390/molecules27092749.
8. Thilagar S, Santhanakrishnan M, Rao S. Expression of protease-activated receptors 1 and 2 in individuals with healthy gingiva and chronic periodontitis. J Indian Soc Periodontol. 2018 Jan-Feb;22(1):12–17. doi: 10.4103/jisp.jisp_287_17.
9. Thilagar S, Theyagarajan R, Sudhakar U, Suresh S, Saketharaman P, Ahamed N. Comparison of serum tumor necrosis factor-α levels in rheumatoid arthritis individuals with and without chronic periodontitis: A biochemical study. J Indian Soc Periodontol. 2018 Mar-Apr;22(2):116–121. doi: 10.4103/jisp.jisp_362_17.
10. T. Sivasankari, T. Ramakrishnan, B. Aruna, Kamal Kanathasan, Uma Sudhakar, Shankar Ram, Danny Mathew, and S. Parthiban. Correlation of the disease severity between rheumatoid arthritis and chronic periodontitis in south indian population. International Journal of Clinical Dentistry. 2018 Jan;11:30–38.
11. Suresh S, Mahendra J, Singh G, Pradeep Kumar AR, Thilagar S, Rao N. Effect of nonsurgical periodontal therapy on plasma-reactive oxygen metabolite and gingival crevicular fluid resistin and serum resistin levels in obese and normal weight individuals with chronic periodontitis. J Indian Soc Periodontol. 2018 Jul-Aug;22(4):310–316. doi: 10.4103/jisp.jisp_108_18.
12. T. Sivasankari, T. Ramakrishnan, B. Aruna. Rheumatoid Arthritis and Chronic Periodontitis – A Disease Link. J. Pharm. Sci. & Res. Vol. 9(6), 2017, 886–890.
13. Sivasankari Thilagar, T. Ramakrishnan and B. Aruna. Effect of MMP-13 levels on Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs (DMARDs) and Corticosteroids on Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients with Chronic Periodontitis – A Biochemical Analysis. Biosciences, Biotechnology Research Asia. September 2017. Vol. 14(3), p. 1017–1024.
14. Sivasankari Thilagar, Danny Mathew, Parthiban Sacket, Shankar Ram, Himinshu Sekar. Assessment of Bacterial Pathogens in Human Volunteers with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Chronic Periodontitis: A Molecular-based Analysis. Journal of International Oral Health. 2016;8(3):351–356.
15. Sivasankari Thilagar, Ramakrishnan and Manoj Raja. Estimation of reactive oxygen metabolite (ROM) levels in saliva and serum in chronic periodontitis and in patients with and without rheumatoid arthritis: a comparative analysis. International Journal of Recent Scientific Research. Vol. 7, Issue 5, pp. 11123–11128, May 2016.
16. Uma Sudhakar, Satyanarayana, Sivasankari Thilagar, Snophia Suresh. Clinical efficacy of low-level laser therapy as an adjunct to nonsurgical treatment of chronic periodontitis. Journal of Dental Lasers. January-June 2015; Vol 9(1):31–37.
17. S. Parthiban, R. Kadhiresan, Shiva Sankari T., Danny Mathew, Nizar Ahmed, Vikram Bvddhanesan. Surface Modifications of Dental Implants: A Brush-Up. International Journal of Healthcare Sciences. 2015; Vol. 3, Issue 1, pp. 382–384.
18. Ahmed N, Parthasarathy H, Arshad M, Victor DJ, Mathew D, Sankari S. Assessment of Porphyromonas gingivalis and Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans in Down’s syndrome subjects and systemically healthy subjects: A comparative clinical trial. J Indian Soc Periodontol. 2014 Nov-Dec;18(6):728–733. doi: 10.4103/0972-124X.147408.
19. Snophia Suresh, Satyanarayana Merugu, Nimisha Mithradas, Sivasankari. Low-level laser therapy: A biostimulation therapy in periodontics. SRM Journal of Research in Dental Sciences. January-March 2015; Vol. 6(1):53–56.
20. Shankarram V, Sivasankari T, Parthiban Sacket, Nizar. Nanotechnology: a new era in dentistry. Indian Journal of Multidisciplinary Dentistry. February-April 2014; Vol. 4(2):921–927.