Academic and Professional Details

Professional Membership

• Indian Society of Periodontology – AM/6154/23

Other Professional Activities

• Received ACS AMRI Research Seed Grant of Rs 75,000/- for a research project (2025).
• Peer Judge in the 10th Star Summit (12th–16th June 2023) – Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals.
• Speaker in Perio Interactions – Edition XV (25th and 26th February 2025) – Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals.

Awards Won

1. Best (Paper) Scientific Presentation – Dental Research Promotion and Priorities in Asia Pacific Region, 25th February 2017, held at Saveetha Dental College, Chennai.
2. Best Paper – 11th International BDS Students Seminar on Basic Medical Sciences, 9th December 2017, held at Saveetha Dental College, Chennai.
3. Best Paper – All India Dental Students Conference, 15th to 17th December 2017, held at Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Chennai.
4. Best Poster – 12th International BDS Students Seminar on Basic Medical Sciences, 8th December 2018, held at Saveetha Dental College, Chennai.
5. Best Poster Scientific Presentation – “Tissue regeneration around Functional Implant – Periosakthi 2023” – 3rd Place, Adhiparasakthi Dental College and Hospital, Melmaruvathur.
6. Best Poster Scientific Presentation – “Evaluation of Healing Efficacy of Xenogenic Collagen Matrix and Autologous Connective Tissue as an adjunct to Coronally advanced flap for coverage of Gingival recession” – 2nd Place, National Dental Summit’23, Priyadarshini Dental College and Hospital, Thiruvallur.
7. Best Poster Scientific Presentation – “Combined Horizontal and Vertical Ridge Augmentation in a Localized Bone deficient maxillary anterior region” – Perio Codya 2025, 2nd Place, Thai Moogambigai Dental College and Hospital, Chennai.

Research Identifiers

Publications

1. Arunachalam LT, Suresh S, Lavu V, Vedamanickam S, Ebinezer J, Balachandran B. Estimation of noncanonical pyroptosis biomarkers gasdermin D and caspase 4 in gingiva of periodontitis and diabetes patients: An observational cross-sectional study. Journal of Indian Society of Periodontology. 2024 May 1;28(3):297–303.
2. Ravindran N, Sudhakar U, Mithradas N, Suresh S, Asirvatham SL, Kotaru JL, Sudhakar Sr U, Leena Asirvatham S, Lakshmi KJ, KR S, Bhavishya B. Insight Into the Laboratory Diagnosis of Periimplantitis Using Reactive Oxygen Metabolite Levels – A Biochemical Study. Cureus. 2023 Jul 3;15(7).
3. Arunachalam TL, John E, Bhavishya B, Nisshanthe N. Use of curcumin local drug delivery in reducing the salivary inflammasome levels in periodontitis. In: University Science: A Look into the Future. Collection of scientific papers based on the materials of the International Scientific Conference dedicated to the 89th anniversary of Kursk State Medical University. Kursk, 2024. pp. 997–999.
4. Kiren. J, M. Jeevitha, Bhavishya Balachandran, Allour Vaishnavi. Quantification of PDGF and IGF-1β in Saliva of Obese Patients with Periodontitis and Diabetes Mellitus – A Comparative Study. Int J Soc Rehab. 2026;11(1):42–49.