Name: Dr. Alagu Vennila A
Birth Place: Tamil Nadu, India
Educational Qualification: MDS, CSI College of Dental Sciences and Research, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (Admission Year - 2020)
BDS, Rajas Dental College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (Admission Year - 2014)
Languages you speak or write: Tamil and English
What do you do?
Research scientist at the Indian Council of Medical Research
What prompted you to choose this profession?
Myself
What is the best part about being a dental student/professional?
Started noticing everyone's teeth before looking at their face
How do you like spending your free time?
Photography, and Painting
Which is your favorite subject in dentistry and why?
Oral pathology, I loved studying the minute details of every pathology
Which is your least favorite subject in dentistry?
Public health dentistry
What are some studying tips you use to retain and understand things better?
Read to understand the concept
Which dental procedure(s) do you enjoy/anticipate doing the most?
Cavity preparation and restoration
What do you enjoy more, doing an RCT or extracting teeth?
Extraction
What are some challenges you face in your professional field?
Not getting recognised
How would your friends describe you?
Dentist
What has been the best/ most memorable moment in your dental school so far?
Review of patients
Has dentistry impacted your food choices? Like, do you consume less sugary and sticky food items?
Yes, I have reduced eating sticky foods
As a dental health professional, what is your dental health care regime?
Brushing properly
If given a choice, what alternate career would you have opted for?
Doctor
Where would you like to work in the future?
I want to stay at ICMR.
What is your dream travel destination?
Paris
Tell us a secret talent(s) that the world does not know about you.
I can remember unnecessary things more than necessary things
What are you not very good at?
Confidence
A quote that resonates deeply with you?
It's not over until I win