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Dr. Poonam Jain
Dr. Poonam Jain has over 28 years of experience in dental education and clinical dental practice. After receiving her M.S. and a certificate in Operative Dentistry from the College of Dentistry, University of Iowa, she started as an Assistant Professor in Operative Dentistry at Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine in 1997. In that role, she taught operative dentistry and dental materials in the preclinic as well as on the clinic floor. Dr. Jain received prestigious teaching awards from students in 1999 and 2003 and in 2004, she was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor. In 2006, she took over as the Director of Community Dentistry. In that role, she developed and taught courses in Cariology, Dentistry for the elderly and patient with special needs and designed and implemented multiple diverse community-focused programs, including Give Kids a Smile, National Children’s Dental Health Month, dentistry for older adults and patients with special needs. Dr. Jain earned her M.P.H. degree from the School of Public Health and Social Work at Saint Louis University in 2011 and was promoted to the rank of Professor in 2012. She joined A.T. Still University’s Missouri School of Dentistry and Oral Health in 2016 and served as Vice Dean of Clinical Affairs and Advanced Dental Education till 2025.
Throughout her career in dental education, Dr. Jain has been active in teaching, designing and evaluating dental curricula as well as research and has published several articles, a book-chapter, numerous abstracts, and presented at numerous local, regional, state, national and international meetings. She has been awarded numerous research and service grants. Her research interests include dental materials, prevention of oral disease, soft and energy drinks, and nutrition. She has a special interest in translational research and evidence-based dentistry, which she utilizes in her practice as well as CE courses.
Dr. Jain has maintained a private practice of General Dentistry since 1998. In 2007, she founded Staunton Family Dentistry and focuses on general and esthetic dentistry with a special emphasis on prevention and whole-person care. Dr. Jain serves as a consultant for the dental industry as well as other healthcare organizations.
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No question…just thank you. Very good information and presentation. Appreciate your thoroughness.
For high risk caries patients I control phase I prescribe 5000 ppm fluoride wt do u think of that and how long should they use it if yes
When you swoosh with water after acidic diet or “throw-up”, are you concerned with individuals that solely rely on bottled water that can sometimes have a low ph? Would that make things worse?
do we have any concern when we prescribe PCP? will it need medical advise from pt’s gp?
hi Dr. Poonam, i wanted to clarify my question, are we light cure the adhesion? sorry for the repetition><
from your experience, do you have advice on how to increase the acceptance of the patients with dry mouth, to self care their problem with using the GC products for dry mouth? I mean how to motivate them.
Do you ever encourage or recommend swooshing with baking soda and water mix to help neutralize acidic environment?
With sandwich technique after gic do you put bond before composite
Please remind- what do you recommend for oil pulling?
Hello Dr. Poonam, regards to open sandwich technique to use self etch prim, are use using as common protocol, 2 bottles / single bottle, light cure, composite or without light cure? many thanks
How to deal with acidic saliva, if patient has good diet (3 hours rest for teeth, only water allowed), good hygiene, no plaque, doesn’t have any medical conditions or use of medications. Does xylitol help? or maybe Probiotics for mouth (L. Reuteri).
you speak about water – during set – does this not lead to a weaker substance or filling?
How often should high risk patients be recalled or monitored compared to low risk ones?
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