Overview
Work History
Education
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Publications
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Bhushan Thakkar

Fayetteville,NC

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Oral Surgeon

Knowles & Smith
Fayetteville, NC
02.2023 - Current
  • Experienced oral surgeon specializing in outpatient procedures, adept in wisdom teeth extractions, dental implants, maxillofacial trauma and oral pathology.
  • Proficient in administering anesthesia and managing post-operative care.
  • Skilled in communicating effectively with patients and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams.
  • Dedicated to providing compassionate care and achieving optimal surgical outcomes.
  • Active hospital privileges at Cape Fear Medical Center, level 3 trauma center. 5 days on call every month

Clinical Assistant Professor

East Carolina University School Of Dental Medicine
Greenville, NC
08.2020 - 02.2023
  • Past hospital privileges at Vidant health medical center - Level 1 trauma center in Greenville,NC.

Education

Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery Residency - 4 year

LSU Health Sciences Center
Shreveport, LA
06-2020

Master Of Dental Surgery - Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery

Jabalpur Hospital And Research Center
Jabalpur
06-2015

Certification

  • ABOMS certified
  • North Carolina state board dental license #12541
  • North Carolina state board general anesthesia permit #161232
  • NC OMS
  • BLS, PALS and ACLS

Accomplishments

REVIEWER FOR ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY JOURNALS

Active role as a reviewer for:

  • Annals of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
  • Journal Of Oral and Maxillofacial Research
  • Journal of Oral Medicine, Oral Surgery, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology Journal of Medical Case Reports
  • Annals of Dentistry and Oral Health

Presentations

  • Invited speaker - Safe and effective moderate conscious sedation and sedation emergency management organized by eastern AHEC in May 2021 and March 2022
  • Grand rounds - "Medication related osteonecrosis of the jaws : What the physician should know" - Invited as speaker by Family medicine East carolina university October 2021
  • Laryngeal syphilis: A rare case report. Presented at 8th Resident annual meeting, ACOMS Dallas, Texas,USA, Nov 2-3 2019. Received honorable mention for presentation.
  • Neurofibroma of the maxillofacial region. Poster presented at the 19th National Workshop on Maxillofacial Surgery, Jabalpur, 2015 - Second position in scientific poster presentation
  • SCP block in treating odontogenic infections. Paper presented at M.P & C.G State OMFS Conference, Mandu, Indore, 2014.
  • Laser fibrotomy in management of OSMF. Scientific paper presentation at 1st Asian Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Convention - 29th,30th and 31st August 2013.
  • Nasolabial flap in treatment of OSMF. Presented at M.P & C.G State OMFS Conference, Bhopal, India, 2012. Awarded Best Paper 2nd position.
  • Title, Paper presented at SIMSCON-2009, organized by ICMR in Puducherry, 2009.

Publications

  • Maxillofacial, Thakkar B, Lalwani G, Pathak S. Dog bite facial wound in child: a case report. IJDHS, ;1(02).
  • Mustafa IM, Thakkar B, Semmya N. Oral biopsy: a technique within the scope of practice of a general dentist. International Journal of Dental and Health SciencesVolume 02,Issue 03.
  • Tertiary Syphilis Involving the Larynx: A Rare Case ReportAJSP: Reviews & Reports. 26(5):295-297, September/October 2021.
  • Simple technique overcoming a persistent problem in cleft palate repair. J Maxillofac Oral Surg. 2016 Dec; 15(4): 558–559.
  • Thakkar B, Julianne Y. Management of Maxillary Third Molar Displaced into the Left Infratemporal Space. Journal of Oral surgery, Oral medicine, Oral pathology, Oral radiology.

Language

  • English
  • Hindi
  • Gujrati

Timeline

Oral Surgeon

Knowles & Smith
02.2023 - Current

Clinical Assistant Professor

East Carolina University School Of Dental Medicine
08.2020 - 02.2023

Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery Residency - 4 year

LSU Health Sciences Center

Master Of Dental Surgery - Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery

Jabalpur Hospital And Research Center
Bhushan Thakkar