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Specialist in Dental Public Health working at the Community Dental Unit, Dental Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Former visiting academic to Australia from Sri Lanka in Dental Public Health. Conducted much research such as the relationship between socioeconomic inequalities and oral health among 15-years-old-adolescents in the Colombo District in Sri Lanka. Research interests are social determinants of population oral health and social inequalities in oral health, oral health in pregnancy. Presidential Awards Winner for Scientific Research Publications for 2007 & 2008.
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Commentary 14 August 2014
Dentist-to-population ratios and practice-to-population ratios: in shortage environment with gross mal-distribution what should rural communities focus their attention on?
Reply 21 September 2012
Reply to Comment on: Oral health status during pregnancy: rural-urban comparisons of oral disease burden among antenatal women in Sri Lanka
Original Research 9 July 2012
Oral health status during pregnancy: rural-urban comparisons of oral disease burden among antenatal women in Sri Lanka
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