Dr Girish PV
Orthodontics & Neuromuscular Orthodontics
Dr Girish PV
Dr Girish PV completed his BDS from V.S Dental College, Bangalore in 2004 and went on to do his Masters in Orthodontics from AECS Maaruti Dental college, Bangalore in the 2008. Since his PG days he had a penchant for learning something extra apart from the curriculum which led him to do his training under Dr.Fillion for Lingual Orthodontics and started simple clear aligner cases after training for the same in Germany.
Later after his Masters he worked in NSVK Dental college in Bangalore for 4 years as a Senior Lecturer till 2012 during which he did his Clear Aligner training in Scheu dental company in Germany in 2010. From 2012 onwards he worked as a Reader in Himachal dental college, Sundernagar. He cleared his Supreme health council exams in Doha, Qatar and then worked as a Visiting Orthodontist for 2 years in Premium Care Polyclinic, Doha from 2012 to 2014.
In 2013 he was awarded for doing the maximum number of Clear aligner cases in South India and then he went on to train Orthodontists in Singapore and Malaysia for Clear Aligner therapy.
He did his Fellowship in Neuromuscular Orthodontics in Italy under the able guidance of Dr.Fabio Savastano in his office in Albenga, Italy- where he was trained to treat and manage TMJ cases using Neuromuscular Orthodontics and Orthotics. He is only the second person in India to obtain Fellowship in Neuromuscular dentistry from ICCMO, USA in 2018. He presented to International delegates in ICCMO Russia in 2019 about Neuromuscular applications in Orthodontic treatment.
For the last few years he is focused on diagnosis and Neuromuscular Orthodontics using the K7 (Myokinesiography- Jaw tracker) for TMJ patients. He has done his training and certification for DNA appliance which is the new revolution in the field of Obstructive sleep apnoea treatment under Dr. Dave Singh in Seoul, South korea. He is one of the very few in India to be trained and certified for ALF appliance under the able guidance of Dr.Darick Nordstrom of USA (St.Louis, USA, 2019).
He completed his Fellowship in Pediatric Dental Sleep Medicine in 2019 in Tufts University, Boston. He is the Vice President of ICCMO India section and is the CEO and Chief Orthodontist of The Rite Bite Craniofacial Pain Care Center which has centers in 4 cities in India and a branch in Nepal.
He is one of the few orthodontists, practicing MSE appliance (Maxillary skeletal expander) for Maxillary sutural opening and treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea and Snoring treatments. He is the first person in India to treat Adult Sleep Apnoea patients with the DOME procedure- which is a surgical/ general anesthetic process to fast track sleep apnoea treatments with MSE appliances.
He is trained in Forward facial Growth Orthodontics with Dr John Mew and treats patients with Biobloc appliance for their facial growth without extractions. He is also trained under Dr Robert Walker in the USA for Chirodontics which involves manual manipulation of the sutures of the skull for patients with craniofacial pain.
His current research is focused on Newer modalities of treatments for Sleep apnoea and snoring in children and adults. He is now focused on PRF therapy for TMJ pain patients using Chaukron’s method of PRF therapy after his training with Dr Kleopatra in Greece. His current interest is to treat snoring patients with Er-Yag lasers using Fotona Nightlase TM laser therapy for snoring.