Research Interest

Dr Muhamamd Taqi completed his PhD in Dental Public Health at the University of Malaya, Malaysia. He is working as an Assistant Professor at Dow Dental College. While working as an Assistant Professor at Dow University of Health Sciences, his academic duties include teaching undergraduates, and postgraduate students and research activities. Apart from academic duties, he is also a part of key committees including the Board of Studies (Community Dentistry), Board Faculty of Dentistry, and Task Force to review the MSc in Dental Sciences, and is also a member of the PhD committee. His research interests include risk assessment, cariology, and recall interval.

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Research Publications

1. Establishing dental recall interval for Pakistani children: A longitudinal study (2021) Author: Taqi, M., Zaidi, J. A., Shaikh, H., Sukkurwalla, A Journal: Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

2. Predictors for Proximal Caries in Permanent First Molars: A Multiple Regression Analysis (2019) Author: Hasan, A., Khan, J. A., Taqi, M., Naz, F., Waqar, S., Noorulain, M., & Mehmood, H. Journal: Journal of contemporary dental Practice

3. Comparing dental caries status using Modified International Caries Detection and Assessment System (ICDAS) and World Health Organization (WHO) indices among school children of Bhakkar Pakistan (2019) Author: Taqi, M., IA Razak, N Ab-Murat. Journal: Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

4. Sugar consumption and caries occurrence among Pakistani school children.(2018) Author: Taqi, M., IA Razak, N Ab-Murat Journal: Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

5. Caries risk assessment in school children using reduced Cariogram model.(2017) Author: Taqi, M, IA Razak, N Ab-Murat Journal: Pakistan Journal of Medical Science

6. Evaluation of various concentration of alkaline surface treatment on interfacial bond strengths of amalgam bonded to amalgam. (2013) Author: Taqi, M., AJ Mirza, Journal: Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

7. Assessment of radiographic morphology of mandibular condyles: a radiographic study Assessment of radiographic morphology of mandibular condyles: a radiographic study Running title: Morphological evaluation of condyle. (2021) Author: A. H. Shaikh, S. Ahmed, A. R. Ahmed, G. Das, M. Taqi, S. Nisar, O. Khan Journal: Folia Morphologica

8. Evaluating the correlation between histopathological patterns of oral squamous cell carcinoma, age & site. (2015) Author: AH Shaikh, T Muhammad, T, Rasheed Journal: Pakistan Oral & Dental Journal

9. Effects of educational attainment on dentition status in socioeconomically deprived population of Karachi. (2014) Author: T Muhammad, AJ Mirza, SM Jahangir Journal: Pakistan Oral & Dental Journal

10. Histopathological patterns of oral squamous cell carcinoma (2014) Author: AH shaikh, T Muhammad, NR qureshi Journal: Pakistan Oral & Dental Journal

11. Demographic profile of cleft lip &palate patients (2017) Author: M Taqi, Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, Muhammad Wasim Ibrahim, Gulzar Bukhari Journal: Pakistan Oral & Dental Journal

Others

Research Skills

• Data Analysis using Statistical package for social sciences (SPSS)

• Microsoft Word: Advance

• Research paper writing

• Interpreting food diaries

Research paper presentation /Conferences

9TH Annual Research Day, Dow University of Health Sciences, 2018

Poster on

• Caries risk assessment in school children using reduced Cariogram model.

• The Association between sugar intake and carious lesion among Pakistani school children.

Academic professional services

• Internal examiner of a Master thesis entitled “Association between chronic periodontitis and glycemic control of Type 2 diabetes mellitus: A case control study (Community Dentistry) candidate Sadaf Arshi Arsar, DUHS. 2021

• Internal examiner of a MDS thesis entitled “Association between osteoporosis and periodontitis among females aged above 45 years: A case control study (Community Dentistry) candidate Anjum Younus, DUHS. 2021

• Internal examiner of MPH Project titled “Oral Health Status and Behavior of Female Inmates at central Jail Karachi” of Javeria Amjad of DUHS. 2021

Course Certificates

• Foundations of virtual instructions, University of California, Irvine, 2020.

• Get Interactive: Practical Teaching with Technology, University of London, 2020.

Research Interest

• Dental Public Health

• Dental recall

• Risk assessment

• Oral health promotion

Area of Expertise

• Community Dentistry (Preventive Dentistry, Dental Public Health, Health Promotion)