He is a Public Health Dentist with an MPH and a Residency from UAB (1988-1992) and was the first recipient of the prestigious Johnson & Johnson Medical Inc. Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Infectious Disease Control in Dentistry at UTHSC-SA Dental School (1993-1996). He retired as a Tenured Professor from a state college of dentistry in Dallas, Texas (2019). He has presented CDE/Lectures at over 400 venues worldwide. He is a well published scholar and researcher. He crafted the Dental Safety Standards for India (released by the Hon. Prime Minister of India in 2008). Dr. Puttaiah has been an invited speaker on dental infection control and safety in the US, India, Mexico, UK, Taiwan, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, China, Russia, Italy, Jamaica, Lebanon, and the Middle East. He served on the university, local, state, national and international committees. He has served as the Scientific Director of the International College of Dentists for ICD’s Dental Safety Programs. He has inspected and trained over 1000 clinics nationwide. Apart from being an expert in the US, He is currently working on writing a manual with narration on Infection Control in 10+ languages that can be used worldwide.
(He is speech and mobility disabled).
(He is speech and mobility disabled).
