Senior Professor in Dental Anatomy
Head/Department of Basic Sciences
PhD – Hokkaido University, Japan
BDS (Hons) Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
Biography
Senior Professor in Dental Anatomy
Research Awards, Grants & Patents:
Commendable paper presentation FDI / CDA / SLDA Joint international conference & 80th Anniversary Annual Scientific Sessions of Sri Lanka Dental Association - 2013
International Association of Dental and Maxillofacial Radiologists association Research Travel Award- 2017
Best Oral Presentaion-14th Annual Scientific sessions of Sri Lanka Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons-2017
1st Runner up –Oral Presentation-15th Annual Scientific sessions of Sri Lanka Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons-2018
Research Interests
Facial Aesthetics and Orthognathic surgery
Virtual surgical planning
Undergraduate teaching and assessment
Medical Communication
Intravenous Sedation in Dentistry
Ongoing Research Projects
Facial Aesthetics and Orthognathic surgeryDevelopment of a realistic three-dimensional model of impacted mandibular third molar for simulated surgical training and its’ efficacy on improving skills of dental undergraduates
Survival outcomes of patients with the presence of dysplasia in Oral Suqmous cell carcinoma excision margins
Patient satisfaction and its’ attributes on teleconsultation for the management of acute oro-dental problems; Findings from a preliminary study on tele-dentistry in Sri Lanka
Publications
Ratnayake D, Medawela S, Jayasinghe R, Jayathilake S, de Silva D, Sitheeque M. Awareness of risk of cross-infection and infection-control measures among patients attending University Dental Hospital, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. J Investig Clin Dent. 2017 Mar 31. doi: 10.1111/jicd.12268. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28371484
Medawela, R. M. S. H. B., Ratnayake, D. R. D. L., Abeyasinghe, W. A. M. U. L., Jayasinghe, R. D., & Marambe, K. N. (2018). Effectiveness of “fill in the blanks” over multiple choice questions in assessing final year dental undergraduates. Educación Médica, 19(2), 72–76. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edumed.2017.03.010
Medawela RMSHB, Jayasuriya NSS, Ratnayake DRDL, Attygalla AM, Siriwardena BSMS. Squamous cell carcinoma arising from a keratocystic odontogenic tumor: a case report. J Med Case Rep. 2017 Dec 1;11(1):335. doi: 10.1186/s13256-017-1486-x. PubMed PMID: 29191248; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5710129
Medawela R M S H B , Ratnayake D R D L , Premathilake L K N , Jayasinghe R D (2021). Attitudes, Confidence in Practices and Perceived Barriers Towards the Promotion of Tobacco Cessation among Clinical Dental Undergraduates in Sri Lanka. Asian Pac J Cancer Care, 6 (2), 175-179. DOI:10.31557/APJCC.2021.6.2.175
Athukorala, I., Medawela, R. M. S. H. B., Gunawardana, M., & Jayasinghe, R. D. (2022). GIS to Explore the Geographical Mysteries of Oral Cancer: Geospatial Distribution of Patients Diagnosed with Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders at the University Dental Hospital Peradeniya. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Care, 7(1), 29-35.
