Dr. Mahesh K P, Associate Professor, oral diagnostician and radiologist by profession at JSS dental college and hospital, department of oral medicine and radiology, JSSAHER, Mysore. Into the teaching profession for 17 years and have been a researcher in various fields of dentistry. He was awarded with the Asia Pacific young achiever award (education sector) by Belgave and common wealth vocational services in 2019. He has 45 publications in various field of dentistry, three patents, two text books and one text book chapter to his credit.