Dr. A. Siddhartha Varma completed his BDS in 2005 and Masters in Periodontology and Oral Implantology in the year 2010 from P.M.N.M Dental College & Hospital under Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka, India. He is currently working as Associate Professor in School Of Dental Sciences, KIMSDU, Maharshtra, India. He also completed a Diploma Course in Medico legal laws and ethics and cleared with distinction. He has 31 national and international publications to his credit. Areas of research interest include influence of periodontal inflammation on systemic health, Oral implants, role of alternative medicine in treatment of oral inflammatory conditions.