Dr. Shazia Akbar

Name

Dr. Shazia Akbar

Designation

Head of Department

Email

shazia.akbar@duhs.edu.pk

Office

Dow Dental College, DUHS, Baba-e-Urdu Rd, Karachi

Qualifications

  • PhD, University of Karachi
  • MPhil, University of Karachi
  • BDS, Liaquat University of Health Sciences Jamshoro

Research

  1. Ansari SA, Baqai R, Memmon MR, Abdelhamid A, Khan MK. Significance, and clinical implication of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from oral surgical procedures. JPDA. 2011;20:109-114.
  2. Ansari SA, Baqai R, Mehdi H, Sahito GS, Ali G. Incidence of bacteremia and antibiotic sensitivity associated with oral surgical procedures. JPDA. 2012;21(04):228-234.
  3. Ansari SA, Baqai R, Memmon MR, Aziz M, Khan MK. Biofilm formation of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from dental patients. JPDA. 2011;20:154-158.
  4. Soomro MA, Maqsood S, Ansari SA, Raffat A. Adhesion of oral candida and bacteria on prosthodontic and orthodontic appliances. JPDA. 2012;21:223-227.
  5. Khan MK, Mudassar A, Kareem A, Mirza KM, Khan AA, Hosein T, Ansari SA. Does the use of toothpowder affect the oral health status of an individual? JPDA. 2012;21(03).
  6. Ansari SA, Syed SA, Aslam K. Practice of Universal Infection Control Protocol. Medical Forum Monthly. 2014;27-30.
  7. Sherwani SK, Ahmad H, Ahmad T, Hussain T, Ansari SA, Zaidi SA and Kazmi SU. Status of Secretor and Non-Secretor with Respect to ABO Blood group system in young population in Karachi-Pakistan. World Journal of Medical Sciences. 2014;10(1):22-25. DOI: 10.5829/idosi.wjms.2014.10.1.8210
  8. Ansari SA, Khan A, Khan A. Raza Y, Syed. Correlation of ABH blood group antigens secretion with Helicobacter pylori infection in Pakistan. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 2015;20:115-11. PMID: 25322664 DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12401
  9. Mubarak S, Hayat A, Ansari SA. Prevalence of dental caries of one grade school children in Karachi, Pakistan Oral & Dental Journal. 2016;36(1):116-118.
  10. Ansari S. A, Syed S.A. Quadri F, Aslam K. Effect of 1% Metronidazole Gel As An Adjunct to subgingival scaling in the treatment of Periodontitis. JPDA. 2017;26:123-128.
  11. Khan R.S., Khurshid Z., Ansari S.A. and Syed Moin F. Advances of Salivary Proteomics in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma (OSCC) Detection: Proteomes. 2016;4, 41; doi:10.3390/proteomes4040041
  12. Najeeb S., Siddiqui F., Khurshid Z, Zohaib S., Zafar M.S., Ansari S. A. Effect of bisphosphonates on root resorption after tooth replantation- Dental Traumatology. 2017;33(2):77–83. PMID: 27960049, DOI: 10.1111/edt.12316
  13. Toufeeq H., Nadim R., Aslam K. and Ansari SA. Self-Reported Halitosis, Oral Hygiene Practices, Medical conditions and Habits in OPD Patients of a Government sector institute in Karachi, Journal of the Dow University Of Health Sciences. 2017;11:123-128.
  14. Ansari SA, Iqbal MN, Khan TA, Kazmi SU. Association of oral Helicobacter pylori with gastric complications. Life Sciences. 2018;205:125-30. PMID: 29763614 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2018.05.026
  15. Ikram S, Raffat MA, Baig S, Akbar S, Borges KJJ, Hassan N. Clinical Efficacy of Probiotics as An Adjunct to Scaling and Root Planning in The Treatment Of Chronic Periodontitis. Annals Abbasi Shaheed Hospital & Karachi Medical & Dental College. 2019;24(1):31-37. DOI: https://doi.org/10.58397/ashkmdc.v24i1.24
  16. Lal R, Memon MR, Channar KA, Shaikh IA, Memon H, Akbar S. Relationship between Intercanine Distance with the Length of Index, Middle and Ring Fingers of Right Hand. Med. Forum. 2021;32(4):117-119.
  17. Devi B, Akbar S, Mubarak S, Moin SF. Evaluate the Levels of Cardiac Troponin I in Saliva and Serum of Acute Myocardial Infarct Patients. Med. Forum. 2021;32(10):81-85.
  18. Mubarak S, Akbar S, Safdar J, Devi B, Gulzar R, Faraz S. Serum Levels of CA 125 in Patients with Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma (OSCC) and Sub Mucosal Fibrosis (OSF) and it’s expression in OSCC Tissue Samples. Pakistan Oral & Dental Journal. 2022;42(1).
  19. Mubarak S, Akbar S, Devi B, Tariq U, Junaid A. Demographic Spectrum of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Public Health Care Facility in Karachi Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Medical & Health Sciences. 2022;16(07):505-507.
  20. Hasan A, Roome T, Wahid M, Akbar S, Khan JA, Jilani SNA, Jawed A, Kiyani A. Expression of Toll-like receptor 2, Dectin1, and Osteopontin in murine model of pulpitis. Clinical Oral Investigations. Published online October 7, 2022.
  21. Ansari SA, Zafar SS, Avesi L, Shamim SH, Danish F, Ali R, Fareed SK. A Cross-Sectional Online Study in Context of Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of the General Public of Karachi, Pakistan on COVID-19 Pandemic. Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences. ISSN: 2221-7630; P-ISSN: 1727-4915.
  22. Hasan A, Roome T, Wahid M, Ansari SA, Akhtar H, Jilani SNA, Kiyani A. Gene Expression Analysis of Toll like receptor 2 and 4, Dectin-1, Osteopontin and Inflammatory Cytokines in Human Dental Pulp Ex-vivo. BMC Oral Health. 2022;22:563. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12903-022-02621-4.
  23. Devi B, Akbar S, Basit A, Tariq U, Moin SF, Mubarak S. Estimation of Salivary Flow Rate in Myocardial Infarct Patients and its Association with Type II Diabetes Mellitus. Pakistan Journal of Medical & Health Sciences. 2022;16(10):664-666. DOI: https://doi.org/10.53350/pjmhs221610664.
  24. Hasan A, Roome T, Wahid M, Ansari SA, Khan JA, Kiyani A, Jilani SNA. A novel experimental model to investigate fungal involvement shows expression of Dectin-1 in periapical lesion pathogenesis. J Oral Rehabil. 2023;00:1–15. https://doi.org/10.1111/joor.13528.
  25. Pal A, Altaf N, Mahmood A, Akbar S, Maher N, Kumar N, Zafar MS, Murcia L, Oñate-Sánchez RE. Exploring the Variability in Antibacterial Testing of Resin Dental Composites among Investigators: A Narrative Review. Microbiol. Res. 2023;14:1736–1750. https://doi.org/10.3390/microbiolres14040119.
  26. Kazi FM, et al. In Vitro Evaluation of the Influence of Biosynthesized Calcium Oxide Nanoparticles on the Antibacterial Activity, pH, Microleakage and Cytotoxicity of Conventional Intracanal Medicaments. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2024;25(22):11991. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms252211991.
  27. Khan RF, Ansari SA, Bukhari U, Taqi M, Farooqi S, Muhammad AA. Association of
    ALDH3A1 expression with tumor differentiation, pathological stage, and nodal status in oral squamous cell carcinoma. J Taibah Univ Med Sci. 2025;20(3):396–404. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtumed.2025.06.007
  28. Farooqi S, Ansari SA, Danish F, Khan RF, Muhammad AA, Zaman A. Assessment of
    glutathione peroxidase 1 and 4 expression in oral squamous cell carcinoma patients in a tertiary care center: A comparative cross-sectional study. J Taibah Univ Med Sci. 2025;20(3):384–95.DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtumed.2025.06.003