Title: The impact of advanced dentistry and dental research for sustainable forensic odontology services

Biography: Sisira Ranasinghe is currently attached to the Institute of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Colombo, Sri Lanka as a Forensic Odontologist. He has completed M.Phil. in Forensic Odontology from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka in 2005 and post graduate Diplomas in Dental Surgery and Forensic Odontology respectively from the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka in 1996 and IFS, India in 2010. His first degree, Bachelor of Dental Surgery was awarded by the University of Peradeniya in 1986. He has experience in the arena of clinical dentistry over 30 years and forensic odontology for past 15 years as an expert in handling oral autopsies for forensic investigations. He has participated in many National and international conferences including USA, Australia, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia and Yemen. He was awarded a scholarship in 1999 for a course of Clinical dentistry in the University of Kyushu, Japan and for short term training in Forensic Odontology in Sydney Australia in 2012.