Vimal Arora

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Vimal Arora
Lt Gen Vimal Arora 2015 Portrait.jpg
Birth nameVimal Arora
Born (1954-06-21) June 21, 1954 (age 71)
AllegianceFlag of India.svg India
Branch Indian Army
Rank Lieutenant General
UnitArmy Dental Corps
Commands
  • Director General of Dental Services (Army, Navy & Air Force)
  • Colonel Commandant, Army Dental Corps
  • Command Dental Advisor, Central, Southern & Northern Command
Awards
Other workChief Clinical Officer, Clove Dental

Lieutenant General Dr Vimal Arora (PVSM, AVSM, VSM & Bar) is a retired Indian Army officer and dental surgeon. He served as the Director General of Dental Services in the Armed Forces Medical Services (Indian Army Dental Corps) and received four Presidential Awards during his career. [1] [2] He later became the Chief Clinical Officer of Clove Dental. [3]

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Early life and education

Vimal Arora completed his dental education at King George's Medical College, Lucknow, obtaining his Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) and Master of Dental Surgery (MDS) in Prosthodontics. [2] He obtained the Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (FDS RCPS) from Glasgow, United Kingdom. [2]

Military career

Arora was commissioned into the Army Dental Corps of the Indian Army in December 1977. [4] He served in the Indian Armed Forces for 38 years. [1] [3]

Key positions

During his military career, Arora held following positions:

In 2007, Arora served as organizing secretary for the 35th Annual Conference of the Indian Prosthodontic Society, held in New Delhi. [5]

Awards and honors

Lieutenant General Dr Vimal Arora has received four Presidential Awards: [1] [3]

Military decorations

Other awards

International service

From 1983 to 1986, Arora served at the Forces Base Hospital in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, where he served in the dental department.

Post-Military Career

Clove Dental

In March 2015, following his retirement from the Indian Armed Forces, Arora joined the Board of Directors of Clove Dental as a Director & Chief Clinical Officer. [3] [12]

Arora is an Honorary Fellow of the International College of Dentists [13]

Research and Publications

Arora has authored research on oral health assessment and dental practice. His publications include a 2019 cross-sectional study on oral health assessment in urban Indian adults using intraoral cameras, published in the Journal of Multidisciplinary Dental Research. [14] He has co-authored clinical research on immediate dental implant placement using different bone augmentation materials, published in the Medical Journal of Armed Forces India. [15] He has also co-authored research on the correlation between oral health and quality of life indices [16] and the book Military Dentistry: Terrain, Trends and Training. [17]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "President of India gives highest defence award to Vimal Arora". Dental Tribune. 16 October 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Excelsior, Daily (2015-02-11). "Renovated Dental Unit of Army Hospital inaugurated". Daily Excelsior. Retrieved 2025-10-16.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Lt General Vimal Arora (Retd) takes over as Chief Clinical Officer at Clove Dental". Express Healthcare. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  4. "Interview with Army Lt. Gen. Vimal Arora, Director General Dental Services". YouTube. 13 July 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  5. "35th Conference of Prosthodontic Society". Press Information Bureau . 2007-09-08. Retrieved 2025-10-23.
  6. "President Confers Gallantry and Distinguished Service Awards". www.pib.gov.in. Archived from the original on 2024-12-03. Retrieved 2025-10-14.
  7. "Complete List of Honours and Awards: Republic Day 2015". The New Indian Express. 2015-01-26. Retrieved 2025-10-16.
  8. "list of the recipients of gallantry and other Defence decorations to Armed Forces personnel". Press Information Bureau . 2015-01-25. Retrieved 2025-10-23.
  9. "The Gazette Of India, New Delhi, Saturday, March 22, 2014 (Chaitra 1, 1936)" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. 1 2 "List of Personnel recommended for Gallantry and Distinguished Service Awards on Republic Day 2006". Press Information Bureau. 2006-01-26. Retrieved 14 Oct 2025.
  11. ""Sushruta Awards 2015" honoured to Lt. General Vimal Arora, DGDS". YouTube. 21 December 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  12. "Lt. General Vimal Arora the New Chief Clinical Officer at Clove Dental". Elets Online. 14 June 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  13. "International College of Dentists Honorary Fellowship". International College of Dentists. Retrieved 2025-10-17.
  14. Arora, Vimal (31 December 2019). "Retrospective assessment of oral health of urban Indian adults using intraoral camera: cross-sectional study". Journal of Multidisciplinary Dental Research. 5 (2): 82–85. doi:10.38138/JMDR/v5i2.6 . Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  15. Viswambaran, M.; Arora, Vimal; Tripathi, R. C.; Dhiman, R. K. (2014-04-01). "Clinical evaluation of immediate implants using different types of bone augmentation materials". Medical Journal Armed Forces India. 70 (2): 154–162. doi:10.1016/j.mjafi.2012.04.020. ISSN   0377-1237. PMC   4017185 . PMID   24843205.
  16. "Correlation between oral health and modified OIDP index in... : Santosh University Journal of Health Sciences". LWW. doi: 10.4103/sujhs.sujhs_9_24 . Archived from the original on 2024-12-26. Retrieved 2025-09-17.
  17. Singh, Paramjit; Arora, Vimal (2005). Military Dentistry: Terrain, Trends and Training. jaypee. ISBN   978-81-8061-418-7.