Dr Nirmala Rao MDS (Oral Pathology) Oral Pathology and Microbiology Official Phone:(091) 820 2922455 Experience Background/ Past Experience:
Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal: 21 years
RECOGNITION
1. Best Scientific Paper Award, for paper entitled ‘Histologic Grading of Squamous Cell Carcinoma – Is it a Diagnostic Indicator?’ presented at XIII Indian Dental Association Karnataka State Branch, Annual Conference, Mangalore, November 24-25, 1990
2. The Rudolf-Fries (Indo-German) Award on Perspective of Mouth Cancer Therapy, India, for contribution entitled ‘Evaluation of the Effects of Beta Carotene on DMBA Induced Carcinogenesis in Rat Submandibular Salivary Glands,’ presented at 2nd International Congress on Oral Cancer in New Delhi, December 2-5, 1991
3. Best Scientific Paper Award, for paper entitled ‘A Proposed Diagnostic Hypothesis for a better Prognostic Value in Squamous Cell Carcinoma,’ presented at 2nd National Conference of Indian Academy of Oral Pathologists, College of Dental Sciences, Dharwad, February 1994
4. Best Scientific Paper Award, for paper entitled ‘Histological Study of Hyper mineralized Cemental Bands of Human Teeth in Determining the Age,’ presented at the 5th Annual Conference of Karnataka Medico legal Society, Dept. of Forensic Medicine, Manipal, January 5-6, 1996
Areas of Interest in teaching RESEARCH INTERESTS
1. Experimental animal study on cancer induction
2. Histochemistry – Special Staining Techniques
3. Modified method in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma (OSCC) Grading
4. Antioxidants in oral cancer
5. Epithelial and mesenchymal tumor markers in predicting the prognosis in Oral cancer
6. Forensic Dentistry
Top 5 research publications/ Projects 1. Immuno-histochemical evaluation of expression of Cytokeratin K19 in different histological grades of Leukoplakia and OSCC, IJDR 16(1): 6-11, 2005
2. Central Haemangioma: Variance in radiographic appearance, Dento-maxillofacial Radiol 34(2): 120-5, March 2005
3. Histochemical analysis of pathological alterations in Oral Lichen planus and Oral Lichenoid lesions Journal of Oral Science, Vol. 4,185- 193, 2006
4.Wound Healing Profile of Areca Catechu Extracts on different wound models in Wistar Rats, Kuwait Medical Journal Vol.39, No. 1, 48 -52, 2007
5. Evaluation of collagen in connective tissue walls of Odontogenic cysts -A histochemical study, J Oral Pathol Med. 2010 Oct 24.
BOOKS AUTHORED
1. Contributed chapter on ‘Forensic Odontology in Relation to Age’ in ‘Textbook of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology’, 1st Edition, 2000, Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, New Delhi, ISBN: 81-7179-735-0
2. Contributed chapters on Enamel, Dentin, Cementum, Odontogenesis, Amelogenesis, Dentinogenesis in the ‘Text Book of Oral & Dental Anatomy, Histology & Embryology,’ Edited by Dr. S.R. Prabhu, Published by the Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2006
3. Contributed chapter on Forensic Identity – Age and identity by Dentition, Chapter 11, pp 65-118, in Rao NG ‘Textbook of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology’, 2nd Edition, 2010, Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd., New Delhi, ISBN: 978-81-8448-706-0
4. Contributed chapter on ‘Forensic Odontology’ in Chapter 11, 116-118, in Rao Nagesh Kumar ‘Practical Forensic Medicine, 3rd Edition, 2007, Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd., New Delhi, ISBN: 81-8061-944-3.
5. Contributed chapter on Oral mucosal disease and Neoplasms in children Text book of Pedodontics by Dr Shobha Tandon, 2nd edition published by Paras Medical publisher, Hyderabad
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