Research Laboratory For Oral-Systemic Health

A new paradigm between dentistry and medicine is now developing regarding patient care. As the oral systemic connection is more evidently understood, dentists diagnosing oral and periodontal disease will play a greater role in the overall health of their patients. Many times, the first signs of unnatural systemic health conditions reveal themselves in changes within the oral cavity.

Ongoing Projects

• Phyto-chemical investigation and molecular docking studies on traditional medicinal plant extracts for antimicrobial activity against clinical pathogens.
• Prevalence of Candida species among patients with Oral squamous cell carcinoma and Potentially malignant disorders and Molecular characterization of Candida albicans with special reference to its virulence and antifungal resistance.
• Assessment of quality of life and oral candidal carriage among Tobacco users and implementation of suitable educational intervention package.
• Aggressive periodontitis: A clinico-genetic and microbiological analysis.
• Molecular characterisation of Klebsiella species with special reference to its virulence and antibiotic resistance.
• Study on association of Microbiota to oral squamous cell carcinoma.
• Molecular studies on resistance and virulence determinants among clinical isolates of Enterococcus species.
• Epidemiology of nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus species with special reference to Streptoccocus pneumoniae among healthy children and elderly adults.
• Molecular studies on resistance and virulence determinants among clinical isolates of Salmonella serotypes.
• Clinico-microbiological profile of post-operative surgical site infections.