The fourth edition of the Textbook of Microbiology for Dental Students has been written as per the syllabus prescribed by Dental Council of India. Keeping in mind the requirements of dental students emphasis has been on the oral manifestations of various microorganisms. Each chapter has been carefully updated and expanded to include new, medically relevant, discoveries.
Laboratory diagnosis of various microbial infections has been summarized with the help of flowcharts. Each chapter ends with key facts and important questions. The former summarize the whole chapter and help the student for last minute revision for theory, practical and viva voce examination, and the latter help the student to know the type of questions asked in the examination. The language is lucid and easy to understand. In oral microbiology, emphasis has been on normal flora of mouth and respiratory tract, dental plaque, dental caries, periodontal diseases and dentoalveolar abscess. In the chapter on hepatitis viruses, emphasis has been on various hepatitis viruses and dentistry. The book will be highly useful to graduate and post graduate (MDS) students of dentistry, and students of other paramedical courses.
Dr. D.R. Arora, M.D., Ph.D., M.N.A.M.S., Dean, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, SGT University, Budhera, Gurgaon; Lead Assessor & Member, Core Accreditation Committee, NABL, Gurgaon; Principal Assessor, NABH, New Delhi; Assessor, NABET, New Delhi; Member, Technical Resource Group on Laboratory Services, NACO, New Delhi. Formerly, Prof. & Head, Deptt. of Microbiology, PGIMS, Rohtak; Prof. & Head, Deptt. of Microbiology, Maharaja Agarsen Medical College, Agroha, Hisar; Medical Superintendent & Professor of Microbiology, SGT Medical College, Hospital & Research Institute, Budhera, Gurgaon; W.H.O. Fellow; and Visiting Professor, University of Mauritius. He has more than 43 years of teaching experience in microbiology to medical and dental UG and PG students. Besides conducting and supervising research in microbiology, he has published seven textbooks on microbiology, parasitology and mycology, and 150 research articles in several national and international journals of repute. The results of his research on malaria parasites and Klebsiella pneumoniae have been cited in World Health Organization WHO/MAL/83.10003 and Topley & Wilson`s Microbiology and Microbial Infections, Bacteriology Vol. 2, 10th ed., 2005, respectively. He has supervised a number of PG students of Ph.D., M.D. and M.S. In appreciation of outstanding research carried out by him in India on bacteriocins of Klebsiella pneumoniae, he was awarded Smt. Kunti Mehrotra Award of Indian Association of Pathologists and Microbiologists in 1983. In recognition of significant contribution to the advancement of medical sciences, he was elected Member of National Academy of Medical Sciences (India) in 1985. He has been a Visiting Professor at University of Mauritius in 1989. He was awarded WHO fellowship on Laboratory Aspects of HIV/AIDS and STD at Community Health Surveillance and Laboratories Administration, Baltimore, Maryland (USA) in 1992. He was honoured by Indian Medical Association, Kaithal (Haryana) on the eve of Doctors` Day on 01.07.1999. He has been examiner for B.D.S., M.B.B.S., M.D., D.N.B. and Ph.D. microbiology of a number of universities. His biography including academic activities and research work has been published in Who`s Who in Medicine and Healthcare 2011-12 (8th Edition), N.J. 07922, USA distinguishing him as one of the leading healthcare professionals from around the world. Dr. Brij Bala Arora (04-03-1947 to 21-11-2014), M.D., was Senior Prof. & Head, Deptt. of Pathology, SGT Medical College, Budhera (Gurgaon). Earlier she was Senior Prof. & Head, Deptt. of Pathology, PGIMS, Rohtak. She had 42 years of experience in teaching pathology to medical and dental UG and PG students. She published five textbooks and 175 research articles in indexed national and international journals of repute. Her research on AgNOR staining technique received international importance and paper on morphometric analysis of AgNOR in lymph node lesions was published in "Advances in Clinical Pathology 6:95-99, 2002". Her biography including academic activities and research work has been published in Who`s Who in Medicine and Healthcare 2011-12 (8th Edition) N J. 07922, USA distinguishing her as one of the leading healthcare professionals from around the world.
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