Report on Inauguration of Oral Histopathology Laboratory By Prof. Randeep Gulleria, Director, AIIMS Delhi and Prof O.P. Kharbanda, Chief, CDER, AIIMS, New Delhi

On 17^th January 2018

Prof. Randeep Gulleria, Director, AIIMS, New Delhi with Prof O.P. Kharbanda, Chief , CDER, AIIMS inaugurated the Histopathology Lab, CDER on 17th January, 2018. They were accompanied by Prof Chitra Sarkar, Dean Research, AIIMS and Prof Y.K. Gupta, Dean Academic, AIIMS and other faculty members of AIIMS.

The Oral Histopathology laboratory at Room No. 503, Fifth floor, CDER, AIIMS is now fully functional and is well equipped to process and provide reporting on various hard and soft tissue pathologies of oral and maxillofacial region. It will emphasise on early diagnosis of pre-cancerous conditions of oral cavity. It will also have teaching facility and advance facilities like immuno histo-chemistry, immuno-fluoroscence, etc., for accurate diagnosis of oral conditions. Being a referral centre, many patients often present with intraoral pathology at CDER (eg oral potentially malignant disorders, ulcers, oral malignancies, many fibroosseous lesions, odontogenic cysts and tumors and other mucosal lesions). These patients require immediate biopsy and subsequent histological examination of the lesion which is an important diagnostic tool. Furthermore, in some types of pathologies, histological examination is important not only in diagnosis but also to determine whether there is evidence of malignancy, provide information on the clinical behavior of the lesion and, in some instances, give prognostic information all of which directly impact on patient management. A malignant transformation of 2-36% has been observed in oral potentially malignant disorders. Early detection in these patients can lead to preventing lot of OPMDs transforming into oral SCC. Oral Pathology lab at our center will definitely help in fast tracking the diagnosis of such lesions which will have substantial preventive implications The laboratory is having facilities to deal with routine biopsy tissue, FNAC and cytology specimen for histopathological staining (H&E) and special staining.

National Centre of Excellence for Implementation of National Oral Health Programme (NOHP)

Centre for Dental Education and Research (CDER), AIIMS, New Delhi was declared as the National Centre of Excellence for Implementation of National Oral Health Programme (NOHP) on 21st August 2014.  During which, there has been panoramic coverage of the activities undertaken by CDER through National Oral Health Programme which has given oral health an outstanding visibility at national level and motivated the various professionals to work towards the motto of Oral Health for All.

It’s Vision:

To reduce morbidity from oral diseases by strengthening existing healthcare delivery system and ensure access to affordable, quality, patient centered care

It’s Mission:

• Improve the oral health status of the Indian population through oral health promotion and disease prevention
• Improve the oral health care delivery system and enhance access to oral health care services
• Reduce disparities in the oral health status of people across geographic locations, age, gender, socioeconomic status etc.

CDER has empowered various health care professionals through training activities, oral health promotion for masses and development of eDantSeva website and application. The eDantSeva portal is the standalone government oral health website for promoting oral health awareness making it also easy for users to operate it. NOHP has initiated lateral integration with many national health programmes, conducted review meetings with state nodal officers and circulated advisory on oral health promotion.

Regional Review Meeting for State Nodal Officers (NOHP) of North East States

Field Monitoring of School based Pit and Fissure Sealant Programme

Field Monitoring of School based Pit and Fissure Sealant Programme

Dr. Vikender Singh

BDS, MDS (Periodontics)

Dr. Vikender Singh is presently working as Assistant Professor in the Division of Periodontics, Centre for Dental Education and Research. His main clinical thrust areas areRegenerative periodontal therapy, Mucogingival and esthetic periodontal surgeries (microsurgical approach), Implant supported restorations, Hard and soft tissue augmentation around implants, Management of peri-implantitis and Interdisciplinary periodontics.

His main research area are to develop a “high impact diagnostics” through biomarker research in periodontology, Development of newer techniques and biomaterials in periodontal plastic and regenerative surgery aimed to reduce the time and cost of the procedure, Regeneration of lost periodontium in Endodontic-Periodontal Lesions and Laser Assisted Periodontal Therapy.

Publications

1.      Yadav VS, Narula SC, Sharma RK, Tewari S, Yadav R. Clinical evaluation of guided tissue regeneration combined with autogenous bone or autogenous bone mixed with bioactive glass in intrabony defects.   J Oral Sci 2011;53:481-8

2.      Sharma RK, Yadav VS, Kataria SP, Tewari S, Narula SC.  Primary non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma of palatal gingiva. ClinAdvPeriodontics 2012;2:21-6

3.      Yadav R, Yadav VS, Garg S, Mittal S, Garg R. Effectiveness of different denture cleansing methods on removal of biofilms formed in vivo JCranioMax Dis 2013;2:22-7

4.      Yadav VS, Chakraborty S, Tewari S, Sharma RK. An unusual case of idiopathic gingival fibromatosis. ContemClin Dent 2013;4:102-4

5.      Yadav VS, Chakraborty S, Tewari S, Tewari N, Ghosh T. Cryotherapy as a conservative treatment modality for gingival enlargement in a patient with Sturge-Weber syndrome. Intractable Rare Dis Res 2017;6:145-7

6.      Tewari N, Mathur VP, Yadav VS, Chaudhari P. Leukocyte adhesion defect-I: rare primary immune deficiency. Spec Care Dentist 2017;37:309-13